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This group is full. Please check our other groups for space.Silly summer reading...Author signing on 8/14. See Kelly for special offer for Books and Brews members at the event.

Jayne Pupek is the author of one volume of poetry, Forms of Intercession (Mayapple Press, 2008) and two chapbooks: Primitive (Pudding House Press, 2004) and Local Girls (published online at The Dead Mule, 2007). Her first novel, Tomato Girl ,is forthcoming from Algonquin Books in the fall of 2008. Jayne's ... (more)poems and short fiction have appeared in numerous literary journals, both print and online. Her work has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Jayne resides near Richmond, VA with her husband, children, and a menagerie of animal companions.

Join Diesel Bookstore as investigative journalist & author, Nena Baker presents and signs her compelling new book, The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being. Nena spent a quarter century in the trenches of journalism before writing THE BODY TOXIC. ... (more) She began her career in New York as a copy editor for GQ magazine, later moving on to positions at TV Guide and a jewelry trade magazine, where she exposed the illegal disposal of toxic chemicals by retail jewelers. She also worked as a reporter and editor on the national financial desk of United Press International in New York before returning to her home state of Oregon, where, as an awrd-winning staff writer for The Oregonian, she was the first U.S. reporter to investigate deplorable conditions at Nike's Indonesian factories. Her writing has appeared in SELF, Town & Country, Seventeen, and Mademoiselle. A graduate of Lewis & Clark College, Baker currently lives in Portland, OR, where she is a licensed private investigator specializing in interviewing, database, and public-records research.

Short Attention Span Book Group reads collections of short stories and essays. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join ... (more)us! Book group is limited to 10 people. Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

Watch this space for details on this interactive event!JoAnne Richmond is a graduate of Penn State University with over 20 years experience in the image consulting and fashion merchandising fields. Since 1996 she has been associated with Color Me Beautiful as an independent fashion consultant. She lives ... (more)in Fairfax, Virginia.

"YA for MA" stands for Young Adult literature for Mature Audience readers. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join us!Book ... (more)group is limited to 10 people.Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

Diesel Bookstore is proud to welcome back Irvine Welsh, the bestselling author of Trainspotting as he presents his newest book, Crime. As Welsh's very first novel set in the U.S., CRIME is a shocking and gripping story about the corruption and abuse of the human soul, and the possibilities for redemption.

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Short Attention Span Book Group reads collections of short stories and essays. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join ... (more)us! Book group is limited to 10 people. Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's>

Diesel Bookstore and KPFA are proud to present bestselling author, political consultant & third-wave feminism advocate, Naomi Wolf as she shares more from her new book, AMERICA: A REVOLUTIONARY'S HANDBOOK. Please note this event is NOT taking place at Diesel Bookstore, but instead will be located at ... (more)First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. Books will be available for sale courtesy of DIESEL BOOKSTORE.

"YA for MA" stands for Young Adult literature for Mature Audience readers. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join us!Book ... (more)group is limited to 10 people.Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

DIESEL, A Bookstore is excited to welcome legendary surfer, Laird Hamilton to the store! He'll share more from his highly anticipated book, Force of Nature, and open a window into the unique physical regimens, mental strategies, and spiritual beliefs that has allowed him to do what he loves, while being ... (more)surrounded by family and radiating peak health and fitness.

Short Attention Span Book Group reads collections of short stories and essays. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join ... (more)us! Book group is limited to 10 people. Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's>

"YA for MA" stands for Young Adult literature for Mature Audience readers. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join us!Book ... (more)group is limited to 10 people.Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

"YA for MA" stands for Young Adult literature for Mature Audience readers. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join ... (more)us!Book group is limited to 10 people.Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

Melissa Delbridge's memories of her early life are dead-accurate, hilarious, and tragic and will surely prove enduring as a guide to the Deepest South: a place and a culture that continue to prove alarmingly vital. I mean to keep this book handy, for pleasure and real guidance. --Reynolds Price

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Book Group #3 will be discussing Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. All book groups are free and everyone is welcome. For more on Vladimir Nabokov, click here

Into Thick Air is a travelogue of a series of bicycle trips to the lowest points on earth - from Cairo to the Dead Sea. The stories, in journal form, first appeared on Discovery Channel Online. Barbara Kingsolver wrote: "I've followed all of Jim's amazing and hilarious journeys, and am happy to claim ... (more)him as one of my favorite writers." JIM MALUSA has reported on assignments for The Discovery Channel and Natural History, including travels to Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, the Atacama Desert in Chile, and Three Gorges Dam in China. A botanist and a lover of maps, his specialty is the biogeography of southern Arizona flora. Malusa lives in Tucson with his wife and their two children.

