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Robert J. Sawyer Book Launch (aka Stealth World Domination*)

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Don’t forget:  tomorrow’s the book launch for Triggers, by Robert J. Sawyer.  That’s Tuesday April 3rd, at The Dominion on Queen, located at 500 Queen St. East.  The party — and events for Rob are always Capital P Parties — gets started at 7pm.  See you there!

*It’s all part of the Bakka Phoenix Plan for World Domination, by way of celebrating the successes of authors who used to work at our store, like Rob.  And Leah.  And Michelle, Cory, Tanya, Nalo, etc.  Okay, yes, it’s a roundabout sort of plan, but we think it’ll work.

Hunting For Something Fun To Do This Weekend?

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Don’t worry:  we’ve got you covered.  On Saturday March 31st you’re invited to the launch of Cheryl Rainfield’s new novel Hunted.

Hunted is about Caitlyn, whose illegal Paranormal ability to hear thoughts could get her killed.  She tries to hide, to blend in, to be Normal.  But how can you live if you can’t be yourself?

We”ll have refreshments, and door prizes, and even a psychic!  Please join us at 4pm, right here at the store.

All The Parties In All The Land

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

That, my friends, was what you call a party.  We rocked the casbah last night with Leah Bobet.  And we’re not done yet.

Tomorrow, Saturday March 24th, we’ll celebrate the launch of Who Is The Doctor, by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?.  If you love Doctor Who (or parties, for that matter), join us here at the store for an afternoon of cookies, conversation, and Whovian geekery of the finest kind.

Don’t Forget!

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

There’s a party going on tonight, and you’re invited.  We’re celebrating the launch of Above, the spectacular new YA novel by Bakka-Phoenix alum Leah Bobet.  Join us at Hotel Ocho, 195 Spadina Ave (just north of Queen) at 8pm.

It’s going to be an amazing evening, but it’ll be even better if you come.  Yes, you!

 

Word of the Day

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Amnovelence
Def: holding two simultaneous, opposite opinions as pertains to books.  For instance:

“I should get off this burning bus.” AND “But I’m ALMOST FINISHED!”

New Releases Post II (The Quickening)

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Hardcover
Above, Leah Bobet
Fair Game, Patricia Briggs
Rising Thunder, David Weber
Intruder, C.J. Cherryh
Under My Skin, Charles de Lint
Emperor Mollusk vs The Sinister Brain, A. Lee Martinez
Crucible of Gold, Naomi Novik
Bridge of Dreams, Anne Bishiop
Illusion, Frank Peretti
Mirage, Matt Ruff
Arctic Rising, Tobias S. Buckell
Living Proof, Kira Peikoff
Scar, Sergey & Marina Dyachenko
Songs of the Earth, Elspeth Cooper
Ashes of Candesce, Karl Schroeder
Grantville Gazette VI, Eric Flint, ed.
Wolf Gift, Anne Rice
Touchstone, Melanie Rawn
Partials, Dan Wells
Thief’s Covenant, Ari Marmell
Echoes of Betrayal, Elizabeth Moon

 

New Books

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

We have so many new books to post that decided to break the list into three parts.  First up:

Mass Market
Discount Armageddon, Seanan McGuire
Nightborn, Lynn Viehl
Doubletake, Rob Thurman
Betrayer, C.J. Cherryh
Twilight’s Dawn, Anne Bishop
Fated, Benedict Jacka
Timeless, Gail Carriger
Don’t Kill the Messenger, Eileen Rendahl
Crippled God, Steven Erikson
Exogene, T.C. McCarthy
Dead Harvest, Chris F. Holm
How To Be Death, Amber Benson
Kingdom Beseiged, Raymond E. Feist
Singularity, Ian Douglas
Black Howl, Christina Henry
Overkill, Robert Buettner
Kings of Morning, Paul Kearney
Shadow Chaser, Alexey Pehov
Gravity Pilot, M.M. Buckner
Burn Me Deadly, Alex Bledsoe
Vortex, Robert Charles Wilson
White-Luck Warrior, R. Scott Bakker
Darkening Skies, Juliet E. McKenna

TRIGGERS

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Robert J. Sawyer has a new book!  And we get to launch it!

A new Sawyer book is always a major event.  Seriously:  it’s like party central.  So please, join us at the Dominion on Queen (500 Queen St. East) on Tuesday April 3rd, at 7pm.

Get HUNTED

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Caitlyn can hear thoughts and sense emotions.  She’s a Paranormal, which is illegal, and means she and her mother are on the run.  But hard to know how to live when you can’t be yourself.  That’s the basis of Hunted, the new novel by Cheryl Rainfield, which we’ll launch here at the store on Saturday March 31st.   The event will start at 4pm, which is a little later than normal, but otherwise it’ll be just like usual:  tasty treats, good conversation, and an author with a great new book.

Who Is The Doctor?

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

That, of course, is the question.  Dr. Who fans, take note!  On Saturday March 24th, you can explore the answer to that question with authors and editors Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?  At 3pm, they’ll launch their newest book, Who Is the Doctor, right here at the store.  Join us for some good old fashioned Whovian goodness.