<div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variant-emoji:inherit;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">MATT BARROWS is a reporter who has covered the San Francisco 49ers for more than two decades for The Athletic and the Sacramento Bee. He has a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in English literature from the University of Virginia and a master&rsquo;s in journalism from Northwestern University. An avid birder and amazing uncle, Matt thinks his older sister is bossy and sends too many early-morning texts.<span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">&nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variant-emoji:inherit;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:justify;"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variant-emoji:inherit;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">JESSICA BARROWS BEEBE is a former journalist, editor, and national TV news producer. She has a bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Virginia. Jessica has three children and a puppy and she and her husband live in Burlingame, CA. Her brother thinks he&rsquo;s the funny one, but clearly he&rsquo;s wrong.</span></div>

MATT BARROWS is a reporter who has covered the San Francisco 49ers for more than two decades for The Athletic and the Sacramento Bee. He has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Virginia and a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University. An avid birder and amazing uncle, Matt thinks his older sister is bossy and sends too many early-morning texts. JESSICA BARROWS BEEBE is a former journalist, editor, and national TV news producer. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia. Jessica has three children and a puppy and she and her husband live in Burlingame, CA. Her brother thinks he’s the funny one, but clearly he’s wrong.

Book Signing with Matt Barrows and Jessica Beebe

Muddy the Water

A marriage shrouded in secrets and a town pulsing with tension, this is a love story unlike any other. Both passionate and propulsive,Broken Countryis a poignant tale of love, loss, guilt and grief. Join Barnes & Noble as we welcome author Clare Leslie Hall for a live, virtual event to discuss our March B&N Book Club pick, Broken Country. If you don't have a copy, please order the B&N Exclusive Edition of the book before our book club event. This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition will have an exclusive jacket, endpapers, bonus content, and a reading group guide. Clare Leslie Hall will be in discussion with Lexie Smyth, Fiction Category Manager for Barnes & Noble. PLEASE NOTE: There will be spoilers at this book club event! **Have a question for the discussion? Leave one at registration and it could possibly be answered live! ------------------------- EVENT DETAILS: This is a live, free event. Registration is required to attend. Each registration must have a different email associated with it to gain entry. Please be sure your correct email is listed when you register and that your Eventbrite settings include updates on this event. This event will air as a Zoom Webinar. You MUST BE SIGNED INTO EVENTBRITE WITH THE EMAIL IN WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE TICKET to access the event. We highly recommend you CREATE AN EVENTBRITE ACCOUNT, as well as DOWNLOAD ZOOM & familiarize yourself prior to the event for the best possible experience. Access to the event will become available on the afternoon of the event on Tuesday, April 1 at 3 PM ET / 2 PM CT / 1 PM MT / 1 2 PM PT. Access to the event will become available via: OPEN IN ZOOM button in your Eventbrite account (found under “Tickets” --> “Go to online event page”) OR your event ticket confirmation email. You will receive a separate email FROM ZOOM 24 hours before the event and again two hours prior to the event with a personalized access link. You may also use this to enter the event. You will receive reminder emails from Eventbrite before the event. You may also access the event through the reminder email, HOWEVER YOU MUST BE SIGNED INTO EVENTBRITE WITH THE EMAIL IN WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE TICKET. You may be asked to re-enter the email in which you purchased this ticket to re-validate. GUIDELINES: Disruptive Conduct: Barnes & Noble wants to create a safe virtual space for all. You acknowledge and agree that Barnes & Noble reserves the right to remove you from the Virtual Event if B&N, in its sole discretion, determines that your participation or behavior create a disruption or hinder the Virtual Event or the enjoyment of the Virtual Event content by other attendees. Recording, Live Streaming, and Videotaping. Participants may not record or broadcast audio or video of Barnes & Noble Virtual Events. Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must be registered to enter. We cannot guarantee a replay of the program. Please keep this in mind before registering for a ticket. Event guidelines are subject to change. Join Barnes & Noble for future virtual events! See our upcoming line-up here.

