Lauren Groff discusses THE VASTER WILDS - POURED OVER live Podcast Taping

About this Event

**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE GUIDELINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CHANGING COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS**

Join Barnes & Noble - Union Squareon Wednesday, September 20th, as we welcome New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Groff, to discuss THE VASTER WILDS on a live B&N Poured Over podcast taping! This taut and electrifying novel features one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive.

Lauren will be in conversation with B&N Editorial Director and host of B&N's Poured Overpodcast, Miwa Messer, for this special event.

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**Due to Covid-19, masks are strongly recommended.**

To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

Barnes & Noble reserves the right to make new rules and orders in its sole discretion with regard to COVID-19 at any time and any person not abiding by the Barnes & Noble directives will be refused entrance or directed to leave the premises.

TICKETING INFORMATION

Book Admission - $30.54 (Admission + one copy of THE VASTER WILDS+ 5-cent bag fee): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

One copy ofTHE VASTER WILDS

Admission to the event space for the Talk/Q&A and signing line with Lauren Groffand Miwa Messer.

$5 Gift Card Admission - $5.00 (Admission + one $5 B&N Gift Card): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

One $5 B&N Gift Card.

Admission to the event space for the Talk/Q&A and signing line with Lauren Groffand Miwa Messer.

Photos with Lauren will be allowed at the event. A B&N staff member will be on hand to take your photo.

Lauren will sign and personalize (name only) copies of THE VASTER WILDS.

Due to Covid-19, masks are strongly recommended.

Any gifts for the author will be collected prior to the signing line.

Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

Please arrive by 7:00 PM in order to secure your seat in the event space. Late arrivals may only have access to standing room and may not have the opportunity to meet the author.

GUIDELINES

No large bags will be permitted into the event.

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Have not had any contact in the last 14 days with a confirmed COVID-19 patient.

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REFUNDS

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ABOUT THE VASTER WILDS:

A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her.

Lauren Groff’s new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. The Vaster Wilds is a work of raw and prophetic power that tells the story of America in miniature, through one girl at a hinge point in history, to ask how—and if—we can adapt quickly enough to save ourselves.

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