Category: Author Signing
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George Anastasia
Wednesday October 13, 7pm – True Crime George Anastasia author of Philadelphia True Noir: Kingpins, Hustles and Homicides ($17.95 Camino Books) In these pages you’ll find the true noir stories that have bubbled up under the magnifying glass of a 30-year veteran reporter at the The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s a fascinating look into the minds,…
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The Twin Poets and William Upski Wimsatt
Tuesday, October 12, 7pm – Poetry & Prose Moonstone Poetry Series Presents The Twin Poets and William Upski Wimatt The Twin Poets are tutors, mentors, big brothers, community activist, leaders, scholars, summa cum laude grads, allies, soldiers, father-figures, artist, teachers, camp directors, counselors, historians, social workers, brothers, friends, fathers, sons, – all of theses titles…
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Richard Poplak author of The Sheikh’s Batmobile
Thursday, October 7, 7pm – Non-Fiction Richard Poplak author of The Sheikh’s Batmobile: In Pursuit of American Pop Culture in the Muslim World ($15.95 Soft Skull Press) What happens to our pop culture when it meets another culture head-on—especially one that, according to some, is completely at odds with our own? In The Sheikh’s Batmobile,…
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Rose A. Valenta & Chip Chantry
Sunday October 3, 3pm –Humor Rose A. Valenta author of Sitting on Cold Porcelain ($19.99 paper, $29.95 hardback) Local Comedian, Chip Chantry, will kick off this event with standup Philadelphia humorist, Rose A. Valenta, has written over 160 essays in her new book, “Sitting on Cold Porcelain.” This book provides delightful entertainment with an amusing,…
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Duane Swierczynski & Dennis Tafoya
Wednesday, September 15, 7pm – Crime Fiction Duane Swierczynski & Dennis Tafoya Duane Swierczynski author of Expiration Date ($13.99 Minotaur Books) In this neighborhood, make a wrong turn… and you’re history. Dennis Tafoya author of The Wolves of Fairmount Park ($25.99 Minotaur Books) The Wolves of Fairmount is Dennis Tafoya’s lyrical, intense, sometimes tragic and…
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Aaron Michael Morales, Maria Luisa Ortega Hernandez, and Leticia Nixon
Wednesday July 28, 7pm – Author Event Aaron Michael Morales author of Drowning Tucson (15.95 Coffee House Press) “Morales wrestles with nothing less than the parameters of the human soul.” Luis Alberto Urrea “You will not forget Drowning Tucson. The characters will haunt you, and even after you know the stories are getting to you,…
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Chandler Davis
Friday, September 10, 6pm – Science Fiction Watch Live! (click here) Chandler Davis author of It Walks in Beauty: Selected Prose of Chandler Davis edited and with an introduction by Josh Lukin Harvard awarded Chandler Davis a PhD in mathematics in 1950. Three years later, Davis was served with a subpoena as a result of…
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Deanna Zandt author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking
Thursday July 8, 7pm – Non-Fiction Deanna Zandt author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking ($16.95 Berrett-Koehler Publishers) You know when you read something that is so great you want to just run down the street and tell everyone that they need to read it, like right now? Yeah,…
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E.N. Joy, author Meet and Greet
Saturday, August 14, 1pm – Author Event E.N. JOY author of She Who Finds a Husband ($14.95 Urban Christian) and Been There Prayed That ($14.95 Urban Christian) All About Joy BLESSEDselling author, E. N. Joy, is the writer behind the five book series, “New Day Divas,” coined the “Soap Opera In Print.” Formerly writing secular…
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STEPHAN SALISBURY author of Mohamed’s ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 7pm – NON-FICTIONSTEPHAN SALISBURYauthor of Mohamed’s ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland ($26.95 Nation Books) Mohamed Ghorab had no hint one late spring morning that when he dropped his daughter off at school, his life would change forever. Federal agents and police surrounded him in front of…