David Baldacci will be on tour next month to celebrate his new release Strangers in Time. Here is the link to RSVP for each location: https://www.davidbaldacci.com/landing-page/david-baldacci-events/?lid=zkzalrt7k0hm&utm_source=GrandCentralPublishing&utm_campaign=GCP:%20Baldacci%20-%20March%202025&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Baldacci
Information posted from the Mahwah Library
Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM EDT
Event will begin in 14 days and 2 hours
Step into Spring with us as we chat with the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about her newest novel, By Any Other Name.
In 1581, Emilia Bassano—like most young women of her day—is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain’s mistress, she has access to all theaters in England and finds a way to secretly bring her work to the stage. And yet, creating some of the world’s greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at great cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history.
In the present, playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. Although the challenges are different four hundred years later, the playing field is still not level for women in theater. Would Melina—like Emilia—be willing to forfeit her credit as author, just for a chance to see her work performed?
Told in intertwining narratives, By Any Other Name is a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire that asks what price each woman is willing to pay to see their work live on—even if it means they will be forgotten. Register now to join the wondrous conversation!
About the Author: Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, including By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband
Register here: https://libraryc.org/mahwahlibrary/70486/register
I had a great time meeting up with a book lover friend, Justin. I also had a great time hearing more about Laurie’s books and how some of the book ideas came to fruition. I am looking forward to starting this fun book series. The event to place at the Clifton, NJ Barnes & Noble.
Monday, March 31, 2025 6:00 PM ET
Below is the information posted on the Paramus BN website.
Please join us in welcoming author Bonnie Garmus as she celebrates the release of the paperback version of her book Lessons in Cemistry. She will be in conversation with Miwa Messer.
#1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD • Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detoour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show • STREAM ON APPLE TV+
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with-of all things-her mind. True chemistry results.
But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“Combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo.
Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
Special Instructions
LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!
You can register for this event by clicking HERE
This event will be taped for the B&N YouTube channel.
You must purchase a copy of the paperback version of Lessons in Chemistry from our location to attend the event.
Bonnie will personalize your copy of Lessons in Chemistry.
There will be a photo-op with Bonnie.
If you have any questions, please call the store at 201-445-4589
Paramus
634 N State Route 17
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 445-4589
Saturday, March 15, 2025 3:00 PM ET
About this Event
Barnes & Noble Clifton Commons is honored to announce we will be hosting Laurie Gilmore the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store in an EXCLUSIVE early release of her latest book The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (Dream Harbor, Book 4) (B&N Exclusive Edition).
There will be a book signing following the discussion. The featured title The Strawberry Patch Pancake House must be purchased from our store to gain access the signing line.
Customers attending our event on March 15th will have EXCLUSIVE EARLY ACCESS and be able to purchase a copy of The Strawberry Patch Pancake House BN Exclusive edition three days before the official release!! This early release opportunity is only available at Barnes & Noble Clifton Commons. The featured title will be released to the general public on March 18th.
Special Instructions
RESERVE YOUR TICKET AT THE LINK BELOW
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/bncliftoncommons/laurie-gilmore-early-release-the-strawberry-patch-pancake-house-dream-harbor-book-4-b-n-exclusive-edition
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 6:00 PM ET
Gregory Maguire celebrates ELPHIE
Below is the information posted by Barnes & Noble
Purchase ticket here: https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183409-0?fbclid=PAY2xjawIt6y9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABpmzQdDK0Jf8nBMjOXh6cHtF2l69H_2lwkc_LcasKoEIqhOJMgQargBZjgw_aem_ioMeLX9BGu0QjCiDR27tNQ
About this Event
Join Barnes & Noble – Clifton in Clifton, NJ on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, as we welcome New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Years series, Gregory Maguire, to celebrate the release of ELPHIE: A Wicked Childhood (B&N Exclusive Edition). This riveting story reveals what happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked.
BONUS!: This special ELPHIE: A Wicked Childhood (B&NExclusive Edition) features unique stenciled edges, a designed case stamp, color illustrated endpapers, and a ribbon marker.
To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.
Barnes & Noble reserves the right to make new rules and orders in its sole discretion with regard to COVID-19 at any time and any person not abiding by the Barnes & Noble directives will be refused entrance or directed to leave the premises.
TICKET INFORMATION
B&N ADMISSION – $31.99 (Admission + one signed copy of ELPHIE: A Wicked Childhood): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**:: A ticket PER PERSON includes:
One signed, personalized copy of ELPHIE: A Wicked Childhood (B&N Exclusive Edition).
Admission to the event space and signing line with Gregory Maguire.
Photos will be allowed as books are being signed and will be taken by a Barnes & Noble bookseller on the guest’s camera/phone across the table. No posed photos.
Seating will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Any gifts for the author will be collected prior to the signing line.
Other books by the author will be available for purchase at Barnes & Noble – Clifton.
Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.
GUIDELINES
No memorabilia will be signed at the event.
No large bags will be permitted into the event.
