Wed: 10am-9pm
Thu, Fri, Sat: 10am-10pm
Sun: 12pm-6pm
Upcoming Events at Rock Point Books (January 2010)
The Children's Reading Hour will be CANCELLED and the store will be closed. Enjoy your holiday.
The Multicultural Literature Book Club features books written by ethnic-American authors and works in translation as decided by the participants. This book club is for all those who enjoy exploring a diversity of cultures through reading and discussion.
In January, the MLBC will discuss The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.
Born in the dark heart of India , Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize and sold in at least sixteen countries around the world, The White Tiger is Adiga's startling, provocative debut -- a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.
Each month's selected title is available at Rock Point Books to participating members at a discount of 10% off of the regular price.
The MLBC meets on the second Wednesday of each month. This book club is open to the public and free to join at any time. For more information about the club or to express your interest in joining, please contact Abbie Tilley at MulticulturalLit@att.net.
This week Peter Pan and Wendy from Humble Swan Productions will be here to perform select songs from the musical!! There will also be a fun activity!
Humble Swan Productions was co-founded by Jonathan Humble and is the resident theater company of the Tivoli. Peter Pan will be playing March 13-20 this year!
Parents, you are invited to bring your children down for FUN FRIDAYS, our reading hour for children of all ages. We will be partnering with organizations such as Read 20, Chattanooga Ballet, Chattanooga Police Department, and more to bring you a fun hour of reading paired with an activity. Whether we color, dance, or meet an animal (turtles, snakes, opossums, etc.), we will have FUN!
The C.S. Lewis Society will embark on discussing Lewis's Space Trilogy over the next few months. This month they will discuss Out of the Silent Planet.
The C. S. Lewis Society of Chattanooga has been in existence for almost 3 years. Their mission is to bring together people in the local area who share a special admiration and love and an active interest in the work of C.S. Lewis. In addition, they hope to sharpen each others' minds and build one another up in the Christian faith through the reading and discussion of the works of C. S. Lewis. Lastly, they work to establish and maintain communication with other Societies which are similarly engaged in promoting the spirit of the life and work of C. S. Lewis.
This event is free and open to the public. The C. S. Lewis Society has a new website; you might want to check it out: www.cslewischattanooga.org
Written between 1837 and 1843, Lost Illusions reveals, perhaps better than any other of Balzac's ninety-two novels, the nature and scope of his genius. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angoulême who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait of provincial manners and aristocratic life.
Each month's selected title is available at Rock Point Books to participating members at a discount of 10% off of the regular price.
On the third Tuesday of each month, the CLBC will review and examine a literary classic.The Classic Literature Book Club is free to join and open to the public. Join anytime. For more information about this book club, please contact Joel Swanson at (423) 432-8579 or e-mail bookclub.classics@gmail.com.
About the Book: "The Delaney Kids: Bought and Paid For is the documentary of a personal journey of discovery -- the discovery of family, of a culture, and of self. This is the heart rending tale of three siblings who were separated by a black market baby ring that, operating under state sanction as the Tennessee Children's Home Society, stole and sold more than five thousand babies from impoverished families. This is the heart warming tale of how these three siblings found each other after fifty years. This true story examines nature versus nurture, asks the big questions about the meaning of life and death, and explores what it means to turn Irish. The Delaney Kids is essential reading for anyone interested in adoption, in Southern history, in the Irish experience in America, in existential discovery, and especially for anyone who has a heart."
About the Author: John Standridge, M.D., is a professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga. He is the program director for the geriatric medicine residency and is the medical director for both the Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, and the Alexian Health Care Center. Dr. Standridge is the author of more than 40 scientific publications. He and his wife, Lynna Ruth, and their beagle, Molly McGuire Delaney, reside in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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About Earl Braggs: Earl S. Braggs is a UC Foundation/Battle Professor. He is the author of six collections of poetry, including his latest Younger Than Neil, and HATS, a chapbook. Hat Dancer Blue won the 1992 Anhinga Poetry Prize. In 1995, he won the Jack Kerouac Literary Prize for a chapter from his yet to be published novel Looking For Jack Kerouac.
About Matt Urmy: Born in New York City, but raised in Music City, Matt Urmy walks in the footsteps of many traditions, where poetry, music, and the healing arts are all connected. A troubadour spirit, performer and composer, he has two independent album releases, and a published book of poetry. At his performances he weaves spoken word poetry into his folk-blues style of storytelling and singing. His music has been described as some of the very best Americana being made today.
About Andrew Najberg: Andrew Najberg is a lecturer in English for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His chapbook of poems Easy to Lose was published by Finishing Line Press in Fall 2007, and his work has appeared in various journals and anthologies including Louisville Review, Bat City Review, New Millenium Writings and the upcoming issue of Artful Dodge. He is currently concluding the composition of a full length collection of poems entitled How To Sever your Shadow.