Pegasus Bookstores 2012
In This Issue
Holiday cards
Small Business Saturday
Holiday Party Dec. 6th
New Releases
Anne Lamott Dec. 4th
November Events
Blogs We Like
Beautiful Holiday cards at all three stores
Urubbu holiday cards available at Pegasus Books Silkscreened, embellished, heart-warming, humorous. Thoughtfully chosen boxed holiday cards are available now.
*Image compliments of Urubbu. See their delightful collection of cards at urubbu.com
Drop by to enter our prize drawing on Plaid Friday
We'll celebrate this "Shop Local" tradition with four $25 prizes given at each Pegasus store. With 12 winners in one day, odds are you should drop by. 
*No purchase necessary. 
Drop by for another prize drawing on Small Business Saturday 
Drop by Pegasus Books Nov. 30, 2013 to enter our Small Business Saturday prize drawings
Visit us on Saturday, November 30, to enter our Small Business Saturday drawing.  12 winners will receive a $25 giftcard. 
*No purchase necessary. 
Save the date: Holiday Party December 6th
Pegasus Books Holiday Sale - 12/6/13 
Live entertainment with John Schott, Richard Leiter and Mark Nepo. Refreshments, treats and buyers' picks.
Details to follow....
You are invited to be a book giver on World Book Night, April 23

Want to share your love of books next April 23rd? Sign up to receive and give 20 copies of a book you have enjoyed. It's free to participate.

New Releases for November Pegasus Books logo 2013
Click here to browse and pre- order
these newest titles from favorite authors. Your purchase can be picked up in-store or shipped to your door.
Chicobags are back!
Pegasus Books Chicobag The official stuff-sack of Pegasus Books. Folds to hang on a keychain. $7.99
Double Frequent Reader Points throughout November
Double Frequent Reader Points this November, 2014, at Pegasus BooksWouldn't November be the perfect month to collect double points on your Frequent Reader card? Books make beautiful gifts. We're doubling Frequent Reader points on Plaid Friday too (drop by to enter a store drawing!) and Small Business Saturday (another drawing!).

Don't have a pink Frequent Reader card? We'll start one for you--it's free! This month, $100 in purchases handily converts to a $10 trade slip. What's not to love?
KPFA Radio 94.1FM and
Pegasus Books present
An Evening with Anne Lamott  

hosted by Leah Garchik

  Anne Lamott, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, December 4, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, December 4, 7:30 pm

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

Tickets: $25, includes a signed copy of Stitches, A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair

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November Events

 

Friday, November 8, 7:30 pm

Location: Pegasus Books Downtown

Lip Service West is produced and hosted by Joe Clifford, sponsored by San Pablo Arts District, and held bi-monthly. With featured readers: Deborah JankeMatt LouisJoe LoyaRob PierceAmerica Proctor and Eva Schlesinger

Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly 94704 (510) 649-1320

 

 

Book launch for Bellies and Buffalos with Tomas Moniz and friends

Thursday, November 14, 7:30 pm

Location: Pegasus Books Downtown

 Join Tomas Moniz and friends for readings, celebration, scheming and other literary tomfoolery! Moniz's novella Bellies and Buffalos launches here! 

Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly 94704 (510) 649-1320 

 

Launch Party for Journal of Holistic Psychology: Volume 2 

 Tuesday, November 19, 7:30 pm

Location: Pegasus Books Downtown

We are pleased to again host this prestigious event. With featured readers: 

Lauren Gonzalez, Jonathan Reynolds, Craig Chalquist, Jorge Ferrer, Jan Edl Stein, Julian Weinstein, Valerie Beltran,  

 

Rulik Perla, Rhussel Jerome Ojibway,  

Padmini Nagaraj.  

Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly 94704

(510) 649-1320

 

Lyrics and Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series 

Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 pm 

Location: Pegasus Books Downtown 

Lyrics & Dirges features prominent, emerging and beginning writers fromthe Bay Area's diverse literary community. This month's readers are Charles KrugerMonica WesolowskaAirial ClarkAlicia Zakon, Carleen Tibbetts and Angela Roberts

Curated by Tomas Moniz.

Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly 94704

(510) 649-1320

   

Thursday, November 21, 7:30 pm 
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown 
Soma Mei Sheng Frazier will be reading from her debut collection of short fiction, Collateral Damage, winner of the 2013 RopeWalk Press Editor's Fiction Chapbook Prize. Reading with Soma are award-winning local writer Arisa White, and Tomas Moniz, of Rad Dad and Lyrics & Dirges infamy. 

Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly 94704

(510) 525-6888

 

Monday, November 25, 7:30 pm

Location: Pegasus Books Downtown

Bay Area contributors to Flash Fiction Funny, which is the world's only short-short fiction anthology dedicated to humor, will read stories from the book, answer audience questions and sign copies.
Readers at this event: Joe CliffordSteven GrayJohn HaggertyScott LambridisFrances LefkowitzMeg PokrassRobert Scotellaro.

Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly 94704 

(510) 649-1320

   

and in December...

Wednesday, December 4, 7:30 pm

Location: First Congregational Church 

of Berkeley

Tickets: $25, includes signed book

Join us for an entertaining and inspiring evening. Included with price of admission is a signed copy of Lamott's new book, Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair Stitches is an honest, funny book about how to make sense of life's chaos. Purchase tickets... 
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

 

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Pets in Bookstores 
The iconic bookstore cat, the "dogstomer" expecting his daily treat, the children's bookstore chinchilla-- they'll all make an appearance in a new blog hosted by Pegasus staffer, Gina. To receive a pet a week by email,
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