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Award Winning Authors Join Bryn Mawr Book Events In May
A full lineup of impressive, nationally acclaimed authors has been put together by Main Point Books.
A full lineup of impressive, nationally acclaimed authors has been put together by Main Point Books.
Events take place at the store on 1041 West Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr or at the Ludington Library.
Jon McGoran: Dust Up
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LUDINGTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, May 3rd, 7pm
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Dust Up is local author Jon McGoran’s explosive continuation to his ecological thriller trilogy. Booklist calls McGoran “one fine thriller writer. …It’s a delight to watch McGoran propel the narrative forward, with minimal backstory and artful use of detail…. The action is unending, and McGoran displays enviable skill… It’s a first-tier thriller by an ecologist who can show the hard-boiled folks a thing or two.”Dust Up is like eating organic: you are doing something good for yourself while enjoying every moment.
Robin Black: Crash Course: Essays from where Writing and Life Collide
Wednesday, May 4st: 1pm
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Writers and readers will relish Robin Black’s latest book! Engaging, challenging, and moving, Crash Course is full of insight into how to write—and why. Bring a brown bag lunch and join us for a casual conversation with Robin Black whose deeply personal and instructive essays explore the making of art through the experiences of building a life. Robin is also the author of Drawing Lessons and If I loved you, I would Tell You This.
Fran Wilde, The Jewel and the Lapidary
Wednesday, May 4th, 7pm
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Join us as we celebrate the launch of Nebula nominated local author Fran Wilde's new novella, The Jewel and Her Lapidary. Food, drinks, and general celebratory hijinks will abound! The kingdom in the Valley has long sheltered under the protection of its Jewels and Lapidaries, the people bound to singing gemstones with the power to reshape hills, move rivers, and warp minds. That power has kept the peace and tranquility, and the kingdom has flourished. Things are about to change. An epic fantasy in miniature!
Family Coloring Day
Sunday, May 8th, 2pm
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
In honor of Mother’s Day, it is family coloring day at Main Point Books. Bring your mom, child or just yourself. Stephanie Corfee, artist, mother and author of Girl Plus Pen will be here to give us pointers and help get our own creative juices flowing.
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Lazaretto
Thursday, May 12th, 7pm
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Acclaimed novelist, Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s latest book immerses us in Philadelphia’s black community in the period just after the Civil War and introduces us to the Lazaretto, America’s first quarantine hospital. (Located near the University of Pennsylvania – who knew?) In this action packed historical novel, a broad cast of characters representing a vibrant black community, grapple with issues of race and family.
Robert K. Wittman and David Kinney: The Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich
Sunday, May 15th: 11 am
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
A game-changing true World War II narrative wrapped in a riveting detective story. FBI agent Wittman dramatically recovers the long-lost private diary of Alfred Rosenberg, who, as the Nazi Party’s chief ideologue, laid the philosophical foundations for the Holocaust. The authors mine the diary’s long-hidden contents to create a groundbreaking, page-turning account of the Nazi rise to power, the Final Solution, and Germany’s brutal occupation of the Soviet Union.
Susan Rodriguez, Heart Struck
Sunday, May 15th, 4pm
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Does lightning ask permission before it strikes? In her novel, Heart Struck, local author Susan Rodriguez places her central characters in an impossible situation. How do a man and woman, each of them otherwise married, handle the undeniable attraction they feel for one another.
Susan Strecker: Nowhere Girl
Wednesday, May 18th, 7pm
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Described as "compulsively readable" by Kirkus Reviews, Nowhere Girl is a morally complex mystery about great loss, and the search to find forgiveness, and love, as a survivor. Cady Martino's unique connection with her twin sister remains, even after Savannah is found murdered. Years later, Cady, now a bestselling thriller writer in a rocky marriage, spends her time interviewing killers, hoping to understand what happened to her sister. Come see why Susan is so loved by independent bookstores.
Craig Johnson: The Highwayman and Dry Bones
LUDINGTON LIBRARY
Thursday, May 26th, 7pm
Craig Johnson the charismatic New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire novels is back on the Main Line! Longmire, the hit TV show based on his book series, was recently renewed for a fifth season on Netflix. Come hear Craig talk about his new novella The Highwayman and his novel Dr Bones now available in paperback. Craig is a good old-fashioned story teller. You don't want to miss meeting him in person.
Science Fiction Extravaganza: Jo Walton, Fran Wilde and Ada Palmer
Wednesday, May 30th
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Come and hear Hugo and Nebula winner Jo Walton in discussion with Nebula nominated Fran Wilde, and University of Chicago historian and debut author Ada Palmer. The worlds these three create are multifaceted but all share a deep desire to entertain while exploring big questions about societies, power, gender, philosophy and justice.
Leigh Himes Launch for The One That Got Away
Tuesday, May 31st, 7pm
Main Point Books, 1041 West Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
A fairy tale for modern readers. How would the "Wizard of Oz" look if you were a housewife who can't remember why you made the choices you did and when you gave up on making an effort with your husband. Abbey wakes up in the life that she wishes she had and discovers it is not all it is cracked up to be. This book has the potential to be the beach read of the summer.
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