September, 1999 Schedule of Events

'Tis, the sequel to Frank McCourt's bestselling memoir Angela's Ashes, will be released on September 21st. Frank McCourt will visit Boulder on November 16th, and Boulder Book Store is proud to host this special event at the Boulder Theater. Tickets may be purchased beginning September 21st from the Boulder Book Store or the Boulder Theater Box Office (303) 786-7030.

Enter Our Harry Potter Essay Contest

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azbakan, the third book in the Harry Potter series, will be released September 8th, and we're holding an essay contest to celebrate! Kids ages 8 - 13 are invited to write an essay of up to 500 words on the theme, "Why I Love The Harry Potter Books." All submissions will be entered in a drawing to win a book plate signed by J.K. Rowling and a Harry Potter T-shirt, and the writers of the winning essays will each receive a $20.00 gift certificate. The submission deadline is September 30th, 1999. All entries must include name, age, address, and phone number. To reserve your copies of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azbakan (Scholastic, $19.95), call (303) 447-2074.

Dr. Betty Edwards
Wednesday, September 1, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a special event with Dr. Betty Edwards, author of The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Tarcher, $27.50 & $16.95). "Not only a book about drawing, [Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain] is a book about living. This brilliant approach to drawing...should not be dismissed as mere text. It emancipates." – New York Times

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

International Literacy Day
Wednesday, September 8

We're donating 1% of sales for this day to Boulder Public Library's Learning to Read Program for adult literacy. Support the Learning to Read Program year-round by choosing them as your non-profit in the Boulder Book Store Shares program.

Orson Scott Card
Wednesday, September 8, 4:00 p.m.

Hugo and Nebula Award winner Orson Scott Card will speak and sign his books, including his latest, Ender's Shadow (Tor, $24.95). Ender's Shadow, a parallel novel to Card's bestselling Ender's Game, tells the story of Bean, Ender's right hand and friend. Seating is limited; line numbers for the book signing will be given out at 3:00 p.m. on the second floor.

Ender's Shadow

Ender's Game ($ 6.99)

Michael Gurian
Thursday, September 9, 7:30 p.m.

Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Boys and A Fine Young Man, will speak and sign The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men (Tarcher, $24.95). Therapist and educator Gurian takes readers through a complete parenting program, showing them how to instill virtues in boys at each of the developmental stages.

The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men

The Wonder of Boys ($ 13.95)

A Fine Young Man ($ 13.95)

James Hillman
Sunday, September 12, 4:00 p.m.

James Hillman, former director of the Jung Institute, will speak and sign The Force of Character (Random House, $24.00). In his new book, Hillman offers the theory that aging's physical and mental changes are necessary and have revelatory and positive impacts. Seating is limited; line numbers for the book signing will be given out at 3:00 p.m. on the second floor.

The Force of Character

Alison Wright
Tuesday, September 14, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a slide show with Alison Wright, in celebration of her stunning book, The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile (Snow Lion, $34.95). In her vibrant visual sojourn with Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, India, freelance photojournalist Wright reveals lives rich in reflection and celebration, and creates a doorway into a culture that survives in spite of travail.

The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile

John Maclean
Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a slide show and book signing with John Maclean, author of Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire (Wm. Morrow,$24.00). Maclean, the son of Young Men and Fire author Norman Maclean, chronicles the devastating 1994 forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado that took the lives of fourteen fire fighters.

Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire

Ivan Doig
Thursday, September 16, 7:30 p.m.

Ivan Doig will speak and sign his new novel, Mountain Time (Scribner, $25.00), at this special event. With the vivid descriptions of landscape for which he is celebrated, Doig cements his standing as one of the greatest writers of the American West. His universal themes of family conflict and the need to understand prior generations will resonate with all readers.

Mountain Time

Julia Alvarez
Monday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.

We're proud to announce a reading and signing with Julia Alvarez in celebration of her new collection of essays, Something to Declare (Plume, $13.95), a unique look at the writing life, family life, and teaching life. Fan of Alvarez's novels How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies will revel in these twenty-four personal essays.

Something to Declare

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents ($ 12.95)

In the Time of the Butterflies ($ 12.95)

Pam Houston
Tuesday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.

Pam Houston returns to Boulder for a reading from A Little More About Me (Norton, $23.95), a celebration of her real-life adventures spanning five years and five continents. As she searches for balance within herself and with the world around her, the author of bestselling short story collections Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat speaks straight from the heart.

A Little More About Me

Cowboys Are My Weakness ($ 14.95)

Waltzing the Cat ($ 14.95)

Laura Hendrie
Thursday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.

Join us when Laura Hendrie, the author of Stygo, reads and signs her dazzling new novel, Remember Me (Henry Holt, $24.00), in which she tells us the story of Rose Devonic, a wily and determined woman living in the tiny mountain town of Queduro, New Mexico. Critics describe Hendrie as "a wonderful storyteller," with "lush talent and sharp intelligence."

Remember Me

Stygo is unfortunately Out of Print.

Dave Barry
Saturday, September 25, 1:00 p.m.

Join us for an afternoon with one of the funniest humorists writing today! Dave Barry will speak and sign his novel, Big Trouble (Putnam, $23.95). Stephen King said, "Reading Big Trouble, I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair .... It is Barry's funniest, coolest book." Seating is limited; line numbers for the book signing will be given out at 12 noon on the second floor.

Big Trouble

Alvah Simon
Monday, September 27, 7:30 p.m.

Alvah Simon will present slides and sign North to the Night (Broadway, $13.00), the acclaimed adventure story about the five months he spent alone on his boat, frozen in ice above the Arctic Circle. Surrounded by screaming blizzards, Simon struggled through the perpetual darkness and crushing loneliness toward a spiritual awakening, and emerged a transformed man.

North to the Night

Tom Chappell
Wednesday, September 29, 7:30 p.m.

Tom Chappell, founder and CEO of Tom's of Maine natural healthcare company, will speak and sign Managing Upside Down: The Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership (Wm. Morrow, $25.00). Chappell achieved profitability by "managing upside down" – focusing on social values and respect for the environment to increase customer satisfaction and the bottom line.

Managing Upside Down: The Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership

Steven Harrison
Thursday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for an evening with Steven Harrison, author of Getting to Where You Are (Tarcher, $19.95). Harrison, also the author of Doing Nothing and Being One, offers provocative essays suggesting that the only meditation that does not produce more mind clutter than it eliminates is the one we are all doing already: Actuality Meditation – that is, living.

Getting to Where You Are

Doing Nothing ($ 16.00)

Being One ($ 14.95)

Books not purchased at Boulder Book Store will be signed only if time permits. If you cannot attend an event but would like an autographed copy, please call or email us to order one.

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Thank you for supporting the 1999 Boulder Book Store Reading Series!

Author events are also supported by your purchase of the author's books. These purchases are tracked and used by the publishers in decisions about other authors who might visit.

IAll events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please call us to confirm on the day of the event. For more information, call 447-2074. If you are unable to use the stairs to the second floor where our events are held, please call and ask about our closed circuit television service on the main floor.