| Loganberry News August 2024 
Loganberry News August 2024 Authors in the Alley in August! Absolutely awesome! We’ve condensed our Author Alley schedule into one jam-packed weeken Authors in the Alley in August! Absolutely awesome! We’ve condensed our Author Alley schedule into one jam-packed weekend. It's such a pleasure to celebrate with all these inspiring hometown writers. If you’re feeling summer doldrums, political angst, or climate crises, reacquaint yourself with your neighbors and listen to their voices. You’re sure to meet and learn something new. Bloom where you’re planted, they say. If that’s the case, the garden of Author Alley is sure to induce a smile. | Author Alley 2024 Reception: Friday, August 9, 6-8PM
Author Alley: Saturday, August 10, 12-4PM
Author Alley: Sunday, August 11, 12-4PM Author Alley is our long-running festival of books by Northeast Ohio authors. The 2024 edition fills an exciting August weekend! Author Alley Weekend starts off Friday evening with a bang: a party! Join us for a mix & mingle, a bookstore bash, a storied affair with local literati. We'll have live music, light refreshments, a book swap, and a chance to hang out and chat with authors and readers alike. *You'll need tickets for this new Author Alley feature, so get them here*. They're the hottest literary networking tickets in town! To the main event: On Saturday and Sunday Author Alley features approximately 40 authors each day, 12-4PM. Unlike years past, we're not sorting writers by genres. We've got just one—actually, two—big happy gatherings to enhance your discovery potential. Come for either or both days. You're sure to meet new friends and delight in new perspectives and literary adventure! | Literary Cleveland Plum City Reading: Jason Koo & Zach Meisel
Monday, August 5, 7PM
~in-store~
The Plum City Reading Series is Literary Cleveland's reading series bringing the country's most interesting and groundbreaking authors to Cleveland. Come join us for the fourth installment at Loganberry Books! We'll feature a sports-themed reading featuring poet and Cleveland native Jason Koo, author of the newly released No Rest, alongside Zack Meisel, Cleveland Guardians beat reporter for The Athletic. Register to attend here! NOTE: Registration fee for this event is "Pay What You Can." | Ruby Lal: Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan
Thursday, August 29, 7PM
~in-store~
Join scholar and author Ruby Lal for an event in celebration of her new book, Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan in conversation with Cleveland Museum of Art Curator Sonya Rhie Mace! This first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic Mughal-era adventurer and the multicultural society in which she lived. She led a voyage of harem women on an extended pilgrimage in Arabia, lengthened by a dramatic shipwreck in the Red Sea, and wrote her own account of the journey. Buy a signed copy! Ruby Lal is an acclaimed historian of India, a professor at Emory University, and the author of three books and numerous essays, op-eds, and literary pieces. Her book Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan won the Georgia Author of the Year Award in biography and was a finalist in history for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. | Liz Ferro: Letting Frogs Go
Sunday, August 25, 3PM
~in-store~
Meet Liz Ferro for a signing of her new novel, Letting Frogs Go! Five women in mid-life, high school friends connected by a shared traumatic experience, come together each year to celebrate their friendship—until one of them sends an invitation that will forever alter the course of their journey. A riveting quest of nostalgia, enduring love, loss, and renewal, as the group discovers the beauty of friendship that stands the test of time. | Literary Book Club The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Thursday, August 8, 7PM
~in-store~
Continue with our Magic Realism Group as we veer into Literary Realism. We begin with the most famous novel of the Dust Bowl and one of the peaks of 1930s American fiction, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. This book club is led by community member Nathan Klainer. Nathan lives in Cleveland Heights with his wife and two cats. He has a passion for bringing people together and for reading. He can’t wait to meet others to discuss great novels, and all are welcome to join! Buy a copy of the book for 10% off! NOTE: Changed to 2nd Thursday of the month (instead of 3rd) for this month only! | Story Time for Toddlers The Prickletrims Go Wild by Marie Dorleans Wednesday, August 14, 11AM
~in-store, second Wednesdays~
Patricia Cullen-Murphy, aka Nanny Patricia, has a long history of entertaining and has been featured in films such as The Tale of Desperaux. Come hear her read, entertain, and delight toddlers aged 1-4 years. This month's selection is The Prickletrims Go Wild by Marie Dorleans. | For the Thrill of Lit Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada)
Thursday, August 15, 7PM
~in-store~
For the Thrill of Lit (FTTOL) is Loganberry's book club for lovers of suspense, mystery, thriller, and horror! FTTOL will meet both in-store and via Zoom. This month we will be reading the famous 1934 mystery Cain's Jawbone, by Edward Powys Mathers, aka Torquemada. Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations… but only one is correct. We will put our brilliant minds together and attempt to solve this classic puzzler! Buy a copy of the book for 10% off! Join us in-store or register here for the Zoom link! Please register before 6PM of the day of the event. | Annex Gallery Lari Jacobson: Tranquility
August 1-September 1, 2024
~Opening Reception: Thursday, August 1, 6PM~
Join us for the opening of our August art exhibition, featuring the work of local muralist and decorative artist Lari Jacobson. Tranquility features recent nature-based paintings that are intended to transport the viewer to a peaceful place, bringing forth a sense of calm. | Broadsides & Ephemera Featuring Rikki Santer, 2023 Ohio Poet of the Year
Thursday, August 8, 7PM
~in-store, second Thursdays~
All are welcome to Loganberry's spacious (yet cozy!) Lit Arts room for a reading by Columbus-based poet Rikki Santer! Rikki Santer has earned honors that include Pushcart Prize and Ohioana Book Award nominations for her poetry. She also received individual artist grants from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Santer earned an MA in journalism from Kent State University and an MFA in creative writing from The Ohio State University. She is a member of the teaching artist roster of the Ohio Arts Council, a vice president of the Ohio Poetry Association, and a founding member of the poetry troupe Concrete Wink. She lives in Columbus, Ohio. | Bookstore Romance Day Saturday, August 17, 10AM-6PM
