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Should be an awesome event..

Word for Word: Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives by Peter Terzian with contributors: Joshua Ferris, Clifford Chase, Stacey D'Erasmo, Asali Solomon and John Jeremiah Sullivan, who will also perform music from the book with his band Fayaway @ Bryant Park

In this extraordinary anthology, twenty of our most acclaimed contemporary writers pay homage to the record albums that inspired them. Pearl Jam and The Smiths are but a few of the motivating bands in this unforgettable celebration of the unique and essential relationship between life and music.

@Bryant Park
Location: 1098 Avenues of America (map)
Starts: 12:30 am
Cost: FREE!

Learn all the Important Elements..

Francis Flaherty,Author of Elements of Story: Field Notes on Non-Fiction Writing @ McNally Jackson

As an editor at the New York Times for sixteen years, Francis Flaherty has edited hundreds of articles, and has seen that story is as important as style in good writing. His new book shares fifty story-level principles that both warn against mistakes and encourage writers to seize storytelling opportunities. Pete Hamill calls it "a splendid book for journalists, fiction writers, essayists, and critics, [and] the intelligent common reader." Francis will share some of these principles in workshop format.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Book..

Author/Editor Series J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Commencement (Knopf)
In conversation with Random House editor Jennifer Jackson @ McNally Jackson

Our Author/Editor series brings writers and editors together for conversations about the process of creation. J. Courtney Sullivan’s debut novel, Commencement, tells the story of three college friends reunited at a wedding. Critics have called it The Group for the first generation of women who have all the opportunities in the world, but no clear idea about what to choose. Sullivan will be joined by Random House's Jennifer Jackson, editor of Still Life with Husband and Pretty Little Dirty.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Cool Story about the Warhol inspiration on a Kids Life..

Lance Reynald reads from his debut novel, Pop Salvation @Borders Columbus Circle

Lance Reyland read from his new book which is about a Twelve-year-old outcast Caleb Watson is not like the other children struggling through the sheltered world of private school in Washington, D.C. On a field trip to the art museum he discovers the art of Andy Warhol, another outcast who becomes his hero - his icon. In the art and philosophy of Pop, Caleb finds sanctuary from his own life. Not the normal depiction of the polished life of D.C. and its prep schools, Pop Salvation is the story of finding yourself by becoming the art you adore.

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Brick Lane follw up...

Monica Ali, Author of In the Kitchen and Brick Lane @ Bryant Park

Spend your lunch break with Booker Prize-shortlisted author Monica Ali when she stops by the park to discuss the highly anticipated follow-up to her best-selling novel Brick Lane. Her latest brings readers into the vivid world of a London restaurant kitchen.

@Bryant Park
Location: 1098 Avenues of America (map)
Starts: 12:30 am
Cost: FREE!

Interesting...

Walter Kirn, author of Lost in the Meritocracy @ McNally Jackson

Novelist and essayist Walter Kirn's first non-fiction book, Lost in the Meritocracy, is a portrait of the author as a young man caught in an untenable education system that prizes the accumulation of points over the enrichment of the mind. In Life Inc., cultural theorist Douglas Rushkoff argues that community and intimacy have decayed and been replaced by corporate values, and proposes strategies to reverse the trend.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Animal Lover speaks out...

PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk @ Borders Columbus Circle

PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk discusses The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights.

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Book...

Simon Van Booy, author of Love Begins in Winter @ McNally Jackson

Simon Van Booy's latest collection of short stories offers glimpses into lives both gifted and damaged, from socially isolated virtuoso musicians to diplomats haunted by childhood memories. Publisher's Weekly said, "Each of this stories has moments of sheer loveliness."

He will be signing his new book as well ready excerpts from it.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

For the Dads..

The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood (Ecco)With editor Ben George And contributors Nick Flynn, Michael Thomas, Darin Strauss, and Jim Shepard @ McNally Jackson

At turns irreverent, poignant, and tender, Ben George's The Book of Dads features 20 of modern literature's most distinctive voices offering insight into the experience of fatherhood. George is joined by contributors Nick Flynn, author of the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City; Michael Thomas, author of Man Gone Down; Darin Strauss, author of Cheng and Eng and The Real McCoy; and Jim Shepard, novelist and short story writer whose works include the collection Like You'd Understand Anyway.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Discussion with a Noir Sensibility..