David A. Price is the author of Love and Hate in Jamestown, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, and Forbes. He was raised in Richmond, Virginia, and educated at Cambridge University, ... (more)the College of William and Mary, and Harvard Law School. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.

"YA for MA" stands for Young Adult literature for Mature Audience readers. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join ... (more)us!Book group is limited to 10 people.Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

This group is full. Please check the site for other groups. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join us!

Rob Walker will be signing stock sometime on this day. He will also be dedicating and signing pre-ordered books. Make your requests now!Photo credit: Ellen Susan

Christopher Catherwood is a British author internationally based in Cambridge, England and Richmond, Virginia. He has taught for the Institute of Continuing Education in Cambridge and has taught for many years now for the School of Continuing Education at the University of Richmond. He has been associated ... (more)each summer with the University of Richmond's History Department, where he is their annual summer Writer in Residence, where most of his recent books have been written.

Short Attention Span Book Group reads collections of short stories and essays. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll ... (more)join us! Book group is limited to 10 people. Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's. This group is ideal for you restaurant workers out there!

Author Amy Stewart talks about gardening, life with chickens, and her latest book, Flower Confidential. Women’s Book Night is a free after-hours series that brings reading women together in a convivial atmosphere with compelling speakers and enticing extras. The June event will feature wine and nibbles, ... (more)an edible-flower tasting, and (yes!) free chair massage. Flower Confidential is a globe-trotting, behind-the-scenes look at the dazzling world of flowers. Stewart follows a rose from the remote Ecuadoran greenhouse where it's grown to the American retailer where it's finally sold, and visits a huge, stock-exchange-like Dutch flower auction. These present-day adventures are interspersed with fascinating histories of the various aspects of flower culture, propagation and commerce. Stewart's floral romanticism-she admits early on that she's "always had a generalized, smutty sort of lust for flowers"-survives the potentially disillusioning revelations of the flower biz. By the end, the book is as lush as the flowers it describes.

Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Comics, has had Showtime and HBO specials, bestselling CDs, a Fox TV pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. A recipient of the Celebration of Life Award from the Lymphoma Research Foundation, he lives in Los Angeles.

Book Group #1 will be reading and discussing The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This event is free and all are welcome to attend.

We are so excited about this event!!!!!!Chris Jones was a sportswriter at the National Post, where he won an award as Canada's outstanding young journalist. He joined Esquire as a contributing editor and sports columnist, and became a writer at large when he won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Feature ... (more)Writing for the story that became the basis for this book. His work has also appeared in The Best American Magazine Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Fantastic first fiction for June! This group is full. Please check our other groups for space.

One of our favorite authors and our favorite people...back with a powerful and enchanting horse novel for readers 10 and up.

Fantastic first fiction for June! This group is full. Please check our other groups for space.

Hey, you know, sometimes if you wish hard enough.....June 26th is my birthday and I decided when I read the preview of Marriage of True Minds that my summer would not be complete unless the author came here to visit and I could share this wonderful book with all of you. As luck would have it, ... (more)I've managed to give the event to myself as a birthday present. Join us for cake and an evening with this marvelous new talent!-Kelly Justice, Proprietor, The Fountain BookstoreStephen Evans has lived in the Washington, D.C. area for most of his life and lives now in Silver Spring, MD. Though he works as a computer analyst, he’s long been in theater, writing his first play in 1990. He is co-author of a children’s musical, The Talent Machine, which ran each summer for a number of years in Annapolis, MD, and eventually spawned a theater company of the same name. His latest play is entitled Spooky Action at a Distance—a Las Vegas comedy. The Marriage of True Minds is the author’s debut novel.

