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Upcoming
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Guy Gavriel
Kay - May 26'10 |
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How better to spend an evening than
listening to Guy Gavriel Kay speak about and read from his newest
book, Under Heaven? What an amazing speaker. If you missed his
visit, I strongly encourage you to seek out his appearances; he is a
gracious man, an insightful, poignant writer, has a wonderful sense
of humour, and is an impeccable public speaker. I have to say that
the event we held with him on Wednesday night was one of my
favourite author engagements we've had and certainly my favourite of
the season. What a treat. READ MORE
HERE (and win a signed advance copy of Under Heaven!)
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Robert
Sawyer - May 19'10 |
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 Robert Sawyer packed the bookstore last
night for a great event celebrating his newest book, Watch. Watch is
the second book in his WWW trilogy that takes place in Waterloo.
Customers and fans had a great time meeting the popular Science
Fiction author and asking him questions. |
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Turning
Pages - May 15'10 |
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We
had a wonderful day on Saturday May 15th at our
first Literary Festival for Children and Teens. See
photos and more HERE |
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Sarah
Hampson & Judy Fong Bates - May12'10 |
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What a great night at the Princess Twin
Cafe! Every seat was taken as the audience listened raptly to Judy
and Sarah speak. Judy presented her memoir, A Year of Finding
Memory, about the year that she spent travelling in China
discovering a side of her parents that she never knew. Globe and
Mail columnist, Sarah Hampson (The Hampson Interview & Generation
Ex) discussed her first book, Happily Ever After Marriage. She spoke
about women coming into their own strength and identity whether
divorced or not. Both authors are beautiful, engaging speakers.
Funnily enough Sarah will be interviewing Judy for her column to be
out in the Globe late May! |
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Nicholas
Ruddock - The Parabolist May 5'10 |
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Guelph doctor, Nicholas Ruddock, read
from his first novel, The Parabolist. The book has received rave
reviews since it's release this Winter. He is a lovely guy who
thrilled the small crowd describing the evolution of his novel. He
already has a second novel half finished that we are looking forward
to. |
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Christopher
Moore - Bite Me - April 21'10 |
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 One of our audience members wrote:
"Last night I attended a reading with
best-selling author Christopher
Moore, for his new book Bite
Me! Words Worth Books in Waterloo did a fantastic job hosting
this great event at the First United Church, just around the corner
from their store. Chris took us on a wonderful hour long rant where
he riffed about our Canadian money, the irony of hosting a
Bite Me reading in a church?!?, neuticles for dogs
(look it up, I'm not explaining) and Alex Trebek. He's decided that
Canadians are really werewolves and our full moon is hockey, where
we..." Read more
HERE |
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Words Worth Hearing - 26 Years of our Author Event Series |
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Words Worth is proud to have a strong
history of bringing outstanding authors to Kitchener-Waterloo. Since
1984 we have been honoured to bring some of the best authors in the
world to our events. Some of the stellar writers that have graced our
stage include: W.O. Mitchell, Peter Gzowski, Timothy Findley, Jane
Urquhart, David Suzuki, Margaret Atwood, John Irving, Nino Ricci,
Robertson Davies, M.G. Vassanji, Rohinton Mistry, Malcolm Gladwell,
Thomas Homer-Dixon, Wayne Johnston, Richard Wright, Diana Gabaldon,
Andrew Pyper, Anne-Marie McDonald, Dr. Gabor Maté,
Jane Jacobs, Karen Armstrong, Louis de Bernieres, Wayson Choy, Jon
Kabat-Zinn, Joseph Boyden, Naomi Duguid, David Adams Richards, Jean
Chrétien, Anne
Michaels and Daniel
Levitin. This is by no means the
complete list of authors that we have had the joy of hosting. For more
names, take a look at the list of authors that wraps around the
bookstore.
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Words Worth Eating - Our Newest Event Series! |
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Words
Worth Books began collaborating with local restaurants on a culinary
series that offers an evening of food, flavors, authors and words in
2007. Each
event features a notable cookbook author and a menu from their latest
cookbook. So
far the series has featured Naomi Duguid & Jeffrey Alford, Bonnie Stern
and Rose Murray and Lucy Waverman. Each ticket includes a signed copy of the featured
cookbook. |
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Community Book Tables |
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We supply book displays to conferences
and workshops as well as Perimeter Institute, St. Jeromes, C.I.G.I. and other lecture series. Please
contact us if you would like books
supplied at your conference or event. |
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