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Archive for February 2011
02/01/2011
Local author Kelly Simmons, author of the critically acclaimed novel, Standing Still, talks about and signs her new second novel, The Bird House, at Barnes & Noble Willow Grove PA.
02/03/2011
Maxine Hong Kingston, award-winning author of The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey and The Fifth Book of Peace, talks about and reads from her new book, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, which contains her insights on aging and her life as a writer, peace activist, teacher, and mother.
READ A 2009 INTERVIEW WITH MAXINE HONG KINGSTON by Philadelphia author MARC SCHUSTER that appeared on the Philadelphia Stories blog.
Kelly Simmons signs her second novel, The Bird House, at Barnes & Noble in Princeton, NJ.
02/06/2011
Kelly Simmons signs her second novel, The Bird House, at Barnes & Noble, Cherry Hill, NJ.
02/10/2011
Kelly Simmons signs her second novel, The Bird House, at Chester County Book & Music Company, West Chester, PA.
University of Pennsylvania professor Mary Frances Berry talks about and signs Power in Words: The Stories behind Barack Obama’s Speeches, from the State House to the White House.
02/11/2011
Kelly Simmons signs her second novel, The Bird House, at Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA.
02/14/2011
A reading by Susan Cheever. Seating strictly limited. RSVP to whfellow@writing.upenn.edu or call 215-573-9749.
02/15/2011
A brunch conversation with Susan Cheever. Seating strictly limited. RSVP to whfellow@writing.upenn.edu or call 215-573-9749.
02/16/2011
NERO BLANC, a/k/a the husband-and-wife writing team of Steve Zettler and Cordelia Frances Biddle, authors of the Crossword Mysteries series, talk about writing, plotting, and publishing at 7 PM at the Wissahickon Valley Public Library, 650 Skippack Pike (Route 73) in Blue Bell, PA 19422 (3 miles east of the intersection with Route 202 (Dekalb Pike). This event will be followed by a Q & A session and book signing, and is free and open to all.
In addition to her work as half of Nero Blanc, Cordelia Frances Biddle, under her own name, is the author of the Martha Beale series of mysteries based in Victorian-era Philadelphia. For more information visit the Wissahickon Valley Public Library website and click on “Programs.”
02/18/2011
MARATHON READING of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
02/19/2011
C. James Trotman, Ed.D., talks about and reads from his book Frederick Douglass: A Biography. NOTE: Sales of the book will go towards the construction of a statue of Frederick Douglass on the West Chester University. campus.
02/23/2011
Catherine Quillman talks about and signs 100 ARTISTS OF THE BRANDYWINE VALLEY. Her talk will include a PowerPoint presentation and a discussion with one of the featured artists in her book, Dane Tilghman.
The Brandywine Valley is known as home to the Wyeth Family and what is known as the Brandywine Tradition. It is also a microcosm of major art trends in America. With more than 400 images, the book features nationally known artists, graduates of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (the nation’s oldest art school), and self-taught artists who have built successful careers with compelling story-filled paintings. It is the first comprehensive guide to the artistic history of this scenic region.” —from the book jacket.
02/24/2011
Kelly Simmons signs her second novel, The Bird House, at Head House Books, Philadelphia PA.
02/25/2010
John Freeman, editor of Granta: The Magazine of New Writing and former president of the National Book Critics Circle, will discuss book reviewing and the role of the literary magazine in the current publishing climate. McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, 4:15 PM.
Archive for January 2011
01/19/2011 through 03/17/201
THE 2011 ONE BOOK/ONE PHILADELPHIA PROGRAM — This year’s exciting selection: two books by Sherman Alexie: the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning collection of short stories, War Dances, plus his National Book Award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The Good Luck Cat by Joy Harjo is the selection for young children. Watch the Free Library of Philadelphia’s ONE BOOK/ONE PHILADELPHIA website for links to nine weeks of sure-to-be-wonderful events and programming. –KFP
01/18/2011
Edmund Morris, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for the biography The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. Morris will talk about his new book, Colonel Roosevelt, which, along with Theodore Rex forms a trilogy.
