Celebrate Indie Bookselling in NYC!
Kick Off Party for
Independent Bookstore Week NYC
November 11, 2009
at powerHouse Arena
7-10 PM

Schedule:
7 PM
Reception (wine and/or beer and light snacks)
Live music by Mark Ettinger

7:30 PM
Brief remarks from local writers on independent bookselling in NYC
Kurt Andersen (Reset and Heyday)
Michael Greenberg (Hurry Down Sunshine and Beg, Borrow Steal)
Jennifer Egan (The Keep, The Invisible Circus and Look at Me)
Josh Neufeld (A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge)
Sharon Zukin (Naked City, The Cultures of Cities, Point of Purchase)
John Sargent, CEO, Macmillan

9:00 PM
Performance by Brooklyn’s own Jones Street Station

9:45 PM
Raffle Drawing

Prizes include books and a special signed edition of the poster
created by Bruce McCall for this event.
Books by the featured authors will be on sale throughout the evening.
Posters (signed and unsigned) will be available as well as IBNYC totes.
There will be a selection of book and book-related giveaways donated by the publishers.
Suggested donation at the door of $10 to benefit The Independent Booksellers of NYC (IBNYC)