4/06/2006

Greetings, Readers!

   I hope this letter finds you all well. We're writing to you from (currently) sunny Moscow. Hopefully, it will stay that way. Spring is coming, Readers! I hope you are as ready for it as we are. Enough of these short, cold days. There are few things finer than sitting outside, in the sun, with a good book, and I think we are all looking forward to the days when this is again possible.

   Remember, Readers, that this weekend is the weekend to see A Walk in the Woods at the Kenworthy! The remaining performances are Friday and Saturday night at 7:30pm, as well as Saturday afternon at 2:00pm. Tickets are available at Book People (or at the Kenworthy box office in the hour before the performance). Don't miss out, Readers! Pick up your ticket today!

   Saturday, April 8th - Fred Rabe! Book People! Fred Rabe is the author of 'Exploring High Mountain Lakes in the Rockies'. Saturday, April 8th, from 12:00pm - 2:00pm he will be reading from his book and signing copies, right here at Book People of Moscow! If you're looking for things to do once hiking season starts up, Readers, this would be a good place to start. Come on by and check it out!

   Alert Reader Judy thought that you all might like to know this:
"Joy Passanante will lead a free creative writing workshop called "Scenes

From a Life" on Sat. 4/8 from 9:30 am-12:30 p.m. at the 1912 Center in

Moscow as part of Latah County Writes.  Participants will use techniques of personal essay and memoir which will lead to the completion of well-developed scenes from their lives.  To sign up for the workshop, call Diane Baumgart at 882-0971 or email freewriting@turbonet.com.  Limited walk-ins are also welcome.  Light refreshments will be served.  For more information see www.latahlibrary.com." Thanks Judy!

   Sunday, April 9th, at 4:00pm, Joy Passanante will be at Book People, reading and signing copies of her books. Joy Passanante is the author of three books - My Mother's Lovers (a novel), The Art of Absence (a short story collection), and Sinning in Italy (a book of poems). She is also very nice and extremely talented, and it would be well worth your time to come meet her.

   R.T. Smith will be reading at the University of Idaho! The event will take place Tuesday, April 11th at 7:30pm in room 040 of the Teaching and Learning Center (The TLC Building - the one attached to the UI Commons Building). Mr Smith has written a dozen books of poetry as well as a collection of short stories, and has been widely published. He is also the editor of SHENANDOAH, a (deservedly) famous literary journal that has featured countless excellent authors. The reading is free to attend and everyone is welcome. If anyone would like more information, please call 885-6156.

   Also, Readers, this month is Poetry Month! Do you know what that means? Well, aside from the obvious, you should know that Book People is having a contest! With prizes! Come in, find one of the Poetry Month posters, and figure out in  which books the poems quoted first appeared. Then, write down your answers an give them to an employee, and we'll do the rest!

   Anyone who is interested in Sherman Alexie's writer's notes in ZYZZYVA Magazine's anthology "Writer's Notebook" can send $2 to:
ZYZZYVA
Box 590069
San Francisco, CA
94159-0069

   Alert Reader Betsy sent us the following: "Mark your calendar for a magic hour!  Children walk through the orchestra and get a close-up peek at the instruments and talk to the musicians!  Come to the Washington Idaho Symphony's annual FREE Family Concert on April 15.  "MUSIC TELLS A STORY" is this year's theme and the orchestra will play music from "Lord of the Rings" and Ravel's "Mother Goose Suite."  The Palouse concert will be at 1pm at Gladish Auditorium, Pullman, and the same program will be performed in Lewiston at 10am in the High School Auditorium.  The Family Concert is sponsored by the Ann Berni Foundation and Potlatch Corporation, which permit everyone free admission.  " Thanks Betsy!

   April 18th, 2006 marks the 32nd Edward R. Murrow Symposium! At 7:30 pm, April 18th, in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum on the Washington State University Campus, Tom Brokaw will be presented with the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting. After the presentation, Brokaw will address the audience. The event is free and open to all.

   Also on April 18th, a reading by Gary Gildner! Gildner will read at 7:30 at the Museum of Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Center on the Washington State University campus. Books and refreshments will be available after the reading. For more information, contact Andrea Mason at (509)335-6846. Gildner has published twenty books and won numerous literary awards.

   Finally, Readers, we thought that you might like to know that Christopher Buckley, renowned poet, will be reading on Wednesday, April 19th. The reading will be at the Law School Courtroom at the University of Idaho. For more details, contact the English department at englishdept@uidaho.edu.

   That's all for now, Readers! I hope this gives you enough to do this month. If not, then look forward to next week's issue, when we will have more reviews and more events! As always, if you see anything that you would like us to add to the newsletter, please feel free to send us an email at bookpeople@moscow.com. Take care, Readers, until next time!

-Book People of Moscow

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