Craig Johnson, author of The Dark Horse in conversation with New York Times editor Verlyn Klinkenborg @ McNally Jackson

Craig Johnson mixes noir sensibilities, humor, and social themes in The Dark Horse, the latest novel in his popular Sheriff Longmire mystery series. This time, a homicide case forces the sheriff to go undercover to clear the name of an innocent woman. Joining Johnson is Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times editor and author of Timothy, Notes of an Abject Reptile.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

mmm inexpensive books...

Open Air Book Fair @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

The Housing Works Annual Open Air Book Fair give you then chance to sort through tens of thousands of old books, records, and CDs. Collect those hidden gems for merely $1 and then hibernate for the winter with your new stack of used books. There is also clothing sold by the bag.

@ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Location: 126 Crosby St (map)
Start: 10 Am
Cost: Free

Book Event for the Lunch Time...

Word for Word: Christopher Buckley, Author of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir @ Bryant Park

Spend your lunch break with Award-winning satirist Christopher Buckley who will be offering consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a loved-one, while telling a personal story of life with legends.

@Bryant Park
Location: 1098 Avenues of America (map)
Starts: 12:30 am
Cost: FREE!

Interesting Discussion..

Hal Niedzviecki, author of The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors @ McNally Jackson

In his new book, social critic Hal Niedzvieki explores how the age of digital mediated hyper-access is reshaping how we are thinking about privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. Part travelogue, part diary, part meditation and social history, Naomi Klein called The Peep Diaries, "A snapshot of a world in profound transformation. Compelling and creepy."

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Book Discussion

Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Ant King and Other Stories and
Jedediah Berry, author of The Manual of Detection @ McNally Jackson

A postmodern assemblage of pulp and surreal fictions, Rosenbaum's debut features zeppelin pirates, an orange that rules the world, emancipated children's collectives, and other mind-bending ideas. Berry's debut novel, The Manual of Detection, is a darkly comedic mystery that has garnered comparisons to the work of Paul Auster and Franz Kafka.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting conversation

Philip Lopate, author of Notes on Sontag in conversation with Ben Taylor, author, editor, and memoirist @ McNally Jackson

Adopting Sontag's favorite form, a set of brief essays or notes that circle around a topic from different perspectives, Lopate newest work creates a virtual conversation between the two writers. Robert Polito called Notes on Sontag, "Shrewd, ardent, skeptical, canny." Lopate discusses his work with Ben Taylor, author of The Book of Getting Even and editor of an upcoming collection of Saul Bellow's letters.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Mob Talk...

Sandra Harmon discusses Mafia Son @ Borders Park Ave

Bestselling author Harmon uses her inside access to the Mob, law enforcement, and jailed Mafioso Gregory Scarpa Jr. to tell an epic true story of crime and betrayal. Should be interesting..

@ Borders Park Ave
Location: 461 Park Ave (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Discussion..

Ben Greenman talks with Dennis Johnson @ McNally Jackson

Ben Greenman's newest novel tracks the rise and fall of fictional rock icon Rock Foxx, soul funk avatar of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s. Greenman discusses his work with Dennis Johnson, co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House. Should be a great conversation that delves in to the work and the process of creation.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Cool Book...

Book Launch Event for The New Yorker fiction editor Ben Greenman's Please Step Back @ Galapagos Art Space

Join Melville House co-publishers Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians to celebrate the launch of Ben Greenman's much-buzzed-about, ferociously intelligent funk-rock novel, Please Step Back. Praised by Walter Mosley for the way it "sings of the back-street, back-stage hyper-kinetic moment when music, stardom, and cultural sea changes pushed America irrevocably forward."

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 16 Main Street (map)
Starts: 7 Pm
Cost: Free

Stories fo the Baseball Season..

