Book Crossing

Back by popular demand.....Sugar Blues
Suffering from the
Sugar Blues?
Do you constantly crave sweets and want to understand why?
Do you want to gain control without deprivation?

Learn about the health effects associated with sugar, how it can alter your mood and energy, and how to ... (more)overcome your cravings.

Please joinValerie Aaron
Holistic Health & Nutrition Counselor
for a free lecture on
Wednesday, March 12
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Book Crossing Bookstore
Brunswick, MD
Valerie Aaron is a Holistic Health & Nutrition Counselor with a passion for natural healing and healthy living. She was drawn to health counseling to help adults learn how to revitalize their health through diet, lifestyle and natural therapies. Her studies over the last 20 years have included herbal medicine, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Mind-Body healing techniques.

Valerie received her professional training at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC, with certification through the Teachers College of Columbia University to be completed in June. She is pursuing a Masters degree in Human Nutrition through the University of Bridgeport. She offers individual health and nutrition counseling to adults, and provides educational workshops for private groups and corporations. For more information, please visit Valerie’s website at www.valerieaaron.com.

This months Book Club selection is "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Please join us on the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00pm. Come hang out with us in our new Cozy Nook meeting area. We are always looking for new members!

Save 25% On Earth Day!
Save 25% off one Ecological related title! (yes, that includes those wonderful gardening books!) .

Offer Good on:April 22, 2008

First Friday's theme for June is Pet-A-Palooza! The City will have shops and restaurants open late. Book Crossing will have a special activity for the evening.
Remember... Downtown Dollars....for every $10 you spend, you get a chance to win a gift certificate worth at least $65 to spend in any of the ... (more)participating downtown shops. Please join us!

Children's Story Time
Every Thursday at 10:30 am

June 12th: Father's Day Story Time!
Celebrate that special dad in your life! Make a special gift just for him.

June 19th:
Celebrate Summer!
Listen to those wonderful summer stories as we celebrate summer's arrival.

June 26th: National Bubble Day! ... (more)Celebrate with some bubbly good stories. We will even get to blow our own bubbles!

This Months Teen Book Club Selection is "Nobody's Princess" by Esther Friesner
The Club meets every Second Saturday of the Month at 2:00pm. We are looking for more members, so please join us for great discussion and fun. All members receive 15% off the Book Club Selection!

This months Book Club selection is "Missing Mom" by Joyce Carol Oates. Please join us on the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00pm. Come hang out with us in our new Cozy Nook meeting area. We are always looking for new members!

Children's Story Time
Every Thursday at 10:30 am

June 26th: National Bubble Day! Celebrate with some bubbly good stories. We will even get to blow our own bubbles!

First Friday's theme for July is "Heat up the Night". Book Crossing will be closed to allow all our staff and family to enjoy time with their families. We will see you at the August First Friday. The City will have shops and restaurants open late. Remember... Downtown Dollars....for every $10 you spend, ... (more)you get a chance to win a gift certificate worth at least $65 to spend in any of the participating downtown shops. Please join us!

This months Book Club selection is "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. Please join us on the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00pm. Come hang out with us in our new Cozy Nook meeting area. We are always looking for new members!

It's back to school for all so we thought we would have a BIG BIG SALE! All books and gift items in the store will be marked down. We mean all books! Some gift items are excluded: Webkinz, Trollbeads but everthing else is a go! Stock up on Candles, Cards, Books of course and many other items.

This months Book Club selection is "Kabul Beauty School" by Deborah Rodrigues and Kristin Ohlson. Please join us on the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00pm. Come hang out with us in our new Cozy Nook meeting area. We are always looking for new members!

First Friday's theme for October is "Heritage Days". Book Crossing Announces
Brunswick Memorabilia by James Castle
Brunswick, MD October 3, 2008 - 5pm to 9pm Book Crossing is proud to present James Castle, Brunswick resident and Local Historian. He will be on hand during Brunswick Main Street's First ... (more)Friday with his wide variety of Brunswick Memorabila.

