Christina Shawn will do a story time reading from her newest book And Then Came You. Both hilarious and heartwarming, this endearing children’s book is a powerful tool for helping little ones understand that there are often silver linings to the changes life brings. Even when things are initially uncomfortable, an open heart paves the ...
Door prizes, giveaways, signed exclusives and more. Nine local stores have teamed up again to offer a bookstore tour passport. Download your passport or pick one up in the store, visit each store, get a stamp, and win the Grand Prize. Download your passport and map at IBDRVA.COM ...
Edgar Allan Poe’s terror tales and melancholy poetry carved a bold new path across literary genres. Meet the man behind the madness, murder and mayhem on this road trip to Poe’s homes in Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, the Bronx, and more. Join author Christopher P. Semtner on the ultimate Poe pilgrimage to the homes and haunts ...
Local Author David Gorman returns with the newest volume of the Waldameer Mystery Files The Hidden Heirloom. On her twelfth birthday, Naomi sets out on a quest to locate the heirloom her late father hid at Waldameer. Luckily, she has help from detective duo Seth and Julia, who know the amusement park inside and out. ...
Jack Lohmann’s debut, White Light, a mesmerizing swirl of ecology, geology, chemistry, history, agricultural science, investigative reporting, and the poetry of the natural world. In 1842, when the naturalist John Stevens Henslow, Darwin’s beloved botany professor, discovered the potential of that rock as a fertilizer. Little did he know he’d spawn a global mining industry ...
A St Patrick's Day story time as Jenny Olson reads her book Lia the Leprechaun. When a young leprechaun gets tired of wearing green and tries on a colorful fairy dress instead, she learns that true joy in life comes from embracing who you are and sharing your magic to help others. ...
William will discuss his newest novel Harmony in Black and White. In solving the mystery of why the former Capital of the Confederacy has the nation's highest murder rate, a music-loving rookie newspaper reporter uncovers the truth about himself. As the young journalist pulls at the threads of a story that spans from a record ...
Astrophysicist and author Alan Smale. Alan will discuss his newest book Radiant Sky. In an alternate 1983, the Cold War turns hot – in space, with clunky retro Apollo and Soyuz technology, in this technothriller-with-heart set entirely on and around the Moon. Radiant Sky is the sequel to Hot Moon. ...
Nashae will read and sign copies from her latest book As You Wish. A girl learns the hard way to be careful what she wishes for in this sweet and funny middle grade rom-com featuring a chaos-loving West African trickster god. Nashae Jones is a kid lit writer because at an early age she learned ...
As the young journalist pulls at the threads of a story that spans from a record high in city homicides to interstate arms running, he is forced to confront the prejudices that color his young life and career. Inspired by the author’s own reporting in the wake of the march by White supremacists in Charlottesville ...
From award-winning Richmond author Angela Dominguez, the fifth and final novel about Stella Díaz, a Mexican-American girl who is now ready to be at the top of her school—fifth grade. Angela will read from and sign copies of her newest book Stella Díaz Leaps to the Future. ...
Book People welcomes Charlie Finley. His parents often targeted him with increasingly sophisticated pranks, teaching him the value of humor, advising him not to take life too seriously. Are We Having Fun Yet? draws on what is fun for him--more than 40 years creating elaborate practical jokes, mailing outrageous bogus letters from fictitious government agencies, ...
Author visits all day long, raffles, door prizes, face painting, outside vendors, and more. For Small Business Saturday, they are raffling off a copy of The Book of Elsewhere signed by Keanu Reeves. A portion of the proceeds from the raffle will be going to Henrico CASA to further their mission to advocate in court ...
Bill Lohmann returns with the 3rd updated edition of his popular Backroads & Byways of Virginia: Drives, Day Trips, & Weekend Excursions. ...
From bestselling historical true-crime author Sharon Virts comes a gripping tale of murder and deceit. In Reconstruction-era Baltimore, members of the city’s elite keep turning up dead. Below the polished surface of high society, there are illicit affairs, jilted lovers, financial hardships, and countless motives for murder. ...