01/20/2011
Mexico’s premier novelist, Carlos Fuentes, and his English translator, Edith Grossman, talk about his new novel, Destiny and Desire.
01/23/2011
Teen Writing Program with Cyn Balog & A.S. King at Harleysville Books. Emailevents@harleysvillebooks.com or call the store to sign up (215-256-9311).
01/25/2011
University of Pennsylvania Professor Barbie Zelizer leads a discussion based on her new book About to Die: How News Images Move the Public.
01/26/2011
Eleanor Brown signs her novel Weird Sisters.
01/27/2011
Award-winning Irish author Colm Tóibín CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW
01/29/2011
Archive for December 2010
12/02/2010
Award-winning novelist, short story writer and poet Ha Jin delivers a talk at Bryn Mawr College. Jin’s work includes the novel Waiting, and the story collection A Good Fall.
David Eisenhower talks about his book about life with his grandfather, President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
12/3/2010, 12/4/2010 & 12/6/2010
“JOHN UPDIKE’S PENNSYLVANIA” airs on The Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN-TV) — Pennsylvania Cable Network airs a taping of Philadelphia sportswriter Frank Fitzpatrick presenting his program, “John Updike’s Pennsylvania,” at the Albright Memorial Library in Scranton. “John Updike’s Pennsylvania” is an “intimate and loving look at the mundane world Updike chronicled, illustrated by images of the Pennsylvania places he wrote of so vividly.”
The show airs on Pennsylvania Cable Network on Friday, December 3 at 6 PM, Saturday, December 4 at 2 PM and Monday, December 6 at 10 AM. The episode also is available as a streaming video during broadcast on www.pcntv.com, offered On Demand to Comcast subscribers and on The Pennsylvania Humanities Council’s YouTube channel. The program is presented as part of Humanities on the Road, a new arts and culture TV series co-produced by Pennsylvania Humanities Council and The Pennsylvania Cable Network
12/08/2010
Patti Smith talks about Just Kids, her memoir of life with Robert Mapplethorpe in New York City in the late 1960s.
Anne Trubek talks about her just published A Skeptic’s Guide to Writers’ Houses (University of Pennsylvania Press) at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION & TICKET INFO
12/09/2010
Amanda Hesser, Madhur Jaffrey & Judith Jones
PHILADELPHIA NOIR NIGHT at Chester County Book & Music Company featuring 30-year Philadelphia Inquirer reporter George Anastasia signing his book PHILADELPHIA TRUE NOIR: KINGPINS, HUSTLES, AND HOMICIDES; Philadelphia Inquirer literary criticCarlin Romano signing PHILADELPHIA NOIR, a book which he edited and which includes stories by such local writers as Dennis Tafoya, Diane Ayres, Jim Zervanos, Solomon Jones, Cordelia Frances Biddle and Duane Swiercznaski; and Philadelphia television reporter, Gerald Kolpan, author of the novel ETTA, and a contributor to Romano’s book.
12/14/2010
12/16/2010
LOCAL AUTHOR NIGHT at Chester County Book & Music Company, featuring authors Susannah Brody (Remembering Chester County), Mark Dixon (The Hidden History of the Main Line: From Philadelphia to Malvern and The Hidden History of Delaware County: Untold Tales from Cobb’s Creek to the Brandywine), Keith Craig (New Garden Township) and Antelo Devereux (Chester County Perspectives). The authors will be signing their local history books for holiday giving.
12/21/2010
ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA WRITERS PARTY hosted by authors Stephen Fried, Diane Ayres, Larry Stains and John Marchese. All Philadelphia-area journalists, authors (fiction and non-), editors, photographers, designers and anyone else who toils in the world of words and images in Philadelphia are invited to this holiday gathering, which will be held atBliss, 220 S. Broad Street, approximately 5:30 to 8 PM. No RSVPs are necessary. Spouses and significant others are welcome. Cash bar. The restaurant remains open after the party should you wish to continue on and have dinner there. For directions and other info on Bliss, go to www.bliss-restaurant.com.
