We adjourned for the month of August; the Cove will start our signings again in September. Four authors are scheduled: Gayle Forman, Lucinda Franks, Marta Szabo, and Susan Richards.Gayle will be coming on Thursday September 10th at 7 pm, to read and talk about If I Stay. Before Gayle's book was even published, its movie rights were purchased by Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the Twilight franchise. If I Stay quickly became a New York Times-bestselling book (debuting in the Top 10), and Eric Feig of Summit raves, "Not since Twilight have we seen as emotionally moving a book for a youth audience with this kind of crossover appeal." Gayle's book has been flying off the shelves, and has been quite a hit with the young adult crowd!
Friday September 18th at 7 pm, Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Lucinda Franks will be coming to Pawling. Lucinda's event for her memoir, My Father's Secret War, will be hosted at Trinity Pawling School in their brand new theater. My Father's Secret War is being made into a movie, with Keifer and Donald Sutherland as the leads. The Chicago Tribune raves about the book, calling it "a harrowing chapter of military history is told as a suspenseful spy story." The LA Times agrees: "An illuminating, gripping narrative." This is a great event to come to if you like WWII history, geneology, spy stories, or journalism.
Saturday September 26th at 1 pm, Marta Szabo will come to the Cove for her memoir, The Guru Looked Good. A life-long writer, Marta is a founding member of the Woodstock Memoir Festival and co-directs the Authentic Writing Workshops. If you enjoy memoirs, yoga, or "group think", this is the signing for you!
Thursday September 24th, at 7 pm, New York Times-bestselling memoirist Susan Richards will join us. Susan's first memoir, Chosen By a Horse, was a huge hit with the Cove staff; we all loved it. Susan writes beautifully, and her candor is what binds the reader to her story. The Boston Globe concurs: "This is an inspirational story of what family means, and what the loss of one can do to us, and for us."
Visit Gayle's website: http://www.ifistay.com/book.php
Visit Lucinda's website: http://www.lucindafranks.com/
Visit Marta's website: http://the-guru-looked-good.blogspot.com/
Visit Susan's website: http://www.susan-richards.com/
I'm flattered to be in such good company and can't wait to check out the Book Cove (the kind of bookstore I wish we had in my Brooklyn neighborhood, the kind you assume we'd have in my Brooklyn neighborhood, but alas, don't).
ReplyDeleteAnd I must admit, I am extra excited about this reading because it's the first event I've done in a few months, and really, probably the first time I've left my apartment without a child in tow since we brought our second child home from Ethiopia two months ago. So, if I seem a little hyped up, I'm probably just giddy from book fumes and a bit of freedom.
Hope to see you all there!
Gayle Forman
Hi Gayle,
ReplyDeleteWe are super psyched to meet you and genuinely cannot wait for your event. We're glad you are hyped up, we are too!
Warmly,
Teresa
Dear Book Cove Readers! I am thrilled to be coming to Pawling to meet you all. I promise to give you an entertaining afternoon with plenty we can talk about afterwards -- from what a cult is really all about to what memoir writing is really all about -- and everything in between. I love these events. I love to read and I love to answer questions and meet people. So come on out, bring a friend, and let's rock this joint!
ReplyDeleteHi Marta!
ReplyDeleteWe are looking forward to seeing you and listening to what will absolutely positively be a lively day at the Cove.
Best,
Teresa
I wonder how many people who come to meet memoir authors are interested in writing their own memoir?
ReplyDeleteI also wonder how many people in the wonderful Book Cove community have ever been part of a large group where they didn't feel they could speak their mind freely. Sometimes these big groups are exotic Eastern religions, sometimes they are more recognizable -- an office, a political group, a committee. I think my book starts to look at the things that draw people into situations where they cannot freely communicate, create, make mistakes -- and how detrimental that is. Sometimes people have dear friends or relatives who get sucked into big groups -- they might understand a little more of what might have happened after reading The Guru Looked Good. In any event, I hope you come by on Saturday the 26th! I'd love to meet and talk with you!
ReplyDeleteI came by the store last week -- I loved the drive there, winding country roads, then discovering the village -- and then the store itself. What a great place I did not know about! And that bakery next door (Bring Your Buns Inside) looks fantastic too. Can't wait to be there tomorrow -- come and be there too! 1pm. We'll read and talk and meet and fire up the engine of writing!
ReplyDeleteThank you to everyone who came!
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