Alex Shakar book signing launch 8/23 @ Lush University Village Chicago

08/23/2011 6:00 pm

We are pleased to host the launch party for Alex Shakar's new book Luminarium. The party will be held at Lush University Village, 1257 S. Halsted, at 6pm on Tuesday, August 23rd. This is a ticketed event, with the cost of entry at $30. Included in the cost is a copy of the book as well as snacks and wine selected by the knowledgeable folks at Lush. For more information or if you would like to attend please contact our Events Coordinator, Tom Flynn, at events@semcoop.com

About Luminarium:

Fred Brounian and his twin brother, George, were once co-CEOs of a burgeoning New York City software company devoted to the creation of utopian virtual worlds. Now, in the summer of 2006, as two wars rage and the fifth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, George has fallen into a coma, control of the company has been wrenched away by a military contracting conglomerate, and Fred has moved back in with his parents. Broke and alone, he’s led by an attractive woman, Mira, into a neurological study promising to give him "peak" experiences and a newfound spiritual outlook on life. As the study progresses, lines between the subject and the experimenter blur, and reality becomes increasingly porous. Meanwhile, Fred finds himself caught up in what seems at first a cruel prank: a series of bizarre emails and texts that purport to be from his comatose brother.

Lush - University Village

1257 S. Halsted

Chicago

, 

Illinois

60607

Brad Thor book signing 8/6 @ Clybourne Ave Costco, Chicago

Thor is known for weaving real-life issues into his thrillers. His innovative plots and extensive knowledge of intelligence, special ops, and terrorist communities has been tapped for appearances on FOX News, CNN, The Glenn Beck Show, and even by the Department of Homeland Security as part of their analytic "Red Cell" unit. Thor’s newest title, "Full Black," will be released July 26. It is his 10th novel focused on Navy SEAL turned covert counterterrorism operative, Scot Harvath. 

Thor recently toured Afghanistan to collect research for his writing. He says of his hosts there, "Technically, these people don't exist. It was dangerous—very dangerous—but very exciting at the same time." Thor’s 2008 #1 New York Times bestseller “The Last Patriot” was banned in Saudi Arabia for fictionalizing a lost Islamic text.

COSTCO

2746 N. Clybourne Ave.

Chicago,IL

1:00PM

Gregg Hurwitz book signing 8/11 @ The Book Cellar Chicago

08/11/2011 7:00 pm
Gregg Hurwitz, international bestselling author, comic book creator, and writer/producer on ABC's V. brings us his new thriller, You're Next. 

4736-38 N Lincoln Ave

Chicago

, 

Illinois

60625

Jon Langford book signing 8/10 @ The Book Cellar Chicago

08/10/2011 7:00 pm

We are thrilled to welcome back Jon Langford, author of, most recently, Skull Orchard Revisited.   Langford, a Welsh-born musician currently based in Chicago, was the drummer of punk band "The Mekons" when it formed at the University of Leeds in 1977, and has been an active member of art, music, and book scenes ever since. Expect a night of fun and music when you join us on the 10th!  4736-38 N Lincoln Ave Chicago ,  Illinois 60625

Esmeralda Santiago book signing 7/22 @ Women & Children First Chicago

07/22/2011 7:30 pm

Conquistadora

            Esmeralda Santiago shared the story of her coming of age in San Juan and her move to another world—New York City—in her bestselling memoir, When I Was Puerto Rican. Now the beloved author invites us into the lush, sensual, aggressive, and altogether captivating world of Puerto Rico’s formative years. Conquistadora is an epic novel of love, discovery, and adventure, in a country just coming into its identity. Led by a heroine so charismatic, maddening, and unforgettable as to recall Scarlett O’Hara, Conquistadora has been hailed as “storytelling genius” (Booklist, starred review), and Oscar Hijuelos praised Conquistadora as “a grand achievement . . . an unforgettable story that will not only enlighten but delight.”