Archive for November 2010
11/01/2010
TELLING STORIES: POEMS, PRAYERS, AND PRAISESONGS: a free writing workshop led by award-winning local writer August Tarrier. Mondays, November 1, 8, and 15, 6-8 p.m. at Broad Street Ministry, 315 S Broad St., Phila., PA. No need to register or bring anything—just drop in. Materials provided. For more information e-mail liam@broadstreetministry.org, or call 215 259 8276.
Photo by April Narby
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer: 7 PM, Barnes & Noble, 4801 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE
A READING BY NOVELIST JOSEPH SKIBELL
“YA Night of Awesome” at Children’s Book World in Haverford, featuring five influential and popular Young Adult writers: David Levithan, Rachel Cohn, E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski & Matt de la Pena.
11/02/2010
Award-winning authors Simon Winchester & Ian Frazier talk about and sign their new titles, Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (Winchester) and |Travels in Siberia (Frazier).
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer: 7 PM, Barnes & Noble, 911 Haddonfield Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ
Award-winning, best-selling YA (young adult) writer and former Philadelphia authorLaurie Halse Anderson signs her latest book, Forge, at Children’s Book World in Haverford. And, yes, it’s set in our own Valley Forge. And is the sequel to Andersen’s previous YA novel, Chains, winner of the 2008 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
11/03/2010
Lady Antonia Fraser — Tamala Edwards, Morning Show Anchor of 6ABC television, will interview Lady Fraser about her new book, Must You Go, Fraser’s memoir of her marriage to Nobel Prize-winning dramatist Harold Pinter.
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer: 7 PM, Borders, Springfield Square Shopping Center, Baltimore Pike, Springfield, PA.
Award-winning Philadelphia journalist and author Stephen Fried discusses his latest book, Appetite for America, the story of millionaire Fred Harvey.
11/05/2010 through 11/07/2010
PHILADELPHIA’S 39th ANNUAL GREAT BOOKS FALL INSTITUTE WEEKEND at POCONO MANOR INN. The 2010 theme is “The Raptures and Ravages of Love.” Books being discussed are A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Phedre by Jean Racine and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
11/05/2010
Amy Sedaris – AUDITORIUM SOLD OUT; SIMULCAST TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE as of this writing 10/21/2010.
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Annual Local Author & Illustrator Night at Children’s Book World in Haverford.Meet many of our fabulous Philadelphia-area children’s book authors and illustrators all at once at this special once-a-year wine and cheese party. Chat in-person with your favorites, get books signed and inscribed to you, your kids, nieces, nephews, grandkids, etc. for upcoming birthdays and holidays. The list of attendees includes:
Ellen Jensen Abbott, Cyn Balog, Gene Barretta, Josh Berk, Brian Biggs, Michael Dooling, Darlene Friedman, Ponder Goembel, Vivian Grey, Adele Aron Greenspun, Jennifer Hubbard, Amy Ignatow, Joe Kulka, April Lindner, Catherine Murdock, Elizabeth Mosier, Lisa Papp, Robert Papp, Matt Phelan, Matthew Quick, Deborah Kogan Ray, Mark Rogalsky, Roger Roth, Diane Salerni, Charles Santore, Judith Schachner, Nancy Viau, Amy Brecount White, David Wiesner, Eric Wight and more.
Check the Children’s Book World website’s events page as new names are added.
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Pulitzer Prize and Hugo Award-winning author MICHAEL CHABON is the keynote speaker for the opening night of Montgomery County Community College’s ANNUAL WRITING CONFERENCE. Chabon is the author of the novels Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, as well as collections of short stories and essays including the recent Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son.
Read KATHYE’S BLOG entry about this event.
11/06/2020
Chester County author Barbara Forte Abate discusses and signs copies of her debut novel, The Secret of Lies.
Montgomery County Community College’s ANNUAL WRITING CONFERENCE which includes workshops led and talks by the following:
11/08/2010 through 11/14/2010
The 2010 First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art
11/08/2010
A LUNCH PROGRAM WITH H. G “BUZZ” BISSENGER, author of Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City and Three Nights in August, at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania. RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu or call 215-746-POEM.
Nigella Lawson signs her latest cookbook, Nigella Kitchen.
