The house featured in the two-hour season premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will have our books on the shelves. Their people called our people, we said, "Sure!" and the deal was made. We donated about 10 boxes total, and the best part was hand-choosing books for an entire family of avid readers. So if you see Leif Enger's Peace Like a River, you'll know it's from us. (Have you read it yet?)
The books--er, the show-- is set to premiere Sunday, September 25th, at 7pm on ABC.

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

Poetry Reading Monday, September 5th, 7pm.
Poets Eugene David and Dan Marlin wil read from their work, following an open mic.

Poets for Peace Tuesday, September 13th, 7:30pm.
Poets Dan Bellm, John Burgess, Jaime Robles, Ilya Kaminsky and Gabrielle Calvocoressi will read from their work. Formed during the conflict in former Yugoslavia, Poets for Peace is an international community of poets who give free readings, asking for audience support for organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and Survivors International.

Poets in the Schools Sunday, September 18th, 7:30pm.
Linda Elkin, Grace Marie Grafton, Tobey Kaplan and John Oliver Simon will read from their work. All are lauded and published poets and are active in teaching young people how to write poetry, and promoting community awareness of poetry through Poets in the Schools. Come join us for an exciting evening and learn more about this worthy organization. Pegasus books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, (510) 649-1320.

Book Group Night at Pendragon Wedenesday, September 28th, 7pm.
Bookseller extraordinaire, Christopher, will present books that are especially wonderful for book groups. Reader's copies, refreshments and great conversation. You don't have to belong to a book group to join us. Pendragon Books, 5560 College Avenue, Oakland, CA (510) 652-6259. 20% discount given on book group purchases of five or more copies.

Banned Books Week September 24th - October 1st.
A portion of our proceeds during Banned Books Week will go to American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, a worthy cause we wholeheartedly support. ABFFE website:

As a bonus for scrolling all the way to the bottom, here's a news leak: October will be another of our Double Frequent Reader Points months.