5233 N. Clark St.

Chicago

, 

Illinois

60640-2122

http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/esmeralda-santiago

David Ansell book signing 8/4 @ The Book Cellar Chicago

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. David Ansell and his book County: Life, Death, and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital. The book is a social history of the Cook County hospital, His social history of the hospital, which details his own time on the wards — and examines health care in America from the perspective of the uninsured.

4736-38 N Lincoln Ave

Chicago

, 

Illinois

60625

http://www.bookcellarinc.com/event/david-ansell-county-life-death-and-politics-chicagos-public-hospital

Michael Harvey and Marcus Sakey book signing 7/28 @ The Book Cellar Chicago

Start: 07/28/2011 7:00 pm
Timezone: America/Chicago
 
Local favorite Michael Harvey brings his newest book, We All Fall Down, to the Book Cellar!

Joining Harvey will be our other local thriller-crafter, Marcus Sakey, author of, most recently, The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes.

Of Harvey's new book:

Chicago cop turned private investigator Michael Kelly is racing to save his city from a deadly new foe: a biological weapon unleashed underground.

When a lightbulb falls in a subway tunnel, it releases a pathogen that could kill millions. While the mayor postures, people begin to die, especially on the city’s grim West Side. Hospitals become morgues. L trains are converted into rolling hearses. Finally, the government acts, sealing off entire sections of the city—but are they keeping people out or in? Meanwhile, Michael Kelly’s hunt for the people who poisoned his city takes him into the tangled underworld of Chicago’s West Side gangs and the even more frightening world of black biology—an elite discipline emerging from the nation’s premier labs, where scientists play God and will stop at nothing to preserve their secrecy.

It’s a brave new world . . . and the most audacious page-turner yet from an emerging modern master.

4736-38 N Lincoln Ave

Chicago

, 

Illinois

http://www.bookcellarinc.com/event/michael-harvey-we-all-fall-down

Justin Martin book signing 7/14 @ Barbara's Bookstore UIC

Start: 07/14/2011 7:00 pm

Meet author Justin Martin for this very special book signing. Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted - "This definitive, first full-scale biography of Olmsted--famed designer of New York's Central Park--reveals him also as a brilliant political and social reformer."

Barbara's at UIC

1218 S. Halsted

Chicago

, 

Illinois

http://www.barbarasbookstore.com/event/justin-martin-genius-place-life-frederick-law-olmsted

David Housewright book signing 7/6 @ Barbara's Bookstore UIC

Start: 07/06/2011 7:00 pm

"Rushmore McKenzie ("The Taking of Libbie, SD") returns with a too-personal case that leads him up the legendary Highway 61, in the latest novel in this award-winning series." Meet author David Housewright for this verry special book signing of his latest book, Highway 61 .

Barbara's at UIC

1218 S. Halsted

Chicago

, 

Illinois

http://www.barbarasbookstore.com/event/david-housewright-highway-61

Madeleine Roux appearing 7/8 @ Women & Children First Chicago

Start: 07/08/2011 7:30 pm

Allison Hewitt is Trapped

            Allison Hewitt and her five bookselling colleagues are trapped together at the bookstore when the zombie outbreak hits. Using her wits, her laptop, and the military’s emergency wireless network, Allison reaches out for help through her blog. But as the reality of the situation sinks in, Allison’s blog becomes a harrowing account of her edge-of-the-seat adventures, as she and her companions fight their way through ravenous zombies and sometimes even more dangerous humans.

http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/madeleine-roux

Andrea Hairston & Pan Morigan appearing 7/7 @ Women & Children First Chicago

Start: 07/07/2011 7:30 pm

Andrea Hairston

Redwood and Wildfire

Pan Morigan

Wildblue

            In Hairston’s speculative novel, Redwood, an African-American woman, and Aidan, a Seminole-Irish man, journey from the haunted swamplands of Georgia to “the City of the Future,” Chicago, circa the 1893 World’s Fair. Gifted performers and hoodoo conjurors, they struggle to call up the wondrous world they imagine, in city streets and front parlors, the stage and the screen. Living in a world stacked against them, Redwood and Aiden’s power and talent cause both torment and joy. Their search for a place to be who they want to be—blues singers, filmmakers, haints, and healers—is an exhilarating adventure. Author Andrea Hairston is Professor of Theater and African-American Studies at Smith College, and artistic director of Chrysalis Theater. For tonight’s event she will be joined by musician Pan Morgan, who will be performing original music inspired by the novel.

