This happens every year. I participated last year at Left Bank Books and I’m going to do so this year.
Here is the relevant page.
Local authors, personally selling favorite titles to walk-in customers. Of course we’ll be selling our own, but we have all chosen a handful of personal favorites to suggest. And if you can’t take a writer’s opinion about what is good writing, then who can you trust?
This is an opportunity to come in and meet, in a less formal setting, some local authors, chat, one-on-one, and boost local business. Look at the line up we have this year. Ridley Pearson, Eric Lundgren, Curtis Sittenfeld, Antony John, Heather Brewer, Michael Kahn. (Me.) St. Louis has a wealth of auctorial talent.
I’m putting this out there because I would really appreciate a turn-out. Come in and get some early Christmas shopping done. Tell your friends you chose this title or that at the recommendation of an author of your acquaintance.
While you’re there, I can tell you about a couple of things coming up that I’m involved with. I’m starting up a reading group, hosted by the store. First meeting will be January 4th, a sort of let’s-get-together-and-meet before the book discussions start up. I’d like to tell you about that.
I’d also like to tell you about my forthcoming projects (and yes, I will be posting about them here, but a little face time would be good, don’t you think?) and of course I’d love to tell you about the books I’ll be promoting on the day.
So this is notice for my readers nearby, in the St. Louis area: The 30th of November, the Central West End location of Left Bank Books, between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Come in, meet an author, buy some books. I’d love to see some of my friends, my casual readers, even—dare I suggest it?—some of my fans (if I have any). It will be fun and we can talk books.
Okay? We’re good? You’ll show up? Great.