November events at Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe

From a press release:

November events at Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe

Sunday, November 2 at 3 pm
POETRIO
Join us for our monthly series of readings and signings by 3 poets at 3 pm! This month will feature Megan Volpert (Only Ride), Libby Bernardin (The Book of Myth), and Jane Hicks (Driving with the Dead).

Monday, November 3 at 7 pm
THE COMPELLING READS YA TOUR
Join us for a quirky, entertaining, and unexpected introduction to the authors and the books — dating style! Our intrepid booklorette will try to find her perfect bookmatch as she puts the authors through their paces with questions patterned after the popular and campy 1960’s Dating Game. This leg of the tour features Martina Boone, author of Compulsion; Kimberley Griffiths Little, author of Forbidden; Claudia Gray, author of A Thousand Pieces of You; S. E. Green, author of Killer Instinct; Beth Revis, author of The Body Electric and the Across the Universe series; Meagan Spooner, author of the Skylark trilogy and co-author of These Broken Stars. Throw in a wine tasting, southern sweet tea, and southern-style cupcakes in honor of the Compulsion launch, and it’s sure to be a fantastic party!

Tuesday, November 4 at 7 pm
CHRIS GUILLEBEAU READING & SIGNING
Entrepreneur, author, and world traveler Chris Guillebeau joins us to discuss his latest book, The Happiness of Pursuit. The author of The $100 Startup and both the book and the blog titled The Art of Non-Conformity, Guillebeau has visited all the countries on the globe and started a line of Unconventional Guides focusing on travel, life, and work. Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project) calls Chris Guillebeau “the Indiana Jones of career experts” and he has given talks on his work and philosophy at Google, SXSW, The Motley Fool, and to many other audiences around the globe.

Tuesday, November 4 from 6 to 8 pm
NANOWRIMO EVENT
National Novel Writing Month is November, so in honor of the written word and those who create, Malaprop’s will be hosting NaNoWriMo every Tuesday evening in the month of November starting at 6 pm. Have aspirations of writing a novel? Well come write one amongst other writers, surrounded by coffee and books. You’ll have everything you need to get started, so do it!

Thursday, November 6 at 9 am
BREAKFAST WITH THE REPS
One of the ways we hear about upcoming books is from our fabulous publisher representatives. This year, we’re offering you the opportunity to hear directly from the reps about new and exciting titles. The group will include Toni Hetzel and Eileen Becker from Random House, Frazer Dobson from Workman Publishing, Doni Kay from Penguin, Marsha Wood from Ingram, and Eric Svenson from Harper Collins. Join us for a little bit of breakfast and a whole lot of book talk!

Thursday, November 6 from 3 to 5 pm
AMY REED SIGNING
Poised to become the YA author capital of the world, Asheville adds another–the fabulous Amy Reed–to the crew! We hope you’ll come join us to warmly welcome Amy to Asheville and check out her wonderful books while you’re at it. Her latest novel is Damaged, which was preceded by Beautiful, Clean, Crazy, and Over You.

Friday, November 7 at 7 pm
RON RASH READING & SIGNING
Join us to celebrate Ron Rash’s new selected stories, Something Rich and Strange, which includes stories from his previous collections Nothing Gold Can Stay, Burning Bright, Chemistry, and The Night New Jesus Fell to Earth. One of our favorite local writers, Rash is also the author of several collections of poetry and five novels, including Serena, which has been made into a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. Robert Morgan (Gap Creek, Boone) has called Rash “one of the most gifted and accomplished storytellers and poets of our time, or any time.”

Saturday, November 8 at 2 pm
BOOKSELLER PICKS TEA
In case you can’t make it to our Breakfast with the Reps, you can still hear about the titles that tickle the fancy of some of your favorite indie booksellers! Join us as several Malapropians talk about their favorite new and forthcoming books. Oh yeah, and there’ll be cookies, too!

Saturday, November 8 at 7 pm
WILLIAM POWERS READING & SIGNING
The author of Twelve by Twelve and Hamlet’s Blackberry, cultural explorer William Powers will discuss his latest book, New Slow City. Taking the lessons from Twelve by Twelve to New York City, he moved into a micro apartment and explored the ideas of working less, living more, and slowing down in the fastest environment in the country. A long-time aid worker in Latin America and Africa, Powers is a freelance journalist, adjunct faculty member at NYU, and a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute.

Sunday, November 9 at 3 pm
KRISTA BREMER & ELLEN BASS READING & SIGNING
Chapel Hill author and associate editor of The Sun magazine, Krista Bremer joins us to discuss her memoir, My Accidental Jihad. A love story about her very real and imperfect relationship with her Muslim husband, My Accidental Jihad has been called “a bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman,” by Elizabeth Gilbert (The Signature of All Things). Ellen Bass is the author of five collections of poetry. Of her latest, Like a Beggar, Tony Hoagland says, “Observant, curious, honest, not fancy but beautifully measured and crafted, Ellen Bass’s poems take on the whole cloth-she looks at wasps and bad habits and infidelity and old Jewish ladies, tomato fungus and the million other phenomena of our average lives.”