Brunswick's October First Friday is themed "Heritage Days". James' artifacts and historical knowledge will definitely be a highlight of the town's events on this night.

Audience
All ages will enjoy this showing! James has some new items he will have on display.
About Book Crossing

Located in the heart of downtown Historical Brunswick on the square corner. Voted Greater Brunswick Area Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year, 2006. Best Business Innovation, 2007. Book Crossing host community events, reading camps, storytimes and author signings each month. We also particpate in the Brunswick Main Street First Friday events for late night entertainment and shopping hours. The store has expanded to include a new dedicated Childrens' room, a cozy book nook and a new lines of gifts to complement our bookstore. WIFI Hotspot available free to customers in store. Open 5am M-F for Marc Commuters from Brunswick to Washington, D.C. for coffee,newspapers,books,baked goods. 2 East Potomac Street, Brunswick, MD 21716 301- 834-5577

Website: http://www.thebookcrossing.biz

Clergy Appreciation Month Contest
With each purchase you will earn points for a gift certificate for your church's clergy!

I hear you know who will be here??? Santa? Let's have some fun times with stories and write a letter to Santa. Let him know all the goodies you would like to have for Christmas.

Brunswick Main Street will sponsor the 4th annual Hometown Holidays. Book Crossing will be hosting a Holiday Workshop. Children can make Pinecone Birdfeeders. Lessons on Gift Wrapping and other activities.
Downtown Holiday Events North Pole Stroll-Dec. 5 The City of Brunswick's annual Tree Lighting will ... (more)begin at 6:30PM followed by a Children's Holiday Party at the Railroad Museum from 7-8:30PM. Hometown Holidays- Dec. 13 Begin the day with" Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus" at the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance Co. from 8AM til 1PM. Following, there will be musical performances and children's crafts and activities in various downtown locations. A German organ grinder will entertain from 2 - 4PM and the Railroad Museum will be open from 12 - 5PM for free candlelight tours and activities for children.In the afternoon , there will be marshmallow roasting and freshly roasted chestnuts. During the evening hours, there will be horse drawn sleigh rides sponsored by the City of Brunswick. Tickets cost $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for children. The ticket price includes hot chocolate and a photo with Santa. Contact Jody Bruchey at City Hall if you would like to make advance reservations.Complete the day with a Candlelight Tour of area churches and enjoy the festive decorations and hospitality that have become a hallmark of this annual event. The tours are self guided and are from 3 - 7:30PM.

To celebrate Edgar Allen Poe's birthday, we will hold a Tell Tale Heart Workshop on January 16th - 7pm. This does require preregistration on the previous Friday - the 9th from 6p to 7pm. More details to follow.

By popular demand, we will be having
a discussion on
the hit novel
“The Shack”
by William Young.
Starts at 6:00p.m.

April is National Poetry Month. To celebreate we will be have an Open Mic Poetry
Reading Night. Starts at 6pm Come and recite one of your own poems or one of you favorites. Also, feel free to contribute to our "Poetry in motion" on our parlor mirror.

