Moravian Book Shop

Moravian College alumna Sandra Novack joins us to sign her debut novel, Precious, the story of two families in a small Pennsylvania town in 1978. It is already praised by Publishers' Weekly as "lyrical and finely crafted" and called "one knockout punch of a debut" by author Caroline Leavitt. Meet the ... (mais)author, have a book signed and see what the buzz has been all about!

UnderWired and The Moravian Book Shop present author and artist Heather Ross. A career in fashion and textile design brings her fans and bloggers projects, resources, artwork, and essays - inspiring and empowering women to live creatively. WEEKEND SEWING is Heather's first book, containing 40 amazing ... (mais)projects for home and person. Imaginative - Stylish - Whimsical! Join us for a presentation of samples, DIY Fashion ideas, and an informal Q&A at UnderWired on Sunday March 22, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. We will have Heather's new book on hand for you to check out and she'll be happy to sign a copy! As always, feel free to email or call UnderWired with any questions or to RSVP. This is a free event - we hope to see you here!

REBECCA RULE signing and discussing LIVE FREE AND EAT PIE : A STORYTELLER’S GUIDE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, her hilarious interpretation of the state’s history, culture, climate, attractions, vernacular, and more!

The Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society is hosting a talk and book signing with Joyce Hinnefeld at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Easton.

“Riveting from page one”, hails Booklist about Blake Bailey’s Cheever: A Life, calling it “the literary biography of the season.” A front page New York Times Book Review, calls Blake Bailey’s work a “stunningly detailed biography, exploring step by stumbling step the crooked path that Cheever ... (mais)followed….” John Cheever was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and National Medal of Honor. But who was John Cheever, and why has his life and work eluded biographers for so long? Blake Bailey is the first biographer to be granted unprecedented access to Cheever’s primary sources, including his massive journal, of which only a fraction has ever been published.
Bailey portrays Cheever as a writer in conflict: a proud Yankee who told tales of his lineage while deploring the stifling provincialism of his family circle; a dire alcoholic who recovered to write what some consider his greatest work, Falconer; a bisexual who concealed his true sexual desires. We learn about Cheever’s rivalry with J.D. Salinger, his troubled relationship with his daughter, and his ongoing struggle with alcoholism that nearly cost him his life.Blake Bailey is the editor of a two-volume edition of Cheever’s work, published in 2009 by The Library of America. His last book, A Tragic Honesty, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2005, and his articles and reviews have appeared in Slate, The New York Times, the New York Observer, and elsewhere. Discussion and Book Signing: Tuesday, April 7 at 7 p.m.

Join us as we welcome back popular mystery writer Susan Wittig Albert to discuss her latest China Bayles herbal mystery, titled Wormwood. Her books, known for their snappy dialogue, humor, and regional background, as well as for the information about herbs that is woven into the plots, have been praised ... (mais)as "unique" (the Seattle Post-Intelligencer), "gripping" (Library Journal), and "the best" (Booklist). Find out why her novels have catapulted her into national bestseller circles and onto "must-read" book lists across the country!

QUINCY WHITNEY discussing and signing THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE an intriguing compilation of 60 stories about unique New Hampshire history, many of which are “firsts in the nation”.

Join us as we welcome author/illustrator Eric Wight for a book release party with his newest graphic novel Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom. Be one of the first to buy a copy, and get it signed by the author!

Talk & Book Signing
Are you interested in fun, food and adventure? Bill Russell, author of the Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic, stops by on his way to lead the Delaware River Food & Wine's Great Morel Hunt at Pocono Manor to tell us how we can have all three with ... (mais)wild mushrooms! Learn how to find and identify various types of wild mushrooms for food and fun, and get your field guide signed by the author! Seating is limited, so please call us to reserve your spot now!

In her latest book, The Devil's Dozen, Katherine Ramsland examines the case histories of twelve notorious serial killers from the past century, and explains how forensics helped bring them to justice. Join us to find out how investigators use forensics to analyze clues and catch killers, and have your ... (mais)book signed by the author!

