Due to the uncertain nature of airline flights at the moment, any of our events may be cancelled on fairly short notice. Please call us to verify all events at (303) 447-2074.

As always, we offer free parking validation & meter tokens to our customers. There are three city parking structures, at 15th and Pearl, 11th and Walnut, and directly behind the book store on Spruce Street between Broadway and 11th Street.

• To see information about the this month's Book Fair click HERE
• To see information about this Fall's Creative Writing Classes click HERE

CHRIS LEAR
Thursday, September 6, 7:30 p.m.

The 1998 cross country season appeared to hold magnificent promise for the men of the University of Colorado, with Adam Goucher poised for his first NCAA title, and the team shooting for the team title. In Running with the Buffaloes (Lyons Press, $22.95), local author CHRIS LEAR follows the team through the events of that unforgettable season.

Running with the Buffaloes

CHRIS BOHJALIAN
Monday, September 10, 7:30 p.m.

With the novel Trans-Sister Radio (Vintage, $14.00), CHRIS BOHJALIAN confronts his very human characters with issues larger than they are, tackling the explosive issue of gender. A schoolteacher in a small Vermont town must deal with her own emotions and the reaction of the town when the university professor she is dating tells her that he will soon undergo a sex-change operation.

Trans-Sister Radio

EVELYN KAYE
Tuesday, September 11, 7:30 p.m.

Learning vacations are booming, as more and more Americans are taking time off to learn rather than just lying on the beach. According to travel expert EVELYN KAYE, dozens of companies now offer educational trips. Travel and Learn (Blue Panda, $19.95) lists hundreds of exciting vacations offered by selected organizations including the Smithsonian, American Horticultural Society, National Audubon Society, and Wilderness International.

Travel and Learn

KEN McLEOD
***CANCELLED*** Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 p.m. ***CANCELLED***

Buddhism continues to intrigue and attract Westerners. In Wake Up to Your Life (Harper San Francisco, $28.00), renowned Buddhist teacher KEN McLEOD provides an accessible guide to understanding and utilizing Buddhist practices. McLeod maintains that authentic Buddhist guidance on how to live is best learned by Americans in a thoroughly American way, free from the trappings of religion and culture.

Wake Up to Your Life

JUDITH SIMMER-BROWN
Thursday, September 13, 7:30 p.m. (Confirmed & going to take place)

The primary emblem of the feminine in Tibetan Buddhism is the dakini, or "sky-dancer," a semi-wrathful spirit-woman who manifests in visions, dreams, and meditation experiences. JUDITH SIMMER-BROWN’s new study Dakini’s Warm Breath (Shambhala, $29.95) will appeal to both male and female spiritual seekers interested in goddess worship, women's spirituality, and the tantric tradition.

Dakini’s Warm Breath

CHILDREN’S STORYTIME
Friday September 14, 10:00 a.m. (Confirmed & going to take place)

Gymboree Play and Music and Boulder Book Store are partnering to bring the wonderful world of books to children. Join us on the second Friday of each month for children’s storytime in our children’s room. Storytime is for children 1-6 years old.

LEIF ENGER
***CANCELLED*** Friday, September 14, 7:30 p.m. ***CANCELLED***

Through the voice of eleven-year-old Reuben, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboy stories, LEIF ENGER’s Peace Like a River (Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00) tells of a family’s cross-country search for Reuben’s outlaw older brother who has been controversially charged with murder. Enger’s book is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, a romance, and a heartfelt meditation of the possibility of magic in the everyday world.

Peace Like a River

DEEPAK CHOPRA
Monday, September 17, 7:30 p.m.
at Boulder Theater - Tickets $8.00
Due to overwhelming demand, we will be moving our Deepak Chopra and Garrison Keillor events to Boulder Theater.
For more information click HERE

Grow Younger, Live Longer (Harmony, $23.00) by is a complete manual for renewal. By integrating DEEPAK CHOPRA’s insights and practices into your daily life, you will notice immediate improvements in your physical and emotional well-being. Chopra presents a simple, practical, step-by-step program for reversing aging. At the heart of the book are ten steps, each of which is supported by three daily actions. Learn how to maintain a youthful mind, cultivate flexibility, reawaken sexual energy, strengthen your immune system, nourish your body, change your perceptions, and enjoy restful awareness and restful sleep. As you begin to reverse your biological age, you will find yourself increasingly able to reclaim the gifts of your birthright by tapping into your inner reservoir of energy, creativity, vitality, and love.

