MA – This Is How You Lose Her Signing

   

Junot Diaz signs at Porter Square Books on Wednesday October 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm.

Junot Díaz is the author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize and was named Time’s #1 Fiction Book of 2007. He is the recipient of a PEN/Malamud Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Born in Santo Domingo, Díaz is a professor at MIT.

Porter Square Books 
25 White Street, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413

MA – Sailor Twain Signing

Mark Siegel signs at Porter Square Books on Tuesday October 9, 2012 at 7:00 pm.

Porter Square Books 
25 White Street, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413

Sailor Twain Signing Tour

 Mark Siegel debuts his new graphic novel Sailor Twain with several signings across the Northeast.

September 23, 2012 - 1:00 PM

Brooklyn Book Festival!
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
209 JORALEMON STREET
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
“Make Believe” panel with Derek Kirk Kim,
Becky Cloonan and moderated by Ellen Kushner.
St Francis Screening Room
180 Remsen Street
& other events!

 

Tuesday October 2

SAILOR TWAIN BOOK RELEASE!

Posman Books Chelsea Market
75 9th Avenue, New York NY 10011

 

Friday October 5th 5:30 PM

SAILOR TWAIN SAIL ABOARD CLEARWATER
Food and wine and the Hudson River! Departs at 5:30 PM from the 79th Street Boat Basin, NEW YORK Reception continues after the sail, at the dock.
Reserve your spot now! Limited Space!

 

Saturday October 6th 7:00 PM

THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE Sailor Twain Special Author Presentation
351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CONNECTICUT

 

Sunday October 7th 4:00 PM

Books and Books Westhampton
130 Main Street Westhampton Beach, NEW YORK

 

Tuesday October 9th 7:00 PM

Porter Square Books
25 White Street Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS

 

Wednesday October 10th 12-1:30 PM

Bank Square Books
53 West Main Street Mystic, CT

 

Thursday October 11th 3:00 -5:00 PM

THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES
Guest Speaker
94 South Main Street, White River Junction, VERMONT

Thursday October 11th 7:00 PM

The Norwich Bookstore
291 Main Street, Norwich, VERMONT
October 12th–14th

NEW YORK COMIC CON: First Second Booth #1214

FRIDAY:

Steampunk 101 Panel 9:00 – 10:00 PM LATE NIGHT Room 1A06

SATURDAY:

From Concept to Comic

NYCC Stage 11:00 – 12:00pm

The Unbound Stage 12:45 – 1:45pm – Author Autographing Table 5

Comics Quickfire 5:15 – 6:15pm NYCC / Variant Stage

Live-drawing game run by Dave Roman

SUNDAY: 11:30 – 12:30PM – Author Signing First Second Booth #1214
Monday October 15th 7:00 PM

Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St. Brookline, MASSACHUSETTS

 

Tuesday October 16th 6:00 PM

Doylestown Books
16 S Main St. Doylestown, PENNSYLVANIA

 

Wednesday October 17th 7:00 PM

The Village Bookstore
10 Washington Avenue Pleasantville, NEW YORK

 

Thursday October 18th 7:00 PM

Oblong Books & Music
6422 Montgomery Street Rhinebeck, NEW YORK

 

Friday October 19th 7:00 PM

Books on the Square
471 Angell Street Providence, RHODE ISLAND

 

Saturday October 20th 1:00 PM

Chester County Book & Music Company
975 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PENNSYLVANIA

 

Tuesday October 23rd 7:00 PM

Newtonville Books
10 Langley Road/ Newton Centre Newton, MASSACHUSETTS

 

Thursday October 25th 6:30 PM

“SECRETS & MYSTERIES OF THE RIVER HUDSON” THE NYPL SAILOR TWAIN EXHIBIT!
The New York Public Library, Old Maps Division Exhibit opening and special author presentation at 6:30
RECEPTION/DRINKS to follow

The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NEW YORK

 

Saturday October 27th 12:00-3:00PM

Friendly Neighborhood Comics
191 Mechanic Street/Route 140, Bellingham, MASSACHUSETTS

 

Tuesday October 30th 7:00 PM

WORD BOOKSTORE
126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NEW YORK

MA – Wards of Faerie Signing

Author Terry Brooks signs at Porter Square Books on Tuesday August 21, 2012 at 7:00 pm.