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is turning over in its grave with excitement to present Seth Grahame-Smith as he discusses and signs his sure-to-one-day-be-a-cult-classic Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!
Seth Grahame-Smith is a film & television writer/producer living in America's Heartland - Los Angeles, ... (mais)CA. He's the founder of The Department of Homeland Apology, a grassroots initiative demanding an apology from President George W. Bush for the offenses of his two terms. He's also founder of the groups: Democrats for Levi Johnston, Progressives Against Progress, and Please, Steve Doocy, Commit Suicide Already. In addition to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, he is also the author of Pardon My President: Ready-To-Mail Apologies for 8 Years of George W. Bush, How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills, The Spider-Man Handbook: The Ultimate Traning Manual, and The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome David Carr as he discusses and signs The Night of the Gun: A Reporter investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own.
"There may be no memoirist who has more skillfully used journalistic tools to reconstruct his own life than New York Times media ... (mais)columnist David Carr in his remarkable and harrowing book, The Night of the Gun....A."
-- Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly
"The Night of the Gun is in part a writerly exercise in defense and disarmament--memoir in the throes of an existential crisis. But that does not prevent it from being a great read. This is largely because, in using his reporter's chops to investigate his own past, Carr taps the very skills that propelled him to survive. His method, as much as his madness, is the story."
-- Time "The Night of the Gun is about as dark and murky as dark and murky get. And though it is one of the most eloquent accounts of the seduction and snare of addiction, what's gotten lost in the water-cooler discussion about Carr's misadventures -- including drug peddling as well as his bout with cancer -- is that this book, in its sharp, serrated prose, is a meditation on how memory works (but mostly how it doesn't), a man's obsessive effort to get at his life's true narrative using the skills he's honed as a reporter, the one piece of his life that didn't combust."
-- George Lynell, L.A. Times

Some people are healthy well into their 80s and 90s, yet there are others who are much younger and struggle with daily activities. Join Francis Salerno, MD, and Henry Acres as they discuss what you can do to keep your mind sharp, your muscles and bones strong, which medicines you should and shouldn't ... (mais)take, and how to understand what your "numbers" mean. Pick up a copy of Basic Prevention on Saturday and learn what you can do to age successfully!

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to have Jules and Jill Elmore as they discuss and sign The Family Chef. This event is free and everyone is invited!

The author of the Skippyjon Jones series has a new book coming out! Judy Schachner joins us to talk about Skippyjon Jones, Lost In Spice and others in the series.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to have local author Dylan Landis as she discusses and signs Normal People Don't Live Like This. This event is free and all are welcome! Normal People Don't Live Like This will be published Sept. 8 by Persea Books. It is a debut collection of ten linked stories—praised ... (mais)by Janet Fitch, Elizabeth Strout and Lisa Glatt— about the hidden lives of a teenager and her mother, and how they struggle to negotiate emotional damage and open themselves to love. The girl, Leah, yearns for belonging and worships the most delinquent girls at school, while her mother, Helen, secretly rents a welfare hotel room that she obsessively decorates. The stories – quirky and darkly humorous -- mostly center on Leah, but they're also about the disturbing, sometimes transformative lives of the girls and women she knows. These stories have appeared in anthologies such as Do Me: Tales of Sex & Love from Tin House; Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003; Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Angeles; and Bestial Noise: The Tin House Fiction Reader, among others, and in literary magazines such as Tin House, Bomb, the Santa Monica Review and others. All were written while she lived in LA, from 2000 to 2008.

Join us to celebrate the release of nature photographer Kathy M. Miller's children's book Chippy Chipmunk: Parties in the Garden! Join us to celebrate the release of nature photographer Kathy M. Miller's children's book Chippy Chipmunk: Parties in the Garden! This story is based on delightful and humorous ... (mais)photographs of a chipmunk's charming antics as he explores the author's garden. Based in a natural setting, this story enlightens as well as entertains. The eighty-six photographs give the reader a close-up view of the Eastern Chipmunk, and provide interesting expressions not available to the naked eye. For children of all ages, nature lovers, and the young at heart.

Dr. Gene Witiak, V.M.D., visits the Moravian Book Shop on Historic Bethlehem's Doggie Day to share the love of pets and their owners! He'll be signing copies of both his books, True Confessions of a Veterinarian and The Hug, A Veterinarian's Secret Potion. Bring your furry friend over after the parade ... (mais)and say hello!

