Milwaukee's Oldest Independent Bookstore
TODAY AT SCHWARTZ

May 17, 2008

Augusten Burroughs Augusten Burroughs
A Wolf at the Table
7:00 p.m. reading, Downer Ave.
Augusten Burroughs returns to Schwartz with his most personal and unexpected memoir yet. In A Wolf at the Table, he explores the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son, and a child’s longing for unconditional love. Here is the story of Burroughs’s relationship with his father told with honesty and insight; a story of the redemptive power of hope.



Downer Ave. Storytime

11 a.m. National Children's Book Week
Let's write our own book today!


Downer Ave. BookWorms (Ages 6-8; attend with adults) Book Club

3 p.m. The club will discuss The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater


Second Hand Markdown Sale at Downer Ave.

Thousands of second hand books have been marked down to make room for new inventory at Downer Avenue. Get in fast while supplies last! $1 paperback, $2 hardcover; Oversized: $3 paperback, $5 hardcover. Many of these popular titles are in new condition. Stop in soon to browse our wide selection of fiction and nonfiction, contemporary and collectible.

Permalink


Celebrate Children's Book Week: Day Six

Brookfield: 10 a.m.—Miss Linda hosts Book, Book, Book…a special story time for young children featuring fun activities.

1 p.m.—Chldren’s Book Scavenger Hunt—A book—related challenge for the whole family.

2-5 p.m.—Children’s Writer’s Workshop—Dr. Emily Long, Carroll College Professor of Education, leads a workshop to help children get on the road to becoming literary greats! Registration required. Call 262-797-6140. Recommended for children ages 8—12.

Downer Avenue: 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Saturday morning storytime for young children, with Myra. In honor of our special week, we’ll read some of our staff’s all-time favorite children’s books!

Permalink


Vote for The Best of the Booker

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Booker Prize, six authors are in the running to win a special award called the best of the Booker. Help pick the from works by Pat Barker, Peter Carey, JM Coetzee, JG Farrell, Nadine Gordimer and Salman Rushdie by voting online.

The nominees:
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

Vote Now!

Permalink

View the Today at Schwartz Archive


MORE AT SCHWARTZ

Barbara Walters Live

Barbara Walters Schwartz Live at Alverno Presents:
She has interviewed every president and First Lady from Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower to George and Laura Bush. Movie stars, musicians from every genre, heads of state, athletes, and legends of the stage; If we were talking about them, Barbara Walters was talking to them. And, she broke boundaries as the first woman to ever co-host a network news show. At this can’t-miss event, she will share pieces of her extraordinary life from her new memoir, Audition. Read More

We Love This Book: Mudbound

Mudbound As you can imagine, we booksellers love sharing books with each other as much as we love telling you about them. We are always talking about what we are reading. So, whenever a book has the opportunity to land in the hands of multiple booksellers, who then enthusiastically pass it on to more booksellers, and they all jump with a collective "I love this book!" we know we have a winner. Hillary Jordan's Mudboud is just such a book. Read More

Staff Pick

Peace
by Richard Bausch

"Peace, a beautiful new gem from writer Richard Bausch, tells the WWII story of six lost and frozen ragtag soldiers trying to stay alive as the battles come to an end. This quiet and illuminating book is perfect proof that from the personal comes the profound. The book's title suggest a question as well as an answer."—Carol Grossmeyer, Owner and President

For more about Peace read this recent article from our Email newsletter