Press Release:

Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that has spellbound readers for more than three decades.

When the world was young, and its name was Faerie, the power of magic ruled—and the Elfstones warded the race of Elves and their lands, keeping evil at bay. But when an Elven girl fell hopelessly in love with a Darkling boy of the Void, he carried away more than her heart.

Thousands of years later, tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. Elves have distanced their society from the other races. The dwindling Druid order and its teachings are threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl’s heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous—as Aphenglow quickly learns when she’s set upon by assassins.

Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. For whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come. But Aphenglow and her allies—Druids, Elves, and humans alike—remember the monstrous history of the Demon War, and they know that the Four Lands will never survive another reign of darkness. But whether they themselves can survive the attempt to stem that tide is another question entirely.

Terry Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty books, including the Dark Legacy of Shannara adventure Wards of Faerie; the Legends of Shannara novels Bearers of the Black Staff and The Measure of the Magic; the Genesis of Shannara trilogy: Armageddon’s Children, The Elves of Cintra, and The Gypsy Morph; The Sword of Shannara; the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy: Ilse Witch, Antrax, and Morgawr; the High Druid of Shannara trilogy: Jarka Ruus, Tanequil, and Straken; and the nonfiction book Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life. His novels Running with the Demon and A Knight of the Word were selected by the Rocky Mountain News as two of the best science fiction/fantasy novels of the twentieth century. The author was a practicing attorney for many years but now writes full-time. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.

Porter Square Books
25 White Street, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413

MA – The Fonz Signs

Henry Winkler signs on June 4th from 3-5pm at Porter Square Books! He will sign his new book I’ve Never Met an Idiot on the River: Reflections on Family, Fishing, and Photography 

A veteran of showbiz and television legend, Winkler’s paramount pastime has always been fishing. A novel volume to live by, or at least learn something about dry flies and woolly buggers, I’ve Never Meet an Idiot on the River is Winkler’s collection of everyday wisdom learned from fatherhood, family, and fly-fishing.

Winkler is an actor, producer, director, and author. He is probably best known for his role as the Fonz in the 1970s U.S. television sitcom Happy Days. His fishing exploits have been featured on Fly Fishing the World and he regularly recounts them during his speaking engagements around the country. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Stacey, their three children, and two dogs.

Porter Square Books
25 White Street, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413

MA – Locke & Key Writer Signing

Joe Hill signs his new novel Horns at Porter Square Books on Monday February 22nd at 7:00pm.

Joe Hill has been hailed as “a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction” (Washington Post); “a new master in the field of suspense” (James Rollins); “one of the most confident and assured new voices in horror and dark fantasy to emerge in recent years (Publishers Weekly); a writer who “builds character invitingly and plants an otherworldly surprise around every corner” (New York Times).

Hill returns with a relentless supernatural thriller that runs like Hell on wheels. He is also the author of a previous novel, Heart-Shaped Box, a story collection, 20th Century Ghosts, and an occasional comic series, Locke & Key.

Porter Square Books, 25 White St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140-1413

http://www.portersquarebooks.com

Horns Tour

Joe Hill, co-creator of Locke & Key, goes on tour for his new novel Horns and writes on his blog:

(Photo Credit: Shane Leonard 2009)

HORNS is out in just over a month, which means I’m on tour, which means your chance to see my adorable smiling face (pictured above) is right around the corner. My current tour schedule is below, but keep in mind that it is subject to change, and that dates may be added, removed, or shifted around. You can trust me to update this post as more information comes in. I don’t, for example, have any UK dates, but I know a brief UK tour is under discussion. So stay tuned.