Monday, November 10 at 7 pm
CHARLIE LOVETT READING & SIGNING
Our love affair with Charlie Lovett began with his first bookish mystery, The Bookman’s Tale. Now, our affection continues to deepen with his second book, First Impressions, which features a Jane Austen mystery and modern female bibliophile trying to unravel it. Booklist calls First Impressions “an absolute must for Austen fans, a pleasure for others.” Charlie Lovett is a former antiquarian bookseller and divides his time between North Carolina and England.

Tuesday, November 11 at 7 pm
STEPHANIE PERKINS, DAVID LEVITHAN & JENNIFER E. SMITH READING & SIGNING
Edited by local favorite Stephanie Perkins, the new anthology My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories contains stories from many other favorite writers: David Levithan, Myra McEntire, Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de La Peña, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, Kelly Link, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Tayler and Kiersten White. Stephanie, the author of Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and Isla and the Happily Ever After, and David, the author of The Lover’s Dictionary, Every Day and many others, will read from their contributions. Jennifer E. Smith will discuss her latest novel, The Geography of You and Me. She is the author of several young adult novels including You are Here and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.

Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm
NANOWRIMO EVENT
National Novel Writing Month is November, so in honor of the written word and those who create, Malaprop’s will be hosting NaNoWriMo every Tuesday evening in the month of November starting at 6 pm. Have aspirations of writing a novel? Well come write one amongst other writers, surrounded by coffee and books. You’ll have everything you need to get started, so do it!

Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm
WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES SALON WITH ANDREA OLSON, MA, Min.
Join us for the final salon discussing Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ seminal work, Women Who Run With the Wolves. This meeting will discuss Chapter 13: Battle Scars: Membership in the Scars Clan, Chapter 15: Shadowing: Canto Hondo, The Deep Song, and Chapter 16: The Wolf’s Eyelash. The salons have been meeting twice monthly and you are welcome to attend even if you haven’t met with the group before.

Thursday, November 13 at 7 pm
TRADD COTTER READING & SIGNING
Microbiologist, professional mycologist, and organic gardener Tradd Cotter joins us to discuss his new book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation: Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation. Toby Hemenway (Gaia’s Garden) says, “Tradd Cotter has written a clear, comprehensive guide that is a gift to amateur as well as professional mushroom growers….This book opens the doors wide to a diverse and fascinating fungal world.”

Friday, November 14 at 7 pm
SMITH HENDERSON READING & SIGNING
Once in awhile, a book will affect a bookseller so intensely that they become a trembling, heat-seeking evangelist for it. Smith Henderson’s debut novel, Fourth of July Creek, did that to one of us and if this hasn’t already wound up your hands, now you have an opportunity to learn in-person why the book is so affecting. Set in Henderson’s native Montana during the 70s and 80s, Fourth of July Creek explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion and anarchy, brilliantly depicting our nation’s disquieting and violent contradictions. According to The New York Times, “First novels don’t come much more confidently written or fully imagined than this.”

Saturday, November 15 at 7 pm
MICHELLE BAKER LAUNCH PARTY
A local visual artist, playwright, and author, Michelle Baker was inspired to write her new book The Canoe by wondering how the Titanic’s sinking affected her grandfather, a mortician in Maryland. Set during ten days in 1912 with the Titanic disaster as a backdrop, The Canoe follows two protagonists as they head inevitably toward the next turning point in their lives. Kevin McIlvoy (The Complete History of New Mexico & Other Stories) says, “In The Canoe’s converging stories of wild love and unimaginable loss, the author has conjured the human tribe at the moment of wonder when we open our arms to life and at the moment of awe when we open them to the embrace of death.” Please join us to celebrate this new release!

Sunday, November 16 at 3 pm
WRITERS AT HOME READING SERIES
Please join host Tommy Hays for this monthly series featuring work from the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA.

Sunday, November 16 at 6 pm
WAYFARING STRANGERS TICKETED EVENT
Fiona Ritchie, founder and host of NPR’s The Thistle & Shamrock, and Doug Orr, former Warren Wilson president and founder of The Swannanoa Gathering, join us to discuss their book Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia. A beautiful book that includes a CD, Wayfaring Strangers includes interviews with many whose legacies are tied to this musical migration including Doc Watson, Sheila Kay Adams, and Pete Seeger. Musicians Al Petteway and Amy White will play music at the event and there will be a wine and cheese reception. A single ticket comes with the purchase of the book ($39.95), or the Bring-A-Friend Package is available for $50 and includes one book and two tickets.

Wednesday, November 17 at 7 pm
TOM MAXWELL READING & SIGNING
In his new book, Hell: My Life in the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tom Maxwell recounts the journey he and the band took from jam buddies, through major success, to his decision to leave the band in 1999. The stories behind some of their favorite tunes, like “Put a Lid On It”, are included here along with an intimate look at what rapid fame meant to the group. Since his departure, Maxwell has written for many publications including The Oxford American, Our State and Southern Cultures and is back to music with a new album, Tom Maxwell and the Minor Drag.