http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/andrea-hairston-and-pan-morigan

Cheryl Bardoe appearing 7/6 @ Women & Children First Chicago

Start: 07/06/2011 10:30 am

Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric Tale

We will be joined by former Field Museum exhibition manager Cheryl Bardoe, who will be reading from and talking about her book, Ugly Duckling Dinosaur, a playful interpretation of the ugly duckling story, rooted in real science.

http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/cheryl-bardoe

Mandy Van Deven appearing 7/1 @ Women & Children First Chicago

Start: 07/01/2011 7:30 pm

Hey, Shorty!: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Gender-based Violence

Hey Shorty! provides a narrative account of how teen women of color in New
York City have organized over the past ten years to end gender-based violence against
girls, women, and LGBTQ folks in public spaces. At tonight’s event, co-author and
activist Mandy Van Deven will read from the book and facilitate a conversation about
street harassment, sexual harassment in schools, and strategies to increase safety.
Additionally, Van Deven hopes to promote her goal of building connections among
organizations and individuals doing anti-violence work, and encouraging everyone to
challenge harassment, violence, and the harmful assumptions that undermine their
perpetuation.

http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/mandy-van-deven

Arthur Plotnik book signing 6/24 @ Barbara's Bookstore UIC

Start: 06/24/2011 5:00 pm

End: 06/24/2011 7:00 pm

Join us as Arthur Plotnik hosts a presentation and reads from his new book,

Better Than Great: A Plenitudinous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh Superlatives

Location: 

Barbara's at UIC

1218 S. Halsted St.

Chicago

, 

Illinois

United States

http://www.barbarasbookstore.com/event/better-great-plenitudinous-compendium-wallopingly-fresh-superlatives-arthur-plotnik

David Ansell book signing 6/22 @ 57th Street Books Chicago

County is the amazing tale of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban public hospitals. From its inception as a "Poor House" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been both a renowned teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last resort for the city's uninsured. County covers more than thirty years of its history, beginning in the late 1970s when the author began his internship, to the "Final Rounds" when hundreds of former trainees gathered to bid the enormous iconic Victorian hospital building an emotional farewell when it was closed to make way for a new facility. Ansell writes of the hundreds of doctors who went through the rigorous training process with him, sharing his vision of saving the world and of resurrecting a hospital in critical condition. County is about people, from Ansell's mentors, including the legendary Quentin Young, to the multitude of patients whom he and County's medical staff labored to diagnose and heal. It is a story about politics, from contentious union strikes to battles against "patient dumping", and public health, depicting the AIDS crisis and the opening of County's HIV/AIDS clinic, the first in the city. Finally, it is about an idealistic young man's medical education in urban America, a coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of race, segregation and poverty.

Wednesday, June 22nd at 6pm 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th Street

57th Street Books
1301 E. 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois
60637-1507
773-684-1300
fiftysev@semcoop.com
http://www.semcoop.indiebound.com/event/david-ansell-county-life-death-politics-chicagos-public-hospital

Ann Patchett appearing 6/22 @ Women's Athletic Club

Ann Patchett, the bestselling author of Bel Cantoand The Magician's Assistant, will attend a luncheon for her new novel, State of Wonder. She sets the story deep in the Amazon jungle, where a drug researcher has been sent from the U.S. to find her former mentor, a formidable scientist who is working on a valuable new drug. This is already a Book Stall favorite of 2011! Call 847.446.8880 for reservations.  Wednesday, June 22 - 12:00 pm at The Women's Athletic Club  http://bookstall.indiebound.com/event/ann-patchett-luncheon-woman%E2%80%99s-athletic-club

