{"id":542,"date":"2012-11-27T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T19:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cuppapulp.com\/?p=542"},"modified":"2012-11-27T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T20:05:17","slug":"a-truly-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cuppapulp.com\/writers\/2012\/11\/27\/a-truly-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"A Truly Grand Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James King, author of Bill Warrington’s Last Chance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last Sunday, November 18, we brought in a few dozen of the best cookies ever, put out some great, big, shiny balloons, and called it a Grand Opening Party\u2014and what a lovely afternoon it was! Readers and writers arrived from throughout the Chestnut Ridge community and beyond to wish us luck, share a bite and a cuppa, and tour the writer\u2019s space and store.<\/p>\n

We were especially delighted that two of our favorite authors came by!<\/p>\n

James King and wife Joanne came down from Connecticut to congratulate us, taking advantage of a lingeringly lovely fall afternoon. James signed a few copies of Bill Warrington\u2019s Last Chance<\/em>, his novel, for us\u2014come and get them!<\/p>\n

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Ed Bieber, author of What Color Is the Wind?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ed Bieber is pictured here pardoning a turkey (albeit a little late\u2026) as the beloved Thurston of Nature Place Day Camp fame. His book, What Color Is the Wind?, <\/em>a nature activity guide for families, has been a Meadowlark bestseller this season. We were thrilled to hear from Ed that What Color Is the Wind?<\/em> has also proven itself a bit of a sleeper hit at the big local chain too\u2014but remember, we carried it first!<\/p>\n

Below is Donna, Cuppa Pulp proprietress, showing off Bill Warrington\u2019s Last Chance<\/em> alongside The Pull of Gravity, <\/em>a middle-grade novel by his friend, Gae Polisner.<\/p>\n

May all of our local writers one day have the thrill of seeing their names printed sideways on the spine of a book at a store!<\/p>\n

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Quality Reading!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course, authors’ names look equally good in the stacks of our local libraries. Not one, but two local librarians\u2014I won’t mention names here, but you know who you are\u2014paid us visits as well. Contrary to popular myth, librarians are among the heartiest of partiers. Ply them with cookies and watch the fun unfold!<\/p>\n

Thank you to all who came out, and thank you for supporting Cuppa Pulp Booksellers and the Writer\u2019s Space! Our most recent blog post is full of thanks, too\u2014please read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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