January is a bit of a dull month at our local area Barnes & Noble stores, nonetheless, here’s a list of events that caught my eye for one reason or another:

Selected Barnes & Noble Events for January 2009
01/07 Azar Nafisi – Lincoln Triangle
01/07 Laird Hamilton – UWS
01/17 Michael Ian Black – UES (11 am)
01/21 NY Times 10 Best Books of 2008 – Tribeca
01/24 Mark Indelicato – Greenwich Village (2 pm)
01/26 Jimmy Carter – 5th Ave
01/26 David Denby – UWS
01/27 Mark Green – Tribeca
01/27 John Grisham w/ Charlie Rose – USQ
01/28 Steve Harvey – Court St
01/29 Joan Rivers – Lincoln Triangle
01/30 Duncan Sheik – Lincoln Triangle
01/30 Teen Writing Workshop w/ Ned Vizzini – Park Slope

PS Every time you think Grisham has used every possible legal cliche as a book title, he manages to pull another pitch perfect rabbit out of his hat with “The Associate” (but wait, haven’t I read that one already).