2012 New Yorker Festival Announces Dates and On Sales

2012 New Yorker Festival (Oct 5-7, 2012) The 2012 New Yorker Festival will take place from Oct 5-7, 2012 at various venues throughout Manhattan. For “updates, surprises, and the complete program when it’s announced,” visit newyorker.com/festival. Tickets for the 2012 New Yorker Festival go on sale on Friday, September 14. (Hopefully, it won’t be a…

July 2012 Bookstore Events

  Photo: Tim Griffin Very quiet at the big box stores this month, but the B&N mothership does have some have pretty big music events scheduled. Here are some more July 2012 bookstore events that looked interesting to me for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble 07/09 Chris Cleave – Gold (82nd & Bway)…

Win A Copy of Jimmy Fallon’s “Blow Your Pants Off” on CD

Jimmy Fallon – Blow Your Pants Off You may not remember Jimmy Fallon‘s first record, but his second album, Blow Your Pants Off (which came out this past Tuesday), is all over the Internets these days. Jimmy Fallon’s second album Blow Your Pants Off is in stores today! The album is stuffed with original song…

B&N June 2012 Bookstore Events

Glen Hansard at Union Square B&N on June 28, 2012   Three stores have a lot of action this month (82nd & Bway, 86th & Lex and USQ) and everyone else pretty much has bupkis. Here are some June 2012 bookstore events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble NYC…

David Rees at Public Assembly Tonight w/ John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton

Cartoonist, author and professional pencil sharpener David Rees will be doing a reading and book signing tonight at Public Assembly Brooklyn with John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton. David Rees with Jonathan Coulton and John Hodgman at Public Assembly Start: 05/18/2012 7:00 pm Buy Tickets In the culminating event of his tour, David Rees will be…

B&N May 2012 Bookstore Events

  Sorry I’m a little late with this, but illness befell upon me unexpectedly at month’s end. I’m OK now though, thanks for asking. Here are some May 2012 bookstore events that looked interesting to me for one reason or another. A few big kahunas at the mother ship and a couple interesting picks at…