Grow Younger, Live Longer

KATHLEEN MEYER
Tuesday, September 18, 7:30 p.m.

In Barefoot Hearted (Villard, $24.95), KATHLEEN MEYER recounts how she set about making an old Montana barn into a home. Meyer rapidly discovers she’s living with troops of mice, bats, sexually fired-up skunks, and more flies than in a pig shed. She carries us back to the settler’s old West while pondering modern-day dilemmas, offering a personal chronicle of conscience and a love story of rare and quirky dimension.

Barefoot Hearted

ROBERT CASTELLINO
Wednesday, September 19, 7:30 p.m.

ROBERT CASTELLINO’s new photography book, Denver: Gateway to the Rockies (Whispering River, $54.95) highlights the people and events that have formed the city of Denver and the surrounding areas into the majestic Mile High City we know today. The book features over 300 photos by Castellino, as well as work by other noted photographers and painters, and quotes from various residents to recognize the importance of Denver’s cultural heart.

SHAMBHALA, SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR
Thursday September 20, 7:30 p.m.

Inspired by the ancient legend of the kingdom of Shambhala, the teachings of Shambhala are concerned with how we can lead open and genuine lives that inspire wakefulness and confidence by following the path of enlightened warriorship. Directors of Shambhala Training, a program of study and practice founded by Chogyam Trungpa will give this new series of talks, based on the book by Trungpa.

SHAMBHALA, SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR ($ 13.95)

PATRICIA VAN TIGHEM
Friday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.

On a hiking trip in the Canadian Rockies in 1983, PATRICIA VAN TIGHEM crossed paths with a bear who instantly and forever changed her life. She survived, endured painful reconstructive surgeries, and was permanently facially disfigured. The Bear’s Embrace (Pantheon, $23.00) is the story of the unpredictability of life, of bravery and terror, of rage and love, of what it means to look and feel different in a culture that values perfection.

The Bear’s Embrace

ADAM CHASE
Tuesday, September 25, 7:30 p.m.

Trail running is fast becoming one of today's most popular fitness activities, combining the physical benefits of walking and road running with the spirit of adventure that comes from hiking and mountain biking. The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running (Lyons Press, $18.95) by local author ADAM CHASE is the first-ever "how-to" guide that offers details on all aspects of trail running.

The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running

GARRISON KEILLOR
Sunday, September 30, 2:00 p.m.
at Boulder Theater - Tickets $8.00
Due to overwhelming demand, we will be moving our Deepak Chopra and Garrison Keillor events to Boulder Theater.
For more information click HERE

In Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 (Viking, $24.95), GARRISON KEILLOR returns to Lake Wobegon, where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. He is at his funny best, brilliantly capturing a newly minted post-war America, and delivering an unforgettable comedy about an unforgettable kid, fourteen-year-old Gary, who receives an Underwood typewriter and starts to become a writer, producing fantastic tales about talking dogs, fatal blood diseases, tornadoes, and the lady with the torch, while coming of age in the rural Midwest. In that kid, we recognize the hardest and the best aspects of youth, the fascination and fear of bodily functions, and our own first loves.

Lake Wobegon Summer 1956

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.

BOOK FAIR THIS MONTH

This month we are hosting a book fair to help a local nonprofit raise funds. Please stop by and show your support by mentioning to the bookseller at the register that you are here for the Book Fair. Members of our Frequent Buyer and Teacher Discount Programs will not receive a discount on book fair purchases. Your discount is “donated” to the school at the end of the fundraiser.

• Friday – Sunday, September 14 – 16, James Creek Watershed Initiative

CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES
Thursdays, September 20 – October 25
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Upper North Room

As summer ends, fall in with a small group of writers and spend six evenings in a comfortable, literary environment filling your blank pages with words that may become seeds for a poem, essay, short story, or novel. In this workshop for all levels of writing experience we will use triggers, exercises, games and other creative wanderings to generate lots of raw material. The workshop will be led by Gayle Nosal, MFA, Creative Writing. The cost is $50. Call Gayle at (303) 449-6882 to reserve a space.