Roy White & Darrel Berger sign Then Roy Said to Mickey…The Best Yankee Stories Ever Told @ Borders Wall St

Roy White and Darrel Berger will be signing copies of their new book Then Roy Said to Mickey... The Best Yankee Stories Ever Told. Should be a great compilation of baseball stories for the season!

@ Borders, Wall Street
Location: 100 Broadway (map)
Starts: noon
Cost: Free

John Lennon Tribute

Lennon/Ono's Hidden Bed-in Photographs launch @ Gershwin Hotel

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of John and Yoko’s Bed-in for Peace and the launch of a new book with music, a sneak preview of never-before-seen photos, author Joan Athey reads, musicians Gary Lucas, Steven Lynch, Chris Brown, poetry and more hosted by Neke Carson and Michael Wiener. Fundraiser for music writer Paul Williams.

@ Gershwin Hotel
Location: 7 East 27th Street (map)
Starts: 8 Pm
Cost: Free

YEAHH EMERIL!!

Emeril Lagasse signs Emeril at the Grill @ Borders Wall St

Emeril brings his New Orleans Kickin' it up a Notch to the grill. Today he will be signing copies of his new book Emeril at the grill and just hope he will be grilling something up in the bookstore as well! The ladder is highly unlikely, but you never know!

@ Borders, Wall Street
Location: 100 Broadway (map)
Starts: noon
Cost: Free

Action Documentary wiz..

Camera Obtrusa: The Action Documentaries of Hara Kazuo Book Tour @ Light Industry

Throughout the four decades of his career, Hara Kazuo has stalked the bizarre and disturbing margins of Japanese society, certain that central truths are to be found in fringe phenomena. His "action documentary" method pursues the shocking effect of the action film, following the gesture and staying in the moment. Hara's explosive technique has contributed directly to the current ascendance of the documentary film; his best-known disciple is Michael Moore, who lists Hara as one of his favorite directors.

Come Meet Hara today at the Light Industry when he will signing and discussing his latest book Camera Obtrusa: The Action Documentaries of Hara Kazuo. Should be extremely interesting.

Also: Extreme Private Eros screening followed by author appearance and booksigning.

@ Light Industry
Location: 220 E. 36th St, bklyn (map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: Free

International Reading..

Maria Negroni, English reading by translator Michelle Gil-Montero
Introduction by Forrest Gander @ McNally Jackson

Argentinian poet María Negroni has published numerous books of poetry in Spanish; her collection Islandia (Station Hill Press) received the 2001 PEN Award for best book of poetry in translation. She holds a PhD in Latin American Literature from Columbia University and currently teaches Latin American Literature at Sarah Lawrence College. Tonight she reads in Spanish from her new collection Andanza, with a reading in English by the book's translator Michelle Gil-Montero. This will be a bilingual event so be ready for a little bit english and a little spanish.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Literary throwdown..

Opium presents Literary Death Match NYC, Episode 13 @ Pianos

Tonight the thirteenth installment of Literary Death will be taking place at Pianos for the first time!Heidi Julavits (The Uses of Enchantment), Cheryl Wagner (Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around), Amy Lawless (Noctis Licentia), and B.C. Edwards (Evitative) will comprise the authorial talent. While Scribner editrix Anna deVries, Gawker star Richard Lawson, and 30 Rock funnyman Scott Adsit will make up the judging. Should be a night of literary hilarity.

@Pianos
Location: 158 Ludlow St (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $5

Travel Writer Extroardinaire..

Arthur Frommer Discuss Ask Frommer @ Borders Park Ave

Blogging "travel god" Arthur Frommer pulls no punches in this straight-talking book filled with smart travel tips. The latest trip ideas, and opinionated riffs of the state of the travel industry.

@ Borders Park Ave
Location: 461 Park Avenue (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Excellent Poetry...