~in-store~
Bookstore Romance Day is a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers—and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community. Join Loganberry Books and your fellow Romance readers in celebrating the 6th annual Bookstore Romance Day and enjoy 25% off ALL romances purchased in-store for ONE DAY ONLY! | NOBS Forums Fabulous Fore-Edge Paintings, with Wendy Wasman
Thursday, August 22, 7PM
~in-store and online~ Join NOBS Board member and Loganberry Books rare books specialist Wendy Wasman to learn all about fore-edge paintings. You’ll see some amazing examples of these hidden treasures! *Join us virtually via Zoom*: Meeting ID: 827 7358 6222; Passcode: 805479 | Larchmere Sidewalk Sale Saturday, August 31st, 10AM
For over 3 decades, Larchmere Boulevard has hosted a Sidewalk Sale on the Saturday preceding Labor Day. The tradition continues with a street-wide clearance sale, neighborhood garage sales and upcycle artists sprinkled along the way! On the sidewalk at Loganberry Books you'll find discounted books at $5 (buy 5 for $20) and 93-cent specials (buy 6 for $5)! We'll also feature a pre-sale on 2025 calendars, our random "Loganberry Lumberyard" sales, and other specials. Best of all, everything inside the store is 20% off -- this sale happens only twice a year! | On Sale This Month This August, books on Crafts & Collectibles are 20% off. Items range from crafting, like how-to's on needlepoint and quilting, to collecting antique glass bottles, dolls, and model trains. They're all on sale! | Indie Press Focus Cleveland-based Gray & Company publishes books about Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. If you can think of a Cleveland topic, you'll find it in Gray & Company's catalog: sports, TV & radio, true crime, travel, history, food, and famous Clevelanders. Gray & Company also publishes Les Roberts' 19-book mystery series featuring hard-boiled detective Milan Jacovich, set in Cleveland and the surrounding areas. Loganberry carries many Gray & Company titles, and we can always special order any titles that we may not currently have in stock. | Collectible Books Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is one of Ohio's most celebrated home-grown authors, and Loganberry has *a beautiful first edition copy of her 1992 novel, Jazz*. The best part? It is signed by Morrison! Browse our ever-expanding collectible listings here, or email wendy@logan.com for a personalized suggestion for any budget! | Used Book Buying Mondays and Fridays, 10:30am-5:30pm Please call us before you come in. As usual, we offer cash or 20% more in store credit for used and collectible books that we deem saleable, and you'll need to take away any we decline to purchase. More details about our buying procedures here. We look forward to seeing your treasures! | Bulk Order Discounts Does your church, synagogue, school, book club, or company need to order 10 or more copies of a book for a group read or special event? Order from Loganberry and receive a discount! We can even deliver to your location free of charge! Contact elisabeth@logan.com for more details! | Click any title below to purchase a book for mailing or in-store pickup | Devon recommends The Quicks, the Deads, and Me by Don Hilton. "A serial killer story with a queer twist. We get to see inside the heads of a female serial killer, her newest victim--non-conforming 18-year-old Kaz, and Sk'doo, an unidentifiable entity that lives within a cemetery. This is both a moving story of identity and expression, as well as a shocking, edge-of-your-seat thriller." | Elisabeth recommends Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer by Quartez Harris. "I've been so excited about local poet and luminary Quartez Harris' picture book debut for months and now you can finally preorder it! This beautiful picture book introduces children to author James Baldwin in honor of his centenary, and boasts luscious illustrations by Caldecott Honoree Gordon C. James. We'll be sure to have Quartez sign copies--this isn't one to miss! Publishes January 7, 2025." | Eric recommends The Super Ladies by Susan Petrone. "A rollicking tale of three middle-aged suburban Cleveland women with seemingly conventional but often frustrating lives. A sudden event gives all three superpowers that turn their worlds upside-down. Fun, fast-moving, and gender-busting superhero adventures ensue. Petrone runs a wild, entertaining ride while taking a thoughtful look at the passages of women's lives." | Harriett recommends Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland's Van Swerigan Brothers by Lauren R. Pacini. "Shaker Heights needs a comprehensive history book, but this book goes a step further, because it puts the suburb's history in clear relation with the City of Cleveland's history, and the brothers who envisioned it, built it, and then watched it crash. Putting the Van Swerigan brothers at the heart of this history gives a human aspect to an empire that included Public Square, Shaker Square, Shaker Heights, the RTA, Nickel Plate RR and more. Buy this book for the crystal-clear B&W modern photographs and read it like an adventure novel, or put it on the coffee table and get sucked into the details of our illustrious past." | Toni recommends Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me by Harvey Pekar. "Cleveland's greatest observer of everyday life (mostly via American Splendor) delivered a final posthumous volume that is a personal, emotional, intellectual grappling with Jewish identity and what to make of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Like having a deep conversation with a smart, self-effacing, and charmingly cantankerous friend." | Wendy recommends A Stranger in the Citadel by Tobias Buckell. "In a society where books and reading are forbidden, and librarians are sentenced to death, the young daughter of the ruler must reconcile her obedience and her curiosity when she is confronted with a book-toting stranger. Fast-paced and compelling, this book would be appropriate for both teens and young adults who love a good dystopian novel." | Coming next month: For September: Narrative Nonfiction | Thanks for reading,
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