News from The Concord Bookshop

Established 1940

December 22, 2010

The Concord Bookshop

65 Main Street

Concord, MA 01742

978-369-2405

Special Holiday Hours

Wed 12/22 9:30 - 8:00

Thurs 12/23 9:30 - 8:00

Fri 12/24 9:30 - 4:00

Closed 12/25 and 12/26

Upcoming Events

1/9 (Sunday) 3pm -

Jean Fain discusses The Self-Compassion Diet

1/19 (Wednesday) 10am -

Ilie Ruby leads us in a Jumpstart Your Writing workshop

1/27 (Thursday) 7pm -

Concord Bookshop Book Club (CBBC) discusses Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

1/30 (Sunday) 3pm -

Daniel Palmer reads from and discusses Delirious

Upcoming Events

1/9 (Sunday) 3pm -

Jean Fain discusses The Self-Compassion Diet

1/19 (Wednesday) 10am -

Ilie Ruby leads us in a Jumpstart Your Writing workshop

1/27 (Thursday) 7pm -

Concord Bookshop Book Club (CBBC) discusses Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

1/30 (Sunday) 3pm -

Daniel Palmer reads from and discusses Delirious

Greetings!

Happy holidays from the Concord Bookshop!

As you finish your list (and check it twice!), do know that we're here for you and Santa's elves; we'll be open 9:30am - 8:00pm on Wednesday and Thursday, open 9:30am - 4:00pm on December 24. The Bookshop is closed on December 25 and 26.

If you're done with your holiday shopping, sit back, relax (with a good book!), and mark your calendar for our January events.

We're really excited about the programs we have coming in 2011. Whether you call it making resolutions, setting goals, or simply "turning over new leaves," we've got something for you.

In January we'll visit with an author who addresses the "feel good / look good" equation, encourage you to put pen to paper and share your story, and act on those thoughts of "someday I'd like to join a book group." Someday is now!

We look forward to chatting with you in the Bookshop; comments are also welcome via email to info.concordBookshop@gmail.com.

Save the Date: Jean Fain and "the Self-Compassion Diet"
The Self-Compassion Diet by Jean Fain

Sunday, January 9 at 3pm

Just in time for those of us making New Year's resolutions to create better eating habits, local resident and Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychotherapist Jean Fain joins us at the Bookshop to share a new model for lasting weight loss.

Fain's Self-Compassion Diet turns conventional wisdom on its head - rather than believing that losing weight will lead to greater happiness, Fain's method begins by finding true self-acceptance, which paradoxically produces remarkable physical change.

Join us as Jean Fain discusses this scientifically-proven method. She will take questions from the audience and sign copies of the book.

Explore your stories and "Jumpstart Your Writing" with author Ilie Ruby
Wednesday, January 19, 10 - 11 am

Do you have a novel in you?

Have you always wanted to write your story but don't know how to start?

If writing your book is one of your New Years resolutions then THIS is your year.

The Concord Bookshop is offering a "jumpstart your writing" one-hour workshop, with Ilie Ruby, teacher and author of the novel The Language of Trees (HarperCollins).

Kick off the New Year right; there's power in a supportive community.

Registration details in our next newsletter - mark your calendar now!

Announcing 2011's first in-store book group pick
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

You've asked, and we've listened!

Many readers have expressed an interest in being part of an informal book discussion group ... we're pleased to announce the kick-off of the Concord Bookshop Book Club (CBBC) with Major Pettigrew's Last Stand on Thursday, January 27 at 7pm.

This gives us plenty of time to read the book after the busyness of the holiday weeks. You may even want to pick up a copy for a friend, and invite him/her to join you ... the paperback fits in a stocking!

Save the date! Daniel Palmer and Delirious

"an addictive literary puzzle"

Please join us on Sunday, January 30 at 3pm as we welcome Daniel Palmer, reading from and discussing his literary thriller, Delirious.

"One day, Charlie Giles is an up-and-coming electronics superstar. The next, he's a prime homicide suspect as his former employers are picked off one by one. Charlie watches his life unravel as his company and inventions are wrenched from his control, and his family is decimated. With nowhere else to turn, he enlists his schizophrenic brother to uncover the dark family secrets that lie at the heart of the unfolding terror."

Delirious is a mind-bending story where the line between what is real and what is imagined twists and turns...an addictive literary puzzle that every reader will want to solve.