Jabberwocky Bookshop

"Join Joshua Kendall as he discusses his newest book THE MAN WHO MADE LISTS, the story of Peter Mark Roget and his thesaurus."

"Join best-selling medical thriller author Michael Palmer as he discusses his latest white-knuckle read, THE FIRST PATIENT."

"Dr. Nick Trout reads from his fascinating autobiography, TELL ME WHERE IT HURTS."

"Lama Surya Das reads from his uplifting new book THE BIG QUESTIONS."

Jabberwocky Bookshop welcomes
Michael Holley, author of RED SOX RULE: TERRY FRANCONA AND BOSTON’S
RISE TO DOMINANCE.

Jabberwocky Bookshop is pleased to welcome Boston-based sports writer
and commentator Michael Holley for a special SATURDAY MORNING reading
from his new book, RED SOX RULE: TERRY FRANCONA ... (more)AND BOSTON’S RISE TO
DOMINANCE. Just as he did with his best-selling book PATRIOT REIGN,
about the New England Patriots, Holley charts the rise of the Boston
Red sox in RED SOX RULE. Behind the scenes of the Red Sox clubhouse
and conference room and with the exclusive cooperation of Terry
Francona, Holley reveals the dugout and front-office strategies that
helped make the Boston Red Sox a budding dynasty.

Every Red Sox fan remembers Game Seven of the Red Sox-Yankees
playoffs in 2003. When Grady Little failed to pull Pedro Martinez and
the Sox lost the series, Little was out of a job. Enter Oakland A's
bench coach Terry Francona, who was just what Red Sox general manager
Theo Epstein and owner John Henry sought in a manager: a new school
baseball aficionado versed in handling prickly players and possessed
of both a strong gut instinct about the game and an ability to apply
the cold science of statistics to his strategy. Two championships and
four seasons later, Francona has gone from being the one-time
mediocre manager of the Phillies to the man who helped the Red Sox
plot and nail their legacy as champions. After an eighty-six year
drought, the Boston Red Sox are back on top, and Holley goes deep
into the inner workings of the team to explain how it happened.

Don’t miss this exciting SATURDAY MORNING event with one of Boston’s
most lively and authoritative voices on the home team!

Michael Holley is the author of two New York Times bestsellers,
PATRIOT REIGN and NEVER GIVE UP. He was a Boston Globe sportswriter
for ten years and is the co-host of the Dale & Holley Show on Boston
sports radio station WEEI.

Margot Livesy will read from her novel The House on Fortune Street.

Katherine Hall Page returns to the Jabberwocky!

Time TBD. Please check with Jabberwocky Bookshop.

Elizabeth Kendall will be here to discuss her book Autobiography of a Wardrobe.

Eureka and Jabberwocky invite you for an evening Fund-Raiser for the Molin and Nock School Library. 20% of all sales between 6 and 9 will be donated to the school library. At 7pm, author D.J. Machale will speak and sign copies of book #9 of his wildly popular series, Pendragon: Raven Rise. Don't ... (more)miss it!

Marlena de Blasi will be at the Jabberwocky to read from That Summer in Sicily: A love Story

Ellen Cooney, the acclaimed author of A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies reads from her new novel Lambrusco.

Daniel Robb, author of Crossing the Water, reads from his new book Sloop: Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat - An Adventure in Old Fashioned Value.

The best-selling author of The Catcher Was a Spy, Nicholas Dawidoff, reads from his memoir The Crowd Sounds Happy, a story of love madness, and baseball.

Jabberwocky favorite Mark Kurlansky, author of Cod and Salt will be here to read from his new book The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town.

The Malibu Book Group will be reading and discussing Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. This event is free and all are welcome to attend.

Join novelsit Dennis McFarland as he reads from his newest book Letter from Point Clear: A Novel which Publisher's Weekly called, "...absorbing, resonant.

Join first time novelist Salvatore Scibona as he reads from his debut novel The End: A Novel which Annie Dillard called, "Masterful.

Don't miss Linda Greenlaw, a Jabberwocky favorite, as she reads from her newest Jane Bunker mystery, Fisherman's Bend!

Jabberwocky presents acclaimed historian George Daughan as he reads from his newest book IF BY SEA.

Jabberwocky presents the much hailed debut novelist Brunonia Barry as she reads from her critically acclaimed novel THE LACE READER.

Pelham, NH author Sybil Brown visits to chat with ya'll and share her collected memoirs of growing up in eastern Kentucky in, "Appalachian Mamma".

Join Kate Clifford Larsen as she discusses her new book THE ASSASSIN'S ACCOMPLICE about Mary Surratt and the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln. Spectator writes, “Larson captures brilliantly the atmosphere of Mary Surratt’s trial in a crowded court room — murder trials attract morbid spectators — ... (more)during the sweltering heat of a Washington summer. Her description of the drama of Mary’s last hours, when she was broken by a death sentence that neither she nor her lawyers had believed possible, makes compelling reading.”