Tuesday, November 18 from 6 to 8 pm
NANOWRIMO EVENT
National Novel Writing Month is November, so in honor of the written word and those who create, Malaprop’s will be hosting NaNoWriMo every Tuesday evening in the month of November starting at 6 pm. Have aspirations of writing a novel? Well come write one amongst other writers, surrounded by coffee and books. You’ll have everything you need to get started, so do it!

Wednesday, November 19 at 7 pm
MAUREEN CORRIGAN TICKETED EVENT
Award-winning book critic (NPR’s Fresh Air and The Washington Post) and professor Maureen Corrigan shares her bookish obsession with a great American novel in So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to be and Why it Endures. Brandishing her own Gatsby enthusiasm and using research into Fitzgerald as well as the book’s history and numerous editions (plus the stage and screen versions), Corrigan acts as a literary archaeologist uncovering the reasons why this book has (and hasn’t, in some cases) captured the American imagination. Michael Cunningham (The Hours) says, “Maureen Corrigan has produced a minor miracle: a book about The Great Gatsby that stands up to Gatsby itself.” A ticket to the event is free with each purchase of So We Read On.

Thursday, November 20 at 7 pm
NINA HART LAUNCH PARTY
Local writer, performer, and creativity coach Nina Hart joins us to celebrate the publication of her book Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere! A collection of prose poems and short fictions, Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere is “lyrical and urgent, tender and off-kilter” according to Holly Iglesias (Angles of Approach). Katherine Soniat (Swing Girl) calls it “a stunning phantasmagoria where words (and stories) crack apart, humans change to animals, poets to children, animals to primal pristine signifiers, countries to swatches of steamy atmosphere and garbage.”

Friday, November 21 at 7 pm
RICHARD HOFFMAN READING & SIGNING
A memoir about his father, his children, and himself that delves into the American psyche, Love & Fury by Richard Hoffman provides a raw and unfaltering look at our complicated humanity. Andre Dubus III (Townie) calls Love & Fury “a soul-saving joy” going on to say “what makes this book so important is what Hoffman excavates here layer by layer: how shaped and often shackled we are by the past, one that is bloody, racist, patriarchal, and as class-stratified as ever.” A poet, fiction writer, and memoirist, Hoffman is Writer-in-Residence at Emerson College and currently serves as Chair of PEN New England.

Saturday, November 22 at 7 pm
PETER TURCHI READING & SIGNING
Peter Turchi, former director of Warren Wilson’s MFA program and author of Maps of the Imagination, presents more connections for the writer in A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic. Publishers Weekly says, “[Turchi’s] writing is consistently engaging, lively, and thought provoking . . . And though Turchi’s volume seems most tailored to writers, readers and puzzle lovers should find much of value as well.” Turchi’s work appears in many journals and anthologies and he’s currently professor of Creative Writing at University of Houston.

Sunday, November 23 at 5 pm
PALOMA PAVEL READING & SIGNING
The book that started it all has been reissued in a lovely new format! Join co-author Paloma Pavel to discuss the seminal modern parable, Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty. The new edition features beautiful illustrations by Japanese artist Mayumi Oda. In his Foreword to the new edition, Desmond Tutu writes: “We can indeed transform the world, and we are each called to take part in this sacred work. Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty offers this simple and powerful message of wisdom and hope. Wherever you are, you can create beauty. Moment by moment, you can create joy. Instant by instant, you can offer kindness.”

Tuesday, November 25 from 6 to 8 pm
NANOWRIMO EVENT
National Novel Writing Month is November, so in honor of the written word and those who create, Malaprop’s will be hosting NaNoWriMo every Tuesday evening in the month of November starting at 6 pm. Have aspirations of writing a novel? Well come write one amongst other writers, surrounded by coffee and books. You’ll have everything you need to get started, so do it!

Wednesday, November 26 at 6 pm
HOLIDAY HOURS
We will close early on Wednesday and be closed all day Thursday for Thanksgiving. Come back and see us during regular hours on Friday. If you need a Thursday book fix, visit Downtown Books & News between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm.

Saturday, November 29
INDIES FIRST & SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Now in its second year, Indies First is a program created by author Sherman Alexie as a way for authors to give back to their local bookstores. We are thrilled and honored to welcome our local volunteer authors who will help you with recommendations, gift wrapping, and more! We will release a list of participating authors and other details closer to the event. Stay tuned and come join us!

Sunday, November 30 from 5 to 6 pm
SHAKESPEARE SALON: KING LEAR
Dr. Susan Harlan of Wake Forest University will curate this monthly series of Shakespeare Salon discussions. Each month, Dr. Harlan will lead a conversation about a different Shakespeare play. Please join us!