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Wednesday, August 20 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Margaret Bartley
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Enjoy a mini-concert by a string trio consisting of Janet Hoffman, Helen Chesworth and Margaret Bartley, and a chance to try your hand at playing cello when author/musician Margaret Bartley presents Grisha, her fascinating biography of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. Grisha is the remarkable story of Gregor Piatigorsky, a world famous cellist who fled bloody Tsarist pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and eventually the Nazi Holocaust to find sanctuary in the Adirondack Mountains. Along the way, he fell in love with and married Jacqueline de Rothschild, the daughter of the wealthiest family in France. Grisha, Margaret Bartley’s first book, won the 2005 Adirondack Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
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Thursday, August 21 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Mark Weston
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Explore the real Saudi Arabia when Mark Weston presents his fascinating new history of the country, Prophets and Princes: Saudi Arabia from Muhammed to the Present. A highly respected scholar who has lived in Saudi Arabia, Mark Weston presents an informative and complete history of that country from the birth of Islam to the discovery of oil. His talk for this evening will be entitled "Saudi Arabia: Oil-Rich, Devoutly Muslim, and a Vital U.S. Ally." Mark Weston was a Visiting Scholar at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. A former attorney for ABC Television and a journalist for ABC News, his work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times.
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Friday, August 22 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Joseph Persico
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Get the intriguing story behind Franklin Roosevelt’s relationship with Lucy Rutherfurd when bestselling author Joseph Persico discusses his new book Franklin and Lucy. In this new biography, Joseph Persico reveals newly discovered letters from FDR to Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, a woman with whom he was romantically involved during World War I. Through the letters, Persico unearthed evidence of a secret romance that went unbroken for almost 30 years, and was severed only by death. The book is a fascinating look at one of our nation’s most significant presidents.
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Saturday, August 23 at 2 pm - Author Appearance - Phoebe Stone
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Can a tomboy become friends – or maybe more – with the most popular boy in town? Vermont author Phoebe Stone tackles this question of middle school angst when she discusses her new novel Deep Down Popular.
Vermont author/illustrator Phoebe Stone used her mother’s home of rural Virginia for the setting for Deep Down Popular, but she also credits her current home of Middlebury, Vermont for giving the book its small-town feel. Phoebe Stone is also the author of All the Blue Moons at the Wallace Hotel and Sonata #1 for Riley Red.
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Saturday, August 23 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Tim Weiner
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Weiner returns to the Northshire Bookstore for the paperback edition of Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. The book was awarded the 2007 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Hailed as the definitive history of the CIA, Legacy of Ashes is the first exhaustive history of the spy organization. The paperback edition has a new Afterword, which includes information from recently declassified, never-before-seen documents. From the history of the CIA to some of its most profound failures, Legacy of Ashes is one of the most important investigative reports in the new American century and a premier reference for future generations. An award-winning journalist for The New York Times, Tim Weiner traveled extensively to investigate CIA covert operations first-hand, and spent 10 years as a Washington correspondent covering national security and the CIA.
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Friday, September 5 at 7 pm -- Author Appearance - Nicholas Dawidoff
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The author of the national bestseller The Catcher was a Spy, Nicholas Dawidoff relates his unusual coming-of-age story in The Crowd Sounds Happy: A Story of Madness, Love and Baseball. Growing up in devastated New Haven with a fiercely principled single mother, Dawidoff searched for ways to fill the void left by his absent, mentally ill father. Into that space stepped the Boston Red Sox, via the radio announcers who brought the games into his room at night. They and the ballplayers became the men in his life. It’s a remarkable memoir about one boy’s search for something meaningful in his haunted existence.