Sgt. David J. Haynes & Christopher Garlington book signing 6/18 @ Barbara's Bookstore UIC

 "Street smarts for your eat smarts! Don't know where to eat? Ask a cop. When the Beat Cop pauses from taking a bite out of crime, he takes a bite out of donuts, polish sausage, fried chicken, enchiladas, and omelettes...Lake Claremont Press's 2004 award-winner, "The Streets & San Man's Guide to Chicago Eats," delivered tongue-in-cheek style and food-in-mouth expertise by a certified expert of the City of Chicago's Department of Lunch: streets & sanitation department electrician Dennis Foley. Now, Sgt. David J. Haynes of the Chicago Police Department, and his partner-in-crime, blogger Christopher Garlington, want to take on Foley's street-level guide to the best mom-and-pop food bargains in Chicago with their follow-up: "The Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats." "We're funnier, better-looking, and have the street smarts, girth, and weaponry to meet him in any alley, taqueria, or rib joint."

 Meet the authors for this special Barbara's book signing event ! Plus, we'll have free doughnuts!

Barbara's UIC

1218 S. Halsted St.

Chicago

, 

Illinois

http://www.barbarasbookstore.com/event/beat-cop-guide-chicago-eats

Daniel Greenstone book signing 6/16 @ The Open Books Store Chicago

Local author and award-winning educator Daniel Greenstone celebrates the launch of his new book A Theory of Great Men with a reading and signing at Open Books.

“A Theory of Great Men is a dynamic and intimate portrait of an irreverent, flawed man, one who has a talent for accumulating both protégés and enemies. Daniel Greenstone fashions a humorous and fast-paced story set in a suburban Chicago high school. George Cavaliere, a veteran high school history teacher and the narrator, has many attributes of a brilliant educator. He’s a vibrant classroom performance artist, with both passion for his subject and an energetic delivery yet his twitchy impatience with political correctness and his restless philandering lead to the unraveling of his career and his marriage. A part-time job coaching an underdog basketball team helps Cavaliere to confront his own shortcomings and begin to see that, although he is anything but a great man, he is, nevertheless, the master of his own fate."

June 16

6 pm

213 W. Institute Pl.
Suite 207
Chicago, IL 60610

312.475.1355 x100
store@open-books.org

Nnedi Okorafor book signing 6/16 @ 57th Street Books Chicago

In a far-future, post-apocalyptic Saharan Africa, genocide plagues one region. When the only surviving member of a slain village is brutally raped, she manages to escape, wandering farther into the desert. She gives birth to a baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand, and instinctively knows her daughter is different. She names her daughter Onyesonwu, which means "Who Fears Death?" in an ancient African tongue. Reared under the tutelege of a mysterious and traditional shaman, Onyesonwu discovers she possesses a remarkable and unique magic. The journey to fulfill her destiny will force her to confront nature, tradition, history, the spiritual mysteries of her culture, and eventually to learn why she was given the unusual name she bears: Who Fears Death?    Thursday, June 16th at 6pm 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th Street

57th Street Books

1301 E. 57th Street

Chicago

, 

Illinois

60637-1507

Shirley Strawberry book signing 6/15 @ 57th Street Books Chicago

Shirley Strawberry, co-host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, delivers more of the no-nonsense woman-to-woman straight talk her listeners have come to love. Shirley tells it like it is-from the heart. Whether the topic is cheating boyfriends, crazy mothers-in-law, job troubles, or money problems, Shirley's girlfriend-next-door honesty has made the Strawberry Letters segment of the show a huge hit. Now, in this uplifting motivational guide, she brings her vivacious, inspirational, and down-to-earth message to women everywhere: Get up, get out, and be the best you can be!  Wednesday, June 15th at 6pm 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th Street  57th Street Books 1301 E. 57th Street Chicago ,  Illinois 60637-1507 http://www.semcoop.indiebound.com/event/shirley-strawberry-strawberry-letter-real-talk-real-advice-because-bitterness-isnt-sexy