A Celebration of National Poetry Month hosted with The Academy of American Poets @ McNally Jackson

Inaugurated in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. The Academy of American Poets and McNally Jackson will be celebrating with readings by poets J.D. McClatchy, Susan Wheeler, and Mark Halliday. Wine and cheese will be served.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Book Discussion

Author/Editor Series:Greg Ames, author of Buffalo Lockjaw (Hyperion)In conversation with Leslie Wells, Executive Editor at Hyperion @ McNally Jackson

Our Author/Editor series brings writers and editors together for conversations about the work and the process of creation. Greg Ames debut novel tells the story of James Fitzroy, a prodigal returning home to witness the slow decline of his Buffalo, New York family. Darkly humorous and emotionally raw, Buffalo Lockjaw draws readers in with its stripped bare description and cacophony of fresh voices. Ames will be speaking Leslie Wells, an Executive Editor at Hyperion, whose recent books include Julie Andrews's #1 New York Times bestseller, Home.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting...

Erica Jong, author of Love Comes First @ McNally Jackson

In her long-awaited new collection of poems (her first in 18 years), Erica Jong turns her incisive intelligence and wit to that eternally perplexing and captivating topic: love. Using rich imagery and vibrant metaphors, Jong boldly explores the nature of love and all its facets. “Jong writes in the earthy tradition of Sappho, Whitman, and D.H. Lawrence. Her voice is supple and sensuous” (Jay Parini, author of Some Necessary Angels).

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Zach with an h rocks!!

Book Release, Reading, and Signing: Zachary Mexico, author of China Underground @ McNally Jackson

In China Underground, author Zachary Mexico introduces us to the blossoming youth subcultures of the next global superpower. Through his tales of encounters with students, wannabe rock stars, Chinese mafia kingpins, struggling punk bands, and others, Mexico will change everything you thought you knew about modern China. An overseas hit, China Underground was featured on the Singapore Straits-Times bestseller list. He will be reading and signing copies of his new book so be sure to make it out.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Conversation

Julia Angwin, author of Stealing MySpace: the Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America (Random House)Interviewed by Kevin Delaney, reporter for the Wall Street Journal @ McNally Jackson

In the first business history of the new media phenomenon MySpace, Julia Angwin covers the backroom dealing and outsized egos behind the popular social networking site, from its roots to its surreptitious sale to the Rupert Murdoch media empire. "A story that couldn't be made up, and couldn't be better told" (Paul Ingrassia, Pulitzer-Prize winning financial journalist and author).

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 6 PM
Cost: Free

Rejects take the stage...

'Rejected from Rejected': A "Rejected" Book Release Event w/Jon Friedman @ The Housing Works Bookstore

Jon Friedman hosts a series of readings featuring pieces that were, for whatever reason, left out, declined, removed, and rejected from the recently released, critically acclaimed book, Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled. --For established fans and/or new fans of the book, the show will also feature readings/performances from some of the book’s actual contributors.

@ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Location: 126 Crosby St (map)
Start: 10 Am
Cost: Free

For all you Shrek Fans...

Cast members of Shrek the Musical CD signing @ Borders Columbus Circle

For you Shrek fans out there the five prime cast member of Shrek the musical will be signing copies of the new CD! Or for all you not so much shrek fans, but am affiliated with kids that love Shrek then here is great birthday gift opportunity!

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 6 PM
Cost: Free

Hmm Interesting...

An Evening with Granta Featuring Daniyal Mueenuddin and Justin Torres
Hosted by John Freeman, American editor of Granta @ McNally Robinson

This event, hosted by Granta magazine, will feature readings by Daniyal Mueenuddin and Justin Torres. Daniyal Mueenuddin is the author of Other Rooms, Other Wonders, a new collection of interwoven stories that depict the complex social fabric of rural Pakistan. Justin Torres, a former McNally Jackson employee, is the author of the short piece "Lessons" featured in Granta 104: Fathers. John Freeman, former president of the National Book Critics Circle and now American editor of Granta, hosts the event.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 6 PM
Cost: Free

Kids event in Brooklyn....

Tribal Alphabet by Nan Richardson, Reading and Book Signing @ The powerHouse Arena

Nothing like a Sunday kids reading and book signing for DUMBO author Nan Richardson and her book, Tribal Alphabet. Seems like a pretty cool book if you are a kid of not..