Well, ok. They're only two feet tall. But the cool thing is you made them! Enter our "Design a Dragon" contest to celebrate the release of "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini on September 20th. Make a dragon in sculpture, drawing, or any visual art project with materials of your choosing. We ask that your ... (more)finished project be NO BIGGER than two feet in any direction, so they all fit in the store! Entries are due no later than 9pm September 8, 2008. Winners will be notified by Sept 18th. Runners up will receive $15 Toadstool gift certificates; the Grand Prize winner will receive a free copy of the new Brisingr book! Get busy and good luck!

The man who plays music with animals returns with a fascinating exploration of an alien intelligence in our midst: whales and their profoundly mysterious music. David Rothenberg discusses his book THOUSAND MILE SONG.

Hannah Tinti returns to the Jabberwocky to read from her first novel THE GOOD THIEF.

Join these authors as they discuss their book NICE GUYS GET THE CORNER OFFICE.

Join the acclaimed author of HAWTHORNE Brenda Wineapple as she reads from WHITE HEAT: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

Join us as we launch local author Jack Ferraiolo's terrific book for middle schoolers THE BIG SPLASH!

Join author Carl Capotorto as he discusses his memoir TWISTED HEAD: AN ITALIAN AMERICAN MEMOIR

Acclaimed author Donald Pfarrer reads from A COMMON ORDINARY MURDER. Critic Alan Cheuse raves, "This novel about murder reads like a whodunit by....Tolstoy.

Dr. Irene Pepperberg discusses her book ALEX & ME: HOW A SCIENTIST AND A PARROT UNCOVERED A HIDDEN WORLD OF ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE - AND FORMED A DEEP BOND IN THE PROCESS.

Friday January 16, 2009 at 7pm, best-selling author Cheryl Richardson will
present her latest book, THE ART OF EXTREME SELF-CARE at the Old
South Presbyterian Church, 29 Federal Street, Newburyport.
New York Times best-selling author, and personal coach
extraordinaire, Cheryl has helped thousands of ... (more)American women achieve
balance, a sense of purpose and joy and serenity, through her
books TAKE TIME FOR YOUR LIFE, STAND-UP FOR YOUR LIFE, and
LIFE-MAKEOVERS. Her work has been widely covered in the media,
including The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, New
York Times, USA Today, Good Housekeeping, and O Magazine. Cheryl was
the team leader for the Lifestyle Makeover Series on the Oprah
Winfrey Show and she accompanied Ms. Winfrey on the "Live Your Best
Life" nationwide tour. Cheryl writes a coaching column in The Body &
Soul magazine, and hosts a radio talk show, Coach on Call, weekly on
the internet at www.hayhouseradio.com. At the launch of her latest title, THE ART OF EXTREME SELF-CARE,
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE ONE MONTH AT A TIME, Cheryl will give a talk and
then answer questions from the audience, and afterwards will be
available to sign copies of her new book. Admission to Cheryl’s talk is $5.00 or free with the purchase of her
latest book from Jabberwocky.

The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's largest Unsolved Art Theft

The King's Grace

Suzie Gilbert tells the story of how she turned her family life upside down to pursue her unusual passion for rehabilitating wild birds.

Rhina Espaillat will read and sign copies of her latest book of poetry “Her Place in These Designs”. Rhina Espaillat is Newburyport’s beloved poet, and a nationally
recognized figure in the world of poetry. Born in the Dominican
Republic, Rhina’s poetry is written in both Spanish and English.
Winner ... (more)of the T. S. Elliot prize in 1999, and the Richard Wilbur
Award in 2001, her work has appeared in numerous magazines,
including “the Lyric”, “Poetry”, and “the American Scholar”. She
has 2 other volumes of poetry currently in print. She is well know
locally as a founding member of the very vibrant Powow River Poets.
Her latest book, from which she will be reading, is lyrical and
lovely, displaying a quiet strength and humane wisdom.

Starring Lorenzo and Einstein Too

Join us for Kate Jacobs signing "Comfort Food". The event is co-sponsored by The Woolery and yummerific comfort food prodived by The Black Forest. Let the power of a good book and good food draw you in.

