B&N YA Monthly Book Club - Ander & Santi Were Here

Storytime with Miss Madeleine

NEPA Pride Project Bookfair

Storytime with NEPA Pride Project

Author Signing with J.A. Stein

Author Signing with Judy Rienzi

Storytime with Kaili from Bow & Branch

Book Talk and Author Signing with Robert Ottone, featuring C.W. Briar

Special Storytime and Author Signing with Susan Dion

B&N Monthly Book Club - Good Night, Irene

Author Signing with DCrystal Gibson

Storytime and Author Signing with Mia McGlynn

Author Signing with Linda Eggert

Author Signing with Maggie Mistal

Author Signing with Jean Estelle

Storytime and Author Signing with Jessica Janowsky

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

Join Miss Olivia for storytime in our children's department!

Storytime with Miss Olivia

We're pleased to welcome author DCrystal Gibson, with their middle grade book the Chronicles of Jinks and Jazz!&nbsp; Jinks and Jazz are two brother cats who know a thing or two about catching mice and keeping their humans happy. Until one day, the unexpected happens and opens Jink's eyes to the true secret world of mice - a world happening right under their noses. Jink's discovery takes him on an adventure that teaches him valuable lessons about the importance of friendship, trust, and, most of all, family. This adorable book is perfect for a summer reading journal entry, and a great opportunity for a signed copy.

Chronicles of Jinks and Jazz: No Ordinary Cats and Their Adventures with Extraordinary Mice

We're pleased to welcome author Susan Dion for a Special Storytime and Signing event, with her picture book Walking on the Clouds! The perfect book to trigger the imagination, this is sure to be a delight.

Walking on the Clouds: A Bedtime Story

Join us as we discuss our May YA Book Club selection - Ander &amp; Santi Were Here.The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander Martinez has ever known, especially their job at their family's taqueria. It's the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and as they get ready to leave for art school, are they ready to leave it all behind? To keep Ander from becoming complacent during their gap year, their family "fires" them so they can transition from restaurant life to focusing on their murals and prepare for college. That is, until they meet Santiago Lopez Alvarado, the hot new waiter. Through Santi's eyes, Ander starts to understand who they are and want to be as an artist, and Ander becomes Santi's first steps toward making Santos Vista and the United States feel like home.&nbsp; Until ICE agents come for Santi. Love can only hold on so long when the whole world is against them. And when, eventually, the weight of the world starts to win.

Ander & Santi Were Here: A Novel

<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-family:'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#050505;font-size:15px;background-color:#ffffff;">We're excited to have indie author Jean Estelle back with us in-store! She's gearing up to release the second book in her Hope series, so you won't want to miss this chance to get your signed copy of book one, the titular Hope. In Hope, we meet seventeen year old Juniper Mikah, and the world she lives in. Humans now live underground, 300 years after a nuclear world war. Juniper is set to spend six months in Discovery, where each fresh batch of arrivals learn skills to benefit their home compound. But she has a secret mission: to find out what happened two years ago when her father vanished. Little does Juniper know, what she's about to uncover will shock her to the core... Jean will be with us all day, so be sure to add this event to your calendar!</div>

HOPE

You know her and love her, we know her and love her, and she's back for a summer Storytime and signing - Ms. Jessica Janowsky! She'll be with us doing a special storytime for her newest book, There Was a Young Yogi Who Did Cow Pose, as well as signing copies and leading young booklovers in getting their wiggles out. With a background in education, her debut picture book A Mountain's Wisdom has been extremely well received by educators and parents alike - we can't wait to check out the new one! Make sure to swing by this event to get a signed copy of your very own.&nbsp;

A Mountain's Wisdom: The Slate and the Granite

We're excited to welcome NEPA Pride Project for a bookfair!&nbsp; Serving northeastern Pennsylvania, NEPA Pride Project and Scholarship Program is dedicated to "Celebrate, Educate and Demonstrate" the importance of community artistic programs, and encouraging artistic expression in individuals throughout the area. Their scholarship program offers financial aid for students entering post high school educational programs in any aspect of the arts. Your purchases on June 17th will help support an organization that provides crucial opportunities for young members of our community - we hope you'll join us!

<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin:0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-family:'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#050505;font-size:15px;background-color:#ffffff;">We're pleased to welcome back author H. Dean Fisher! He'll be with us signing copies of his novel Medusa: Rise of a Goddess.</div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-family:'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#050505;font-size:15px;background-color:#ffffff;">Medusa: The monster from legend, with snakes for hair and a gaze that turns humans to stone. Cursed by Athena for the crime of being raped, she was destined to be slain by Perseus. Except, she never died. The stories got it wrong. In modern New York City, Chloe finally embraces her bisexuality, and flees the spousal abuse that quickly follows. What she doesn't know is that a creature from legend, a myth come to life - Medusa herself - has been hiding in plain sight, and they are about to come face-to-face. One woman's deity cursed her for being true to herself. The other woman's deity won't allow her to become her true self. Together, they might have the strength to overcome, and to embrace the divine.</div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-family:'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#050505;font-size:15px;background-color:#ffffff;">Come to snag your signed copy, and stay for delightful conversation with one of our repeat authors.</div>

Author Signing with H. Dean Fisher

Medusa: Special Edition

Join us for a special Storytime, hosted by NEPA Pride Project!

