Karen Press will be at the store on Saturday, May 23 from 12:00 to 2:00pm. Not only will she sign her latest title, Exquisite Monsters, she will also doodle a monster in every book!
For more information about Karen, check out http://www.turnstonepress.com/poetry/exquisite-monsters.html
We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday!
On Saturday, May 2, Books on Beechwood will be participating in the
Nationwide celebration that is Authors for Indies Day!
We will be kicking off this day-long celebration with a Story Time for
Children with local children’s authors Rachel Eugster, Susan
Atkinson and Elizabeth Todd Doyle. The day will continue with Author
Meet ‘n Greets from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Be sure to stop by to meet
these wonderful authors, buy some great books, and celebrate
independent bookstores.
Here is our schedule for Authors for Indies Day:
10:00am: Story Time for Children with Rachel Eugster, Susan Atkinson & Elizabeth Todd Doyle.
12:00pm: Author Meet ‘n Greet with Allison Van Diepen, Max Turner, Pearl Pirie, and Sherrill Wark.
1:00pm: Author Meet ‘n Greet with Emily-Jane Hills Orford, Nicola Vulpe, Susan Taylor Meehan, and Sarah Jennings.
2:00pm: Author Meet ‘n Greet with Catina Noble, Benoit Chartier, and Jean Boisjoli.
3:00pm: Author Meet ‘n Greet with Susan Delacourt, Alex Binkley, Mike Young, and Barbara Fradkin.
Not only will you get a chance to chat with some of your favourite authors, meet great new authors, and buy some fabulous books, but you’ll also get the opportunity to enter multiple draws for books, gifts and Books on Beechwood gift cards. Light refreshments and snacks will also be served.
It will be a wonderful day and we hope that you’ll all be able to make it in for a visit!
On Wednesday April 29th, we are very excited to be welcoming Helen Humphreys to the store. She will be here from 6:30pm to 9:00pm, and will be reading from her new novel The Evening Chorus at 7:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free. No sign up ahead of time is required.
We look forward to seeing you all at this exciting evening!
Deborah-Anne Tunney and Frances Boyle will be here on Saturday, April 18 from 1:00 to 3:00pm to sign copies of their new books The View from the Lane and Light-Carved Passages.
Please note that the Bookstore is closed on Good Friday April 3rd and Easter Sunday April 5th. We are open on both the Saturday and the Monday.
The next event in the dinner and discuss series will be held at the Fraser’s Table 40 restaurant in Springfield Road on Sunday February 22nd. starting at 5.30p.m. The speaker is David Halton, former chief political correspondent for the CBC and he will be discussing his book “Dispatches from the Front”, a memoir about his famous father-the war correspondent Matthew Halton.
Reservations are necessary and have to be made at the bookstore. There is a $20 deposit per person which is then deducted from the cost of the meal. The dinner is a three course set menu (with vegetarian option) served family style for a cost of $40. Refreshments, a fixed gratuity and taxes are extra. There are still a few places available. Book now!
We will be CLOSED on Monday, February 16th for Family Day.
Regular store hours will resume on Tuesday, February 17th.
HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY and POLITICS
The 50th anniversary of the first official raising of the Maple Leaf Flag is Sunday February 15th. It is an historic occasion to be celebrated. Despite its contentious adoption and the acrimony of the 1960s, the flag has become an important symbol all across the nation.
We are having a sale on Saturday February 14th and Sunday February 15th with 20% off all books in the categories of History, Biography and Politics.
Come and join our celebration.
Caroline Shepard will be here on Saturday, January 31 from 12:00 to 2:00pm to sign copies of her book Unlit Spaces.
About the book:
“Unlit Spaces brings to life the haunting story of Cailey Donald, a young woman who flees her rural Manitoba home in the wake of lingering childhood trauma. As Cailey matures, she finds herself in a variety of challenging situations, from working as a domestic in a wealthy Winnipeg home, to studying fine arts at a Montreal university. As she begins to establish herself in the Montreal art community, her life is at once inspired
and inhibited by the hidden childhood trauma that resurfaces with ever increasing urgency. It is ultimately through her art, and in the company of those closest to her, that Cailey at last allows this paralyzing event to emerge from the shadows.
Unlit Spaces is a dramatic and often moving love story that weaves themes of
culture and art and social justice through the intersecting lives of a vibrantly
entertaining cast of characters”
About the author:
Unlit Spaces (Friesen Press 2014) is her first novel. An early manuscript of Unlit Spaces was long-listed for the Chapters Robertson Davies First Novel Award. Off Centre (Oberon Press 2004), her debut collection of short fiction, reflects her international experience and was short listed for the 2005 Danuta Gleed Award. At home in Ottawa, she is at work on a second novel.