Summer 2013 Events

We love our author events and feel lucky that so many authors visit or live on beautiful Cape Cod. If you cannot make an event, but would like a personalized copy, just call the store and we will hold it for pickup after the event or ship it to you. All events are held at the store unless otherwise noted.

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	Author Literary Luncheon Series 2013 Information and Tickets are available under the "Store Information" Tab at the top of the page, or by clicking here. We are delighted with the author lineup!
	May 26th from 2-4pm     Son of a Mermaid Book Publication Reception!    Katie O'Sullivan    Join us for gourmet cupcakes and the Cape Cod book of the summer for young readers!    Shea MacNamara's life just got complicated.    After a freak tornado devastates his Oklahoma farm, the fifteen-year-old orphan moves to Cape Cod to live with a grandmother he's never met. Struggling to make sense of his new surroundings, he meets a girl along the shore who changes his life forever.    Kae belongs to an undersea world hidden from drylanders. The daughter of royal servants, she knows the planned marriage of her Princess to the foreign King should put an end to the war between the clans. Two things stand in the way of lasting peace: an ambitious Regent and rumors of a half-human child who will save the oceans.    Sparks fly when she meets Shea, but could the cute drylander really be the Son of a Mermaid?    This young adult book is aimed at advanced middle grade and beginner YA readers, and anyone looking for fantasy and adventure with a Cape Cod setting. A perfect young teen beach book for summer on the Cape, filled with adventure, light romance and beautiful descriptions of life along the sandy shores – and beneath the waves.    Son of a Mermaid is the first book in a planned series about Shea MacNamara and the undersea world of mermaids and mermen that he discovers off the shores of Cape Cod.
	June 14th from 6-8pm     Time Flies Book Publication Reception!    Claire Cook    Join us for wine and festivities on our deck for the publication of Claire Cook's newest book Time Flies!    Pre-orders (while supplies last) come with the Where the Sidewalk Ends shirt that is mentioned in the story!    Two best friends, a high school reunion, and a rollicking road trip down memory lane! Years ago,  followed her husband, Kurt, from the New England beach town where their two young sons were thriving to the suburbs of Atlanta. She's carved out a life as a successful metal sculptor, but when Kurt leaves her for another woman, having the tools to cut up their marriage bed is small consolation. She's old enough to know that high school reunions are often a big disappointment, but when her best friend makes her buy a ticket and an old flame gets in touch to see if she'll be going, she fantasizes that returning to her past might help her find her future . . . until her highway driving phobia resurfaces and threatens to hold her back from the adventure of a lifetime.     Time Flies is an epic trip filled with fun, heartbreak, and friendship that explores what it takes to conquer your worst fears . . . so you can start living your future!
	June 30th 5-8pm    East End Merchants and Galleries Summer Soiree with John Carafoli    Cape Cod Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from Buzzards Bay to Provincetown        Cape Cod, Massachusetts is, roughly, a 70-mile peninsula divided into 15 towns, each with its own unique personality, history, and gastronomic adventure. Cape Cod's culinary landscape is evolving. Yes, there are still the delicious fried clams, fresh broiled or grilled fish, and lobster rolls that have always been favorites, but many of today's chefs are reinventing these traditional foods with a twist. Today's Cape presents a thriving and unique culinary landscape and Cape Cod Chef's Table gives readers, locals, and visitors a new perspective on this culinary scene. With recipes for the home cook from the Cape's celebrated eateries and purveyors alongside beautiful full-color photos, Cape Cod Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and keepsake cookbook.
	July 20th at 3pm    Oooh La La French Champagne Booksigning    Ooh La La: French Women's Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day      An Afternoon of Ooh La La!    Bring your pink feather boa and your French beret and learn all about the joys of ooh la la from Jamie Cat Callan, author of the new book, "Ooh La La! French Women's Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day." Let the champagne bubbles burst!     As a middle-aged woman living in youth-obsessed America, Callan (author of French Women Don't Sleep Alone) went to France to find answers for aging gracefully and to find joy in her imperfect body. Her mission was not to find the Fountain of Youth, but to find the Fountain of Happiness.