On a related HORNS note, before the week is out, I’m going to put up another post, fielding some of the more common questions I’ve had about the book. If you’ve got a question for me about HORNS, ask it in the comments thread, and maybe I’ll get to it (I’m collecting questions on Twitter as well).

Now I won’t be saying too much about the plot – this will be a spoiler free Q&A – but I’m glad to address stuff about release dates, or how the book got written, or why it took so long, or whatever you might have for me. You can also ask about L&K, H-SB or 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, as long as you can tie it into HORNS in some way. If you did have a good question, you’d actually be doing me a favor by asking it. I have to do a mini-web-video-thing about the book and I don’t have a lot of practice talking about it yet, and so this will help me get my thoughts in order.

2010 TOUR SCHEDULE:

February 16th (Tues) – PORTSMOUTH, NH • River Run Books. 7:00 PM.

February 17th (Wed)  - MANCHESTER, NH • Barnes & Noble. 7:00 PM

February 18th (Thurs) – CONCORD, NH • Gibson’s Bookstore. 7:00 PM.

February 19th (Fri) – MILFORD, NH • Toadstool Bookshop. 6:30 PM.

February 21st (Sun) – SALEM, MA • Cornerstone Books. 3:00 PM.

February 22nd (Mon) – CAMBRIDGE, MA • Porter Square Books. 7:00 PM.

February 23rd (Tues) – SOUTH HADLEY, MA • Odyssey Bookshop. 7:00 PM.

February 24th (Wed) – NEW CANAAN, CT • New Canaan Library. 7:30 PM.

February 25th (Thurs) – NYC, NY • Barnes & Noble (82nd & Broadway). 7:00 PM.

February 26th (Fri) – HUNTINGTON, NY • Book Revue. 7:00 PM.

March 1st (Mon) – PITTSBURGH, PA • Joseph-Beth Booksellers. 7:00 PM. (with an inevitable unscheduled side trip to my personal mecca, the Monroeville Mall, where I’ll probably just wander around, you know, like all the other zombies)

March 2nd (Tues) – SEATTLE, WA • University Bookstore. 7:00 PM.

March 3rd (Wed) – PORTLAND, OR • Powell’s Books. 7:30 PM.

March 4th (Thurs) – SAN FRANCISCO, CA • Booksmith. 7:30 PM.

March 5th (Fri) – CORTE MADERA, CA • Book Passage. 7:00 PM.

March 8 (Mon) – EXETER, NH • Water Street Books. 7:00 PM.

March 9 (Tues) – SOUTH PORTLAND, ME • Borders. 7:00 PM.

March 10 (Wed) – BANGOR, ME • Borders. 6:00 PM.

MA – A Comic History of Boston

Join Porter Square Books and the Boston Comics Roundtable for an evening with contributors to Inbound #4, A Comic History of Boston, 36 tales from Boston’s past, as written and drawn by local independent comics creators!  

Since 2006, the Boston Comics Roundtable has been bringing comics artists and writers together to collaborate on Inbound, a twice-yearly anthology of “Comics from Boston.”

Now we’ve asked this diverse pool of comics talent to choose their favorite characters and incidents from local history.  The result is “A Comic Book History of Boston,” an entertaining tour through three centuries of important social and political events, bigger-than-life personalities, and colorful New England lore.

From Shay’s Rebellion and the great Molasses Flood, to Charles Ponzi’s original “scheme” and Mark Twain’s disastrous encounter with Boston literary society, to the 1970s busing crisis,  the Gardner Museum heist and many more, the “Comic Book History of Boston” is an opportunity for readers of all ages to take a fresh look at our historical heritage and be introduced to the area’s thriving independent comics scene.

A dozen or so of these contributors, including Dan Mazur, Shelli Paroline, and more will be on hand to regale us in their best comic voice.

Location:
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413

http://www.portersquarebooks.com/