In observance of local statutes and traditions the Shops will remain closed Thursday June 2, and Monday June 6. We are however open as usual Friday through Sunday. Welcome!

A while back I read a gloriously violent and very acerbic short story called Taking on PJ by the Irish children's book author Eoin Colfer (of Artemis Fowl fame). This was decidely a new track in his career! I liked it. And now he's followed through (on the insistance of Ken Bruen...) and has written a full-length noir novel called Plugged about an Irish ex-military working as a bouncer at a strip-club in New Jersey. Well. You get the idea.

We have a signed copy to raffle out. Just e-mail us the answer to this question: What does Eoin rhyme with? before May 31 11pm! Within the realm only, as per usual...

Saturday April 30th at 11 (2011)

Welcome all 2-6 year olds for storytelling with Philip. No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun.

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• Room by Emma Donoghue (Picador)
• The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Bloomsbury)
• Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson (Sceptre)
• Great House by Nicole Krauss (Viking)
• The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• Annabel by Kathleen Winter (Jonathan Cape)

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