Lord Carrett Brett Leake Steven Evans....repectively.Find out how professional comedy writers choose their words and pack zingers into punch-lines. Join Lord Carrett, Brett Leake, Stephen Evans, and your host, JRW board member Kelly Justice, as they discuss what works and what tanks ... (more)in the business of being funny. It's all about making audiences cry … laughing. Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:30-8:30 pm $10 in advance $12 at the door $5 students Register and Pay Online!In demand on syndicated radio, Lord Carrett handles adult topics gently -- a strength that led The Baltimore Sun to describe him as "a cross between Sid Caesar and Sid Vicious." He's made appearances on the Bob & Tom Radio Network, The Tom Leykis Show, and The Joey Reynolds Show. XM Satellite Radio plays his CDS almost daily; and recently XM gave him his own comedy special. In 2007, he performed in The New York Underground Comedy Festival, and just wrapped his second tour of European clubs and theaters. He writes for both Punchline Magazine and ComedyFilmNerdsDotCom.com and was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal article, "Comedy Comes Clean." Brett Leake worked as a standup comic from 1983 until 1997 when he began working as a sit-down standup comic: in 1991, he became the first disabled comic to appear on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He's also performed at the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Center, and Wolftrap. Corporate clients include IBM, Toyota, and Ford. In 2003, public broadcasting stations around the country began running his hour-long comedy special "Laughing Matters with Brett Leake." Stephen Evans is co-author of a children's musical, The Talent Machine, which ran each summer for a number of years in Annapolis, MD, and eventually spawned a theater company of the same name. His latest play is entitled Spooky Action at a Distance -- a Las Vegas comedy. The Marriage of True Minds is the author's debut novel. He is co-author of a children's musical, The Talent Machine, which ran each summer for a number of years in Annapolis, MD, and eventually spawned a theater company of the same name. His latest play is entitled Spooky Action at a Distance -- a Las Vegas comedy. The Marriage of True Minds is the author's debut novel. Stephen is a native of the Washington, D.C. area and lives now in Silver Spring, MD.

Hey, you know, sometimes if you wish hard enough.....June 26th is my birthday and I decided when I read the preview of Marriage of True Minds that my summer would not be complete unless the author came here to visit and I could share this wonderful book with all of you. As luck would have it, I've managed ... (more)to give the event to myself as a birthday present. Join us for cake and an evening with this marvelous new talent!-Kelly Justice, Proprietor, The Fountain BookstoreStephen Evans has lived in the Washington, D.C. area for most of his life and lives now in Silver Spring, MD. Though he works as a computer analyst, he’s long been in theater, writing his first play in 1990. He is co-author of a children’s musical, The Talent Machine, which ran each summer for a number of years in Annapolis, MD, and eventually spawned a theater company of the same name. His latest play is entitled Spooky Action at a Distance—a Las Vegas comedy. The Marriage of True Minds is the author’s debut novel.

With Elizabeth Cauthorn, Frannie Douglas, Mary Earle and Sylvia Maddox who returned earlier this month from a 10-day pilgrimage in Scotland with Philip Newell. Philip is the author of many books on Celtic spirituality and is well known to many of our customers. Elizabeth, Frannie, Mary, and Sylvia ... (more)will share some of their experiences while in Scotland. Following their presentation, you are welcome to join us for a "picnic lunch" in the Gallery which may be purchased from Denise's Cafe or you may bring a sack lunch. Beverages will be provided. There is no charge for the presentation.

From the author: After a year of chronicling research, travel, field experiments, and the findings that surprised even me, Haunted Battlefields: Virginia's Civil War Ghosts is rapidly approaching its release! The book documents my search for proof of some of Virginia's most famous (and most obscure) ... (more)paranormal phenomena reported at Civil War battlefields, field hospitals, and even U.S. Grant's headquarters. Join me in my attempts to capture audio recordings, photographic evidence, and experience first-hand some of the legendary haunts at Cold Harbor, Manassas, Fredericksburg's Sunken Road, Appomattox Manor, and many more!

