Category: Author Events

June 1, 2010

Has Obama averted a new Cold War with Russia? Stephen Cohen weighs in.

At a recent talk at the Carnegie Council, Stephen Cohen, author of Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War, discussed some of the key features of his book as well as assessing Obama’s policy toward...

May 19, 2010

Keri Walsh to Discuss Sylvia Beach's Letters at Bluestockings

The great NYC bookstore Bluestockings will be hosting an event tonight at 7 pm with Keri Walsh the editor of The Letters of Sylvia Beach. Walsh’s appearance to talk about the legendary Parisian bookstore owner and publisher of James Joyce,...

March 9, 2010

Billy Collins and David Allen Sibley discuss Bright Wings

In anticipation of tomorrow’s reading from Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds the American Museum of Natural History, the museum’s Web site has posted interviews with the book’s editor Billy Collins and illustrator David Allen Sibley. Collins...

February 16, 2010

Interview with Sophie Richardson, author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

The following is an interview with Sophie Richardson, author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Question: What are the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence? Are they really still relevant to China’s leaders, especially given that the...

November 10, 2009

Isabella Rossellini joins the Talbots to discuss The New Yorker Theater

The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies by Toby Talbot was just reviewed in The East Hampton Star, which said the book “will certainly appeal to film buffs, to New Yorkers, and to celebrity...

October 29, 2009

Event: R. Glenn Hubbard and others on development in Africa

Later today, R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan, author of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, will be joined with others in a community forum on African aid and development. The event will be on the campus of...

October 8, 2009

Toby Talbot at the Hamptons International Film Festival

The Hamptons International Film Festival kicks off today and continues through the Columbus Day weekend. Some of the highlights for this year’s festival includes the U.S. premier of Heath Ledger’s last film The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. Among the many...

October 1, 2009

Have dinner with Andre (and Toby Talbot)

For those in New York City (and sorry for the short notice), there is a great event tonight at the New York Film Festival surrounding Toby Talbot’s new book The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at...

September 11, 2009

Gastropolis at the Brooklyn Book Festival

The Brooklyn Book Festival, one of the best, most interesting and most fun literary events in New York City is happening on Sunday (September 13.) The event is from 10:00 am to 6 pm in Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza....

July 9, 2009

Southern Fried Molecular Gastronomy

Noted French chef and chemist (and inspiration to Keanu Reeves), is coming to North Carolina for a unique collaboration between him and folk musicians Al Petteway and Amy White. The program, entitled Note-by-Note Cuisine will be held at Mars Hill...

May 20, 2009

Interview and Author Event with Stephen Phillips, Author of Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth

15.8 million people in America now practice yoga according to a recent survey done by Yoga Journal. Most of us are familiar with the mats, the apparel, and basic asanas (such as Downward Facing Dog or the Corpse Pose) but...

April 6, 2009

I Speak of the City Poetry Reading at the Tenement Museum

The Tenement Museum will be having a special reading with Stephen Wolf, editor of I Speak of the City: Poems of New York. This is becoming an annual event to celebrate National Poetry Month and Wolf will be joined by...