Joe Egan
July 27, noon to 2:00

Joe Egan will be in the store, signing copies of his books and chatting with readers.

August—Reading Road Trip

We had so much fun with the Reading Road Trip last summer that we’re doing it again and expanding it to the whole month of August! Grab a friend or members of your book group and visit these five great stores: Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery, Big Pine Books (formerly The Willow), Bluebird Books, Cherry Street Books, and Four Pines Bookstore. Get a passport at your first stop, have it stamped at each store, and it will go in a drawing for a fabulous gift basket of books. Each store will have special activities. Check back for complete details (and our updated logo!)

Andrew DeYoung
August 3, noon to 2:00

Andrew DeYoung will be in the store signing copies of The Day He Never Came Home and chatting about writing thrillers. Andrew works as an editor at a children's book publishing company, and he lives with his wife and two children in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota. The Day He Never Came Home is his third book.

Photo by Sarah DeYoung.

Chris Norbury
August 9, 1:00 to 3:00

Chris Norbury, author of the award-winning Matt Lanier mystery-thriller series and Little Mountain Big Trouble, an adventure novel for middle grade readers, will be in the store!

Come by to chat and pick up a signed book or two.

William Kent Krueger
August 16, 5:00 to 7:00

William Kent Krueger’s new Cork O’Connor book, Spirit Crossing, will be out August 20—but he’s gotten permission from his publisher to visit a few stores, including ours, in northern Minnesota before that date!

We’ll be hosting him at the Event Room (in the former J&B)
1104 Park Ave S Suite 2. This will be a ticketed event.

A primary ticket is $35 and includes a signed copy of Spirit Crossing. 
A plus-one ticket is $5 and does NOT include a book (a plus-one ticket is ONLY available with purchase of primary ticket and only ONE plus-one ticket can be purchased with a primary ticket)

Krueger will speak at the event and will be available to sign and personalize copies of Spirit Crossing.

Photo by Diane Krueger

Poetry Reading with members of Penchant
September 7, 2:00

Penchant was founded ca. 1970 by Karen Herseth Wee and Riki Kölbl Nelson. Members of the group will be reading from their latest anthology, What Woke her in the Night. The anthology is a testimony to the power of community and personal experience.

Registration Open for Fall Reading Retreats!
October 11 to 13 and 25 to 27

Our fall retreats are a chance to get away for a relaxing weekend, talking about books with a great group of women and eating food someone else has prepared, all at a leisurely pace. We’ll all read the same three books around the theme Finding Her Voice. The books are Gilded Mountain, How to Say Babylon, and The Brightest Star. Gilded Mountain is in the store now. The other two books will be released in paperback early in July. Books and registration materials are available in the store.

Identical retreats will be held October 11 to 13 and 25 to 27. The second retreat is full, with a waiting list, but there is still space available for the first weekend.

The cost of the retreat will be $395.00. We encourage you to register now with a $100 deposit. (Non-refundable unless we fill your spot.) There is no charge to place your name on the waiting list for the second weekend.