Clare Leslie Hall discusses our #bookclub selection for March, BROKEN COUNTRY

A Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Finalist for 2024 AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist A GMA Buzz Pick! Join Barnes & Noble as we welcome New York Times bestselling author Kristen Perrin for a live, virtual discussion of HOW TO SOLVE YOU OWN MURDER, on Monday, April 7 at 3PM ET as part of our B&N Midday Mystery Virtual Event series. In this thrilling page-turner, a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, is found dead in her sprawling country estate.... Now it's up to her great-niece to catch the killer. Kristen will be in conversation with a special guest. ------------------------- This is a live, ticketed event. You must have a ticket to gain access. Please be sure your correct email is listed when you purchase and that your Eventbrite settings include updates on this event. For book-based tickets: This is for US-based customers ONLY (NO P.O. Boxes), excluding Puerto Rico; P.O. Boxes and all international addresses. Any non US orders, Puerto Rico or P.O. Box mailing addresses will be cancelled and refunded. Books will be mailed AFTER the completion of the live event; please allow ample time for shipping, typically 8-10 business days. Each ticket must have a different email associated with it to gain entry. Any repeated emails will be cancelled and refunded. TICKET INFORMATION: **THERE ARE TWO TICKET OPTIONS: Signed Book Admission- $26.12 (Admission +Signed Book/tax/shipping): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes: One signed copy of HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER Trade Paperback. Admission to the virtual event space with Kristen Perrin. B&N MIDDAY MYSTERY GENERAL ADMISSION: A ticket PER PERSON includes: Admission to the virtual event space with Kristen Perrin. EVENT DETAILS: Each registration must have a different email associated with it to gain entry. Please be sure your correct email is listed when you register and that your Eventbrite settings include updates on this event. This event will air as a Zoom Webinar. You MUST BE SIGNED INTO EVENTBRITE WITH THE EMAIL IN WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE TICKET to access the event. We highly recommend you CREATE AN EVENTBRITE ACCOUNT, as well as DOWNLOAD ZOOM & familiarize yourself prior to the event for the best possible experience. Access to the event will become available on the afternoon of the event, Monday, April 7, at 3 PM ET / 2 PM CT / 1 PM MT / 12 PM PT. Access to the event will become available via: OPEN IN ZOOM button in your Eventbrite account (found under “Tickets” --> “Go to online event page”) OR your event ticket confirmation email. Two hours prior to the event, you will receive a separate email FROM ZOOM with a personalized access link. You may also use this to enter the event. You will receive reminder emails from Eventbrite before the event. You may also access the event through the reminder email, HOWEVER YOU MUST BE SIGNED INTO EVENTBRITE WITH THE EMAIL IN WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE TICKET. You may be asked to re-enter the email in which you purchased this ticket to re-validate. GUIDELINES: Disruptive Conduct: Barnes & Noble wants to create a safe virtual space for all. You acknowledge and agree that Barnes & Noble reserves the right to remove you from the Virtual Event if B&N, in its sole discretion, determines that your participation or behavior create a disruption or hinder the Virtual Event or the enjoyment of the Virtual Event content by other attendees. By registering for a paid Barnes & Noble Virtual Event Ticket, you agree not to share, sell or trade your access. If Barnes & Noble determines that you have violated this policy, B&N may cancel your access, retain any payments made by you, and ban you from future Virtual Events. Recording, Live Streaming, and Videotaping. Participants may not record or broadcast audio or video of Barnes & Noble Virtual Events. This is a US-based event ONLY, and please allow ample time for delivery. Due to complications around shipping during the pandemic, delays can be common. All tickets include the cost of shipping to domestic, non-P.O. Box addresses only. Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter. REFUNDS: For book-based tickets: Attendees can receive refunds up to 1 day (24 hours) before your event start TIME of 3 PM. We cannot guarantee a replay of the program. Please keep this in mind before purchasing a ticket. There will be no refunds for missing the live event. Event guidelines are subject to change. _______________________________________________________________________ ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER: It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly sixty years later, when Frances is found murdered, like she always said she would be. In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder. Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer? As Annie gets closer to the truth, and closer to the danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune. ABOUT KRISTEN PERRIN Kristen Perrin is originally from Seattle, Washington, where she spent several years working as a bookseller before moving to the UK to do a master's and PhD. She lives with her family in Surrey, where she can be found poking around vintage bookstores, stomping in the mud with her two kids, and collecting too many plants. Her middle-grade series, Attie and the World Breakers, was published in German, Dutch, and Polish. How to Solve Your Own Murder is her adult debut.

Kristen Perrin celebrates HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER #BNMidday

Join Barnes & Noble as we welcome the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Funny Story, Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, Beach Read, and Happy Place, Emily Henry, for a live, virtual discussion to celebrate the release of GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE, a dazzling and sweeping new novel where two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve. Each ticket includes a copy of the B&N Exclusive Edition of GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE which includes a special colorway, beautiful endpapers, and an alternate case color with an exclusive foil-stamped quote. ------------------------- This is a live, ticketed event. You must have a ticket to gain access. Please be sure your correct email is listed when you purchase and that your Eventbrite settings include updates on this event. For book-based tickets: This is for US-based customers ONLY (NO P.O. Boxes), excluding Puerto Rico; P.O. 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There are LIMITED QUANTITIES of each. B&N Exclusive Book Admission - $37.17 (Admission + B&N Exclusive hardcover book + tax/shipping): ****LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes: One copy of GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE - B&N Exclusive Edition (on-sale 4/22/25). Admission to the virtual event space with Emily Henry. **Have a question for the author? Leave it at check-out and it could possibly be answered live during the event!** EVENT DETAILS: This event will air as a Zoom Webinar. You MUST BE SIGNED INTO EVENTBRITE WITH THE EMAIL IN WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE TICKET to access the event. We highly recommend you CREATE AN EVENTBRITE ACCOUNT, as well as DOWNLOAD ZOOM AND INSTALL ANY UPDATES & familiarize yourself PRIOR to the event for the best possible experience. Access to the event will become available on the evening of the event, Wednesday, April 23, at 6 PM ET / 5 PM CT / 4 PM MT / 3 PM PT. 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You acknowledge and agree that Barnes & Noble reserves the right to remove you from the Virtual Event if B&N, in its sole discretion, determines that your participation or behavior create a disruption or hinder the Virtual Event or the enjoyment of the Virtual Event content by other attendees. By registering for a paid Barnes & Noble Virtual Event Ticket, you agree not to share, sell or trade your access. If Barnes & Noble determines that you have violated this policy, B&N may cancel your access, retain any payments made by you, and ban you from future Virtual Events. Recording, Live Streaming, and Videotaping. Participants may not record or broadcast audio or video of Barnes & Noble Virtual Events. This is a US-based event ONLY, and please allow ample time for delivery. Due to complications around shipping during the pandemic, delays can be common. All tickets include the cost of shipping to domestic, non-P.O. Box addresses only. 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And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room. And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad…depending on who’s telling it.