The exact time at which the event ends will be determined on the day. To avoid disappointment, we strongly advise you to arrive on time for the event. Late arrivals may not have the opportunity to meet the author.
All event guidelines are subject to change.
If you have any additional questions, please can call the store directly at: (973) 779-5500.
Barnes & Noble may cancel this event at any time with or without notice to the ticket holders.
Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter.
REFUNDS
Attendees can receive refunds up to 1 day (24 hours) before your event start TIME OF 6 pm.
If you are unable to attend the event, Barnes & Noble – Clifton in Clifton, NJ will hold your books for seven days after the event. Please contact the store to arrange your pickup.
Should this event be canceled due to changing COVID-19 concerns, all customers will be refunded their ticket price to the original method of payment per Eventbrite’s refund policy.
Event guidelines are subject to change.
ABOUT ELPHIE:
Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising character in adult life. But she is always a one-off, from her infancy; Elphie is the riveting coming-of-age story of a very peculiar and relatable young girl.
Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life. And she gleans the benefits of an education, haphazard though it must be—until she arrives at the doors of Shiz University, about to meet the radiant creature that is Galinda.
Elphie is destined to be a witch; she bears the markings from childhood—most evidently in her green skin but more obscurely and profoundly in her cunning and perhaps amoral behaviors, as she seeks to make do, to slip by, to sneak out, to endure, and to aspire.
ABOUT GREGORY MAQUIRE:
Gregory Maguireis the New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked—the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award–winning Broadway musical of the same name and the major motion picture—Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. His series Another Day continues the story of Oz with The Brides of Maracoor, The Oracle of Maracoor, and The Witch of Maracoor, and his other novels include A Wild Winter Swan, Hiddensee, After Alice, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost, and Mirror Mirror. Some of his novels for children include Cress Watercress, Leaping Beauty, and Egg & Spoon, winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. He lives in New England and France.
Tue, Apr 29th, 2025, 6:00 – 8:00 PM EDTBarnes & Noble, Paramus, NJ
Register: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/bnparamus/shelby-van-pelt-discusses-signs-remarkably-bright-creatures?fbclid=PAY2xjawIqDXFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABpnna9wq8r2k2dm2Zs-tSYddBygNVfcxs7iiNbwMvN_vqYSfIg10Cc0rrdA_aem_lOWSdR2lcy9GvzbfWRrQFg
Please join us in welcoming author Shelby Van Pelt as she celebrates the release of Remarkably Bright Creatures in paperback! She will be in conversation with Lynda Cohen Loigman.
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in the Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
-You must purchase a paperback copy of Remarkably Bright Creatures at our location to attend the event.
If you have any questions, please call the store at 201-445-4589
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Join Barnes & Noble – Union Square in New York City on Monday, March 24th at 6 PM, as we welcome actor, director, and author of the internationally bestselling novel Bonfire, Krysten Ritter to celebrate her newest release, RETREAT. In this serpentine thriller about identity and obsession, a beautiful con artist insinuates herself into a wealthy socialite’s life . . . with deadly consequences.
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To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.
Book Admission – $31.61 (Admission + one copy of RETREAT+ 5-cent bag fee): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:
Krysten will pose for photos. A B&N staff member will be on hand to take your photo.
Krysten will sign (signature only) copies of RETREAT and up to two additional books or items of memorabilia per person.
Any gifts for the author will be collected at check in.
Please arrive by 6PM in order to secure your place in the signing line. Late arrivals may not have the opportunity to meet the author.
No large bags will be permitted into the event.
Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 5:30 PM the day of the event. Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check in.
Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.
Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter.
All event guidelines are subject to change.
If you have any additional questions, please call the store directly at: 212-253-0810.
RSVP Link: https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062179658-0
Meet New York Times Bestselling Author Alafair Burke
Sun 12th January
12:00 PM
Books & Greetings
Come meet Alafair Burke, the bestselling author of the New York Times, in person and hear about her latest book!
Each person attending the event must purchase their own book/ticket. You can order your book through this link or call the store 201-784-2665 and purchase it over the phone with a credit card or stop by the store if you are local
Link to purchase book https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-new-york-times-bestselling-author-alafair-burke-tickets-1101169119479
Location
Books & Greetings
271 Livingston Street Northvale, NJ 07647
Please join us in welcoming author Pam Jenoff as she celebrates the release of her new book Last Twilight in Paris.
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff.
London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe-and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war.
Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks help from her former boos Ian, with whom she shares a romantic history. The necklace leads them to discover the dark history of Levitan – a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison, and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France.
Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the department store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. Inspired by the true story of Levitan, Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours.
TICKETS CAN BE RESERVED AT THE LINK BELOW:
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/bncliftoncommons/pam-jenoff-book-signing
There will be a book signing following the discussion. The featured title Last Twilight in Parismust be purchased from our store to gain access the signing line.
Clifton
Clifton Commons
395 Route 3 East
Clifton, NJ 07014
(973) 779-5500
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