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Join us for our usual open mic poetry night (second Wednesday of the month\, every month). Our featured readers will be anyone with a poem in the 2010 Poets' Guide to New Hampshire. The Guide comes out every year\, is edited by John-Michael Albert\, and will be available for purchase at Water Street Bookstore. Come and read your own poem from the guide or one by someone else featured in the anthology. The readings will be followed by an open mic\, at which anyone is welcome to read one or two poems. Join us to read or join us to listen!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T021604Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091016T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091017T003000Z UID:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/elizabeth-marshall-thomas-reading-her-new-book-hidden-life-deer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/elizabeth-marshall-thomas-reading-her-new-book-hidden-life-deer SUMMARY:Elizabeth Marshall Thomas reading from her new book\, The Hidden Life of Deer DESCRIPTION:\;
Thomas is the author of the acclaimed book\, The Hidden Life of Dogs\, a detailed and loving account of hours she spent observing dogs. Thomas takes a similar course with In The Hidden Life of Deer\, uncovering lessons about the natural world through her observations of these beautiful\, majestic animals. A delightful read.
Thomas has written for numerous magazines\, such as The New Yorker and National Geographic. She is a gifted naturalist and an eclectic natural historian. Thomas resides in New Hampshire.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T021604Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091017T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091018T003000Z UID:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/something-missing-matthew-dicks URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/something-missing-matthew-dicks SUMMARY:Something Missing with Matthew Dicks DESCRIPTION:Join us for Matthew Dicks\, author of the hilarious novel\, Something Missing.
Something Missing is the story of Martin\, a burglar inflicted with OCD and a heart of gold. He only steals things from people that he knows they won't miss-- a stick of butter\, a cup of olive oil\, a spare tube of toothpaste. He gets to know his "\;clients"\; and practically sees them as friends. One day he breaks one of his cardinal rules\, and everything goes downhill from there. A likeable\, honest character\, great writing\, and funny\, unique storyline make this novel irresistible. Come meet the author and ask him about his research for a novel all about burglary!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T021604Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091020T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091021T013000Z UID:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/archer-mayor-and-his-latest-thriller-price-malice URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/archer-mayor-and-his-latest-thriller-price-malice SUMMARY:Archer Mayor and his latest thriller\, The Price of Malice DESCRIPTION:Archer Mayor is back with another Joe Gunther mystery! Join us for everyone's favorite Vermont police detective\, and the man who created him. If you've never read Mayor's mysteries\, you can definitely jump in here for number 19\, or stop by the store and catch up on some of his earlier novels.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T021604Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091025T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091025T210000Z UID:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/kate-dicamillo-webcast-sidwell-friends-school-washington-dc URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/kate-dicamillo-webcast-sidwell-friends-school-washington-dc SUMMARY:Kate DiCamillo Webcast from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C! DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to be one of a select number of bookstores with access to Kate DiCamillo's webcast from Sidwell Friends School in D.C! We'll be showing the entire webcast on a screen in Time of Wonder. Kate is the author of such modern classics as The Tale of Desperaux\, Because of Winn Dixie\, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane\, and the Mercy Watson series. She will be reading from her new book\, The Magician's Elephant\, and will be talking about writing for chilldren\, her favorite books\, and much more. We'll also be raffling off copies of her books\, including a signed copy of The Magician's Elephant! You have to be present at the webcast to be eligible to win. Please join us for this fun and unique event!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T021604Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091028T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091029T000000Z UID:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/evening-publishing-reps-best-book-group-books URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/evening-publishing-reps-best-book-group-books SUMMARY:An Evening with the Publishing Reps\: Best Book Group Books DESCRIPTION:We are hosting another Book Group Night at Water Street Bookstore. If you came to the last one\, you know what it's all about. We invite representatives from three of the biggest publishing houses (this time it's Random House\, Simon and Schuster\, and Houghton Mifflin) to come and share with us their favorite picks for book groups. These will be books that encourage conversation\, in every genre. They'll have fiction and non-fiction in paperback and hardcover. Consider them your very own book experts--come with questions! And the books will be different from last time\, so be sure to make it to this one. Bring your whole book group\, or just a friend. Even if you aren't in a book group\, these titles are sure to interest you.
RSVP to let us know you're coming\, at waterstreet.books@myfairpoint.net. See you there!
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T021604Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091111T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091112T000000Z UID:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/open-mic-poetry-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/open-mic-poetry-2 SUMMARY:Open Mic Poetry DESCRIPTION:The second Wednesday of the month\, every month of the year\, we host an open mic poetry month with local poet and former teacher John Ferguson. Our featured poets start out the night and an open mic follows. November's featured readers are Neil English\, followed by students from Exeter High School.
Neil English recites his brand of poetry in performance settings throughout New Hampshire\, Vermont\, Maine and Massachusetts. His work has been published in several anthologies including\; Portsmouth Unabridged\: New Poems for an Old City\, Entelechy International\: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas\, Images from Ruin and The Other Side of Sorrow.
Everyone is welcome to read\, all ages and levels. Join us to read or just to listen.
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