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Thursday May 17, 2012
"The Tale of Zen Master Bho Li" with Barbara Verkuilen
Start: 05/17/2012 7:00 pm
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Sunday May 20, 2012
"Granny D's American Century" performance and book signing
Start: 05/20/2012 2:00 pm
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Thursday May 24, 2012
Best-selling children's illustrator Brian Lies, with his new book, "More"
Start: 05/24/2012 7:00 pm
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Wednesday May 30, 2012
Richard Russo and Kate Russo, Interventions, at Red River Theatres
Start: 05/30/2012 6:00 pm
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Thursday May 31, 2012
Terry Farish, "The Good Braider"
Start: 05/31/2012 7:00 pm
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Monday June 04, 2012
Gibson's Book Club reads Visit from the Goon Squad
Start: 06/04/2012 7:00 pm

Gibson's Book Club reads Visit from the Goon Squad

Monday, June 4, 2012, at 7 PM

The winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, beating out Franzen's Freedom in both cases in highly publicized and controversial contests, Visit from the Goon Squad was one of the most important novels of 2010.  A novel in the form of loosely linked short stories, Goon Squad paints
rich and compelling portraits of some self-destructive but entertaining
characters as they grope their way through life and the modern music
business, which is delineated hilariously in all its comic majesty. 

So which novel is better, Freedom or Goon Squad? How do we judge these matters? Attend our May and June meetings to hash it all out.

Saturday June 16, 2012
Sy Montgomery, with her new children's book, Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
Start: 06/16/2012 11:00 am
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Listen to our 4/6 event with Marilynne Robinson and Paul Harding

Did you miss our April 6th event with Marilynne Robinson and Paul Harding? Well, we recorded it, just for you.

We've uploaded the conversation to archive.org, where you can listen to a streaming version or download it. Have a listen through the link, here.

New books, new trailers

Howard Frank Mosher, a beloved American novelist and winner of the 2011 New England Independent Booksellers Association's President's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, returns with a memoir that is both a chronicle of his recent 100-city book tour across America and a reflection on his development as a writer. Mr. Mosher will be at Gibson's Bookstore for a reading and signing on Thursday April 19th, 2012, at 7 p.m. Enjoy this slideshow, from his cross-country trip. 

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What kind of sidelines/gift items would you like to see at Gibson's? Plus upcoming author events. May 9th, 2012
A lot of bookstores look more like gift shops now. Gibson's will never go very far in that direction, but it's true we could do a LOT MORE with non-book items. 
What would you like to see us add when we move into a larger space next year? A broader line of greeting cards? More funny gift items? (We know where to get The Funny, and it isn't well represented downtown.)  Should we have a serious stationery section--elegant (but not too expensive) paper and writing materials? How about educational materials, toys, games, more stuff for kids?
We'll have room for a lot of new lines. Please let us know what you think--what directions you'd like to see our non-book inventory move in--what products you'd love to see downtown. Email me with your thoughts. Thank you!

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