TELLING STORIES: POEMS, PRAYERS, AND PRAISESONGS: a free writing/storytelling workshop led by award-winning local writer August Tarrier.See November 1 entry for details.
Newbery Award-winning author LINDA SUE PARK signs books at Children’s Book World in Haverford.
11/09/2010
A READING BY NOVELIST CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE
11/10/2010
Oliver Sacks - AUDITORIUM SOLD OUT; SIMULCAST TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE as of this writing 10/21/2010.
11/11/2010
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and MacArthur Fellow Charles Simic, a former Poet Laureate of the United States (2007-08), delivers a talk at Bryn Mawr College.
AUTHOR LUNCHEON WITH BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
11/12/2010
Eight-time Olympic Medalist APOLO ANTON OHNO signs his memoir, Zero Regrets, at Chester County Book & Music Company.
11/15/10
TELLING STORIES: POEMS, PRAYERS, AND PRAISESONGS: a free writing/storytelling workshop led by award-winning local writer August Tarrier.See November 1 entry for details.
11/16/2010
Carlos Eire, author of the bestselling 2003 National Book award-winning memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana, wwhich was was the 2007 One Book One Philadelphia selection, returns to Philadelphia with his new memoir, Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy.
Local award-winning author (and a Local LIT favorite) Beth Kephart reads from her latest young adult novel, Dangerous Neighbors, which is set in Centennial Philadelphia. Winsor Room, Radnor Memorial Library, 7:30 PM.
11/17/2010
University of Pennsylvania professor and author Witold Rybczynski delivers a lecture based on his new book, Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities, at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION & TICKET INFO
11/18/2010
Swarthmore Stories: The Underground Railroad: An Examination of the Liberty Line and the Involvement of some Swarthmore Residents in the Network to Freedom, a discussion led by Christopher Densmore, Curator of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. Registration required: 610-543-0436, or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org.
James K. Galbraith talks about John Kenneth Galbraith: The Affluent Society & Other Writings 1952-1967, his new book which is a a collection of the writings of his father, noted economist John Kenneth Galbraith.
Music journalist Rob Sheffield, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time reads from his new book, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut.
Jay Kirk talks about Kingdom Under Glass, his new book about Carl Akeley, known as the father of modern taxidermy. Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 7 PM.
11/23/2010
Salman Rushdie - AUDITORIUM SOLD OUT; SIMULCAST TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE as of this writing 10/21/2010.
11/30/2010
Columbia University history professor and author Eric Foner talks about and signs his book The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.
A celebration of the Philadelphia release of the bookDear Mrs. Kennedy: The World Shares Its Grief, Letters November 1963 and signing by co-author Paul DeAngelis, sponsored jointly by the Marian Anderson Historical Society & the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. MORE INFO
Archive for October 2010
10/01/2010
Award-winning Philadelphia filmmakers Paul & Sandra Fierlinger talk about their adaptation of British author J.R. Ackerley’s acclaimed 1956 memoir, My Dog Tulip, and sign posters and the film tie-in edition of the book. This event takes place at 6 PM at Borders-Avenue of the Arts, 1 South Broad St. in Philadelphia.
The film itself premiers later this night at Ritz at the Bourse and will be followed by a Q & A with the Fierlingers. The film features the voices of actors Christopher Plummer, Isabella Rossellini and the late Lynn Redgrave. MORE INFO
10/02/2010
Second night of showings of the animated film adaptation of J.R. Ackerley’s acclaimed book, My Dog Tulip, made by award-winning Philadelphia filmmakers Paul & Sandra Fierlinger. The film features the voices of actors Christopher Plummer, Isabella Rossellini and the late Lynn Redgrave
There will be two showings of the film, each followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers. The exclusive engagement of the film continues all week. MORE INFO ~ Read a New York Times article about the film ~ WATCH CLIPS OF THE FILM
10/03/2010
RIP Joe Drabyak
Memorial service and celebration of the life of Joe Drabyak, bookseller extraordinaire for 16 years at Chester County Books & Music Company (CCBMC), the wonderful independent bookstore on Paoli Pike in West Chester, PA. Joe was a friend to readers and authors everywhere. He died August 27, 2010 after about a two month illness.
