What a beautiful evening of poetry & prose, fiction & non-fiction. Original pieces from writers in our community -- a celebration in words from Walt Whitman & Michael Pollan to Emily Dickinson & Betty Smith. Thanks to all the readers and their well-chosen selections to celebrate summer. If you missed the reading last night, here's the list so you can enjoy summer any time of the year. Thanks to all of the participants & and the audience.
So whether you're reading on the beach, under a shady tree, or in air-conditioned comfort, grab a good book, & enjoy summer!
To start the evening Joan Murchland sang George Gershwin's "Summertime" with John Mediatore playing guitar.
Terry Hermsen read Robert Frost's "Mowing," Mary Oliver's poem "Buck Moon," and a piece by Michael Pollan "Why Mow?"
Robert Flanagan read four of his poems from Reply to an Evictioin Notice: "Indian Summer," "Heat Lightning," "Beached," and "Direction."
Marianne Gabel read three selections from the non-fiction book Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish.
Gretchen Hirsch read from her own novel Back Again to Me.
Bernard Murchland read Emily Dickinson's poem "Thunderstorm" and Duncan Scott's poem "Summer Storm."
...the rest will post later.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
See you..." On The Road "
Please support our Cycling team and give them a kind word when you see them training for an upcoming race on the local roads
Friday, May 14, 2010
Delaware Arts Festival Hours
We're opening early for the Arts Fest!
Get caffeinated at Beehive Books before you start your Arts Fest Weekend & join us for Book Signings on Saturday & Sunday. Stop in whenever you need hot coffee, a cold drink, and check out our ever changing selection of books, magazines, cards & gifts.
Saturday 5/15 9am-8pm (early open!)
10a-5pm Photgraphers Wendy Caldwell & Sheldon Ross will be signing their book A Look Through Our Lens at the Delaware County Bicentennial---a great time to buy a personalized copy for upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, Father's Day or just a thoughtful gift!
Sunday 5/16 9am-5pm (extended hours!)
3pm Autho
r Gabrielle Burton will be reading from her new novel, Impatient with Desire which is an Indie Booksellers great read selection!
A Book Signing and wine reception will follow.
www.indiebound.org/book/9781401341015/Gabrielle-Burton/Impatient-Desire
Check out a review of the book at feministreview.blogspot.com/2010/04/impatient-with-desire.html.
Get caffeinated at Beehive Books before you start your Arts Fest Weekend & join us for Book Signings on Saturday & Sunday. Stop in whenever you need hot coffee, a cold drink, and check out our ever changing selection of books, magazines, cards & gifts.
Saturday 5/15 9am-8pm (early open!)
10a-5pm Photgraphers Wendy Caldwell & Sheldon Ross will be signing their book A Look Through Our Lens at the Delaware County Bicentennial---a great time to buy a personalized copy for upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, Father's Day or just a thoughtful gift!
Sunday 5/16 9am-5pm (extended hours!)
3pm Autho
r Gabrielle Burton will be reading from her new novel, Impatient with Desire which is an Indie Booksellers great read selection! A Book Signing and wine reception will follow.
www.indiebound.org/book/9781401341015/Gabrielle-Burton/Impatient-Desire
Check out a review of the book at feministreview.blogspot.com/2010/04/impatient-with-desire.html.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Romance at the Beehive Feb. 12
In advance of Valentine’s Day, eight local romance writers will host a book signing on Friday, Feb. 12 from 6 p.m-8 p.m. at Beehive Books, 25 N. Sandusky Street in Delaware. The event is free and open to the public.
“We hope people will treat themselves or a loved one to tales that touch the heart,” said Mel Corroto, owner of the store. “We have an incredibly talented group of local authors who will be on hand to sign copies of their new books.”
The authors are: Saralee Etter, Georgia Evans, Susan Gee Heino, Elysa Hendricks, Rosemary Laurey, Donna MacMeans, Sandy Wickersham-McWhorter and Karin Shah. Browse the shelves, look for gifts and celebrate the thrill of romance at Beehive! Questions? Call 740-363-2337.
“We hope people will treat themselves or a loved one to tales that touch the heart,” said Mel Corroto, owner of the store. “We have an incredibly talented group of local authors who will be on hand to sign copies of their new books.”
The authors are: Saralee Etter, Georgia Evans, Susan Gee Heino, Elysa Hendricks, Rosemary Laurey, Donna MacMeans, Sandy Wickersham-McWhorter and Karin Shah. Browse the shelves, look for gifts and celebrate the thrill of romance at Beehive! Questions? Call 740-363-2337.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Two Free Tickets to Thurber House Event Jan. 19
The Thurber House and Beehive Books are teaming up to provide you with a great deal. Buy a copy of Jayne Anne Phillips' award-winning book, "Lark & Termite" and receive a voucher for two free tickets to the "Evening with Authors" series run by the Thurber House.