Plan a ghostly journey along Virginia's byways with author and paranormal expert Susan Schwartz. Travel the Old Dominion in search of history and haunted lodging where you might find an extra visitor in your room that didn't pay their share of the bill. With some of the oldest inns in the country, Virginia has a ...
A beautiful tribute to a young father who died tragically at the age of 26 ½ in a car accident leaving behind his wife, daughter, siblings, parents, other family members, friends and community that loved him. It provides an opportunity for his daughter, who was 18 months old when he died to learn more about ...
A talk on the future of sustainability with Dr. Gary E. Machlis as he discusses his new book Sustainability for the Forgotten. Opening with the extraordinary story of a young French priest working in 1968 amongst impoverished villages of northeast Brazil, struggling to bring sustenance, sustainability, and hope to these disregarded and willfully ignored communities, ...
The book launch of Pamela K. Kinney's newest young adult novel Demon Memories. No one expected the apocalypse in the almost idyllic small town of Moon Ridge, nestled in the mountains of Virginia. Harper Doyle feels different. She has more than her fair share of problems than any normal teenager. It gets worse when Harper ...
Book People welcomes Rachel M. Hanson, founder of the literary nonprofit Punch Bucket Lit, to talk about her new memoir The End of Tennessee. Her debut memoir is about growing up impoverished, uneducated, and surrounded by violence. In lyrical, fragmented prose, she lays bare the impossible choice between self-preservation and her love for five younger ...
Three sister mermaids, will gladly give up an afternoon of sunbathing to rush to the rescue of ocean animal in trouble. This book is fantasy, magic, and a little underwater mayhem. Young readers will be inspired by Rain's creativity, Talia's courage, and Star's determination. ...
Lopez returns for the paperback release of The Nightcrawlers. If you missed him the first time around don't miss out this time. When things go bump in the night, they bump back. If you think aliens replaced your teachers or your neighbor might be a vampire, then there's only one group to call for help: The Nightcrawlers. ...
John Wasowicz returns with his newest book in The Old Town mystery series, Spite House. Spite, greed, avarice, and jealousy are all on display in this luscious murder mystery about cantankerous Roxie Neele, who resides in one of Old Town Alexandria’s four tiny spite houses and is accused of murdering her neighbor Trudy Vince with a ...
Holy City is the captivating thriller from debut author Henry Wise about a deputy sheriff who must work alongside an unpredictable private detective after he finds himself on the outs from his sheriff’s department over his unwillingness to look the other way when an innocent man is arrested for murder. ...
Enjoy free refreshments and learn about exciting titles for elementary and middle grade readers all in honor of Hispanic Heritage as Book People welcomes Special Guests Meg Medina, Sara Hudson, and Angela Dominguez. ...
Alison who will discuss her newest novel Villa E. Two brilliant architects clash over the fate of a luxurious villa in this riveting tale of artistic obsession. Inspired by the real-life collision of Irish designer Eileen Gray and famed Swiss architect Le Corbusier, and the extraordinary place that bound them, Jane Alison boldly reimagines a ...
A special after-hours event with Richmond Poet Debbie Collins. Debbie will read selected works from her newest collection Calving Season. Debbie shares a life of challenges, and ultimately, happiness, in Calving Season, as it examines life and death and intense conflict, as well as crushing hope, both on the farm and in the city. ...
Andy Griffith (1926-2012) is one of North Carolina’s most beloved exports, capturing America’s heart as Sheriff Andy Taylor. Evan Dalton Smith was born in the North Carolina Piedmont over four decades after Andy. Both were small-town boys who grew up in similar places, where the counties were dry and the churches plentiful. But for both, ...
Richmond Author E. G. Kardos will be signing copies of The Elixir: Journey On - Book Three of The Elias Chronicles series. Prepare for the gripping conclusion of The Elias Chronicles as Elias confronts shadowy and evil forces, but what he learns about himself is worth the journey. ...
In A Deeper South: The Beauty, Mystery, and Sorrow of the Southern Road, Pete Candler offers a travel narrative drawn from twenty-five years of road-tripping through the backroads of the American South. With the wit of a Southern storyteller and the eye of a photographer, Candler takes the reader on a journey that spans two continents, ...