Joe Drabyak was president of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIB). Tributes from the association members appear here.
Services take place at DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home in West Chester, PA. Visitation will begin at 2:30 PM and the service will start at 4:30 PM.
The service desk at CCBMC is happy to collect memories of and tributes to Joe Drabyak via email for possible future posting on his FACEBOOK page and for a keepsake book. You can e-mail these to servicedesk@ccbmc.com
READ “IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOE DRABYAK, 1950 — 2010″ by author and friend Marshall Karp
10/04/2010
Monday Poets at the Free Library of Philadelphia presents Cindy Savett and Sean Webb.
Renowned food writer Mark Bittman introduces his latest offering, The Food Matters Cookbook: Lose Weight and Heal the Planet with More Than 500 Recipes, a follow-up to his previous Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating.
10/05/2010
New York Times bestselling fantasy and science fiction author R.A. Salvatore returns to the Dungeons and Dragons universe with his newest novel, Gauntlgrym. The book features Salvatore’s most popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden.
10/6/2010
McLean Library Garden Book Sale at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Temple University instructor and author Allen Hornblum talks about The Invisible Harry Gold: The Man Who Gave the Soviets the Atom Bomb, the true story of a shy South Philly bachelor who became a Soviet spy.
10/07/2010
Michael Cunningham, author of Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novelThe Hours, talks about and signs his latest novel, By Nightfall.
A Discussion with Local Author Stephan Salisbury at the Swarthmore Public Library. Salisbury’s latest book is Mohamed’s Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland. The book explores reprisals against Muslim communities in Philadelphia and beyond since the beginning of the War on Terror. Copies of Mohamed’s Ghosts will be available for purchase and signing after the program. Registration required: 610-543-0436, or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org.
10/12/2010
David Grossman, one of Israel’s best known writers, talks about To the End of the Land, a novel about which author Nicole Krauss said very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you open a book and when you close it again nothing can ever be the same…To the End of the Land is a book of this magnitude.
10/14/2010
Booker award-winning English novelist A. S. Byatt will be interviewed onstage by Paula Marantz Cohen, writer and Distinguished Professor of English at Drexel University.
10/15/2010
Spend a Day with a Literary Agent Sheree Bykofsky, the bestselling co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published (4th edition).This day-long ( 11 AM – 4 PM) intensive seminar for writers is part of Philadelphia Stories “Push to Publish” workshop at Rosemont College.
10/16/2010
Philadelphia Stories‘ Push to Publish 2010: Strategies and Techniques to Get Your Work in Print and Online, an all-day workshop for writers at Rosemont College with keynote speaker Paul Lisicky and panels on various topics featuring authors Kelly Simmons, Don Lafferty, Cecily Kellogg, Kelly Whalen, Curtis Smith, Jerry Waxler,Kathye Fetsko Petrie, Lise Funderburg, Julia Chang, Randall Brown, Alison Hicks, Aimee LaBrie, Carla Spataro, Lisa Dale, Lynn Rosen, Jonathan Maberry, Elise Brown, Julia Chang , Judy Schachner, Catherine Stine, Marie Lamba, Marc Schuster, Debra Leigh Scott, Curt Smith, Randall Brown & Josh McIlvain. MORE INFO • View bios of panel participants
10/21/2010
Nicole Krauss, award-winning author of The History of Love (and wife of Jonathan Safran Foer) reads from her much anticipated new novel, Great House.
Swarthmore Stories: The Victorian Era and Influence in Swarthmore talk by local historian Nancy Webster. Registration required: 610-543-0436, or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org. CANCELLED
10/23/2010
23rd ANNUAL MAD POETS FESTIVAL
10/24/2010
Alex Debogorski, co-star of the History Channel show Ice Road Truckers, will visitChester County Books & Music Company to sign his book KING OF THE ROAD: TRUE TALES FROM A LEGENDARY ICE ROAD TRUCKER.
10/26/2010
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer:noon, Barnes & Noble, 1805 Walnut St., Philadelphia; 7 PM, Barnes & Noble, 301 Main St., Exton, PA.