Jay McInerney will read from his latest books of short stories, How It Ended, New and Collected Stories.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is excited to present another installment of the always enjoyable Poetry Flash series, featuring Carol Moldaw, Julia B. Levine and Ruth L. Schwartz. Join us for a wonderful afternoon!About the Poets:Carol Moldaw's new book, The Widening, calls itself a "lyric novel" and ... (more)is written throughout in numbered, prose poem-size sections. Rikki Ducornet says of it, "In this irresistible evocation of an erotic life, Carol Moldaw's juvenile lead - impetuous, unbridled, unexpectedly funny and self-deceiving - is always wildly interesting. I dearly love this book." Carol Moldaw has published four books of poetry, including The Lightning Field, which won the 2002 FIELD Poetry Prize. Among her honors are a Lannan Foundation Marfa Writer's Residency, a Pushcart Prize, and an NEA Fellowship.
Julia B. Levine's new book is Ditch-tender. Dennis Schmitz calls it "a book of longings and healings. Julia Levine doesn't conjure as much as coax the magic to happen by itself. The poems lift and move us in currents-shifts, insinuations and splendid runs, delicate textures, depths." Among her other honors are a Discovery/The Nation Award for Emerging New Writers and the Pablo Neruda Prize. Her previous books include Practicing for Heaven, winner of the 1998 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and Ask, winner of the 2002 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry.Ruth L. Schwartz has published three books of poetry: Edgewater, selected by Jane Hirshfield for the National Poetry Series 2001; Singular Bodies, winner of the 2000 Anhinga Prize for Poetry; Accordion Breathing and Dancing, winner of the 1994 Associated Writing Programs Award. She's also published a book of memoir, Death in Reverse: A Love Story. She has won over a dozen national literary prizes, including two Nimrod/Pablo Neruda Awards, New Letters Prize in Poetry, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Jane Hirshfield says of Edgewater, "Ruth L. Schwartz writes with consummate passion, precision, and honesty of the raw hungers that give rise to the world she grapples with her twofold, central question: How can we love fully, open-eyed and open-hearted amid all the flaws and beauty, each other and the world? How could we not?

Friday May 8th at 7pm author & illustrator Kim Smith will discuss her
new book “Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester
Garden”, at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St. Newburyport. Kim Smith will offer expert advice and tactics for beautiful
landscaping and garden design, with an ... (more)emphasis on planting native
plants. Her book is practical, with advice for dealing with bugs,
blight, poor soil, and other gardening demons. Kim Smith also focuses
on the soul and beauty of a garden, showing us how to interpret
harmonious patterns of color, light and texture, capturing tones of
mood and ambiance. Her stunningly beautiful book is both practical
and romantic, a treat for all gardeners.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is excited to present award-winning author Elana Dykewomon as she discusses and signs her new novel, Risk, a beautifully told story that spans the years from the mid-eighties to
the post-9/11 world and explores changing times and values in America.
This event is free and ... (more)all are welcome and encouraged to attend!For more on Elana, visit her website.

Holly Robinson will discuss her latest book The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter, a memoir.

Holly Robinson will discuss her latest book The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter, a memoir.

Friday July 24th at 7pm, at the Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St.
Newburyport, author Hobson Woodward will speak about his new book, “A
BRAVE VESSEL; The True Tale of the Castaways who rescued Jamestown
and Inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest”. Hobson Woodward’s new book is a riveting tale of ... (more)shipwreck and
survival, when “The Sea Venture”, a ship bound for the New World and
its first colony at Jamestown, was separated from its fleet and
wrecked on uninhabited Bermuda. The tale of how the survivors
finally reached Jamestown and then returned to England was told by
one of the survivors and became a popular story in England in the
early 1600’s, and used by Shakespeare for his great play “The
Tempest”. Nathaniel Philbrick, author of “The Mayflower”, & “In the Heart of
the Sea”, says of “A Brave Vessel”, “ it is at once a penetrating
work of literary analysis and a riveting historical narrative.”

Join Charlotte Gordon as she presents her book The Woman Who Named God, Abraham's dilemma and the Birth of the Three Faiths,a brilliant and thoughtful retelling of one of the Bible's most troubling love stories.

Kristin Bair O'Keefe, a former Newburyporter, speaks about her first novel Thirsty, a spare and hauntingly beautiful novel of the immigrant experience.

JUDITH HORSTMAN signing and discussing DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUR BRAIN – published by Scientific American, her new book is a 24 hour journal of what’s happening in your brain as you sleep, dream, wake up, eat, work, play, fight, love, worry, compete, hope, decide, age, and change.

Thursday Oct 15th, at 7pm, PETER NICHOLS, will speak about his latest
book, “FINAL VOYAGE, A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful
Whaling Season” at The Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St Newburyport,
Ma. Peter Nichols, the bestselling author of “A Voyage for Madmen” and
three other seafaring ... (more)narratives, has crafted a terrifyingly relevant
historical tale set at the end of the Whaling industry as America
turned from its dependence on whale oil to the new promise of
petroleum. With this historical background, Nichols tells the little
know story of a fleet of 32 whaling ships trapped in the frigid Artic
ice in the summer of 1871. Over 1200 sailors, some with wives and
children, abandoned the doomed ships to make a dramatic escape in
little more than small open whaleboats. It is a terrific tale told
with the verve and energy of a master storyteller. Peter Nichols spent 10 years at sea working as a professional yacht
captain and has taught creative writing at NYU in Paris, Georgetown
University, and Bowdoin College.

Join us for an evening of paranormal excitement as medium Maureen Wood and paranormal scientist Ron Kolek present 17 true New England hauntings in The Ghost Chronicles. They just might make you believe!