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WORD March Newsletter
 Happy 1st Anniversary to us!

In This Issue
New Arrivals
Upcoming Events
WORD February bestsellers
Book Clubs
WORD Book-a-Month Club
We really love
 special orders

Seriously. They are not a hassle whatsoever and nothing would tickle us more than being able to satisfy your need for books.

We usually order twice a week, so most special orders arrive within 2 business days. Some exceptions do apply, but feel free to call or email or instant message us with your order and we'll let you know how fast we can get it.

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New Releases and Coming Soon!
Arkansas by John Brandon (McSweeney's)

The Shameless Carnivore by Scott Gold

Issues of Tin House, Open City, and The Believer

Lonely Werewolf Girl
by Martin Millar

March 28: Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food by Gordon Ramsay

April 1: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

April 1: Pigeon Wants a ....? by Mo Willems

April 28: The Farm to Table Cookbook: The Art of Eating Locally by Ivy Manning

May 1: Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon

June 3: When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

New Stephenie Meyers books!
May 6: The Host (adult novel)
August 2:
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

Upcoming Events
TONIGHT! Tuesday, March 18, 7:30pm:
WORD monthly game night: SCRABBLE!!!

Thursday, March 20, 7:00pm:
Book launch party for Greenpoint author Scott Gold's new book, The Shameless Carnivore, at The Brooklyn Brewery. WORD will be selling the books!

Sunday, March 23:
WORD will be closed for Easter

Friday, March 28, 8:00pm:
WORD monthly book-to-movie night: The Namesake

Sunday, March 30, 2pm:

Elizabeth Crane, author of You Must Be This Happy to Enter and Paul Fattaruso, author of the upcoming Hotel St. George release Bicycle.

Wednesday, April 2, 7:30pm:
WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End

Thursday, April 3, 7:30pm:
Greenpoint writers Anya Ulinich, author of Petropolis, and Kevin Kinsella, translator of Russian poet Osip Mandelshtam's Tristia

Saturday, April 5, 12:00pm:
WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End

Tuesday, April 8, 7:30pm:
WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End

Thursday, April 10, 7:30pm:
WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End

Saturday, April 12, 11:30am:
Children's interactive drawing party with the creators of 123 New York, 123 USA, and Sounds Funny!, three new bilingual releases from Duopress Books.

Tuesday, April 15, 7:30pm:
WORD monthly game night

Thursday, April 17, 7:30pm:
Greenpointer Jon Springer, author of Mets by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Amazin' Mets by Uniform Number and Spike Vrusho, author of Benchclearing: Baseball's Greatest Fights and Riots, moderated by Caryn Rose of metsgrrl.com.
Beer and snacks will be served.

Wednesday, April 23, 7:30pm:
Contributors from Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn, including Patricia Spears Jones, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Michael Morse and co-editor Michael Tyrell.

Friday, April 25, 8:00pm:
WORD monthly book-to-movie night

Wednesday, April 30, 7:30pm:
NYC writers James P. Othmer (The Futurist), David R. Matthews (Ace of Spades), Greg Downs (Spit Baths), author/editor Luca Dipierro, and illustrator Rachel Bradley will read from Santi: Lives of Modern Saints

WORD February bestsellers
Here's what everyone was buying in February:

1. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
2. Brooklyn Noir by various
3. Brooklyn Was Mine by Various
4. Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
5. Queens Noir by various
6. M is for Metal by Paul McNeil
7. The Fuck-Up by Arthur Nersesian
8. Forever by Pete Hamill
9. My Mistress' Sparrow is Dead edited by Jeffrey Eugenides   
10. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Book Clubs
March's book (to be discussed in April) is Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

Book Club Meetings:
  • 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm
  • 1st Saturday of every month at noon
  • 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm
  • 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:30pm
Call or email to sign up for a book club.
WORD Book-a-Month Club
Enroll the children in your life in the WORD Book-a-Month Club and help them build their library!

Each month, we will mail a new book directly to the child's home.  Choose from three age groups:
  • Newborn - 3 years (board books)
  • 4 - 7 years (beginning readers)
  • 8 - 12 years (classic chapter books)
Half Year $65.00 / Full Year $125.00
 


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