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Last night, Barack Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe came to the First Parish Church to preach to the Cambridge choir about the great 2008 presidential campaign (and to promote his new book, The Audacity to Win, which covers the campaign process). While the evening progressed mostly as expected (Gobama!, softball questions at the end), Plouffe did toss out some decent soundbites throughout, and perhaps said a word or two that could benefit our state's own up-and-coming senate candidates. We'll certainly be watching the WGBH democratic senatorial forum (moderated by Emily Rooney) Monday at 7pm; leading up to the election, we'll see if any of the candidates take Plouffe's campaign advice to heart (or head?).

Today is the first Winedown of the fall for Harvard Book Store, which means that it's your first shot at sipping vino and chatting with a literary giant or a publishing monster. Tonight's guest is Edwin Frank, the editor behind the New York Review of Books's NYRB Classics series, which republishes classic books that you've never heard of. If we don't make it tonight, please thank him for republishing William Roughead's Classic Crimes on our behalf.

Independently owned Harvard Book Store just announced that it will be getting an Espresso Book Machine, the newfangled device that allows you to print your own public domain books straight from Google Books. According to the bookstore, Espresso "can produce library-quality, perfect bound paperback editions from a virtually limitless inventory of digital titles in multiple languages, including rare and out-of-print public domain titles." According to Wired, we lucked out: there is only a handful of Espresso Book Machines in operation across the world. (The closest? Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont.) Harvard's Espresso will go live September 29, right across the street from Widener Library, which might just have to lower its privilege fee to compete.

Wednesday, July 1

Adam Ried, Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes

Monday, June 1, 7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith Dr. Nick Trout, Tell me Where It Hurts Monday, June 1st 7:00 PM, Harvard Book Store *Rita Dove, Sonata Mulattica: Poems

Aleksandar Hemon is appearing at the Harvard Book Store this Friday, May 15, at 7 P.M.

From Jay McInerny to Jim Lehrer to Germaine Greer to Homi Bhabha, this April is an insane month for book events. If the lovely spring weather (hey, we can dream) doesn't keep you outside, you'll have plenty of indoor entertainment at bookstores and libraries around town. Oh, and don't forget that April is National Poetry Month, aka the time when all the poetry books come out and people pretend to care about poems for a few weeks. Uplifting!

March brings us Women's History Month and a host of book events, some of them female-focused. From fine fiction to incisive historical analysis, the readings this month run the gamut. Big names are largely absent, but big ideas still abound.

The Cambridge Chronicle reports that Harvard Book Store has begun shipping books to Cambridge and Boston using the Somerville bike messenger service Metro Pedal Power. They guarantee next-day delivery to seven zip codes in Cambridge and two-to-three day delivery to Boston. [Cambridge Chronicle]

December is the perfect month to curl up with a good book, but the book events—like most everything else in life—taper off toward the end of the month. Get out to the stores early this month to stock up on titles to read during the long holiday break. Harvard Book Store's first-ever warehouse sale this Saturday, December 6, is a great opportunity to buy books for yourself and others as the holiday season approaches. We've added Harvard Coop events this month, and are trying out a new format as well. Let us know if you like it.

Kevin Funk and Steven Fake, Scramble For Africa: Darfur - Intervention and the USA

(* = recommended)

It's official: Harvard Book Store is in new hands. We hope they're good. Frank Kramer sold the store to Jeff Mayersohn and Linda Seamonson of Wellesley today, after 46 years of ownership. The store has been independent for 75 years--take that, B&N. Mayersohn, a Sox fan (surprise), Harvard grad, and longtime Harvard Book Store customer, is thrilled to take over the operation. Kramer will work for a few months as a consultant, and General Manager Carole Horne will stay on as well. Mayersohn hopes to bring his technical experience to the store. On October 21, Harvard Book Store will host a welcome event so community members can meet Mayersohn and learn about the future of the store.

Paul Auster, Man in the Dark

Harvard Book Store, 7:00pm

It's back to school, and back to the books. September is brimming with book events, from this week's sold-out Junot Diaz production to Dennis Lehane to Billy Collins and more.

Well, we’ve been slow in posting August book events, but you haven’t actually missed any yet. August is traditionally a slow month for publishers, and Harvard Book Store appears to be taking the month off; its next listed event isn’t until September 3 (but it’s a doozy—Junot Diaz! zomg! apparently he likes to make September appearances here--and the price has tripled since last year... but now you can get a book for it!). Check Porter Square and Brookline Booksmith ‘till the big H comes back. And definitely "run" to BB on the 23rd!

Christopher Klein, Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands

It's bibliomania this week, with tons of book events ranging from bigshot Salman Rushdie reading from his latest tomorrow to small press folks visiting Brookline Booksmith on Saturday. Whether you like your authors established or up-and-coming, this week is a great time to head out for a reading.

Zoe Ferraris, Finding Nouf

July is upon us. This month, you can celebrate stuff white people like, as we did recently, or try to comfort Salman in the wake of his divorce from Padma. There's also a new Harvard Square Book Circle book discussion group at Harvard Book Store and a wonderful small press night (sponsored by Rose Metal Press) at Brookline Booksmith, plus Andre Dubus III comes to Porter Square Books. Be sure to get your reading glasses on during July--it'll be worth it.

Event canceled due to illness.

Apparently book events only happen Tuesday through Thursday these days. Clear up your calendar for a little literary love or nonfiction knowledge. We recommend Alison Bass' indictment of Paxil and Prozac, as well as Gary Marcus' exploration of why our brains are so cobbled-together and inefficient. We may have an interview with Marcus later this week, so be on the lookout.

Saturday, June 7th, 7:00pm, First Parish Church Meetinghouse, $5

The weather's finally warm and the days are perfect for chilling outside with a book. Check our list of June book events around town to see what you might want to pick up for either frivolous or fierce reading experiences. This week, both Lewis Black and David Sedaris are in town to tickle your funnybones, so get tickets for the titillation while you still can. Later this month readers will tackle topics ranging from pirates to poverty, offering something for book-lovers of all stripes.

May winds down with some excellent book events addressing issues from economics to politics to the art of writing. There's even a double-whammy of Wrights reading poetry tomorrow night.

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Book your calendar this week with book events involving history, politics, wine, falconing, and poetry. And don't forget that everyone's favorite anchor, Barbara Walters, signs her new book Audition: A Memoir Thursday evening at Brookline Booksmith. We bet it'll be as popular as that Apple Store opening! Maybe?