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August Brings the Second Annual Reading Road Trip
Grab a friend or members of your book group and hit the road to visit these five great bookstores: 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, leave it at the last store you visit, and it will go in a drawing for a fabulous gift basket of books. Check each store’s website for hours and special activities.
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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.
See Rebekah's review.
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!
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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.
See Lee's review of Spirit Crossing.
Photo by Diane Krueger |
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 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 placeyour name on the waiting list for the second weekend.
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The Serviceberry
A new book from Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, and a gift (while supplies last) if you pre-order it from us!
“Serviceberries is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.”
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How Is August like April?
April may be National Poetry Month, but a number of great collections of poetry are being released in August!
Take a look at these:
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Forage and Feast
Chrissy Tracey
Welcome back to Cookbook Corner! Today's selection, Forage and Feast, is for you year-round foragers out there! The chapters are split by seasons. Yes, even winter! It starts off with a little basic 101. This is a book you shouldn't pass up if you like foraging. The cookbook Is worth buying for the pictures alone. They are beautiful! Oh, yeah, it also has a lot of great recipes as well as beautiful plate presentations. The book says it best: “It's the perfect introduction to finding food in the natural world and turning it into a plant-based recipes everyone will love.” |
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