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Meet Author Briana Lawrence!

Barnes and Noble Book Club: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

Fritz signs OLD TIME HAWKEY'S RECIPES FROM THE CEDAR SWAMP

Meet Local Author Chad Corrie - Newest Book As The Sparrow Flies

Julia Phillips discusses Bear: A Novel

Emily Giffin celebrates THE SUMMER PACT

Emily Henry discusses FUNNY STORY with Yulin Kuang

Leif Enger discusses I CHEERFULLY REFUSE, our #bnbookclub April Book Club Selection!

Mona Awad celebrates ROUGE #BNMiddayMystery

Silvia Moreno-Garcia celebrates SILVER NITRATE #BNMiddayMystery

Rachel Khong discusses REAL AMERICANS, our #bnbookclub May Book Club Selection!

Ivy Pochoda celebrates SING HER DOWN #BNMiddayMystery

Colin Walsh celebrates KALA #BNMiddayMystery

<p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);letter-spacing:0.13132px;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.8 !important;overflow-wrap:break-word !important;">The BN Book Club is back!<p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);letter-spacing:0.13132px;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.8 !important;overflow-wrap:break-word !important;">Join us on Thursday, May 2nd at 6PM ET to discuss&nbsp;I Cheerfully Refuse&nbsp;by Leif Enger.<p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);letter-spacing:0.13132px;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.8 !important;overflow-wrap:break-word !important;">I Cheerfully Refuse&nbsp;is a big-hearted hopeful novel that's part adventure story, part love story, and a delight to read. The dialogue, characters and sense of place are unforgettable. Not to be missed by fans of Emily St. John Mandel's Sea of Tranquility or Station Eleven.<p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);letter-spacing:0.13132px;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.8 !important;overflow-wrap:break-word !important;"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);letter-spacing:0.13132px;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.8 !important;overflow-wrap:break-word !important;"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);letter-spacing:0.13132px;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.8 !important;overflow-wrap:break-word !important;">

I Cheerfully Refuse

The Summer Pact: A Novel

Old Time Hawkey's Recipes from the Cedar Swamp

Join us Saturday, April 13th &nbsp;at 2PM as we welcome Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl speaking and signing copies of Dear Dara: Writings on Local Characters and Memorable Places. A portrait of a place and its people through the writings and musings of one of the Twin Cities&rsquo; most beloved and prolific writers.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;" /><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;word-spacing:0px;"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;" /><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;word-spacing:0px;">For 25 years, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl has been a fixture of Twin Cities life, telling the stories of our people, places, and (sometimes delicious) things. If journalism is the first draft of history, what Dara does&mdash;reported features and essays&mdash;are more like the first draft of culture. What do we see looking back at a quarter-century of Dara? A place brimming with unforgettable Minnesota eccentrics&mdash;from libertarians at the gas station to Aquatennial Queens to artists working in the medium of dog hair. A place full of culinary adventurers and ambassadors&mdash;the Ann Kims, Sean Shermans, and Juicy Lucys in our midst. A place profound and complex&mdash;from George Floyd Square to the shores of mighty Lake Superior. A place uniquely Twin Cities and Minnesotan.

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl : The Essential Dear Dara: Writings on Local Characters and Memorable Places

The Essential Dear Dara: Writings on Local Characters and Memorable Places

From Chad Corrie, author of&nbsp;The Wizard King Trilogy, The Shadow Regent&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sons of Ashgard: Ill Met in Elmgard, comes a new YA dystopian fantasy . . . Annulis is a dying world. Nothing can stop the doom all say is coming. Some simply accept it, embracing the end. Others hold to a better future&mdash;a way of escape from the dark days ahead. Sarah and her people sojourn the land, searching for a city none have seen but believe exists as an escape from these troubling times. Elliott follows an army with a mandate calling for the purging of all that would hinder a glorious global rebirth. Both are nearing an ancient city set on its own destruction. Both will be tried behind its walls in ways unimaginable. And both will have to live with the consequences . . . Sword and flame. Hope and faith. All must follow their own path to the end . . . as the sparrow flies.

As the Sparrow Flies: Sojourners' Saga Book I

Join us as we welcome Curtis Sittenfeld, Saturday April 6th at 2PM for the paperback release of Romantic Comedy! Curtis will be in conversation with Nicole Kronzer. Romantic Comedy, published in April 2023 is a NYT Bestseller, Reese Book Club pick, and soon to be a Hello Sunshine Film.Curtis Sittenfeld&nbsp;is the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author of six novels, including&nbsp;Rodham,&nbsp;Eligible, Prep,&nbsp;American Wife, and&nbsp;Sisterland, as well as the collection&nbsp;You Think It, I'll Say It.

Curtis Sittenfeld celebrates ROMANTIC COMEDY

Romantic Comedy: A Novel

&nbsp;Join us Saturday, April 20th from 1:00-3:00 PM as we welcome local author Briana Lawrence signing copies of the new book In Search of Superpowers: A Fantasy Pin World. &nbsp;Four preteens receive mysterious enamel pins that grant them superpowers. Together, they must put aside their differences and embark on an epic journey to find the mysterious pinmaker, discover the truth behind the new theme park, and of course, trade pins&mdash;all while learning how to navigate their new superhuman skills. This is an all-new illustrated adventure series that's about magic, friendship, queer identity, collecting, and tons of fun!Briana Lawrence has wanted to be a "WRITTER" since she was nine years old. Her fourth-grade class laughed and wondered how one hoped to become a &ldquo;writer&rdquo; if they couldn&rsquo;t even spell the word. Briana graduated from Iowa State University in 2006 and moved to Minneapolis with her partner. Today, she is the Senior Features Editor at Crunchyroll.&nbsp;<strong style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;">In Search of Superpowers: A Fantasy Pin World Adventure<span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;is her debut middle-grade book and book series; she also is the author of the upcoming release&nbsp;<strong style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;">The Essential Guide to Manga: 50 Series Every Manga Fan Should Know<span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;and the self-published magical girl series&nbsp;<strong style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;">magnifiqueNOIR<span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans:2;widows:2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px;">. Briana lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and enjoys all things nerdy like anime, video games, cosplay, and reading too much manga.

In Search of Superpowers: A Fantasy Pin World Adventure

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Bear: A Novel

Please join us as we welcome Leif Enger, author of I Cheerfully Refuse, on Wednesday, April 3rd at 6PM for a signing and discussion.&nbsp;Informed by traditional adventure stories, this is a timely and engaging novel written with a beautiful combination of infectious humor and vivid characters. While jostling with serious themes,&nbsp;I Cheerfully Refuse&nbsp;never loses its glorious optimism.&nbsp;Leif Enger grew up in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel&nbsp;Peace Like a River, which won the Booksense Award for Fiction and was named one of the Year's Best Books by&nbsp;Time Magazine&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Los Angeles Times. His second novel,&nbsp;So Brave, Young, and Handsome, was also a national bestseller. It was a Midwest Booksellers Honor Book, and won the High Plains Book Award for Fiction. His third novel&nbsp;Virgil Wander&nbsp;was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and was named a best book of the year by Amazon,&nbsp;Library Journal, Bookpage, and Chicago Public Library. He lives with his wife in Duluth, MN.

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