Here's what's new and exciting at WORD
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Rick Moody reads and plays his music tonight!
Join us at 7:30pm for a reading and performance
by Rick Moody and Hannah Marcus.
Check out this amazing event schedule. You won't believe it. Seriously.
Tuesday, October 7, 7:00pm
Launch party for Casserole Crazy, written by our own Emily Farris, at Paloma,
located at 60 Greenpoint Avenue, just around the corner from the bookstore.
Friday, October 10, 7:30pm
David Rees presents Get Your War On: The Definitive Account 2001-2008
Thursday, October 16, 7:30pm
Crafternoon event with author and Greenpoint's own Maura Madden
Wednesday, October 22, 7:30pm
Michael Kimball (Dear Everybody) with special guest Sam Lipsyte
Sunday, November 2, 2:00pm
Daniel Vosovic of Project Runway fame presents Fashion Inside Out:
Daniel V's Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond
Monday, November 3, 7:30pm
Tony O'Neil (Down and Out on Murder Mile) and Christiana Spens (The Wrecking Ball)
Tuesday, November 11, 8:00pm
Mental Floss Bar Trivia Night at Diamond Bar with books, beer, prizes, and fun. Diamond Bar is located at 43 Franklin Street, just down the block from the bookstore.
Wednesday, November 19, 7:30pm
BOOKLYN launch party for Warrior Writers
Ongoing monthly events:
Every last Monday of the month: Twelve Nights: Italian Movie Night hosted by
Luca Dipierro
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We'd love your feedback!
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We're conducting an informal survey. If you have a second, please reply to this
email and let us know if you would use our website to order, purchase and search
for books if we had that capability. A simple yes or no reply would be sufficient.
Thank you!
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Book Clubs
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Our book club pick for October is The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. It's described as a penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth.
"This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a
tremendous feat of imaginative reporting!"
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
The discussions are as follows:
Wednesday, October 1st at 7:30pm
Saturday, October 4th at 12:00pm
Thursday, October 9th at 7:30pm
Hope to see you all there!
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WORD August bestsellers
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Here's what everyone was buying in August:
1. THE REMAINDER by Tom McCarthy
2. BREAKING DAWN by Stephanie Meyer
3. I WAS TOLD THERE'D BE CAKE by Sloane Crosley
4. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES by David Sedaris
5. PROUST WAS A NEUROSCIENTIST by Jonah Lehrer
6. CANDY EVERYBODY WANTS by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
7. CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell
8. TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer
9. THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan Weisman
10. AFTER DARK by Haruki Murakami
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