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May 15 (Wednesday, 5:00 pm) — Greg van Eekhout, San Diego-based author of the middle-grade novel Kid vs. Squid, The Boy at the End of the World and the adult novel Norse Code will be signing copies of his books at Barnes & Noble, Oceanside, 2615 Vista Way, Oceanside.
Lisa Kovach - Community Relations Manager, at 760-529-0270 or crm2153@bn.com for additional information.
May 15 (Wednesday, 4:30 pm) — Warwick's will be Live Streaming Dan Brown Live at Lincoln Center. This will be the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code's only public appearance in promotion of his new book Inferno. The event is free and open to the public. The video feed will be located in the Warwick's Book Department.
Background: In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces... Dante's Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante's dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust...before the world is irrevocably altered.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com/.
May 15 (Wednesday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick's will host the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid, Anchee Min, who will discuss and sign The Cooked Seed. This event is free and open to the public. In order to be signed The Cooked Seed must be purchased from Warwick's.
Background: In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with a memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Red Azalea became an international bestseller and propelled her career as a successful, critically acclaimed author. Twenty years later, Min returns to the story of her own life to give us the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.
It is a hard and lonely road. She teaches herself English by watching Sesame Street, keeps herself afloat working five jobs at once, lives in unheated rooms, suffers rape, collapses from exhaustion, marries poorly and divorces. But she also gives birth to her daughter, Lauryann, who will inspire her and finally root her in her new country. Min's eventual successes-her writing career, a daughter at Stanford, a second husband she loves-are remarkable, but it is her struggle throughout toward genuine selfhood that elevates this dramatic, classic immigrant story to something powerfully universal.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com/.
May 15-24 — Adventures by the Book presents a Springtime in Paris Adventure by the Book with author (How to Eat a Small Country), chef, and Season 3 winner of The Next Food Network Star Amy Finley to Paris and the surrounding French countryside. Event includes nine nights’ deluxe lodging, specialized sightseeing tours, unique events, welcome reception at Shakespeare & Company with American writers living in Paris, dinner with Alec Lobrano,, and much more.
About the Event: Embark on the trip of a lifetime, the opportunity to experience Paris and the surrounding French countryside through the eyes of, and with the assistance of, a host of renowned authors, chefs, photographers, and restaurateurs who traditionally do not make themselves available to the general public. Amy Finley leads you on a ten-day Springtime in Paris Adventure by the Book around Paris and the French countryside. Indulge in the food, the wine, the people, the history, and the culture, and get to know Paris like you never have before. Whether you are first-time traveler to France or a long-time Francophile, we guarantee you have never seen France like this.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com.
May 16 (Thursday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick's will host #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford who will discuss and sign his book Silken Prey. This event is free and open to the public, however Reserved Seating is available, please contact the Warwick's Book Dept. at (858) 454-0347 for details. In order to be signed, the author's most current book must be purchased from Warwick's.
Background: Murder, scandal, political espionage, and an extremely dangerous woman. Lucas Davenport's going to be lucky to get out of this one alive. Very early one morning, a Minnesota political fixer answers his doorbell. The next thing he knows, he's waking up on the floor of a moving car, lying on a plastic sheet, his body wet with blood. When the car stops, a voice says, "Hey, I think he's breathing," and another voice says, "Yeah? Give me the bat." And that's the last thing he knows.
Davenport is investigating another case when the trail leads to the man's disappearance, then-very troublingly-to the Minneapolis police department, then-most troublingly of all-to a woman who could give Machiavelli lessons. She has very definite ideas about the way the world should work, and the money, ruthlessness, and sheer will to make it happen. No matter who gets in the way.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http:/www.warwicks.com.
May 16 (Thursday, 6:30 pm) — Diane Wakoski will read her new work at the Star of the Sea at the Event Center, 1360 N Harbor Dr , San Diego (next to Anthony's on the water). The reading starts a 7:00 pm. After the reading, there will be live jazz until midnight.
The event is free, but a $5 donation to a local arts non-profit (San Diego Entertainment and Arts Guild) will be requested at the door. There is no cover, no minimum during the poetry segment of the evening. There will be a 2-drink minimum for the live music segment. Full bar, special menu of finger foods, prepared by Anthony's with everything sensibly priced. This event kicks off a regular Thursday night series of poetry and live music at this venue. "Stars at the Star" will feature the best poets and the best guest star musicians in our region every Thursday night.
Wakoski is the Featured Poet in this year's San Diego Poetry Annual (2012-13). Her new collection, Bay of Angels, will come out this Fall.
May 17 (Friday, 6:00 pm) — California-based James Horvath, author and illustrator of Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tail will read aloud from his newest book. Horvath will also show how he brings his characters to life with a short drawing demonstration at Barnes & Noble, Oceanside, 2615 Vista Way, Oceanside.
Lisa Kovach - Community Relations Manager, at 760-529-0270 or crm2153@bn.com for additional information.
May 18 (Saturday, 11:00 am) — Warwick's will host an activity party and storytime with bestselling children's author/illustrator Salina Yoon who will be reading and signing her newest Penguin adventure story, Penguin on Vacation as well as Penguin and Pinecone. This event is free and open to the public. In order to be signed the author's most current book must be purchased from Warwick's.
Background: Come party with Penguin on Vacation! There will be lots of fun party activities
About the book: Penguin is tired of the snow and cold-so he decides to visit the beach! But when his favorite activities like skiing and skating don't work so well on sand, can a new friend help Penguin learn how to have fun in the sun? Seasoned illustrator Salina Yoon's charming text and bright, energetic illustrations ensure that readers will be clamoring for more Penguin stories-wherever they make their home!
For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com/.
May 20 (Monday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick's will host award-winning local author Zachary Karabashliev, who will discuss and sign his novel 18% Gray. This event is free and open to the public. In order to be signed the author's most current book must be purchased from Warwick's.
Background: Distraught over the sudden disappearance of his wife Stella, Zack tries to drown his grief in Tijuana, where he encounters a violent scene, and trying to save a stranger's life, nearly loses his own. Escaping with the van of his attackers, he makes it back to the U.S., but only to find a bag of marijuana in it.
Using this as an impetus to change his life, Zack sets off for New York with the weed and a vintage Nikon. Through the lens of the old camera, he starts rediscovering himself by photographing an America we rarely see. His journey unleashes a series of erratic, hilarious, and life-threatening events interspersed with flashbacks to his relationship with Stella. The story shifts from present day California to Eastern Europe in the late eighties, flows briefly through France, and climaxes in a penthouse above Manhattan.
A suspenseful, darkly funny love story, 18% Gray won both the Bulgarian Novel of the Year Award and the Flower of the Readers Award when it was first published in 2008.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com/.
Sam Warren is the publisher and editor of www.SDWriteWay.org. Visit the site for additional news and calendar events for both Readers and Writers.
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