Dr. Gene Witiak, V.M.D., returns to the Moravian Book Shop on Historic Bethlehem's Doggie Day to share the love of pets and their owners! He'll be signing copies of both his books, True Confessions of a Veterinarian and The Hug, A Veterinarian's Secret Potion. Bring your furry friend over after the parade ... (mais)and say hello!

Rev. Wendy Ellsworth is an internationally-recognized professional bead artist whose works are represented in the permanent collections at the Museum of Art and Design (New York) and the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston). Her book, Beading - The Creative Spirit: Finding Your Sacred Center through the Art ... (mais)of Beadwork, is written for both the novice and experienced beader. Come meet the author, and get a signed copy of this informative book filled with personal stories and beading projects!

Come meet Holly Robinson with her book "Grebil Farmers Daughter". Journalist Robinson cheerfully recalls growing up with a closeted gerbil-breeder. The author's father was a captain in the Navy, a war veteran and an academy professor. He also raised gerbils, as a hedge against future income needs and ... (mais)because he believed, as lab animals, they contributed to the common good. Because Navy officials would have frowned upon this strange sideline business, he had to keep it a secret until retirement, when his initial stash of eight "tiny, caffeinated kangaroos" reached a rotating population of nearly 9,000. Robinson presents a colorful cast of characters: her dad the "Gerbil Czar," her acid-tongued mother, the standard-issue feckless younger brother, a cute but mischievous little sister and a too-smart-for-his-own-good youngest brother. It's a scenario that could have been lifted from a 1960s sitcom, but Robinson invests the narrative with pathos, good-natured moments of absurdity and plenty of keen humor.

Lisa was looking through an old trunk and came across 60 letters written by short-wave radio buffs who listened to Nazi propaganda reports and took it upon themselves to write to the families of POWs with updates. The letters were written to update her great-grandmother with news about her captured son. ... (mais)When Lisa discovered the letters, she began a project of contacting the letter-writers or their next-of-kin, and putting together World War II Radio Heroes: Letters of Compassion to tell their story. Come meet Lisa as she shares stories of the people who made a brought hope to so many others.

Evan Burian, Mr. Football, will be joining us to sign both of his books, Ancient Rivals and Thanksgiving Day Football, and Football Legends of Pennsylvania. Make sure you have a copy for the sports fan on your list, or send them by to talk with Evan, the most knowledgeable fan of football in PA!

Members of the Bethlehem Writers Group will be here signing their
anthology -- A Christmas Sampler: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Holiday
Tales -- a compilation of 23 Christmas stories capturing a myriad of
Christmas possibilities.

Join us on Thursday as Allentown resident Ben Miller shares his lifetime love for Cape May in The First Resort: Fun, Sun, Fire and War in Cape May, America's Original Seaside Town. Based on years of research, the book covers all aspects of Cape May history, from its founding in 1609 to today through ... (mais)maps, vintage newspaper articles and postcards, and more than 500 pictures.

Mouth watering treats will be on hand when Gesine visits to sign and discuss her delightful memoir "Confections of a Closet Master Baker". One woman's journey from unhappy Hollywood executive to contented country (VT) baker.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT BUT WE ARE TAKING NAMES FOR A WAITING LIST. WE WILL BE SCHEDULING ANOTHER EVENT WITH SEAN IN A FEW MONTHS. We do still have books available for purchase and can have Sean sign them when he's here for the event this month. Artist Sean Kenney, aka "the LEGO Guy", ... (mais)joins us on Saturday, Dec. 12 to show us how he builds sculptures, portraits, commissioned artwork, and almost anything from LEGOs! Sean, the first of only six LEGO-Certified Professionals, creates sculptures full-time using hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks each year. He'll be signing his book, Cool Cars and Trucks, and will have LEGOs on-hand for kids -- and kids-at-heart -- to join him in creating their own cool cars!

