Tag: Books

John Matteson Reading @ Oblong Books

Sunday (October 14, 2012) at Oblong Books & Music’s Rhinebeck location, author, John Matteson discusses his award-winning book, Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father.

From OblongBooks.com:

John Matteson is a distinguished professor of English and legal writing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his first book, Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father

This event forms part of Rhinebeck Reads initiative, centered around Geraldine Brooks’ 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, March, about Little Women author Louisa May Alcott’s father’s exploits during the American Civil War.

Matteson will discuss his own writing process and share invaluable insights into the Alcott family, gleaned through his extensive research which will offer readers the opportunity for further exploration of one of literature’s most iconic figures.

WHEN: Sunday (October 14, 2012)
TIME: 4:00pm
PLACE: Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY.
MORE: OblongBooks.com

New Lebanon Library’s Annual Book & Bake Sale

New Lebanon Library’s Annual Book & Bake Sale takes place this Weekend at the Midtown Mall in New Lebanon.

MOST ITEMS $2.00 OR LESS!
(Some special items priced higher)

SPECIAL PREVIEW SALE – $5.00 admission
Fri. 9/28:         4pm-8pm
Sat, 9/29:        8am-10am

REGULAR SALE – Free admission
Sat. 9/29:       10am-4pm
Sun. 9/30:      10am-2pm

Paperback 25 ¢  ~~~ Trade Paperback $1.50  ~~~ Hardcover $2.00!!

On Sunday, there will be a special “Buck a Bag” sale from noon to 2pm.

All proceeds benefit the Library.

Call 518.794.8844 for additional information. 

John Kelly Reading @ Oblong Books

Thursday night (August 30, 2012) at Oblong Books & Music’s Rhinebeck location, author, John Kelly discusses his book “The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People”

From OblongBooks.com:

John Kelly is the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time andThree on the Edge: The Stories of Ordinary American Families in Search of a Medical Miracle. He has written about medicine, history, and psychology for many years.

The Graves Are Walking is a magisterial account of the worst disasters to strike humankind—the Great Irish Potato Famine—conveyed as lyrical narrative history. Deeply researched, compelling in its details, and startling in its conclusions about the appalling decisions behind a tragedy of epic proportions, John Kelly’s retelling of the awful story of Ireland’s great hunger will resonate today as history that speaks to our own times.

WHEN: Thursday, August 30, 2012
TIME: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
PLACE: Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY.
MORE: OblongBooks.com

 

 

Children’s Book Week At Oblong Books

This Saturday (May 12, 2012), Oblong Books in Millertown celebrates Children’s Book Week with a reading by children’s book author, Jenny Offill. Offill will be at the store for a special storytime to read her two picture books – 11 Experiments That Failed and 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore.

Here is some info from OblongBooks.com:

“Is it possible to eat snowballs doused in ketchup—and nothing else—all winter? Can a washing machine wash dishes? By reading the step-by-step instructions, kids can discover the answers to such all-important questions along with the book’s curious narrator. Here are 12 “hypotheses,” as well as lists of “what you need,” “what to do,” and “what happened” that are sure to make young readers laugh out loud as they learn how to conduct science experiments (really!).”

This event is recommended for kids ages 2-6.

WHEN: Saturday (May 12, 2012)
TIME: 11:00 AM
WHERE: Oblong Books & Music, 26 Main Street, Millerton, NY.
MORE INFO: Visit OblongBooks.com

Annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival

Tomorrow (May 5, 2012) is the fourth annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival. More than 80 authors and illustrators will be at the Hudson Junior and Senior High School  for the festival and they will be joined by the national ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include hundreds of books to browse, authors and illustrators to talk to, live performances, arts & crafts workshops, food and giveaways.

The live performances will take place throughout the day and include:

Johnette Downing performs Reading Rocks. Downing is an award-winning author and musician for preschoolers through third graders who is known as the “Musical Ambassador to Children.”

Aaron Nigel Smith’s Call to Action. Smith founded FUNdamentals of Music and Movement, an arts program favored by early educational centers. Call to Action should have kids up and dancing.

John Farrell with the John L. Edwards School’s second-grade students. Farrell and the students will perform a song they wrote together then Farrell will perform several of his interactive songs and stories. Farrell is a local performing artist and songwriter.

WHEN: Saturday (May 5, 2012)
TIME: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
WHERE: Hudson Junior and Senior High School
FEE: Admission is free
MORE INFO: Visit http://hudsonchildrensbookfestival.com/