March events! Fall in love with The Nest, the latest Heather's Pick, and celebrate the ultimate Spring Break Escape with events all week long at IndigoKids!
MARCH EVENTS AT INDIGO BOOKS & MUSIC:
TORONTO, March 1, 2016 /CNW/ - From bestselling authors to the most anticipated new books, Indigo and Chapters stores across Canada are thrilled to announce the following free and exclusive events in March.
IN PERSON: VIKKI VANSICKLE
Join author Vikki VanSickle for a magical storytime featuring her new hilarious picture book, If I Had a Gryphon.
Date and Location:
Chapters Milton
1180 Steeles Avenue East, Milton, ON
Saturday, March 5th at 11:00 AM
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IN PERSON: ALEX A.
Join us for a book signing with author and illustrator Alex A. as he presents his bestselling series, Jon Le Bon.
Dates and Locations:
Chapters Pointe-Claire
6321, Autoroute Transcanadienne, Bureau 141, Pointe-Claire, QC
Saturday, March 5th at 1:00 PM
Indigo Brossard
9320 boul. Leduc, Brossard, QC
Sunday, March 6th at 1:00 PM
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IN PERSON: AMBER TAMBLYN
Join author, actress and director Amber Tamblyn as she reads excerpts from her latest poetry book, Dark Sparkler. This thought-provoking book offers a unique, poetic, and harrowing exploration of life, death, celebrity, and immortality. Book signing to follow.
Date and Location:
Chapters Metrotown
4700 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC
Sunday, March 6th from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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INDIGOKIDS PRESENTS: SPRING BREAK ESCAPE!
Join us for a week of exciting Spring Break Escape events! From Ultimate Play to LEGO Brick Break and DIY craft activities, be entertained and let your imagination soar with daily activities Monday to Friday at 11am during Spring Break.
Dates and Locations:
Participating Indigo and Chapters locations across Canada.
Dates vary by province. Visit indigokids.ca for details and contact your local store to sign up today.
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IN PERSON: MARK SPECTOR
Meet sports writer and on-air personality Mark Spector as he signs copies of his new book, The Battle Of Alberta: The Historic Rivalry Between The Edmonton Oilers And The Calgary Flames. Through exclusive interviews with coaches, trainers, and players, he provides an unbiased, often hilarious look at the brawls, the clashes, and the schemes.
Date and Location:
Chapters St. Albert
445 St. Albert Train, Unit #30, St. Albert, AB
Saturday, March 19th from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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IN CONVERSATION: BUCK MARTINEZ
Join Sportsnet and ESPN broadcaster Dan Shulman in conversation with Buck Martinez, former MLB player, manager and current television play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays. Change Up: How To Make The Great Game of Baseball Even Better is Martinez' entertaining and insightful new book about summer's favourite game. Book signing to follow.
Date and Location:
Indigo Bay & Bloor
55 Bloor St. W, Toronto, ON
Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:00 PM
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IN CONVERSATION: PENGUIN TEEN ON TOUR
Join #PenguinTeenOnTour YA authors Alison Goodman, Rachel Hawkins, Alwyn Hamilton, Sabaa Tahir and April Genevieve Tucholke for a discussion and book signing.
Date and Location:
Chapters Brampton
Market Hall, 52 Quarry Edge Drive, Brampton, ON
Monday, March 28th at 2:00 PM
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INDIGO PRESENTS: LOCAL TALENT SHOWCASE
Are you a local musician interested in sharing your music with culture lovers? E-mail [email protected] for your chance to perform in-store. Connect with an in-store associate and follow @indigogreenroom for further details.
Date and Location:
Chapters Chinook and Indigo Signal Hill
Calgary, AB
Monday, March 28th to Saturday, April 2nd
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NEW HEATHER'S PICK
Indigo CEO and Chief Booklover Heather Reisman is announcing a new Heather's Pick for March: The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney.
This wickedly smart, funny and deeply felt debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of their long depended-upon family inheritance will keep readers captivated until the very last page.
On a wintry afternoon in New York City, Melody, Beatrice and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, who has just been released from rehab. Leo's bad behavior before entering rehab, culminating in a car crash while under the influence, a nineteen-year-old waitress beside him, has left the Plumbs' joint trust fund "The Nest," as they've taken to calling it, endangered. All four siblings, at very different places in their lives, believe that this money will solve a host of self-inflicted problems and their consequences.
Tender, funny and deftly written, The Nest explores what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of our lives, and the fraught but unbreakable ties we have with our families.
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INDIGO'S STAFF PICKS OF THE MONTH
Indigo's Staff Picks program is the perfect place to start looking for your next favourite book. Each month we choose the book that Indigo employees at home office and in stores love the most, and what we think our customers will love. Click here to learn more about Indigo's Staff Pick of the Month program.
March's Staff Pick of the Month is The Widow by Fiona Barton.
A loving husband or a heartless killer... She'd know, wouldn't she?
There's a lot Jean hasn't said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with accusing glares and anonymous harassment. Now her husband is dead, and there's no reason to stay quiet. People want to hear her story. They want to know what it was like living with that man. She can tell them there were secrets. There always are in a marriage.
The truth--that's all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything. For the reporter who has secured the exclusive interview, this is the scoop of a lifetime. For the detective who has lived a half-life since he failed to get justice for the victim, it is a chance to get at the truth that has eluded him for so long. For Jean, it's a chance to defend herself, what she knew--and when.
This is the tale of a missing child, narrated by the wife of the main suspect, the detective leading the hunt, and the journalist covering the case. It's a brilliantly ominous, psychologically acute portrait of a marriage in crisis--perfect for fans of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
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#IndigoBookClub!
The #IndigoBookClub calls on booklovers from all over the globe to take part in a monthly Twitter party to discuss great reads in 140 characters or less.
This month's #IndigoBookClub title is The Widow by Fiona Barton. Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take readers into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and wife.
Join the #IndigoBookClub Twitter party with @chaptersindigo on March 30th at 3 PM EST to take part in a discussion about The Widow with author Fiona Barton.
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Twitter Parties!
Join us for the following Twitter parties taking place this month. Look forward to contests, prizes, author participation and more!
- March 7th at 7 PM EST: Teen Twitter Chat with @IndigoTeen and Veronica Roth, author of the bestselling Divergent series
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