10/27/2010
Photo by April Narby
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer:12:30 PM, Borders, 1 S. Broad, Philadelphia, PA; 7 PM, Barnes & Noble, 150 West Swedesford Road, Devon, PA.
Jay Kirk delivers a talk at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia in celebration of his new book, Kingdom Under Glass, which centers on the life of Carl Akeley, known as the father of modern taxidermy.
10/28/2010
Swarthmore Stories: An Exploration of our Local History/Historically Black Communities in Swarthmore and Beyond. Swarthmore College Associate ProfessorAllison Dorsey explores the history of the Black Community in Swarthmore against the back drop of Black communities in the United States. Registration required: 610-543-0436, or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org.
Bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph J. Ellis talks about and signs his latest American history title, First Family: Abigail and John Adams.
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer: 7 PM, Barnes & Noble, 1311 Nixon Dr., Moorestown, NJ.
10/29/2010
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer: 6:30 PM, CHESTER COUNTY BOOK & MUSIC COMPANY, 975 Paoli Pike, West Goshen Center, West Chester, PA. Can’t make the signing? Call Chester County Books, 610-696-1661, to reserve an autographed copy.
10/30/2010
Craig Johnson signs Junkyard Dogs: A Walt Longmire Mystery.
10/31/2010
Local favorite LISA SCOTTOLINE signs My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space, her latest book based on her humor columns from The Philadelphia Inquirer:noon, COSTCO, 100 Centerton Rd, Mt. Laurel, NJ.
Archive for September 2010
9/07/2010
Will Bunch, Philadelphia Daily News senior writer and author of the political blog “Attytood,” talks about his new book Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, Hi-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama. TICKETS GO ON SALE for The 2010 First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art.
9/08/2010
Terry McMillan, New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back , talks about and signs her newest novel, Getting to Happy.
9/14/2010
Journalist and poet Eliza Griswold talks about Christianity and Islam.
9/15/2010
PHILLY CRIME FICTION DOUBLE-HEADER at Moonstone Arts Center: Local authors Duane Swierczynski (top) & Dennis Tafoya read their latest novels set in the City of Brotherly Love.
9/16/2010
Rick Moody, author of the award-winning memoir, The Black Veil, as well as three collections of short fiction and five novels, including his latest, Four Fingers of Death, delivers a talk at Bryn Mawr College.
9/21/2010
New York Times bestselling author of of Water for Elephants Sara Gruen talks about her newest novel, Ape House. This event is free and includes an mix-and-mingle happy hour with the author before the event. MORE INFO.
9/22/2010
Suzanne Collins, author of the just-released Mockingjay, the third book in her popular Hunger Games trilogy, visits Children’s Book World in Haverford at 7:30 PM. Special rules apply for attendees. READ DETAILS HERE.
Many Mountains Moving magazine reading.
9/23/2010
Author photo by Kathye Fetsko Petrie
National Book Award-winning author and Swarthmore College graduate Jonathan Franzen talks about Freedom, his first novel since The Corrections. AUDITORIUM SEATING SOLD OUT; SIMULCAST SEATING STILL AVAILABLE according to the listing on the Free Library website.
Joshua Ferris talks about and signs The Unnamed.
SWARTHMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS: Robert K. Wittman, author of Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures, 7 PM. Free but registration is required: 610-543-0436 or emailswarthmore@delcolibraries.org or in person at the library.
Writers featured in the new anthology Prompted, a collaboration between Philadelphia Stories and The GreaterPhiladelphia Wordshop Studio run by Alison Hicks (editor of Prompted), read from the collection at Chester County Books and Music. Featured readers include Kay Peters, Joyce Meyers, Jeanne Obbard, Rosalind Kaplan and Deborah Derrickson Kossmann. MORE INFO
9/24/2010
Philadelphia Fantastic presents local author L.A. Banks, author of the Crimson Moon series.
9/25/2010
William Gibson, whose debut novel, Neuromancer, won the Nebula, Philip K. Dick, and Hugo awards, talks about his latest science ficton novel, Zero History.
