Veronica Roth moves her YA universe to deep space
InCarve the Mark, bestselling YA author Veronica Roth builds a universe around two teenagers who must confront their own identities. Roth will appear at the Nashville Children’s Theatre on January 20 at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $27.50 and include a signed copy ofCarve the Mark.
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Doug the Pug extends his social-media empire to print
Doug the Pug and his “momager,” Leslie Mosier, will be signing their new book,Doug the Pug: The King of Pop Culture, at Parnassus Books in Nashville on November 12 at 2 p.m. Prior to the event, Mosier answered a few questions from米兰about the dog at the center of a social-media empire.
An overscheduled woman walks out on her life in Gayle Forman’sLeave Me
Gayle Forman’s first novel for adults,Leave Me, takes a hard look at love, life choices, and the reasons women stay in difficult relationships. Forman will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16. Festival events are free and open to the public.
Matthew Quick’s new YA novel about a cult classic is sure to become one itself
May 24, 2016In Matthew Quick’sEvery Exquisite Thing, teen Nanette O’Hare grapples with what looks a lot like a midlife crisis, though she’s a teenager. Quick will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 2, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.
In a new memoir, the punk band NOFX tells all
April 20, 2016In the band’s recent tell-all,NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories, Fat Mike, Melvin, Smelly, and El Hefe share their personal and musical epiphanies. NOFX will discuss their new memoir at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 26, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.
C.J. Redwine’s latest YA novel breaks from herDefianceseries and introduces a new heroine
February 10, 2016Nashville’s C.J. Redwine peppers her new fantasy novel with themes that touch on responsibility, the power of compassion, cooperation with the natural environment, and moving on from difficult experiences, in addition to the suspense and a cast of entertaining characters for which her fiction is known. She will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 18, 2016, and at the Southeastern Young Adult Book Festival, held in Murfreesboro March 11-13, 2016.
