Lake Forest Book Store Presents: Luncheon with Rebecca Makkai

LUNCHEON WITH LOCAL AUTHOR REBECCA MAKKAI AT THE GALLERY

on May 2 2023· Tagged: Author Luncheon, author talk, book signing, in person, In Person Event, lake forest book store, lake forest books, lunch, signing

Meet The Author: Rebecca Makkai

on May 1 2023· Tagged: book signing, highland park public library, In Person Event, library

Milwaukee Public Library Spring Literary Luncheon

In Conversation with Judge Derek Mosley; ticketed; books sold by Boswell

on April 27 2023· Tagged: hybrid event, In Person Event, library, milwaukee, public library, spring literary luncheon

Seminary Co-Op In Conversation with Emily Gray Tedrowe

Rebecca Makkai will discuss her new novel I Have Some Questions for You. She will be joined in conversation by Emily Gray Tedrowe.

This event will be held at the Seminary Co-op. At this time, masks are required for in-store events. 

Register HERE

About the book: Set in the woods of New Hampshire, this transfixing new novel follows a film professor and podcaster forced to reckon with her past – and reexamine the murder of her high school classmate. Though podcaster Bodie Kane spends her days researching old Hollywood, and the disenfranchised women spat out by the studio system, she is content to forget her own past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the 1995 murder of a classmate, Thalia Keith. The circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are the subject of intense fascination online, yet Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie. But when Granby invites her back to teach a two-week course, Bodie finds herself inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought—if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case. I Have Some Questions for You is both a page-turner that will have readers racing to the end, and a profound, deeply felt novel that interrogates our cultural obsession with true crime and violence against women.

About the author: Rebecca Makkai’s last novel, The Great Believers, was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; it was the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal, the Stonewall Book Award, the Clark Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and it was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times. Her other books are the novels The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, and the collection Music for Wartime—four stories from which appeared in The Best American Short Stories. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, Rebecca is on the MFA faculties of the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe and Northwestern University, and is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.

About the interlocutor: Emily Gray Tedrowe is the author of three novels, most recently The Talented Miss Farwell. She also works as a bookseller in Chicago.

on April 11 2023· Tagged: conversation, emily gray tedrowe, In Person Event, Seminary Co-op

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival

11:30 – 12:45 PM–Literary Discussion

FEATURED INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA MAKKAI

Award-winning author Rebecca Makkai plumbs the depths of memory and trauma in I Have Some Questions for You, her highly anticipated new novel, which Jennifer Egan calls “a true literary mystery—haunting and hard to put down.” C. Morgan Babst, author of The Floating World, will join Makkai in a conversation about the ability of fiction to explore complex cultural issues, while keeping us at the edges of our seats.

Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal Salon. $10 or Literary Discussion Pass or VIP Pass.

on March 26 2023· Tagged: Festival, In Person Event, interview, New Orleans

Exile In Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Steve Almond and Rebecca Makkai

Authors on Tap: Steve Almond and Rebecca Makkai

Friday May 27 2022 7:00pm – 8:00pm

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American Writers Festival

American Writers Festival

The inaugural American Writers Festival on May 15, 2022 in Chicago coincides with the American Writers Museum’s fifth anniversary. The free literary festival will be held at four stages inside the Chicago Cultural Center and one stage at the American Writers Museum, and feature more than 75 beloved contemporary authors, artists and playwrights. Participating writers will address their perspectives on many of today’s most timely and controversial topics including immigration, book censorship, racism and equality through themes within their literature.

As a special bonus, the AWM will waive museum admission fees on Sunday, May 15 and Monday, May 16 – AWM’s fifth anniversary – to encourage more people to experience the literary works of the greatest American writers.

on May 15 2022· Tagged: American Writers Festival, American Writers Museum, author talk, AWM, Chicago Cultural Center, conversation, discussion, events, Festival, Free Event, in conversation, In Person Event, Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

In-Person Event with Paul Holes / Unmasked

Join Anderson’s bookshop for an in-person event with Paul Holes, the retired cold-case detective behind investigations into the Golden State Killer, Jaycee Dugard, and Laci Peterson cases,  to discuss his new memoir Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases.  Paul will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Makkai.

After a discussion by the author and a conversation partner, fans will be welcome to join a live signing line to get their book autographed by the author.  COVID safety protocols will be followed.

This event will be held at Wentz Concert Hall on the campus of North Central College, and pre-registration is required as space is limited. 

Please read these COVID protection requirements carefully:

Masks are required of all customers, regardless of vaccination status, and must remain properly covering the face for the entirety of the event.

A ticket is required for all attendees, attendance may be capped, and seating may also be restricted in order to allow for social distancing.

Anderson’s Bookshop, the author, and the publisher reserve the right to change the format of this event to a virtual one at any time if it becomes necessary.  A change in format will not entitle ticket holders to any refund.

Failure to follow these guidelines and to treat all participants with courtesy and respect may result in your expulsion from the event.

Please be advised that Anderson’s Bookshop assumes no responsibility or liability for any personal injury or other loss you may incur as a result of your decision to attend an event, including the transmission of Covid-19 or related illnesses.  We expect that for the protection of everyone, all applicable Covid related protocols will be followed.  

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

More about the book:

In this memoir, Paul Holes takes us through his memories of a storied career and provides an insider account of some of the most notorious cases in contemporary American history, including the hunt for the Golden State Killer, Laci Peterson’s murder, and Jaycee Dugard’s kidnapping. This is also a revelatory profile of a complex man and what makes him tick: the drive to find closure for victims and their loved ones, the inability to walk away from a challenge—even at the expense of his own happiness. Holes opens up the most intimate scenes of his life: his moments of self-doubt and the impact that detective work has had on his marriage. This is a story about the gritty truth of crime-solving when there are no flashbulbs and “case closed” headlines. It is the story of a man and his commitment to cases and people who might otherwise have been forgotten.

About the author:

In 2018, Paul Holes retired as a Cold Case Investigator after spending more than 27 years working in Contra Costa County in California’s Bay Area. Paul specialized in cold case and serial predator crimes, lending his expertise to notable cases, including the murder of Laci Peterson and the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard. Most prominently, Paul’s career culminated with his identification of the Golden State Killer, the most notorious and cunning serial predator in U.S. history.

Since the arrest of Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer, Holes has been very involved on the media side, continuing to assist law enforcement and victims’ families with their unsolved cases through the television shows The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes and America’s Most Wanted, and with the podcast Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad.

Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers, The Hundred-Year House, and The Borrower, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.

on April 27 2022· Tagged: Anderson's Bookshop, conversation, discussion, events, in conversation, in person, In Person Event, interviews, Naperville, Paul Holes, readings, Rebecca Makkai, Wentz Concert Hall

OnWord 2021 | Annual Event to Support The American Writers Museum

on August 31 2021· Tagged: Alice McDermott, American Writers Museum, benefit, Billy Collins, chicago, Dana Gioia, fundraiser, In Person Event, Jenny Xie, Malcolm O'Hagan, Non Profit, OnWord, Peter Sagal, Radisson, Radisson Blu, Scott Turow, Tayari Jones