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'U is for Undertow' author Sue Grafton at Free Library tonight, 12/2/09

If U are a lover of mysteries — especially Sue Grafton "alphabet" mysteries — U may want to make arrangements to get to the...
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For writers: ' Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 20th Century ' by Jeff VanderMeer

Bellefonte, PA-born, now-Florida resident and author Jeff VanderMeer swings through our area tonight on a whirlwind tour for his new, up-to-date...
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Acclaimed author/poet Julia Alvarez in words and music at Bryn Mawr College tonight, 12/1/09

Acclaimed author and poet Julia Alvarez will give a reading from her works tonight, December 1, 2009, starting at 7:30 PM in the Thomas Great Hall...
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'Lidia Cooks' at Free Library of Philadelphia tonight, 12/1/09

Renowned chef, restaurateur and television cooking show host Lidia Matticchio Bastianich talks about her new cookbook, Lidia Cooks from the Heart...
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Newbery author Kate DiCamillo to sign 'The Magician's Elephant' in our area 11/13, 11/14 & 11/15

Kate DiCamillo, author of the beloved, award-winning and bestselling children's novels Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The...
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'Eating Animals' by Jonathan Safran Foer: Are you brave enough to read this?

Warning: Do not read this posting or Jonathan Safran Foer's new book, Eating Animals, unless you are prepared to be horrified, confused, brought to...
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Just Announced: 'Democracy Now" journalist Amy Goodman to speak at Free Library 12/1/09

Journalist and author Amy Goodman, host of the independent radio, television and internet news program Democracy Now!, has just been added to line...
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First Person Fest features Mark Bowden, Ben Yagoda, Rachel Simon, A. J. Jacobs, Rita Mae Brown, more

The 8th Annual First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art takes place over six days this week, starting tomorrow, Tuesday, November 3 and...
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Just announced: Julie Andrews to sign book at Children's Book World in Haverford 11/20/09

Actress/singer and author Julie Andrews and her daughter, educator and best-selling children's book author Emma Walton Hamilton, will sign their...
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Jonathan Maberry interviews fellow horror fiction authors on his 'Big Scary Blog'

Just in time for Halloween, Philadelphia author Jonathan Maberry ( seen "zombified at right") has interviewed some of the leading writers...
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