More Events at the Watchung Booksellers of Montclair

RECEPTION FOR MONTCLAIR'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS

Saturday, February 25th, 4-6pm

You are all invited to meet and mingle and celebrate the literary wealth of our community. We are honoring Valerie Wilson Wesley, Benilde Little, Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Obery Hendricks, Eric Copage, TaRessa Stovall, Stephanie Stokes Oliver, Cecelie Berry, Denise Lewis Patrick, Gwen Parker Ames, Kamau Austin, Phyllis Cunningham, and Morlino Morris. Books will be available for signing.

BOOK SIGNING at LUNA STAGE PERFORMANCE

Mel Watkins

Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry

Sunday, February 26th, 2pm

Luna Stage is offering a special opportunity to attend their Sunday matinee of The Confessions of Stepin Fetchit and participate in a talk-back afterwards with the director Bill Lathan, performer Roscoe Orman and author Mel Watkins. Book signing to follow. For more information and tickets sales, contact www.lunastage.org.

POETRY READING

Adele Kenny

Marilyn Mohr

Thursday, March 2nd, 7:30pm

BOOK SIGNING

Debra Galant

Rattled

Saturday, March 4th, 11am-12:30pm (Note Change of Date and Time)

The Baristanet maven brings us her first novel, a smart and delightful social satire of striving McMansion-dwelling suburbanites battling the elements and the crusty old-timers in the rapidly developing New Jersey sprawl. In search of the perfect life, Heather Peters moves her lawyer husband and perfect urchin-son into a dream development, only to be undone by her encounter with an endangered rattlesnake.

BOOK READING AND SIGNING

Pam Satran

Suburbanistas

Thursday, March 9th, 7-8pm

Pam Satran continues her apt portrayal of the drama and foibles of suburban living with her fourth novel. Once-successful movie star Stella Powers returns to her New Jersey hometown, falls into the arms of the hot property developer and tries to reconnect with her childhood girlfriend who is married to a local cop, has four children, and can't afford to live in the town she grew up in.

POETRY READING

Nkosi Sibanda

The Songs of Soweto: Poems from a Post Apartheid South Africa

Thursday, March 16th, 7:30pm

BOOK SIGNING

Irene Halsman for the late Phillipe Halsman

The Frenchman: A Photographic Interview with Fernandel

Saturday, March 18th, 1-2pm

Out of print for 50 years, Taschen has recently reissued this charming photographic experiment. Photographer Halsman asked the vaudeville actor Fernandel questions about America and recorded his facial expressions as response. Daughter Irene Halsman will be available to reintroduce this treasure and share stories of her father, a LIFE magazine portrait photographer.

BOOK DISCUSSION AND SIGNING

Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America

Elliott Lewis

Sunday, March 19th, 3-4pm

"What are you?" Broadcast journalist Lewis tackles this question and looks at the ever-changing landscape of self-identification among individuals of mixed-race heritage, including himself. Lewis includes the stories of dozens of other biracial Americans dealing with issues of interracial dating, affirmative action, transracial adoption and the complex balance between race, appearance and self-identity.

SPECIAL EVENT

Teacher Appreciation Evening

Tuesday, March 21st, 3-7pm

Due to the overwhelming success of our November event, we would like to again extend an invitation to our teachers to our Teacher Appreciation Evening. Meetf Dan Gutman, author of the Zack Files and the Baseball Card Adventures. We are inviting more authors - look for updates on our website. Enjoy some refreshments, see what's new for Summer Reading, and visit with friends.

POETRY READING

Denise Rue

Thursday, March 23rd, 7:30pm

BOOK READING AND SIGNING

Deborah Davis

The Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and his Black- and-White Ball

Thursday, March 30th, 7-8pm

An enthralling look at the most celebrated party of the 1960s. Flush with the success of In Cold Blood, Capote threw himself this hyped-up media event. He determined who was "in" and who was" out;" inviting 500 friends and making 15,000 enemies. Davis (author of Strapless) dishes up all the details and the gossip. A great chronicle of popular American culture of the rich and famous..

STORYTIME

Tuesday mornings at 10:30 on March 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. Children ages 2 and up are invited with a parent or caregiver. Elaine Campbell Johnson delights our young ones with stories and song.