Ms. Phillips will speak on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave. in Columbus. She'll read from her book, chat about writing and answer questions from the audience.
"Lark & Termite" is a moving story about loss, love and family secrets. Lark, a teenage girl, spends her days caring for her disabled brother, Termite, in West Virginia in the 1950s. The book, a National Book Award finalist, is available at Beehive Books for $14.95.
Ms. Phillips will speak on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave. in Columbus. She'll read from her book, chat about writing and answer questions from the audience.
"Lark & Termite" is a moving story about loss, love and family secrets. Lark, a teenage girl, spends her days caring for her disabled brother, Termite, in West Virginia in the 1950s. The book, a National Book Award finalist, is available at Beehive Books for $14.95.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Good Reads Book Recommendations
Delaware's own Beehive Books provides online book recommendations to help you choose your next read. Beehive owner Mel Corroto, Beehive staff, and special guests can help you find great books for yourself or to give as gifts.
In the most recent webcast, local attorney (and book lover) Casey Clark and Mel discussed the following books (all available at Beehive):
Holiday Titles:
Matchless by Gregory Maguire ($19.99)
Three Wise Cats by Harold M. Konstantelos & Terri Jenkins-Brady
Holiday Remarks & Replies ($7.95)
Recommended by Casey:
In the most recent webcast, local attorney (and book lover) Casey Clark and Mel discussed the following books (all available at Beehive):
Holiday Titles:
Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs ($24.95)
Matchless by Gregory Maguire ($19.99)
Three Wise Cats by Harold M. Konstantelos & Terri Jenkins-Brady
Holiday Remarks & Replies ($7.95)
Recommended by Casey:
Use this link to find the Good Reads webcasts:
http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/video/Good_Reads.html
Beehive Books places special orders every day, so if you can't find the item you're looking for, just ask.
http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/video/Good_Reads.html
Beehive Books places special orders every day, so if you can't find the item you're looking for, just ask.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Author Erin McGraw Sunday 11-15-09 3:00 pm Reading and Book Signing
Erin McGraw will read from her novel
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard.
The San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard is rich and vibrant with historical accuracy and female fortitude."
In vividly bringing to life the story of Nell Plat, Erin McGraw gives voice to the stories of the countless young women who, unsatisfied with their lives, headed to Hollywood in its heyday. The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard magically recreates that glamorous time and place, and allows us to witness it beautifully dressed, well lit, and close up. The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard was recently published in paperback by Mariner Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard.
The San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard is rich and vibrant with historical accuracy and female fortitude."
"I couldn't cook but I could sew. It would have been better the other way around." So begins this witty and transporting new novel by the acclaimed Erin McGraw, introducing us to Nell Plat, who, at age seventeen, finds herself unhappily married and the mother of two baby girls. For a young woman with a hunger for excitement and glamour, Kansas circa 1900 offers nothing but a flat horizon. Still, Nell find some joy sewing and making dresses for women in town. Dreaming over her sewing machine, she begins to entertain ambitions she knows she cannot share.
Based on Erin McGraw's grandmother's life, here is the story--told in Nell's own irreverent and wise voice--of what happens when Nell runs away to Los Angeles in the year 1901 as the new motion-picture industry is just taking root. Nell marries again, has a daughter, and goes into business as a costumer in the Hollywood of the Roaring Twenties, renaming herself Madame Annelle. But a knock on the door by her grown daughters, precisely the thing she has most feared, threatens to take apart the new life Nell has so carefully built. Forced to confront the legacy of the life she believed she had shed, Nell struggles to make the right choices the second time around and finds herself truly transformed.
Based on Erin McGraw's grandmother's life, here is the story--told in Nell's own irreverent and wise voice--of what happens when Nell runs away to Los Angeles in the year 1901 as the new motion-picture industry is just taking root. Nell marries again, has a daughter, and goes into business as a costumer in the Hollywood of the Roaring Twenties, renaming herself Madame Annelle. But a knock on the door by her grown daughters, precisely the thing she has most feared, threatens to take apart the new life Nell has so carefully built. Forced to confront the legacy of the life she believed she had shed, Nell struggles to make the right choices the second time around and finds herself truly transformed.
In vividly bringing to life the story of Nell Plat, Erin McGraw gives voice to the stories of the countless young women who, unsatisfied with their lives, headed to Hollywood in its heyday. The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard magically recreates that glamorous time and place, and allows us to witness it beautifully dressed, well lit, and close up. The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard was recently published in paperback by Mariner Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
McGraw is the author of four previous books, includingLies of the Saints (a New York Times Notable Book). She has published in the Atlantic, Story, and many other publications, and her work has been featured on Selected Shorts. She is a professor of creative writing at Ohio State University and lives in Ohio.
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