Caine, Oats et al. Set for Barnes & Noble in October

Check out the October calendar of events on page A21 of today's New York Times featuring well-known writers, celebrities, newsmakers, and musicians:

Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Caine, Michael Cunningham, James Franco, Neil Gaiman, Elmore Leonard, Rick Springfield, Russell Brand, Bill Bryson, Alexander McCall Smith, Robert Dallek, Judah Friedlander, Lee Child, A.S. Byatt, Kathryn Stockett, Hoda Kotb, Marlo Thomas, Kat von D, Oliver Sachs, Gregory Maguire, Robert Sabuda, Mike Birbiglia and Lauren Conrad.

Other special appearances include: Condoleezza Rice in conversation with Jane Pauley, Joanna Lumley from the cast of La Bete, Alton Brown in conversation with John Hodgman, Jerry Robinson in conversation with Pete Hamill, special event with Oscar Andrew Hammerstein & Guests, Noel Coward tribute with Barry Day, Maria Aitkin, Jim Dale, Christine Ebersole & Steve Ross, Special Mystery event with Otto Penzler, Thomas Cook, Bradford Morrow, Lorenzo Carcaterra & Lyndsay Faye, Investigation Discovery's Hardcover Mysteries series tie-in with David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, & Harlan Coben.

In addition to the NYT ad, you can find details for these and all events by hitting the "Stores and Events" button at www.BN.com.

A sampling of Barnes & Noble's exclusive programs and special events in October:

UPSTAIRS AT THE SQUARE
Writers & Artists Mixed
Ben Folds & Nick Hornby
Lonely Avenue
with host
KATHERINE LANPHER
An evening of conversation, readings, and musical performance.
Thursday, October 14, 7:30pm
33 East 17th Street at Union Square

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LIVE AT LINCOLN

Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge
and cast members from
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
with special guest
Harvey Fierstein
Talkback / Performance / CD Signing
La Cage aux Folles: New Broadway Cast Recording
Thursday, October 14, 4:00pm

Special Cool Mondays Jazz event
Michael Feinstein & JOE NEGRI
Thirty-minute set
followed by CD Signing
Fly Me to the Moon
Monday, October 18, 5:00pm

Benjamin Walker
and cast members from
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
with special guests
Alex Timbers (Writer & Director)
Michael Friedman (Music & Lyrics)
Talk / Performance / CD Signing
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: Original Cast Recording
Tuesday, October 26, 4:30pm

Third floor Live at Lincoln event space,
Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway @ 66th Street

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WRITERS on WRITERS
Literary Series
BRENDA MADDOX
on George Eliot
George Eliot in Love
Monday, October 4, 7pm

Presented in conjunction with New York Review Books Classics
Peter Cameron
on Millen Brand
The Outward Room
Wednesday, October 27, 7pm

Upper East Side, 86th/Lex

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Bob Dylan by GREIL MARCUS:
Writings 1968-2010
Special event presented in conjunction with
The New School Riggio Honors Program: Writing & Democracy
Greil Marcus in conversation with Robert Polito,
Director of the New School Writing Program.
READING/ DISCUSSION / BOOK SIGNING
Monday, October 18, 7pm, 33 East 17th Street, Union Square

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IN PERSON
The Barnes & Noble Review
Gary Trudeau
in conversation with Jim Mustich,
Editor in Chief, The Barnes & Noble Review
40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
Thursday, October 28, 7:00pm
33 East 17th Street at Union Square