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Wednesday, December 9 at 6:00pm - David Plouffe talks about THE ...
At South Church in Portsmouth, NH
Tuesday, November 17 at 7:00pm - A night of literary fiction wi...
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Friday, November 13 at 7:00pm - A night of literary fiction wi...
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Friday, November 6 at 7:00pm - John Freeman, editor of GRANTA...
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Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00pm - James Wood talks about How Fic...
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Tuesday, September 15 at 7:00pm - Kate Christensen and Arthur Ph...
The Red Door
Monday, June 22 at 7:30pm - An evening in celebration of t...
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Friday, May 15 at 7:00pm - Kamila Shamsie reads at RiverR...
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Friday, May 8 at 6:00pm - RiverRun Bookstore and The Red...
The Red Door
Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00pm
RiverRun Bookstore Michele, Events Coordinator, was on NHPR today talking about RiverRun's picks for overlooked books of 2009. Listen here:http://www.nhpr.org/node/28392
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Throughout the year, we’ve reported on the business of books, the decline of reading, dueling e-readers, price wars and other trends in the publishing world. Now, to the books! Specifically, worthwhile books that slipped through the cracks. ...
RiverRun Bookstore Check out our list of some of our favorite books of 2009!
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A definitive, by which I mean large and heavy, history of Magnum, the photography collective that has included Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Bruce Davidson and dozens of other greats. ...
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One of our most popular events of the year is back! Come listen to some of our very knowledgeable sales reps (Lesley Vasilio of Random House and Mike Katz of Perseus), and Tom, the owner of RiverRun, talk about their favorite books to give as gifts this holiday season. We'll also have local food critic Rachel Forrest s...hare her favorite cookbooks and foodie books of the year. We'll help you find the perfect books for your friends and family.
Time:6:00PM Wednesday, December 9th
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The architect of the Obama campaign reveals how it all happened— and how it will revolutionize politics. David Plouffe will be giving a talk and reading from his new book, The Audacity to Win, at South Church on 292 State Street in Portsmouth. This talk is sponsored by RiverRun Bookstore and is free and open to the pub...lic. No tickets are necessary.
David Plouffe not only led the effort that put Barack Obama in the White House, but he also changed the face of politics forever and reenergized the idea of democracy itself. The Audacity to Win is his story of that groundbreaking achievement, taking readers inside the remarkable campaign that led to the election of the first African American president.
For two years Plouffe worked side by side with Obama, charting the course of the campaign. His is the ultimate insider’s tale, revealing both the strategies that delivered Obama to office and how the candidate and campaign handled moments of great challenge and opportunity. Moving from the deliberations about whether to run at all, through the epic primary battle with Hillary Clinton and the general election against John McCain, Plouffe showcases the high-wire gamesmanship that fascinated pundits and the drama and intrigue that captivated a nation.
The Audacity to Win chronicles the arrival of a new moment in American life at the convergence of digital technology and grassroots organization, and the exciting possibilities revealed by a campaign that in many ways functioned as a $1 billion start-up with laser-like focus and discipline. In this extraordinary book, David Plouffe unfolds one of the most important political stories of our time, one whose lessons are not limited to politics, but reach to the greatest heights of what we dream about for our country and ourselves.
PRAISE FOR DAVID PLOUFFE
“ If you look at the mechanics of our campaign, how we raised money, how we turned out votes, how we managed the caucus process—all these pieces were incredibly complex, and we had to build it from scratch. . . . I’m not sure there’s anybody [else] who could have done it. . . . There is nobody I trust more.”
—President Barack Obama (in Esquire)
“ He is the unsung hero . . . he has an unparalleled understanding of the [campaign] process, which proved absolutely critical.”
—David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAVID PLOUFFE served as the campaign manager for Barack Obama’s primary and general election victories in 2008. He was the architect of the strategy for both elections. Prior to running the Obama campaign, Plouffe served as a leading Democratic Party media consultant from 2001 to 2007, playing a key role in the election of U.S. senators, governors, mayors, and House members across the country. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by RiverRun Bookstore
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 17th
Location:At South Church in Portsmouth, NH
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The stories in Laura van den Berg's rich and inventive debut, "What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us", illuminate the intersection of the mythic and the mundane.
