E. Lockhart

Hang out with Booktopia authors and Malaprop’s booksellers at this celebration of bookishness! The featured authors are Krista Bremer (My accidental jihad), Wiley Cash (This Dark Road to Mercy and A Land More Kind Than Home), Kim Church (Byrd), Denise Kiernan (The Girls of Atomic City and others), Ariel Lawhon (The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress), E. Lockhart (We Were Liars and others), and Anthony Marra (A constellation of vital phenomena). Booktopia is a confluence of authors and readers held in three cities each year, each time partnering with a local independent bookstore. It was started by Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness to bring together followers of their podcast, Books on the Nightstand. This is the only Asheville Booktopia event that is open to the public. We hope to see you here!

Location: Street: 55 Haywood St City: Asheville, Province: North Carolina Postal Code: 28801 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)… (mehr)

The Northshire WeAreNotTooOldForThis Reading Group will meet at the Around the Corner Cafe on Wednesday, June 18th at 7:00 pm to discuss We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart. If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by The Northshire Bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount). We are welcoming new members! Please contact Paige Mushaw, pmushaw@northshire.com for more information and to register for this reading group.

Location: Street: 424 Broadway Additional: City: Saratoga Springs,, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)… (mehr)

This event will be held at Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY.

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In ANN BRASHARES epic new novel, The Here and Now (April 2014), is an unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world...if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to. In the book, seventeen-year-old Prenna James immigrated to New York when she was twelve – not from a different country, but from a different time A future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins. Prenna and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set of rules: never reveal where they’re from, never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the plague that will one day ravage the earth. But everything changes when Prenna falls in love. Brashares writes YA and adult fiction and is best known as the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series of books. Brashares was born in Alexandria, Virginia and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. E. LOCKHART's forthcoming book – We Were Liars (May 2014) - features a beautiful and distinguished family; A private island; A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy; A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive; A revolution, an accident, and a secret. Lockhart is the author of four Ruby Oliver books: The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys and Real Live Boyfriends. Her other titles include Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, How to Be Bad, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks – a Printz Award honor book, finalist for the National Book Award, and recipient of the Cybils Award for best young adult novel. Her books have been translated into 10+ foreign languages. She holds a doctorate in English Literature from Columbia University and has taught composition, literature and creative writing courses at Columbia, Barnard and NYU. Image by Heather Weston.

In SARAH MLYNOWSKI’S forthcoming YA novel – Don’t Even Think about It (March 2014) a group of normal New York City high school sophomores, went for flu shots with their homeroom class. They were prepared for some side effects. Maybe a headache - maybe a sore arm – but they definitely didn't expect to get telepathic powers. Suddenly they could hear what everyone was thinking! Mlynowski is an editor and a writer of chick lit and young-adult fiction novels. In 2001, she published her first novel Milkrun, which has since been published in 16 countries selling over 600,000 copies around the globe. She is also is the author of the Magic in Manhattan series, as well as Fishbowl, As Seen On TV, Monkey Business, and Gimme A Call, and many more. Sarah has also written a number of short stories and novellas, and co-edited the bestselling chick-lit collections Girls' Night In and Girls' Night Out, and Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have). Image by Heather Waraksa.

Location: Street: 6422 Montgomery St., Suite 6 City: Rhinebeck, Province: New York Postal Code: 12572-0482 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)… (mehr)

We'll be discussing We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, April 24 @ 7:00.

This is sure to be THE book of the summer. It will not be on bookstore shelves until May 13th. (We were able to score some advanced reading copies.)

"Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable." - John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

Society members will receive a 20% discount on titles chosen for discussion and ocassional access to pre-publication previews of new books from well-known as well as up-and-coming authors. Other surprises may also be in store – remember, this is Hicklebee’s…

Call the store (408) 292-8880 or email Renee if you are interested in joining. Novel Society facilitator, Renee Ting was the President and Publisher of Shen’s Books, a small press specializing in multicultural children’s literature. As a publisher, she has been reading, evaluating, producing, and marketing children’s content for over ten years. Prior to heading Shen’s Books, Renee worked at several children’s book and music stores, including Linden Tree and Storyopolis. She is a graduate of Harvard University with a BA in music, and is the author of The Prince’s Diary.

Location: Street: 1378 Lincoln Ave City: San Jose, Province: California Postal Code: 95125-3010 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)… (mehr)

Adele Griffin! Robin Wasserman! Sarah Mlynowski! E. Lockhart!

We are beside ourselves with excitement to be the official bookseller at this event at Seattle Public Library, CENTRAL.

Featuring some of our favorite authors for young adults, this event promises to be a memorable evening of early writerly attempts by these amazing writers, who very much remember what it's like being young and embarrassing.

Go here to learn about parking and such at Central.

The author's newest books are listed below.

Location: Street: The Living Room Additional: Seattle Public Library, CENTRAL City: Seattle, Province: Washington Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)… (mehr)