On Sunday, December 13th, the Moravian Book Shop presents Gerald Charles Dickens -- great, great grandson of Charles Dickens -- in two amazing performances of A Christmas Carol before he returns to England! Mr. Dickens is in the U.S. for a tour that will take him to seven states from New England to the ... (mais)Mid-Atlantic for the first time since 2005. His last stop will be here in Bethlehem for just two performances -- 1pm and 5pm. In the 1800s, it was quite common for authors to read abridged versions of their stories before audiences. These readings could become quite animated, with the author acting out many of the parts. Charles Dickens was particularly famous for his readings and would often receive standing ovations upon their completion. When Gerald, an actor and producer from Oxford, England, was asked to put together a performance for the 150th anniversary of A Christmas Carol, he created his first theatrical performance inspired by Charles' own entertaining readings of the 1860s. During his energetic one-man show, Gerald Dickens brings A Christmas Carol to life, depicting 26 characters of the classic tale, with just a table, wing chair, and hat rack accompanying him on stage. He has created different postures and voices for each character, achieving this so adeptly that the audience has no doubt about "who is who", so to speak. After each performance, Mr. Dickens will be at the Moravian Book Shop for photographs and to sign Byers' Choice Carolers and selected books written by his great, great grandfather. Due to time constraints, Mr. Dickens will only sign books and merchandise purchased at the Moravian Book Shop. Don't miss the unique opportunity to see this extraordinary performance by Dickens' great, great grandson! Tickets are only $20 in advance, and $22 at the door. Call us today at 610-866-5481 and ask for DICKENS EVENT to purchase your tickets, or email ljg@moravianbookshop.com for more information!

On Sunday, December 13th, the Moravian Book Shop presents Gerald Charles Dickens -- great, great grandson of Charles Dickens -- in two amazing performances of A Christmas Carol before he returns to England! Mr. Dickens is in the U.S. for a tour that will take him to seven states from New England to the ... (mais)Mid-Atlantic for the first time since 2005. His last stop will be here in Bethlehem for just two performances -- 1pm and 5pm. In the 1800s, it was quite common for authors to read abridged versions of their stories before audiences. These readings could become quite animated, with the author acting out many of the parts. Charles Dickens was particularly famous for his readings and would often receive standing ovations upon their completion. When Gerald, an actor and producer from Oxford, England, was asked to put together a performance for the 150th anniversary of A Christmas Carol, he created his first theatrical performance inspired by Charles' own entertaining readings of the 1860s. During his energetic one-man show, Gerald Dickens brings A Christmas Carol to life, depicting 26 characters of the classic tale, with just a table, wing chair, and hat rack accompanying him on stage. He has created different postures and voices for each character, achieving this so adeptly that the audience has no doubt about "who is who", so to speak. After each performance, Mr. Dickens will be at the Moravian Book Shop for photographs and to sign Byers' Choice Carolers and selected books written by his great, great grandfather. Due to time constraints, Mr. Dickens will only sign books and merchandise purchased at the Moravian Book Shop. Don't miss the unique opportunity to see this extraordinary performance by Dickens' great, great grandson! Tickets are only $20 in advance, and $22 at the door. Call us today at 610-866-5481 and ask for DICKENS EVENT to purchase your tickets, or email ljg@moravianbookshop.com for more information!

Frank and Kurt return to the Moravian Book Shop to sign their book, Hess's Department Store, from the Images of America series. Hess's Department Store was a unique department store that, with a combination of style and showmanship, became a shopping legend for almost 100 years. Through a series of photographs ... (mais)including many from private collections, Hess's Department Store brings the glory days of Hess's to life again.

Members of the Bethlehem Writers Group return to Moravian Book Shop to sign their anthology -- A Christmas Sampler: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Holiday Tales -- a compilation of 23 Christmas stories capturing a myriad of Christmas possibilities.

Local Football Guru Evan Burian will be returning to sign both of his books, Ancient Rivals and Thanksgiving Day Football, and Football Legends of Pennsylvania. Make sure you have a copy for the sports fan on your list, or send them by to talk with Evan, the most knowledgeable fan of football in PA!

Join us on Saturday as we welcome back Tom Lipovsky with his book The Slovakian: Jon and Stasha, An Ocean Apart. Stop by to talk with Tom and learn about Jon and Stasha, a young Slovak couple caught in the middle of a war, and the hope of a better life that America has to offer.

Local Football Guru Evan Burian will be returning to sign both of his books, Ancient Rivals and Thanksgiving Day Football, and Football Legends of Pennsylvania. Make sure you have a copy for the sports fan on your list, or send them by to talk with Evan, the most knowledgeable fan of football in PA!