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| Happenings at the Bookstore and Around Town September 2013 |
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Dear Friends
Happy New Year -- whether you are celebrating Rosh Hashonah or the crisp beginning of the Fall! We are back, refreshed from vacations, getting back into a productive rhythm and thrilled about our September books and events.
We've updated our website and would love your responses - critiques or raves. We're still tweaking a few little things, but we are so excited to have a website that reflects the vitality of the store. Check out our events, order books and ebooks, poke around and see all the great things we do! You will see from our newsletter that September is full of activities. Our Saturday morning storytime is starting up again, we are hosting authors of fiction and non-fiction that are sure to spark a lively discussion, poetry, college prep -- it'll be an amazing month and we hope you can join us.
 For pithy musing from your favorite booksellers and
up-to-the-minute news of the bookstore
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At the Bookstore & Library
Meet the Authors, Join the Conversation
Southern Spirit
Susan Gregg Gilmore
Wednesday, September 11, 7pm 
Susan Gilmore returns to speak with us about her new novel, a Southern story filled with struggle and spirit. Themes of rural poverty, class, and working women's hard lives balanced by love are explored in Gilmore's best book yet.
Intelligent Family Drama Lisa Gornick Thursday, September 12, 7-8pm 
Psychoanalyst, Columbia University Professor and author Lisa Gornick discusses her newest book about a Manhattan psychotherapist, her phobic son and their Peruvian nanny. You never know who you invite into your home...
Third Sunday Poetry Series
Basil Rouskas & Adele Kenny
Poetry Reading
Sunday, September 15, 4pm
The Third Sunday Poets Series presents new work by local poets, while offering a forum for discussion and information exchange in a friendly, social environment.
Montclair Public Library "With the Author"
Tuesday, September 17, 7pm
One of New Jersey's seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping.
Hidden-in-Plain-Sight EpidemicGabrielle Glaser Wednesday, September 18, 7pm Women are drinking more than ever, and in larger quantities. Glaser doesn't wag a finger. Instead, in a funny and tender voice, Glaser looks at the roots of the problem, explores the strange history of women and alcohol in America and asks: Are women really getting the help they need?
Step-by-Step Instructions
Alan Gelb
Thursday, September 19, 4pm 
HS Juniors and Seniors Wanted! Writing a college admissions essay is no easy task-but with college essay coach and
NYT contributor Gelb's help, you'll be able to write an honest, one-of-a-kind essay that really shines. Get great tips! Fascinating Local HistoryRichard Kennedy Saturday, September 21st, 1pm  Drop by and pick up your copy and learn choice history from author Richard Kennedy. Founded in 1907 amidst protests and a burgeoning suffrage movement, Essex Mountain Sanatorium was the result of two Montclair, New Jersey, women who successfully lobbied local government to establish a tuberculosis sanatorium. Local College Advisor Hillary Frank Tuesday, September 24, 7pm Write authentically! The process of applying to college can be overwhelming and many people feel that getting into the school of their choice is completely beyond their control. But one very important element of the college application that you can control, even at the last minute, is your essay.
Memoir and Investigative Reporting
Katy Butler Wednesday, September 25th, 7pm  When does death cease being a curse and become a blessing? Where is the line between saving life and prolonging a dying? When is the right time to say to a doctor, "Let my loved one go"?
With a reporter's skill, a poet's eye, and a daughter's love, Butler explores what happens when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine told through her own family's story.
Novel in Stories
Susan Tepper
Thursday, September 26, 7pm
 "When I don't know what to do, I generally run away." A restless young woman finds love and lust from London to a Pennsylvania nunnery and onto Italy and points beyond.
The language is spare and intense getting quickly into the staccato rhythms of Merrill's slap-dash life.
Montclair Vegans Hosting
Laura Theodore Sunday, September 29, 1pm  Vegan Twists on American Family Favorites from vegan chef, television and radio host Laura Theodore. Drop by, get some ideas and serve your family a feast!
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For the Kids!
BABIES AND TODDLERS
We love offering Storytime as a thank you to our loyal customers. Our space is small, and we want to be safe so it is first come, first served.
EMERGING WRITERS
 Deadline is this Saturday, 9/6. Young Writers' Zine, for grade 4-12. FOR ALL AGES Danna Banana"Music for Kids that Parents Can Stand"Saturday, September 7, 10::30amFriday, September 20th, 4pm Montclair Public Library, 50 So Fullerton EVENT IS FULL
PICTURE BOOK FANS Saturday, Sept 21, 10:30am
Susan  Verde Saturday, Sept. 28, 10:30am
CHAPTER BOOK READERS Courtney Sheinmel Sunday, September 22, 2:30pm  If your 2nd or 3rd Grade girl hasn't discovered Stella Batts yet, she is in for a treat! For fans and new friends, Courtney Sheinmel will talk with our youngsters about the books and being a writer! RSVP.
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Author Luncheons at Greenbrook Country Club
Stephen L. Weiss
September 11, 6:30pm
NOTE: EVENING DESSERT
A fast-paced thriller set in a seductive world of incredible wealth and insatiable greed, where no price is too high to pay for getting to and staying on top. Topical and all too realistic. Who would you be willing to sacrifice and how much of your soul would you be willing to trade to become a billionaire?
Anne Marie O'Connor
October 2nd, 11:30am
This is the story of the acclaimed gold portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the beautiful Muse who Gustav Klimt painted into history as a sensual Mona Lisa of turn-of-the-century Vienna; its fate under Nazi rule, and the battle that revealed its unknown story of heroism and shimmering genius.
These events are hugely popular and we've got blockbuster authors!
Email GBCC Book Club Director Marlene Cohen to reserve your seat. We will have books for sale at the event. |
In-House Book Groups
All are welcome. 7:00pm
No registration required for the adult book groups If the book appeals to you, and you've read it, come and join us.
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Aug '13 Bestsellers @
watchung booksellers
& Sons, David Gilbert
Cuckoo's Calling, Galbraith/Rowling
And the Mountains Echoed, Khalid Hosseini
Bad Monkey, Carl Hiaasen
Love Dishonor Marry, David Rakoff
Examined Life, Steven rosz
Unbeatable, Jerry Barca
Zealot: Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, Reza Aslan
Lawrence of Arabia,
Silent Wife, ASA Harrison
Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple
Orphan Train, Christina Baker Klein
Celestials, Karen Shepard
Me Before You, JoJo Moyes
Tell the Wolves I'm Home, Carol Brunt
Life Among Giants, Bill Roorbach
Steam Train, Dream Train, Rinker
Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppet, Angleberger
Wonder, RJ Palacio
Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Divergent, Veronica Roth
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