Long Beach Reads One Book

Every year, the Long Beach Public Library sponsors a One Book, city-wide reading event. Long Beach Reads One Book encourages everyone in the city to read the same book, and to meet to discuss it in a variety of venues and formats. There will be activities geared for every reading level (elementary school students as well as high school and college students), plus events intended to include senior citizens and book clubs.

Isabel Allende's retelling of the Zorro legend is the perfect book for a city-wide read: it is a page turner with something for everyone.  Set in California, the Caribbean, New Orleans, and Spain, this historical novel is jam-packed with adventure, intrigue, and romance. Allende's trademark wit, beautiful prose, and unforgettable characters are sure to have  the whole city talking!

Thursday, March 22, at 7 pm, please join us as we welcome Isabel Allende at the Long Beach Terrace Theater!  Tickets are $25 a person (parking is included!), and must be purchased in advance. Click here to buy your tickets!

We will be selling Isabel Allende books at this special event!  The first 200 buyers will receive a complimentary book plate, pre-signed by Isabel, to affix inside their purchase.

 
The full events calendar for Long Beach Reads One Book is here.


Apostrophe Books has copies of Zorro (in English and in Spanish) on sale every day for 10%!  

It's the sweetest day of the year in the Shore!  Belmont Shore businesses will be offering all kinds of chocolaty goodies for kids of all ages.  Books of twelve tickets are $10 each, and will be sold the week before the Festival at La Strada (right next door to Apostrophe!), Mail Boxes Etc., Sweet Jill's, We Olive, Salon Soma & The Beach on 2nd St.  Tickets may be purchased during the festival in front of the Chase Bank on 2nd Street.

There also be a Homemade Chocolate Dessert Contest and a Chocolate Pie Eating Contest.  Check out the Belmont Shore Business Association's events page for more details!

And we will have chocolate for sale in our store, too!  Chocolatier Cherie Balisi will be selling some yummy chocolates from 1 pm to 4 pm - be sure to come enjoy some tasty treats!  

Last September, Patti Varol joined our team of booksellers at Apostrophe Books.  Patti, who is also a freelance writer and editor, has a diverse background and a wide variety of interests and specialties, ranging from crossword puzzles to yoga.  We are thrilled to announce that she is now blogging about books in the Belmont Shore-Naples Patch!

Patti's latest post, an essay introducing the seven writers honored at last weekend's Literary Women Festival, can be found here.  Be sure to register with the Patch so you can follow Patti's blog and to keep up with all the latest news on the Shore!

 

Poet Ivana Dostanic, who visited Apostrophe Books for a book signing and poetry reading last December, has been profiled in Latino Weekly Review. She discusses the challenges of being a bilingual poet and the emotions, stirred up by her 

emigration to the United States, that led her to begin writing poetry.

We enjoyed our evening of poetry with Ivana, and we hope to have her back soon!