Stories from this collection have appeared in One Story, American Short Fiction, The Literary Review, Boston Review, and The Indiana Revie...w, among other publications.
"Where We Must Be," first published in The Indiana Review, was reprinted in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008. "Up High in the Air," first published in Boston Review, will be reprinted in Best New American Voices 2010, and the title story, which originally appeared in One Story, will be re-printed in The Pushcart Prize XXIV: Best of the Small Presses.
With "Once the Shore", Paul Yoon delivers an astonishing debut of linked short stories set on a South Korean island. Paul's book was just selected as one of the top fiction books of the year, according to Publishers Weekly.
"Paul Yoon writes stories the way Fabergé made eggs: with untold craftsmanship, artistry, and delicacy. Again and again another layer of intricacy is revealed, proving that something as small as a story can be as satisfying and moving as a Russian novel." -Ann Patchett
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 13th
Location:RiverRun Bookstore
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Join RiverRun for an event with two Graywolf Press authors. Both Marie Mockett and Salvatore Scibona's novels were published in hardcover by the wonderful literary publisher. Scibona's book is now out in paperback from Riverhead.
Mockett is getting a lot of buzz for her gorgeous novel. PICKING BONES FROM ASH has been pr...aised by Amy Tan, Alexander Chee, and Margot Livesey. Chee calls her a "spellbinding new talent".
Scibona's novel THE END was a National Book Award finalist, and won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award and a Whiting Award. Esquire called the book “Memento meets Augie March. Didion meets Hitchcock".
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 6th
Location:RiverRun Bookstore
RiverRun Bookstore Our November events calendar is very exciting!
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RiverRun Bookstore Events Calendar - Portsmouth, NH. Book readings and more at your local independant bookstore.
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The first e-mail was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion e-mail users. The average corporate worker now receives upwards of two hundred e-mails per day. The flood of messages is ceaseless and follows us everywhere. We check e-mail in transit; we check it in the bath. We check it before be...d and upon waking up. We check it even in midconversation, blithely assuming no one will notice. We no longer make our own to-do list. E-mail does.
It's time for a break.
In "The Tyranny of E-mail", John Freeman takes an entertaining look at the nature of correspondence through the ages. From love poems delivered on clay tablets to the art of the letter to the first era of information overload (via the telegraph) to the vast network brought on by the Internet, Freeman answers the difficult question, Where is this taking us?
Put down your BlackBerry and consider the consequences. As the toll of e-mail mounts by reducing our time for leisure and contemplation and by separating us from one another in an unending and lonely battle with the overfull inbox, John Freeman -- one of America's preeminent literary critics -- enters a plea for communication that is more selective and nuanced and, above all, more sociable.
JOHN FREEMAN is an award-winning writer and book critic who has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. Freeman won the 2007 James Patterson PageTurner Award. He was recently named editor of Granta. He lives in New York City.
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, October 14th
Location:RiverRun Bookstore
RiverRun Bookstore Don't miss Richard Russo at the Portsmouth Public Library TONIGHT at 7pm!
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo reads at the Portsmouth Public Library from THAT OLD C
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Richard Russo reads from his new novel THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC at the Levenson Room of the Portsmouth Public Library on Tuesday, October 13th at 7pm.
RiverRun Bookstore E.L. Doctorow is at The Music Hall tonight at 7:30pm! Michele LOVED "Homer & Langley".
E.L. Doctorow is the next featured author for Writers on a New England Stage at The Music Hall | Riv
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E.L. DOCTOROW IS THE NEXT FEATURED AUTHOR IN THE WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE SERIES ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AT 7:30 PM AT THE MUSIC HALL IN PORTSMOUTH,
RiverRun Bookstore Joyce Maynard is at RiverRun tonight at 7pm!
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Joyce Maynard reads from her novel LABOR DAY at RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth NH on 9/29 at 7pm.
RiverRun Bookstore What's your favorite book that you've read lately?
RiverRun Bookstore You all should come to this :) - Michele
The famed literary critic and staff writer for The New Yorker gives a talk at RiverRun!
Location:RiverRun Bookstore
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, September 15th
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RiverRun Bookstore wrote on A night of literary fiction with Laura van den Berg and Paul Yoon's Wall.
