Meet local author James Levine discussing "The Blue Notebook"

Jame Levine, local author and Mayo Clinic physician, will discuss his book, The Blue Notebook, on Wednesday, July 21 at noon at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis.

The book is based on his experience in Mumbai, India where he visited the infamous Mumbai “Street of Cages” where the child prostitutes are kept caged. Levine interviewed their keepers as well as several of the young girls and boys—including one young girl he noticed writing in a notebook. The Blue Notebook is the unforgettable story as imagined by Levine about a precocious teen, who despite literacy and education, is sold into sexual slavery by her father. The Blue Notebook is powerfully told in her voice through the words in her journal where she finds hope, beauty, and humor in the bleakest circumstances.

Levine will sign copies of his book following the discussion. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, or to order a signed copy visit www.bookstore.umn.edu/genref/authors.html.

It's time to get into the garden!

It's summer and time to spend some much-earned time outside! To celebrate this great time of year the U of M Bookstores are hosting our annual gardening book sale. Stop by our location in Coffman Memorial Union on June 15-20 and save 25% on all of our in-stock gardening titles.

We've got hundreds of gardening titles for all ages and interests—including a super selection of titles featuring Minnesota, Wisconsin and Midwest gardening. We hope this offer will help you plant some new ideas this summer.

Questions? Looking for something special? Let us know. We're here to help!

National Children's Book Week

The University of Minnesota Bookstores are excited to celebrate National Children's Book Week with a special 25% savings on all of our in-stock children's titles. (Savings good through Saturday, May 16!)

Stop by and check out our wide variety of titles for the young and the young at heart including classics, award-winners and fun new arrivals.

If you are interested in learning more about our featured books and special sale events simply subscribe to our "Book Lovers" list from this link.

Looking Forward to Fall?

Fall Author Tours
It's always a bit exciting when the grids arrive from the publishers with their fall author tour information. We're always a bit excited and a bit apprehensive to see how many authors they are (or are not) sending to the Twin Cities. This season it looks like the metropolitan area fared pretty well--thank in big part to the many book lovers in the metro area. If you'd like more information on our upcoming author events we invite you to subscribe to our author e-news at www.bookstore.umn.edu and enter your e-mail address and select "author news." We'll send you advance information on the authors we are hosting—and your e-mail address is safe with us.

University of Minnesota Bookstore

The University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union is excited to host best-selling author Simon Winchester tonight (Monday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m.) as he discusses his book "The Man Who Loved China." You won't want to miss the opportunity to hear this incredible author discuss his work. Even better yet--the event is free. Stop by and check it out.