From Aborigine to Zulu, these dynamic cultures have survived, even flourished, in the face of increasing difficulties. This is a book that carries the beauty of its engaging pictures, and an important message about indigenous tribes around the world. Aimed at a young reader audience, the text offers informative rhymes, while the glossary in the back provides additional valuable in-depth information for parents and older readers. The brightly-colored map of the world compliments the drawings themselves and helps small (and grown-up) readers to locate the geographic origins of each tribe represented.

@ Powerhouse Arena
Location: 37 Main st (map)
Starts: 4 PM
Cost: Free w/ RSVP

Interesting Book Discussion

Daniel Libeskind Discusses His New Book @ The Strand

Few architects' names are known to the general public, no matter how famous they get in their insular world. Daniel Libeskind, though, quickly became known well outside of his field when his studio won the World Trade Center design project in 2003. Tonight he's at The Strand discussing and signing copies of his new book, Counterpoint, which contains sketches, blueprints and photos of his most famous works as well as excerpts from interviews where he explains his multi-disciplinary approach.

@ The Strand
Location: 828 Broadway (map)
Starts: 7 pm
Cost: Free

Hmm Interesting...

Author/Critic Series: Paul Maliszewski talks with Eric Banks @ McNally Jackson

Paul Maliszewski explores the varieties of faking in his new book, from its historical roots in satire and con artistry to its current boom in fake memoirs. He also confesses his own foray into fakery: satirical letters written under false names to the editor of a journal where he worked. Maliszewski will talk about fakery with New York based writer and critic Eric Banks, former editor of Bookforum and a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. Should be an interesting convo with Eric Banks

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 6 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting..

Daniel Bergner, Speaks about book :The Other Side of Desire: Four Journeys into the Far Realms of Lust and Longing @ McNally Jackson

Award-winning New York Times Magazine staff writer Daniel Bergner explores the boundaries of human sexuality with four true stories of people whose desires fall outside the norm. From foot fetishism to sadism to an obsession with amputees, Bergner's profiles raise provocative questions about morality, responsibility, and sexual longing.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Well if you don't like Football why not learn to write..

Gotham Writers' Workshop: Art of the Short Story @ McNally Jackson

This free hour-long free seminar from Gotham Writers' Workshop is taught by professional writers on different writing topics each month. Dave Koch, writing teacher, author, and founder of the literary magazine The Land-Grant College Review, will use short lectures to explain several elements of short story writing, and will invite participants to do brief writing exercises.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 6 PM
Cost: Free

Book Discussion..

Author/Editor Series: Charles Bock & David Ebershoff @ McNally Jackson

McNally Robinson's Author/Editor series brings writers and editors together for conversations about the work and the process of creation. Charles Bock's debut novel, now out in paperback, received stunning reviews for its masterful panorama of Las Vegas and the web of lonely children and suffering adults who struggle under its glimmering lights. Bock speaks with his editor and fellow author David Ebershoff about the bright lights of Vegas and literary fame.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Nifty...

Author Cornelia Funke and star Brendan Fraser discuss the film Inkheart. @ Borders Columbus Circle

To celebrate the release of the major motion picture Inkheart, author Cornelia Funke and Brendan Fraser will discuss bringing the film to life. Inkheart is a fantasy adventure that sends a father and daughter on a quest through worlds both real and imagined.

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Funny Brilliant Writer

Garrison Keillor: Man in Tux and Red Shoes with Piano @ Feinstein's at Loews Regency

The dude is funny enough just reading his work, so add a piano and it has to be amazing! Be sure to check it out!

@Feinstein's at Loews Regency
Location: 540 Park Ave (map)
Starts: 8:30 PM
Cost: $71.53 w/ $40 food and drink minimum

Intersting Discussion...

The Space Between Reading and Slide Show by John Law @
Proteus Gowanus

A reading and slide show about bridge climbing from John Law. Cacophony Society and Burning Man Co-Founder John Law makes his fiction debut. Should be interesting.

