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April 2019
Author Event @ TNN: Ali Benjamin “The Next Great Paulie Fink”
Join us in welcoming Ali Benjamin, NY Times bestselling author and National Book Award Finalist (The Thing About Jellyfish) to The Novel Neighbor! In this highly anticipated second novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn’t easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a classroom prankster like Paulie Fink. Author presentation followed by book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event or through pre-order.…
Launch and Reading with Poets Laureate: “Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice”
Join us for an evening celebrating the recent release of Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice, a poetry collection featuring Aliki Barnstone, Carson Borbely, and Andrea Scarpino. Discussion and reading followed by book signing and reception. Books will be available for purchase at event or may be purchased beforehand at novelneighbor.com/books or in store. Doors open at 6pm Wine and light refreshments will be served. About the poets: Aliki Barnstone is a poet, translator, critic, editor, and visual…
April Local Author Showcase: Argentina Parra and Brenda Maly
This month’s Local Author Showcase features two women with incredible personal stories and books to share! Brenda Maly – “Was She Even Dead in October” Unbeknownst to Brenda Maly when she was recruited as Director of Operations at Small World Adoption Foundation of Missouri, that 15 years later she would be thrust into the sites of an underworld she never imagined or thought possible. With the go ahead from the Attorney General’s office, Brenda tells an astonishing story of how…
May 2019
May Novel Neighbor Book Club
This month’s book club title is Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Summary • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Slate • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Boston Globe, NPR, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Economist, Bustle • WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE, THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE, THE ROGERS WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE “Enthralling” —Boston Globe “Extraordinary” —Seattle Times “A rip-roaring tale” —Washington Post A dazzling…
September 2019
Special Storytime: The Journey of Emotion Belly Books
Author Tracy Schlepphorst will guide children on an interactive journey with Emotion Belly Books. She will share author secrets and take children from light bulb moment to finished product. She will stress the importance of listening to your Happy and share tips for making yourHappy grow. Each child will create their own Eden or Henry paper doll to take home. For Ages: 5-10 Cost: $15.00 (includes a copy of the child’s choice Eden and Her Happy, Henry and His Manners,…