We're excited to welcome local author Mia McGlynn for a special Storytime and signing event, with their picture book Bigger Diggers! In this catchy rhyming tale, kids will see how three construction machines can come together to complete a job and help one another in unexpected ways. If you know a younger one in their trucks, crawlers and excavators phase, this is the event for them! You'll definitely want to add this to your calendar to ensure you go home with a signed copy.

Join Miss Madeleine for storytime in our children's department!

Looking for your next spicy read? You're definitely going to want to to meet author Linda Eggert! She'll be with us to sign copies of her books from the Always series. If you thought 50 Shades was groundbreaking, welcome to truly earthshattering!&nbsp; Join us in welcoming her, get your copies signed, then retreat to curl up and read - and maybe take a cold shower.

What I've Always Needed

Whom I've Always Wanted

The One I'll Always Love

We're happy to welcome Kaili from Bow &amp; Branch for a summer Storytime series! She'll be with us reading some of our favorites throughout July and August.&nbsp;

We're pleased to welcome author Maggie Mistal to the store! She'll be with us signing copies of her book Are You Ready to Love Your Job? Not doing the work you love? Unsure of your next career move? Not taking the next step? Wasting time? This book is for you if you struggle with answers to these questions. Whether you are employed, unemployed or under-employed, you want to find happiness, meaning and success in your work, and this is the book that will show you how. Maggie is with us for a limited time, and copies will only be available during the event, so make sure to stop in to get your signed copy!

We're excited to welcome regional author J.A. Stein to the store! She'll be with us signing copies of Knightess and Lady of the Tournament, the first two books in her plot-intensive romantic historical fiction trilogy. In Knightess, we meet Ella. Sir Alec Earnblaec has discovered Ella's secret. She isn't a commoner as she so pretends. Her name isn't even Ella. She is Lady Eleanor de Levan, wife of the disreputable Sir Lezay, and he wants her back. Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately for Eleanor, Alec has his own agenda, which includes her. Together, they weave a delicate charade that forces Eleanor to question how much her secret is worth. To answer that, she has to face her past in all its ugliness. It takes courage and skills she long ago buried, but the woman that emerges is not the timid maid Alec discovered - she is a Knightess. The adventure continues in Lady of the Tournament by jumping into the past. Twenty-seven years prior, Lady Igraine le Brun betrayed her family to marry for love. As Eleanor's parents' love story is revealed, so are the layers of loyalty binding Igraine to Lord Montag, the brother she will one day entrust her only child to. Family secrets are revealed that are tangled with love, betrayal, and echoes of a monster who is stepping out of shadow. For fans of Rosalind Miles and Philippa Gregory, these are sure to please. Make sure to get your signed copies while Ms. Stein is here, stock will be limited!

Knightess

Lady of the Tournament

Join us as we discuss our June Book Club selection - Good Night, Irene. What if a friendship forged on the front lines of war defines a life forever? In the tradition of&nbsp;The Nightingale and Transcription, a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of heroic Red Cross women. In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fianc&eacute; in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military buses called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle. Taking as inspiration his mother's own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women's heroism in World Ward II. With its affectin and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances,&nbsp;Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea's "gifts as a storyteller are prodigious" (NPR).

Good Night, Irene (Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition)

Join us as we discuss our May Book Club selection - The Secret Book of Flora Lea. Twenty years after WWII, Hazel's life is upended when she discovers a mysterious book set in the imaginary world she created for her sister after being evacuated from war-torn London. Could this book be the key that helps her solve her sister's disappearance? As Hazel embarks on a feverish quest, revisiting long-dormant relationships and bravely opening wounds from her past, her career and future hang in the balance. An astonishing twist ultimately reveals the truth in this transporting and refreshingly original novel about the bond between sisters, the complications of conflicted love, and the enduring magic of storytelling.

B&N Monthly Book Club - The Secret Book of Flora Lea

The Secret Book of Flora Lea (Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition)

We're pleased to welcome local author Judy Rienzi for her first signing with us! She'll be with us to sign copies of her children's book Nicole's Micro-Garden. When a neighbor introduces her to gardening, Nicole develops a love an appreciation for it - especially micro-greens. As her garden matures and grows, so does Nicole. Filled with information about gardening and in particular micro-greens, this is a beautiful story about gaining confidence, taking risks, and going after the things you love. The perfect addition to any family's shelves, this is one signed edition that's not to be missed!

Nicole's Micro-Garden

We're thrilled to welcome back Robert Ottone for a special Book Talk and Signing for his highly anticipated debut novel The Vile Thing We Created! With special guest C.W. Briar, these horror heavyweights will be with us all afternoon for a formal talk, informal chats, and of course signing copies of their books.&nbsp; With the perfect chillers to help you stay cool as summer heads to its peak, you won't be able to see this gruesome twosome again locally until at least October - so mark your calendars!

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