@Proteus Gowanus
Location: 543 Union Street (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: Free

Great Event..

Gabriel Peveroni discusses Groenlandia @ McNally Jackson

Groenlandia is a play that narrates the story of a family that has been separated. Melina is exiled in Greenland, a place that is almost metaphysical, and returns home to avenge her father's death and his treason. The playwright, Uraguayan writer and journalist Gabriel Peveroni, will be introduced by Jean Graham-Jones, an expert in the field of Latin American theatre studies.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Magic Man Signs

Magic Johnson @ Border Penn Plaza

Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be signing his book 32 Ways To Be a Champion in Business. Meet the Man, the Myth, The Legend

@Border Penn Plaza
Location: 33rd St. & 7th Ave. (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Meet the Photographer!!

“China, Portrait of a Country” Book signing event with editor Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing @ Taschen SOHO

Today from 6-8 Liu Heung Shing will be signing copies of "China, Portrait of a Country" which acted as editor for. The book collects work from over 80 Chinese photographers and provides an in-depth photographic history of the country. Be sure to stop by.

@ Taschen Store
Location: 107 Greene Street (map)
Starts: 6-8 Pm
Cost: Free

The Magic Man Signs..

Magic Johnson @ Border Columbus Circles

Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be signing his book 32 Ways To Be a Champion in Business. Meet the Man, the Myth, The Legend

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Hilarious Dude..

Denis Leary discusses Why We Suck @ Border Penn Plaza

Funny guy Denis Leary will be discussing and signing his new book Why We Suck. Can't wait to find out why we do, if anyone would know it would be denis.

@Border Penn Plaza
Location: 33rd St. & 7th Ave. (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost: Free

Hmmm

Michael Medved discusses @ Border Columbus Circle

Michael Medved discusses The 10 Big Lies About America – Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation. Should be Interesting.

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Paul Simon: Paul Simon in a special One-on-One conversation

7:00 PM

Paul Simon
Paul Simon: Paul Simon in a special One-on-One conversation
Performing Arts

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Union Square
Union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810

Brian Cogan: Encyclopedia of Punk Music

7:00 PM
Brian Cogan Author Event
Brian Cogan: Encyclopedia of Punk Music

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Park Slope
267 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-832-9066

Quincy Jones

7 PM
Quincy Jones: The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey, My Passions: Photos and Mementos from Q's Personal Collection
Biography

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Union Square
Union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810

Jamie Oliver/ Author Event

7PM

Jamie Oliver/ Author Event
Jamie Oliver: Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life
Cookbooks

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Union Square
Union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810

Saturday Storytime with Elvira Lindo

12:00 noon

Special Saturday Storytime with Elvira Lindo, author of Manolito Four-Eyes (Marshall Cavendish)

McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
212.274.1160

Elvira Lindo’s series about the adventures of bespectacled, talkative Manolito Four-Eyes is a children's classic in Spain, where it has inspired feature films and a TV series. Readings from the book in English and Spanish will be followed a conversation with Elvira Lindo.

Sir Roger Moore

12:30 PM

Sir Roger Moore: My Word is My Bond
Memoir

@ Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Fifth Ave
555 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-697-3048

Charles Seife

Science, Politics & the Press--A Discussion
07:00PM - 08:30PM

Strand Book Store
Located at the corner of 12th Street and Broadway.

Take the N R Q W 4 5 6 or L train to Union Square. Walk two blocks South to 12th street.

828 Broadway
(at 12th St.)
New York, NY. 10003-4805

212-473-1452

Charles Seife, the author of the award-winning Zero and the upcoming Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking, and professor of journalism at NYU, will speak with Michael D. Lemonick, a former writer for TIME magazine and author of The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos. Charles and Mike will examine global warming, intelligent design, stem cell research and other areas where politics and science collide.

Unable to make the event? Pre-Order A Signed Copy.

Books ...