Harpers Ferry History Comes Alive
in Debut Novel by West Virginia Native Author to Read at Book Crossing:
Tuesday evening, April 21, at 6:00 PM Harpers Ferry native John Michael Cummings will read from his debut novel The Night I Freed John Brown (Philomel Books, Penguin Group) at Book Crossing: Tuesday ... (more)evening, April 21, at 6:00 PM. The Buffalo News writes: "Cummings grew up in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and his compelling novel—of a sensitive boy growing up in the long shadows of his angry father and the grim statue of the fiery abolitionist staring at him from the museum across the street—owes much to the vivid descriptions of this particular place...the author offers a compelling narrative of a troubled family and a dark secret of past grudges and grievances.” Kirkus Reviews says: "Characterizations are sharp, the setting eerily evoked and the story satisfying. A highly original meditation on how the past can haunt the present." The Boston Globe writes: “There are marvelous plot twists and surprises right to the very end…and his prose can be pure poetry." USA TODAY recently recommended The Night I Freed John Brown for Black History Month, calling it “a blend of suspense and history.” Other great reviews of his novel include BookPage, Teenreads.com, The Orange County Register, and The ALAN Review, along with five award-winning literary journals, including Mid-American Review, Black Warrior Review, and The Texas Review. It has also been blurbed by Newbery Honor recipient Ruth White, Pushcart Prize winner R.T. Smith, and Poet Laureate Fred Chappell. As The Brooklyn Daily Eagle puts it, "It isn't every day that a debut novel is being praised by a Poet Laureate, Newbery Honor recipient, and Pushcart Prize winner, but The Night I Freed John Brown is a rare release." Mr. Cummings’ novel is also under consideration for the West Virginia Children's Book Award, and at least five West Virginia librarians have nominated it for American Library Association's two awards for debut novels: The William C. Morris Award and The Michael L. Printz Award. One West Virginia librarian recommended it, in writing, to the Newbery Award Committee. The Night I Freed John Brown is suitable for ages 11 and up. The novel has recently been featured in five West Virginia newspapers, including The Times West Virginian, The Martinsburg Journal, and The Daily Athenaeum. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph says: “From a literature standpoint, The Night I Freed John Brown is a masterful work that is crafted in the time-honored genre that Mark Twain milked so gracefully in ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn,’ the most compelling works of that ilk in American letters.” Over the last fifteen years, Mr. Cummings’ short stories have appeared in more than seventy-five literary journals, including North American Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Chattahoochee Review, The Kenyon Review, and The Iowa Review. His short story “The Scratchboard Project,” published in The Iowa Review, received an honorable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2007. Twice he has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. His novella The House of My Father, from which this novel was adapted, was a finalist in the 2006 Miami University Novella Contest. For more information, please contact: Book Crossing
2 East Potomac Street
Brunswick, MD 21716
(301) 834-5577

Repeat night! We are having
a discussion on
the hit novel
“The Shack”
by William Young.
Starts at 6:00p.m.

Meet Sean and Jean Westcott here at Book Crossing. Wi-fi or wired? Cable or fiber optic? HDMI or RCA? MP3 or AAC? Do you feel overwhelmed when you hear these terms? You're not alone-smart people everywhere feel intimidated by the technology in their life. Standing in an ... (more)electronics store trying to decode the specs on a purchase can make anyone feel powerless. Worse-it can leave you with costly mistakes that you can barely get out of the packaging. But it doesn't have to be that way. With the right education, you can regain the control you need to survive and thrive in the digital world.
Sean Westcott is an IT professional dating back to before the World Wide Web. He was in his high school AV club where he explained technology to his teachers, and ever since he has made it his specialty to bridge the knowledge gap between geeks and the rest of the world.

we will hold a Tell Tale Heart Workshop on October 9th- 7pm. More details to follow.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local author Taije Silverman to the store to celebrate the publication of her first book of poetry, Houses Are Fields.
Taije Silverman’s poems have appeared in Poetry, Shenandoah, Ploughshares, Five Points, Massachusetts Review, Prairie Schooner, ... (more)and other journals. The recipient of the 2005–2007 Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship, as well as residencies from the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, she is now Assistant Visiting Professor at Ursinus College, outside of Philadelphia. Her first collection of poems, Houses Are Fields, was published by LSU Press in 2009, and selected as the debut book in their Sea Cliff Series. Thrice nominated for the Puschart Prize, she has received the Anais Nin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and her book has just been translated into Italian. Her own translations of Italian poetry are forthcoming in Pleiades.

This months Book Club selection is "The Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs. Please join us on the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00pm. Come hang out with us in our Cozy Nook meeting area. We are always looking for new members!