"Cooling the South introduces readers to an era that helped shape the American South, yet that many remain unaware of. The story is fresh, the modern and historic photos are engaging, and the combination of historical facts and personal recollections is fascinating. Cooling the South is, quite literally, ... (more)a very cool piece of work." - - Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick, author of "Mississippi Impressions

Beach to Bluegrass: Places to Brake on Virginia's Longest RoadThe Marble and Other Ghost Tales of Tennessee and VirginiaVirginia Beach native Joe Tennis is discussing his two latest books, including “Beach to Bluegrass: Places to Brake on Virginia’s Longest Road,” and signing copies on July 12, ... (more)10 a.m. Featuring more than 100 photos, “Beach to Bluegrass” follows the path of U.S. Highway 58 from Hampton Roads, across the Dismal Swamp, and on to the Blue Ridge Mountains at Mabry Mill and the Cumberland Gap. This trail of tales explores legends and lore of Cape Henry; Portsmouth’s Commodore Theatre; stories of the Elizabeth River; the April Fool’s Day joke that went awry at Mount Trashmore; the ghost of Adolph Coors at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach; the “Wreck of the Old ‘97” at Danville; Civil War stories from Suffolk, Emporia, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; Bacon’s Rebellion on the Roanoke River; Mount Rogers and the Appalachian Trail; and old-time mountain music on “The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail.” In Port Folio Weekly (June 10), writer Bill Ruehlmann noted: “There are 58 vivid chapters in 'Beach to Bluegrass.' The one on Johnny Cash, June Carter and their Clinch Mountain home alone is worth the price of admission. The book succeeds as a geographical journey, a compendium of local lore and an adventuresome motorist’s guide.” On July 12, the author is also discussing and signing copies of his recently released collection of Appalachian ghost tales, “The Marble and Other Ghost Tales of Tennessee and Virginia,” published by Backyard Books. This spirited collection explores the legend of Andrew Jackson walking the streets of Jonesborough,. Tenn.; whether a ghost can be seen smoking cigarettes in Honaker, Va.; how the founder of the Barter Theatre might still be lurking in Abingdon, Va.; and how a ghost allegedly communicates with young children at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. A graduate of Radford University, Joe Tennis writes regularly for the Bristol Herald Courier. He is also the author of Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. Discussion and Book Signing: Saturday, July 12 at 10 a.m.

Short Attention Span Book Group reads collections of short stories and essays. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join ... (more)us! Book group is limited to 10 people. Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

"YA for MA" stands for Young Adult literature for Mature Audience readers. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join us!Book ... (more)group is limited to 10 people.Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.

You wouldn't believe what it's taken to get this author here, but we love this book so much we simply would not take no for an answer. Thank you to Jonny and Houghton Mifflin for making this possible.So let's show him some Richmond love, people! Watch this space for more details on this major event! ... (more) We love this book!!!

Kate Clifford Larson teaches history at Simmons College. Her first book, Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero, was described as "brilliant" (Smithsonian Magazine), "astonishingly good, a better debut than any author has the right to wish for" (Dallas Morning News), ... (more)and "an extraordinary achievement" (Baltimore Sun). Larson lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.

A hot title for hot July!This group is full. Please check our other groups for space.

Short Attention Span Book Group reads collections of short stories and essays. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join ... (more)us! Book group is limited to 10 people. Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's>

DOMNICA RADULESCU was born in Romania and came to the United States in 1983. She holds a PhD in French and Italian Literature from the University of Chicago, and is currently a Professor of Romance Languages and Chair of the Women's Studies program at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. ... (more)She has written and edited books and scholarly articles on European and Eastern European literature, and has also worked in theater for two decades, directing plays by Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Fernando Arrabal, and Jean Tardieu. She is a recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Fulbright grants. "Train to Trieste "is her first novel.

Diesel's Malibu Book Group will be gathering to discuss The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, by Erik Larson. All are welcome!

"YA for MA" stands for Young Adult literature for Mature Audience readers. To join book group, purchase of the book from the Fountain Bookstore is required. Please sign up via email or by calling Kelly at 804-788-1594. Ages 21 and over only, please. We really love book group, so we hope you'll join us!Book ... (more)group is limited to 10 people.Meetings are held in the non-smoking section in the back of Rosie Connolly's.