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June 20, 2014
Joelle Charbonneau releases electrifying finale to Testing YA trilogy
Left Bank Books presents author Joelle Charbonneau, who will sign and discuss the third and final book in her Testing series, Graduation Day (Harcourt Brace and Company, June 2014), on Tuesday, June 24, 7pm, at Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid). In a scarred and brutal future, The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of…
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June 19, 2014
Local favorite Kahn releases new St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold mystery
Left Bank Books presents author Michael Kahn, who will sign and discuss the ninth novel in his Rachel Gold Mystery series, Face Value (Poisoned Pen Press, June 2014), on Monday, June 23, 7pm, at Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid). As St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold knows firsthand, the grueling hours and demands of Big…
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June 10, 2014
Jeannette Walls, bestselling author of The Glass Castle, returns with new novel
Left Bank Books presents author Jeannette Walls, who will sign and discuss her novel, The Silver Star (Scribner Book Company, June 2014), on Thursday, June 12, 7pm, at the Ethical Society of St. Louis (9001 Clayton Rd.). In The Silver Star, it is 1970 in a small town in California. “Bean” Holladay is twelve and…
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June 8, 2014
Words are a lens to focus one’s mind. - Ayn Rand
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June 7, 2014
Debut novelist Rachel Weaver discusses ABA Indies Introduce pick
Left Bank Books presents author Rachel Weaver, who will sign and discuss her debut novel, Point of Direction (Ig Publishing, May 2014), on Monday, June 9, 7pm, at Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid). In Point of Direction, a young woman named Anna, hitchhiking her way through Alaska, is picked up by Kyle, a fisherman.…
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Writing Contests for June
Moth International Short Story Prize Bellevue Literary Review Cultural Center of Cape Cod Glimmer Train Press Money for Women New Millennium Writings Red Hen Press Moth International Short Story Prize Entry fee: €9 (approximately $12 US) Prizes: € 3,000 (approx. $4,082 US) and publication in the “Moth.” A second prize of €1,000 (approx. $1,381 US)…
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Local favorite Laurell K. Hamilton debuts ninth book in Merry Gentry series
Left Bank Books presents author Laurell K. Hamilton, who will sign and discuss the ninth book in her Meredith Gentry series, A Shiver of Light (Berkley Publishing Group, June 2014), on Monday, June 9, 7pm, at 2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center (2720 Cherokee St.). $31 admits one and includes one pre-signed copy of A Shiver…
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June 6, 2014
Music to the Muse
by Mark W. Tiedemann I recently read Richard Powers’ new novel, Orfeo, and it caused me to think about the life I’ve spent listening to the music I listen to. If you love—and I mean love—music, you should read this novel. Powers has always mixed music liberally in with his fabulous yarns, but this one…
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June 4, 2014
Colson Whitehead explores world of high-stakes poker in new memoir
Left Bank Books presents author Colson Whitehead, who will sign and discuss his humorous memoir, The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death (Doubleday Books, May 2014), on Friday, June 6, 7pm, at Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid). The Noble Hustle is Pulitzer finalist Colson Whitehead’s hilarious memoir of his search for meaning at…
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June 3, 2014
Gravity Box and Other Spaces Book Release Party and Reading with Mark W. Teidemann
Walrus Publishing and Left Bank Books are thrilled invite you to celebrate the release of Gravity Box and Other Spaces (Walrus Publishing, 2014) by Mark Tiedemann on Wednesday June 25th, 7pm at Left Bank Books in the Central West End. The evening will include readings, signings, and refreshments. Books will be for sale during the event. Mark…
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