WURD SPEAKS! “The Power of the Word”/ARTISTS ARE THE KEEPERS OF OUR CULTURE — inaugural event in a a new quarterly symposia series focusing on issues impacting the African-American community, presented by 900AM WURD, Philadelphia’s only African-American owned and operated talk radio station. Speakers include Sonia Sanchez andAmiri Baraka speaking “on the power of poetry, rap, hip-hop and spoken word as mediums for educationand social change.”
9/27/2010
Thomas Buergenthal reads from and talks about his book A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy.
9/28/2010
New York Times bestselling author ZANE, “a purveyor of erotica with . . . mass-market appeal (New York Times),” talks about her latest novel, The Hot Box.
9/29/2010
BANNED BOOKS READING at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
9/30/2010
Scottish author A.L. Kennedy.
Satirist Gary Shteyngart reads from Super Sad True Love Story, his latest send-up of modern culture. Appearing with A. L. Kennedy (see above). Book signings follow.
Jamaica Kinkaid, author of the novels The Autobiography of My Mother, Annie John, Lucy, and more works of both fiction and non-fiction, delivers a talk at Bryn Mawr College.
Archive for June 2010
6/06/10 to 6/11/2010
The 3rd Annual Rosemont College Writers’ Retreat offers aspiring and established writers the opportunity to study with some of our finest local published authors for a week in the beautiful and relaxed setting of Rosemont College. Faculty members include Elise Juska, (short story, top right) plus (bottom, l to r) Lise Funderburg (creative non-fiction), Liz Abrams-Morley (multi-genre), J. C. Todd (poetry) and Elizabeth Mosier (novel writing).
Archive for May 2010
May 2010
5/06/10
Andrew Gross signs his newest thriller, Reckless.
5/11/10
“America’s Top Cop” John F. Timoney
5/12/10
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nathaniel Philbrick
5/15/10
ALUMNI AUTHORS SERIES at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writer’s House, featuring a reading with Beth Kephart and Alice Elliott Dark.
5/16/10
Mitch Albom, author of the best-selling books Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, signs copies of his newest book, Have a Little Faith.
5/18/10
Acclaimed author Hampton Sides talks about and signs his latest non-fiction title,Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the International Hunt for His Assassin.
5/20/10
Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, talks about his latest release, War.
5/26/10 – 5/29/10
ART SANCTUARY’S 2010 Celebration of Black Writing Festival “Movement: Paying it Forward, “a focus on the civil rights movement. On Friday, May 29, 2010, at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia, world-renowned poet, writer, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni will accept the Lifetime Achievement Award. Admission is $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Check the Art Sanctuary website for purchasing information.
Archive for April 2010
4/01/10
PHOTO by Kathye Fetsko Petrie
Poetry reading with former U.S. Poet Laureate DANIEL HOFFMAN at Swarthmore Public Library.
Poet DAISY FRIED reads at 7: 30 PM in the Scheurer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College.
Robert Coover reads and signs his latest work, Noir: A Novel.
4/02/10
MARATHON READING OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania.
U. S. Poet Laureate KAY RYAN reads at Delaware County Community College.
4/05/10
Christopher Moore talks about and signs Bite Me: A Love Story, which features a vampiric cat.
Novelist and screenwriter Joseph Gangemi reads at 7: 30 PM in the Scheurer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College
4/06/10
David Sedaris at the Grand Opera House in Delaware.
A READING AND CONVERSATION WITH POETS JEAN VALENTINE AND CINDY SAVETT
Penn State-Brandywine’s 14th Annual Litapalooza Literary Festival featuring poetDaisy Fried.
4/07/10
A READING BY FICTION WRITER LYDIA DAVIS
The Philly Liars Club reading and benefit for the Free Library at the Charles Santore branch.
4/08/10
Author Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.
4/09/10 to 4/11/2010
Mt. Airy Kids’ Literary Festival at Big Blue Marble Books.
4/09/10
“Baby-Sitters Club” series author Ann M. Martin signs The Summer Before, a prequel to her series, at Harleysville Books.
4/10/10
Photo by April Narby
Lisa Scottoline at Barnes & Noble-Jenkintown (see also 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/22 & 3/27). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
4/13/10
Thomas E. Kennedy signs In the Company of Angels, the first novel in Kennedy’s Copenhagen Quartet series to be published in the United States.