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Wednesday, September 19 at 2 pm - Author Appearance - Debby Dubay
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Antique porcelain expert Debby Dubay conducts free appraisals and presents her book The Antique Trader® Limoges Price Guide. Debby Dubay, owner of Limoges Antique Shop in Rutland, is an expert in Limoges porcelain. A retired Air Force officer, she turned her passion for porcelain into her second profession. She is the author of four books on Limoges: Living With Limoges, Antique Limoges at Home, Collecting Hand Painted Limoges Porcelain and the Antique Trader® Limoges Price Guide. Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to learn more about your heirloom porcelain pieces!
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Thursday, September 11 at 6 pm - Film - Beyond Belief
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Learn how two 9/11 widows found meaning in tragedy when the Manchester Film Forum conducts a special screening of the award-winning film Beyond Belief. Directed and produced by Beth Murphy, Beyond Belief tells the story of Susan Retik and Patti Quigley, two Boston soccer moms whose lives were turned upside down on September 11, 2001 when their husbands perished. Rather than turn their grief inwards, they made a courageous journey to Afghanistan, where they worked to empower Afghan widows whose lives had been ravaged by decades of war. The powerful bond they established with these women helped them moved beyond tragedy to peace and reconciliation.
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Friday, September 12 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Tom Piazza
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Tom Piazza, the author of Why New Orleans Matters, the defining book on Hurricane Katrina, will discuss his new post-Katrina novel City of Refuge. The novel traces the stories of two families, one white and one black, as their lives are torn apart by the storm and then slowly pieced back together. After both families are flooded out, the members of one family are scattered across the country, while the other flees to relatives in Chicago. The deeply moving story touches on themes of race, class, culture and regional identity through the lens of two families’ eyes. Tom Piazza is the author of nine books including the novel My Cold War. He lives in New Orleans.
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Saturday, September 13 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - David Carr
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New York Times journalist David Carr presents the investigation of his own story of drug addiction in his memoir The Night of the Gun. Rather than rely on shaky memory, David Carr spent three years interviewing more than 50 people from his past who witnessed his life under the influence. As he sought corroboration of a story he thought he knew well, he was stunned to discover that he was wrong about many fundamental aspects of his life. As he works to regain his career as a journalist, he is eventually hired at The New York Times – then learns that he is not yet through with addiction. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet a groundbreaking author who has reinvented the autobiography.
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Tuesday, September 16 at 8 pm - Live Webcast - Philip Roth
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Philip Roth, one of the most celebrated living American authors, will appear via webcast at the Northshire Bookstore to discuss his new novel, Indignation. The Northshire Bookstore is the only bookstore in Vermont and one of just 50 stores in the nation that were selected to host this private webcast with the legendary author, who will also answer pre-submitted questions about his literature. The store will have 48 signed first-edition copies of Indignation available for customers attending the event. Roth’s 29th book, Indignation is the Korean War-era story of a young college sophomore who is desperate to escape the control of his overbearing father. It is a powerful addition to his investigations of the impact of American history on the vulnerable individual.
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Thursday, September 18 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Raymond Rodrigues
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Vermont author Raymond Rodrigues will discuss his first novel, Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy. The event is co-sponsored by the Manchester Historical Society and Vermont Archaeological Society. Set in 1774, Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy tells the story of a young man from Pownal, Vermont who becomes fascinated with the tales of the legendary Ethan Allen. Fueled by patriotism and pride, he joins the Green Mountain Boys, and embarks on a series of adventures that include witnessing an attack on Fort Ticonderoga, scuffles with gangs from New York, and fighting at the Battle of Bennington. It is an innocent view of the American Revolution that will still resonate with readers today.
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Saturday, September 20 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Harvey Frommer
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Relive the history that took place in a legendary sports landmark when Harvey Frommer presents his new book Remembering Yankee Stadium.
From the day that it opened in 1923, Yankee Stadium has been the ultimate sports icon. Renowned baseball historian Harvey Frommer has chronicled the stadium’s spectacular 85-year journey with priceless photographs, a decade-by-decade narrative, and vivid reminiscences by Hall-of-Famers, fans, sports journalists and historical figures. It is a thrilling history that is a must-have for all baseball enthusiasts. Harvey Frommer is one of the country’s leading authorities on baseball history and has written books including Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry.
