Frye Festival april 23-28, 2012
Mark your calendars for the 13th annual Northrop Frye Literary Festival in Moncton, N.B. April 23-28, 2012. Tidewater Books is proud to be the festival bookseller.
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Bestsellers
Hardcover Fiction
- Why Men Lie (Linden MacIntyre)
- The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (Alexander McCall Smith)
- A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin)
- Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D'art (Christopher Moore)
- The Cat's Table (Michael Ondaatje)
Paperback Fiction:
- Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
- The Affair (Lee Child)
- The Sisters Brothers (Patrick DeWitt)
- Half Blood Blues (Esi Edugyan)
- A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
Offsite Book Reviews
- Book Review: Cheerage Fearage by Kimberly Dana
- Book Review: Twenty-Two Faces by Judy Byington
- Book Review: The Realms of Animar by Owen Black
- Book Review: Scone Island: An Ike Schwartz Mystery by Frederick Ramsay
- Book Review: Elementary Information Security
- Book Review: The Logic of Chance
- Book Review: Fitness For Geeks
- Book Review: Drupal Intranets With Open Atrium
- Are eBooks Creating New Opportunities for Short Story Writers?
- 5 Free Tools to Convert Files for the Kindle and Other Ebook Readers
- Breaking Down Publisher Guidelines – What a Writer Needs to Know
- Self Publishing: Why You Should Write and Publish Your Book Now
- Jennifer Egan's newest story debuts on Twitter
- David Bezmozgis, Holocaust survivor win lit awards for debuts
- N.B. writer wins regional Commonwealth Book Prize
- Gay superhero to marry partner in Marvel Comics issue
Syndicate
Tidewater Books & The Crofter were “cash mobbed” on Saturday!
Thank you cash mob participants for “mobbing” us on Saturday. What wonderful timing! This time of the year is typically slow for independent retailers and with the impending April storm the event gave us a nice “pick me up” not only in sales but in the feeling that, yes, we’re doing something right by choosing to run an independent retail store in a world dominated by big box stores.
You may not know this but the inventor of cash mobs, Andrew Samtoy, didn’t set out to help independent stores with cash mobs. His motivation was to help people develop (or discover) their leadership skills and these “leaders” would then help build communities by bringing people together face to face. Then the off shoot of that was an opportunity to think about where you spend your money and the impact of that decision on your community.
We know that people are not going to be able to shop local and independent all the time but a cash mob helps to bring attention to the value of local business. How? Well, we’d like to think that our businesses are valuable because they are part of the local economy, providing jobs, services and support for our community’s programming and development through donations of all kinds. Perhaps, most importantly though, is that they provide us all with a way of life that is valuable in helping to make a community. The relationships between the people who visit our stores and ourselves is personal and not likely one you can cultivate at a big box store. (Think how many times you’ve talked about, or been asked about, your children, your pets, your life, etc.. on a visit to a Walmart.) The participants of the cash mob affirmed this “we’re part of our community feeling” for us on Saturday and we are both thankful and ready to help provide this type of affirmation to a fellow business owner in the future.
Thank you to all who participated in the cash mob (and to all those who come to our stores on a regular basis),
Ellen Pickle, Tidewater Books
Heather Gilbert-Patterson, The Crofter
Meet Author Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva
Brunton Auditorium
February 26, 2012. 7:00 pm
Environmental activist, eco-feminist, philosopher, and quantum physicist, Vandana Shiva’s expertise has seemingly no limits. She has become a globally respected activist for grassroots and alter-globalization movements, biodiversity, bioethics, intellectual property rights, and sustainable living campaigns. As part of an Atlantic Canada tour, Vandana Shiva will go beyond the surface issues facing our world and discuss with fellow experts the real heart of the solutions enacted today and what more can be done. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Frye Festival features Jacques Poitras
POP & FRYE with Jacques Poitras – Ties of Common Blood : Stories of Lovers, Friends, Smugglers and Schemers on the New Brunswick-Maine Border
Join us for the 1st event of the season with author and CBC reporter Jacques Poitras on Wednesday, February 1 at 7 pm at Navigator’s in Moncton. Admission is Pay What You Can. Books will be available for purchase.
Pre-Inventory Sale
Join us for our annual pre-inventory sale from Dec 28-31, 2011
20% off all books
25% off all hardcover books
25% off Melissa & Doug toys
30% off calendars and planners
50% off Christmas cards & wrap
Merry Christmas
To all of our wonderful customers, may your holiday season be filled with love, laughter and great books under the Christmas tree.
Thank you for supporting your local independent bookseller.
Midnight Madness on Dec. 9
Friday, December 9th is Midnight Madness in Sackville. Join us from 9am-midnight for 20% off everything in the store. Come meet our special guest, author Sheree Fitch, from 4-5pm as she signs her newest book “There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen”.
Customer Appreciation Sale
Please join us on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 5:30-8pm for our customer appreciation sale. Everything in-store is 20% off, plus look for exta specials. Hot mulled apple cider and christmas sweets will be offered. Thank you for your ongoing support of your local independent bookseller.
Author Event with Harry Thurston
The Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Mount Allison University will co-sponsor an evening with Harry Thurston as he presents his new book “The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History” on Tuesday, Nov 22 at 7pm at the Owens Art Gallery. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Midnight Madness- Nov. 18th
Welcome to Sackville’s 22nd annual midnight madness! Drop by for our amazing sale- 20% off everything in the store! sale runs from 9am to midnight.