Newsletter March 26 & 27
Excellent readers,
We extend our deep gratitude for your support in the aftermath of the tragic explosion. As you may know, we were spared any physical damage and have remained open for our regular hours this entire time. Downtown is very accessible, and we thank those of you who’ve called, emailed, and stopped in to say hello and maybe even bought a book.
Mary Jane is part of the organizing committee for the upcoming Downtown Bozeman Relief Party this Saturday, March 28th from noon to midnight. Many, many businesses and individuals have donated fantastic silent auction items, including many gift certificates. Some of these items are currently on display in our front windows. It promises to be a great time for a great cause. We hope you can make it.
Downtown Bozeman Relief Party
Please join us at the Downtown Bozeman Relief Party to help raise funds to aid those who lost jobs and housing in Downtown Bozeman due to the incident on March 5th, 2009.
Join us at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds on March 28th from Noon to Midnight in buildings 2 &3. The cost is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for kids under 13 and admission includes food and music all day and night! The music schedule is listed below:
Noon to 1:15pm – Saddle Tramps (country)
1:15 to 2:30pm – Jamelution
2:30pm to 5pm – Bigsby Jones (original rock)
5pm to 8pm – Exhumed (old rock)
8pm to Midnight – Comstock Load (classic rock)
Food will be catered by Kountry Korner Café and there will be a no-host bar provided by the Rocking R Bar with all profits being donated. Other activities include face painting for the kids, a large silent auction with items donated by local businesses and individuals. There will also be a “downtown photo contest and display” sponsored by F-11 photography with prizes for the best shots of downtown….$100 for 1st place, $50 for 2nd place and $25 for 3rd place. Don’t miss out on this opportunity not only to support the victims of this terrible disaster but also to enjoy time with the people of this wonderful Bozeman community through music, food and fun!
All funds will be deposited directly into the official “Downtown Relief Fund” and will be distributed by the Downtown Bozeman Partnership and First Security Bank. Relief Fund donations through this event and others taking place around the community can be accepted at the Downtown Bozeman Partnership office at 224 East Main Street and checks should be made out to HRDC/Downtown Relief Fund.
For more information about this great community event please contact the event chairpersons: Terri Sullivan at 586-0499 or 586-5033, Mary Jane Disanti at 580-7888 or 587-0166, or Cheryl Ott at 579-9984.
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New and recommended books at the Country Bookshelf include
Nonfiction:
- How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn’t Have to Be Forever by Jack Horner
- Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown, M.D. This comes highly recommended from a regular customer.
- The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. Ariana recommends this.
- Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World by Mary Pipher (bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia). This just sounds interesting.
Fiction:
- The Believers by Zoe Heller. Anna is reading this.
- City of Thieves by David Benioff. Ariana is reading this.
- Mudbound by Hillary Jordan is now in paper.
- So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger is now in paper. Kristi recommends this.
- Drood by Dan Simmons. This is an IndieBound pick.
- Fool by Christopher Moore. Ditto.
For the younger set:
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature) is now available in paper.
- B is for Baseball: Running the Bases from A to Z by Chronicle Books is a picture book recommended by Mary Jane.
- The Last Straw (Book 3 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series) by Jeff Kinney. This is recommended by Ariana’s 10-year-old son.
- The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch. This Edgar Award nominee is now out in paper.
Other books we’re reading right now (be sure to ask about these when you come in):
- Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon
- The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa
- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
- Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos
- The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
- Darling Jim by Christian Moerk
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In other news:
The National Book Critics Circle Awards were presented March 12th. The winners, for books published in 2008, are:
Fiction: 2666 by Roberto Bolano (in stock $30)
Non-fiction: The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (in stock $25)
Biography: The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French (in stock $30)
Autobiography: My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar (available to order $25.95)
Poetry: Sleeping It Off in Rapid City by August Kleinzhaler (tie) (available to order; hardcover $26; paperback available 3/31 for $16)
Poetry: Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (with CD) by Juan Felipe Herrera (tie) (available to order $24.95)
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The Hugo Awards nominees for Best Novel are
- Anathem by Neal Stephenson
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Mary Jane and Ariana read and recommend this; it is also the current Newbery Award winner)
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Ariana recommends this highly)
- Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross
- Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
- All of these titles are in stock except for Saturn’s Children which is available to order.
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April is National Poetry Month, and we have a new collection by Mary Oliver entitled Evidence (her previous book, Red Bird is now available in paper). The Pushcart Prize has recently issued a collection of the best works from the last 30 years of their prize winners, The Pushcart Book of Poetry. Also, the IndieNext Poetry List is on display with several selections. Pick up your copy next time you’re in the store.
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Thanks for reading, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Best,
The Country Bookshelf Staff
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