Barnes & Noble Announces Their May Events

Check out our May calendar featuring your favorite writers, celebrities, newsmakers, and musicians: Isabel Allende, Bryan Batt, Dave Isay, Pam Grier, Dave Barry, Charlaine Harris, Damon Wayans, Jane Smiley, Scott Turow, Dominique Browning, Marty Appel & Bucky Dent, Nikki Yanofsky, Emily Gould, Bruce Feiler, Sydney Schanberg in conversation with Charles Kaiser, Beth Ostrosky Stern, Jay Mohr, Brad Meltzer, LaChanze, Sebastian Junger, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Gail Sheehy, Nathaniel Philbrick, Bob McGrath, Lee Child, Jonathan Alter, Ryan Conklin, Jen Lancaster, Louis Gossett Jr., and many more!

You can find the details for these and all events by hitting the "Stores and Events" button at www.BN.com.

And here is a sampling of Barnes & Noble's exclusive programs and special events:

NOOK Special Event
Artist
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG
paints and personalizes his tattoo designs on select NOOK cases
available exclusively at this event.
Saturday, May 15, 1PM,
Main Floor NOOK Counter,
33 East 17th Street at Union Square

12th Street
Special event presented in conjunction with
The New School Riggio Honors Program: Writing & Democracy
Celebrate the launch of the third issue of 12th Street,
the literary magazine edited and published by students.
Robert Polito, Director of the New School Writing Program, hosts an
evening of readings by students, and novelists Mary Gaitskill and David Gates.
DISCUSSION / READING / BOOK SIGNING
Tuesday, May 18, 7PM, 33 East 17th Street, Union Square

WRITERS on WRITERS
Literary Series

COLM TOIBIN (Brooklyn)
on Ernest Hemingway
(A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition)
Monday, May 3, 7pm

Presented in conjunction with The Children's Book Council
KATHERINE PATERSON & Jon Scieszka,
discuss each others work
(The Day of the Pelican, Robot Zot!)
Monday, May 10, 7pm

Bill Morgan
on the Beat Generation
(The Typewriter is Holy: The Complete Uncensored History of the Beat Generation)
Monday, May 17, 7pm

These events take place in the event space, Upper East Side, 86th/Lex

ANY WEDNESDAY
Cabaret and more

Lucie Arnaz & Joe Luckinbill
Latin Roots
30-Minute Performance/ CD Signing
Wednesday, May 19, 6pm
Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway @ 66th Street

NEW YORK BOOK WEEK
May 24-28
Special B&N events in conjunction with BookExpo America
Look for details in a special calendar ad in The New York Observer on Wednesday May 19.