Emily Henry celebrates the release of GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Rachel Ekstrom Courage celebrates MURDER BY CHEESECAKE #BNMiddayMystery

Join Barnes & Noble as we welcome broadcaster, voiceover artist, and viral TikTok poet Josie Balka for a live, virtual discussion of I HOPE YOU REMEMBERon Tuesday, April 29 at 6PM ET. Balka's first collection of poetry evokes themes of nostalgia, love, envy, and hope, while speaking to the universal longings that live deep in our souls. Balka will be in conversation with a special guest. PLEASE NOTE: The book will be mailed on the pub date, May 13, 2025; please allow ample time for shipping, typically 8-10 business days. ------------------------- This is a live, ticketed event. You must have a ticket to gain access. Please be sure your correct email is listed when you purchase and that your Eventbrite settings include updates on this event. For book-based tickets: This is for US-based customers ONLY (NO P.O. Boxes), excluding Puerto Rico; P.O. Boxes and all international addresses. Any non US orders, Puerto Rico or P.O. Box mailing addresses will be cancelled and refunded. Each ticket must have a different email associated with it to gain entry. Any repeated emails will be cancelled and refunded. TICKET INFORMATION: I HOPE YOU REMEMBER with Signed Bookplate- $31.55 (Admission + Book + Signed Bookplate/tax/shipping): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes: One copy of I HOPE YOU REMEMBER with signed bookplate. Admission to the virtual event space with Josie Balka. EVENT DETAILS: Each registration must have a different email associated with it to gain entry. Please be sure your correct email is listed when you register and that your Eventbrite settings include updates on this event. This event will air as a Zoom Webinar. You MUST BE SIGNED INTO EVENTBRITE WITH THE EMAIL IN WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE TICKET to access the event. We highly recommend you CREATE AN EVENTBRITE ACCOUNT, as well as DOWNLOAD ZOOM & familiarize yourself prior to the event for the best possible experience. 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You acknowledge and agree that Barnes & Noble reserves the right to remove you from the Virtual Event if B&N, in its sole discretion, determines that your participation or behavior create a disruption or hinder the Virtual Event or the enjoyment of the Virtual Event content by other attendees. By registering for a paid Barnes & Noble Virtual Event Ticket, you agree not to share, sell or trade your access. If Barnes & Noble determines that you have violated this policy, B&N may cancel your access, retain any payments made by you, and ban you from future Virtual Events. Recording, Live Streaming, and Videotaping. Participants may not record or broadcast audio or video of Barnes & Noble Virtual Events. This is a US-based event ONLY, and please allow ample time for delivery. Due to complications around shipping during the pandemic, delays can be common. All tickets include the cost of shipping to domestic, non-P.O. Box addresses only. Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter. REFUNDS: We cannot guarantee a replay of the program. Please keep this in mind before purchasing a ticket. There will be no refunds for missing the live event. Event guidelines are subject to change. _______________________________________________________________________ ABOUT I HOPE YOU REMEMBER: I’ve never seen anyone at a public pool with a memorable enough body, good or bad, that I think about it ever again. If this line sounds familiar, it’s because you’ve heard it in the background of thousands of videos on social media—a humbling reminder from poet and radio personality Josie Balka that what’s important in our lives now isn’t necessarily what’s important to us in the long run. I Hope You Remember, Josie’s first book of poetry, includes this poem and over eighty others, some previously published and others never shared before. Every page in this collection hits home, rhapsodizing on universal experiences like jealousy, family relationships, complex body image, falling in and out of love (with others and yourself), and the everchanging lens of nostalgia. With sparse, clear prose, Josie’s poetry looks to bring forth deep feelings like grief, envy, apathy, joy, and, most importantly, hope. Evocative and full of force, these poems will hit you in the gut, pull your heartstrings, and make you long for moments past. ABOUT JOSIE BALKA: Josie Balka is a broadcaster, voiceover artist, and poet. She holds a diploma in radio television and film from Niagara College and has worked for some of the largest media companies in North America as an on-air personality. She can often be caught recording viral poetry in her sound-proof closet. She is born and raised in Toronto and lives in Calgary, Canada.

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