Weekly Storytime

Author Signing: Mona Alvarado Frazier

Ventura County Screenwriters' Group

Meet and Greet with Author Janice Heller 

Tuesday Night Book Club

Author Signing: Bruce Luyendyk

Ali Hazelwood celebrates LOVE, THEORETICALLY with Adriana Herrera & Sarah MacLean

Hayley Scrivenor celebrates DIRT CREEK #BNMiddayMystery

Ruth Ware celebrates ZERO DAYS with Lee Child #BNMiddayMystery

Victoria Selman celebrates TRULY, DARKLY, DEEPLY with Jeffery Deaver #BNMiddayMystery

Luis Alberto Urrea discusses GOOD NIGHT, IRENE our June Book Club Selection- #BNBookclub

Everyone is welcome to join us for a fun and refreshing book discussion.

Join us every Saturday at 11am for a fun reading of Children's stories.&nbsp; All ages are welcome!

Join us for a special event! Mona Alvarado Frazier will be in the store on 06/11/23&nbsp;from 2-4 PM&nbsp;to sign copies of her book The Garden of Second Chances.&nbsp; Come support a local author and pick up a unique gift for yourself or a loved one.

The Garden of Second Chances: A Novel

Bring your script or screenplay for some hands-on fun. Share your work and insight with other aspiring screenwriters.

<span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">Come to this one-of-a-kind event with author Janice Heller and special guest Lorrie Brown. <span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">Janice Heller <span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">wrote I Sold My Body for a Good Paycheck<span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"> to&nbsp;introduce the mysterious world of underground coal mining and the people who sacrificed everything even if it meant putting their life in danger. This story is about a mother,<span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">wife and daughter who risked it all to feed her family. <span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">Janice Heller will be reading and signing copies of her book and Lorrie Brown (Ventura City Council Member 2022) will be speaking. This event is a great opportunity to learn about the coal mining community and pick up a signed book for yourself or a loved one. Janice Heller will be in the store signing copies of her book starting at 2 PM&nbsp;and doing a reading and Q+A at 4 PM. <span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><span style="text-align:left;color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">

I Sold My Body For A Good Paycheck: My Life As A Black Female Coal Miner

A tale of grit and real teamwork in the wilds of Antarctica when the hunger for knowledge reigns supreme.Join us for a special event with author Bruce Luyendyk. Luyendyk will be signing copies of his book Mighty Bad Land: A Perilous Expedition to Antarctica Reveals Clues to an Eighth Continent.&nbsp;This is the true story&nbsp;of a scientist and his team exploring Antarctica. Discover the challenges, companionship, failures, bravery, and success brought to light from scientific research pursued in an unforgiving place, Marie Byrd Land, or Mighty Bad Land. Stop by and join the expedition!

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