Lisa Lutz signs The Spellman’s Strike Again.
BETH KEPHART talks about and signs The Heart is Not a Size, her new young adult (YA) book set in Juarez, Mexico. (See also official launch party 4/20 and alumni talk at University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House on 5/15/2010).
4/15/10
Thomas H. Keels discusses and signs Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love.
4/17/2010
The independent bookstore-supporting group of local authors, The Philly Liars Club, visit The Trappe Book Center in Collegeville, PA from 1-3 PM. Featured authors include: Stoker and Nebula nominated fantasy author Gregory Frost (titles include Shadowbridge, and Lord Tophet); author of dynamic forensics thrillers Jon McGoran, who writes as D.H. Dublin (titles includeFreezer Burn); women’s contemporary fiction author Kelly Simmons (Standing Still); celebrated crime writer Dennis Tafoya (Dope Thief; social media guru and magazine feature writer Don Lafferty; popular author of young adult novels Marie Lamba (What I Meant…,; best selling mystery novelist Merry Jones (The Borrowed and Blue Murders); and actor, playwright and historian Keith Strunk (Prallsville Mills and Stockton, Arcadia Publishing Images of America Series).
4/17 & 4/18/2010
4th Annual Free Library Festival at Central Library in Philadelphia
This two-day extravanganza of author talks, signings and other literary events will feature the following authors and more:
Dave Barry • Charles Bernstein • Robin Black • Tina Campbell of Mary, Mary • Harlan Coben • Antonino D’Ambrosio • Paul Davies • Michael Dickman • Heidi Durrow • Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist • Lauren Grodstein • Edward Hirsch • Kitty Kelley • Yann Martel • Sy Montgomery • Tom Moon • Bob Perelman • Matt Phelan • Catie Rosemurgy • Sonia Sanchez •Sapphire • Judy Schachner • Brenda Shaughnessy • Taije Silverman • Helen Vendler • Jane Yolen • Mike Cavallaroro • local authors L.A. Banks, Jonathan Maberry, Ed Pettit, and Dennis Tafoya from The Philly Liars Club
Check the Free Library Festival website for full details.
4/20/10
A LUNCH TALK WITH ANDY ROBINSON on “Writing for Social Change.”
LAUNCH PARTY for local award-winning author BETH KEPHART‘s latest young adult novel, The Heart is Not a Size, which is set in Juarez, Mexico. Everyone is welcome to come meet the author, buy a signed book, mingle with guests and enjoy refreshments. This event takes place from 7 to 8:30 PM at Children’s Book World in Haverford. (See also 4/13 and 5/15).
Peter Matthiessen delivers a talk and signs books at Bryn Mawr College.
4/21/2010
Award-winning Philadelphia author and journalist, Stephen Fried talks about and signs his latest book, APPETITE FOR AMERICA: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West, at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Fried will be appearing with Bryant Simon who will be talking about his book, Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks. (See also 3/24).
4/22/10
A LUNCH TALK WITH ARTIST AND WRITER MAIRA KALMAN, author/illustrator of the quirky illustrated memoir The Principles of Uncertainty. Kalman’s illustrations have appeared on the cover of The New Yorker and in numerous children’s books including the award-winning 9/11 picture book Fireboat. She also illustrated the 2005 Penquin illustrated edition of Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style.
Poetry reading with Angela Shaw at Swarthmore Public Library.
ROCK BOTTOM REMAINDERS Special Benefit Concert for The Free Library of Philadelphia at The Electric Factory!!!!!
Is this cool or what? The Rock Bottom Remainders, the famous tongue-in-cheek, “really bad rock and roll” (Amy Tan) band of famous authors including Amy Tan, Scott Turow, Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Roy Blount, Jr., Greg Iles, James McBride, and Kathi Goldmark, play on stage for the first time in Philadelphia, as a benefit for our fabulous Free Library. TICKET INFO
“We play music as well as Mettalica writes novels.” — Dave Barry
4/26/10
David Milch (see also 4/27)
4/27/10
David Milch (see also 4/26)
4/29/10
Poem in your Pocket Day. Read info here.