Mark Grisham and David Donaldson @ Borders Columbus Circle

Mark Grisham and David Donaldson will be discussing their Borders Exclusive, Bedlam South .Which tells the story of ordinary people who fought and suffered, and loved and lost during the Civil War. Authors Mark Grisham and David Donaldson weave a rich tapestry colored with tales of tragedy, romance, and redemption.

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Uhhh could be interesting

What Not To Wear’s Carmindy discusses Get Positively Beautiful @ Borders Columbus Circle

Well she is pretty hot, I guess she would know how to get positively beautiful so come on out and see what she's got to say.

@Border Columbus Circles
Location: 10 Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

BLAME CANADA.. for good writing..

Miriam Toews @ McNally Jackson

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Intersting Discussion...

Author/Editor Series: Mark Richardson, author of Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Knopf)
In conversation with editors Marty Asher and Jeff Alexander @ McNally Jackson

The ongoing Author/Editor series brings writers and editors together for conversations about the work and process of creation. Zen and Now is a chronicle of Toronto Star reporter Mark Richardson’s journey to retrace the steps Robert Pirsig took in the 1968 classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Richardson talks with the two editors who worked with him on the project: Marty Asher, formerly the Editor in Chief of Vintage Anchor Books and now an Editor at Large at Knopf, and Jeff Alexander, a young editor at Vintage Anchor.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Story Set in Orleans Aftermath..

Amanda Boyden, author of Babylon Rolling @ McNally Jackson

Boyden’s second novel is a story about the clash of race and culture in the intersecting lives of five families living on the same New Orleans street in the year before Katrina. Boyden’s debut Pretty Little Dirty was called “a first novel of complex truth and beauty” by the San Francisco Chronicle. A former circus trapeze artist and contortionist, Boyden lives in New Orleans. She will be reading from and signing her new book.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Blast From My Hoops Past...

Alonzo Mourning, Discusses and signs Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph @ Borders, Wall St

Nothing like another inspiring story from an athlete especially when it is the legendary basketball player Alonzo Mourning. He was one of my favorites back in the day when the Charlotte Hornets were the hottest thing since sliced bread! Should be an interesting book and if it isn't at least you got the meet the legend.

@ Borders, Wall Street
Location: 100 Broadway (map)
Starts: 1 PM
Cost: Free

A night with some great writers...

Indie Press Series: Hanging Loose Press w/ Marie Carter, Michael Cirelli, and Tony Towle @ McNally Jackson

The ongoing Indie Press Series honors the work of small independent publishers. Brooklyn’s Hanging Loose Press began in 1966 with a “magazine” of mimeographed loose pages in a cover envelope, and has since published 143 books including the first books by Sherman Alexie, Kimiko Hahn, D. Nurkse, and many others. Tonight’s works include Marie Carter’s novel based on her own study of trapeze, hip-hop inflected poetry from Brooklyn poet Michael Cirelli, and a new collection from New York School poet Tony Towle.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Mmm Food Discussion with a side of Cheese..

Lit Mag Series: Diner Journal @ McNally Jackson

Diner Journal is the quarterly food magazine of Brooklyn restaurant Marlow and Sons. This evening contributors will read excerpts, key players in the birth of the magazine will talk about how it came to be, and local cheeses and some wines chosen by the restaurant’s wine buyer will be served. Sounds like an excellent event for food lovers!

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Book..

Jennifer Baumgardner, author of Abortion and Life @ McNally Jackson

New York author and activist Jennifer Baumgardner is the producer/creator of the award-winning film I Had an Abortion. Her new book reveals how the most controversial and stigmatized Supreme Court decision of our time cuts across eras, classes, and race, and explores the thorniest issues around terminating a pregnancy. Should be an extremely interesting event.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

The Horror of Katrina...

Tom Piazza, author of City of Refuge @ McNally Jackson

Tom Piazza’s nonfiction book Why New Orleans Matters defined New Orleanians’ response to Hurricane Katrina and its devastation of the people and culture of that great city. Piazza’s new novel traces the stories of two families, one white and one black, as their lives are torn apart by the storm and then slowly stitched back together in its aftermath. Should be an amazing event.

@McNally Jackson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free