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Thursday, September 25 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Ben Z. Rose
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Ben Z. Rose brings the man who coined the phrase “Live Free or Die” to life when he presents his book John Stark: Maverick General. John Stark, a brilliant battlefield commander from New Hampshire, was the maverick who led the New England militia in unconventional combat during the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Bennington. As a young man, he joined the British militia group Roger’s Rangers, and the knowledge he gained of British military methods allowed his soldiers to prevail in key battles in the American Revolution. His words “Live Free or Die” became the New Hampshire motto.
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Saturday, September 27 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Jon Katz & Mary Kellogg
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Bestselling author Jon Katz will present his new book Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, An Unexpected Journey, and Me and Hebron, N.Y. author Mary Kellogg will read from My Place on Earth, her first book of poetry in a combined event. In Izzy & Lenore, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz examines two of his exceptional dogs and the mysterious power they have in their interactions with humans. Izzy’s uncanny sensitivity to humans led Jon to train with him to perform volunteer hospice work, a pursuit that brought Katz to a series of uplifting emotional experiences. Lenore is a black Labrador retriever whose boundless capacity for love healed his own troubled soul. Jon Katz is also the author of A Dog Year, The Dogs of Bedlam Farm, and A Good Dog, among other books. A resident of North Hebron, N.Y., Mary Kellogg has been writing poetry for more than 60 years, but did not show her poems to anyone until a few years ago. Her poems have since been shared at readings, and reprinted in books including Izzy and Lenore. My Place on Earth is her first book.
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Saturday, September 27 at 2 pm - Children's Author - Tony Abbott
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Tony Abbott, the award-winning author of Firegirl, will present his new young adult mystery The Postcard. A mystery within a mystery, The Postcard centers on 13-year-old Jason, who is spending part of the summer with his dad in St. Petersburg, Florida. At first he is concerned that his parents might be moving toward a divorce, but when he finds a postcard, along with the first chapter of a hardboiled pulp novel, he soon finds himself unlocking the secrets of old Florida and his family’s past. Tony Abbott combines his love of noir fiction and iconic Florida to create a mystery that races toward a satisfying conclusion. He is also the author of the popular Secrets of Droon series.
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A Sneak Peek !!!
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Mark Your Calendars!!!
Oct. 1 - Wednesday @ 7 pm - John Fox presents Around the World with a Million Kids
Oct. 2 - Thursday @ 7 pm - Alison Bechdel presents State by State (film and book)
Oct. 4 - Saturday @ 4 pm - Nancy Alden presents A Touch of Glass (beading event)
Oct. 8 - Wednesday @ 5:30 pm - VT Businesses for Social Responsibility presents Public Policy Forum
Oct. 10 - Friday @ 7 pm - Tony Horwitz presents A Voyage Long and Strange
Oct. 11 - Saturday @ 7 pm - Peter Galbraith presents Unintended Consequences
Oct. 13 - Sunday @ 2 pm - Graeme Base presents Enigma: A Magical Mystery
Oct. 14 - Tuesday @ 7 pm - Greg Melville presents Greasy Rider
Oct. 16 - Thursday at 7 pm- Linda Peavey & Ursula Smith present Full Court Quest
Oct. 17 - Thursday @ 7 pm - Michael Harney presents The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea at the Spiral Press Cafe
Oct. 18 - Saturday at 11 am - Will Moses presents Raining Cats and Dogs
Oct. 18 - Saturday at 7 pm - Archer Mayor presents The Catch
Oct. 25 - Saturday at 7 pm - Charles Lachman presents The Last Lincolns
Oct. 26 - Sunday at 2 pm - The Tupelo Press presents Poetry Reading
Oct. 30 - Thursday at 7 pm - Sarwar Kashmeri presents Europe and America After 9/11 and Iraq
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Mark Your Calendar For These Great Upcoming Author Appearances: