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June 2021
Summer Reading BINGO at The Novel Neighbor
Starting Friday, June 11, we will be encouraging everyone to play along with our Summer Reading challenge! There will be fun prizes, book recommendations, and more! Bingo runs from June 11 to August 27! All of your reading should take place in that window. Starting Friday, we will have playable Bingo cards in the store! You can also print your own here: ADULT/YA | KIDS! When you finish a book, write down its title on the corresponding square! Complete Bingo in any direction and…
Rebecca Schwarzlose | Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain—And How They Guide You
Join author Rebecca Schwarzlose in a conversation with Saher Alam about Brainscapes – a book that combines unforgettable real-life stories, cutting-edge research, and vivid illustrations to reveal brain maps’ surprising lessons about our place in the world—and about the world’s place within us. Ticketing Each ticket includes free attendance to the talk. You will receive an email to access the link in the days leading up to the event. Please note that this book does not go on sale…
Anna Lum: Socially Distant Signing | Even The Celery Flies
Join us in-person at The Novel Neighbor with Anna Lum for a socially distant signing of her newest book of poetry, Even the Celery Flies: Six Decades of Poetry. About the Book Anna Lum’s new book of poetry, slices through six decades of Anna Lum’s life with photos, collage, brush strokes, and of course, words. Anna Lum teaches Tai Chi (since 1973). She evolved from computer programming to poetry/design. The Urge to Play God, published by MoonShadow Press led…
Beth Bacon: Socially Distant Signing | The Book No One Wants to Read
Join us in-person at The Novel Neighbor with Beth Bacon for a socially distant signing of her newest book, The Book No One Wants to Read. And don’t forget to join Beth virtually for Story Time live on our Facebook and YouTube pages on Thursday, June 17th at 10:30AM! About the Book The Book No One Wants to Read is a highly visual full-color chapter book that uses humor, interactivity, and meta-storytelling to help even the most reluctant reader breeze through…
Jenny Price | Stop Saving the Planet!: An Environmentalist Manifesto
Video premiere: Monday, June 21, 7:00 p.m. on Facebook.com/STLCoLibrary We’ve been “saving the planet” for decades while accomplishing little to nothing–and low-income communities continue to suffer the worst consequences. St. Louis author and artist Jenny Price presents an environmentalism that is hugely more effective and a whole lot fairer. Concise, funny, and radical in the truest sense. “Stop Saving the Planet!” dissects our failures, posits solutions, and offers concrete actions we can take to mend our planet. Curbside pick-up and shipping…
The Novel Neighbor and EyeSeeMe present An Evening with Stacey Abrams
The Novel Neighbor and EyeSeeMe are honored to present “An Evening with Stacey Abrams” to celebrate the paperback launch of the New York Times bestseller OUR TIME IS NOW. Stacey will be joined by Cari Champion on June 22 at 6 PM Central on Zoom Webinar to discuss the urgency of ending voter suppression and how we can empower citizens to use their power to shape the future. The conversation will be followed by moderated audience Q&A. Ticketing Each ticket…
Phyllis Wheeler: Socially Distant Signing | The Long Shadow
Join us in-person at The Novel Neighbor with Phyllis Wheeler for a socially distant signing of her newest book, The Long Shadow. About the Book Part survival story, part exploration of racial justice in America, part journey of self-discovery, and wholly engaging and memorable. A well done and powerful story. It is certainly stuck in my head. – Joe Corbett, school librarian, St. Louis I loved this book. I could not stop reading it once I had begun. It is a…
Jamie Brenner | Blush
Video premiere: Monday, June 28, 7:00 p.m. on Facebook.com/STLCoLibrary For decades, the Hollander Estates winery has been a premier destination on the North Fork of Long Island. But behind the lush vineyards, the Hollander family fortunes have suffered. Family matriarch Vivian knows selling their winery to strangers will expose a dark secret she’s harbored for decades. But when her granddaughter Sadie uncovers journals from Vivian’s old book club dedicated to scandalous novels of decades past, she realizes that this might…
Jennifer Dasal Virtual Author Event | ArtCurious
Join Jennifer Dasal for a wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you’ve never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast. Ticketing Each ticket includes a copy of ArtCurious and a signed bookplate. You will receive an email link to access the livestream in the days leading up to the event. Please note that we are not able to process international orders through Eventbrite. If you would like to order from outside the…
July 2021
Romance Book Club – July
The Novel Neighbor Romance book club meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. All are welcome! The next meeting will take place via Zoom at 7pm on July 8th. For information on how to join a Zoom call, click here. Click here to join the meeting July’s Romance Book Club selection is The Rogue King by Abigail Owen Purchase Link Print (Shipping or Curbside Pickup) | Audiobook | E-book ABOUT THE BOOK: Kasia Amon is a master at hiding.…