Lots on exciting new books on sale the first Tuesday of February.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100210T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100210T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeffrey-siger-signs-assassins-athens URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeffrey-siger-signs-assassins-athens SUMMARY:Jeffrey Siger signs ASSASSINS OF ATHENS DESCRIPTION:Publishers Weekly’s review of Assassins of Athens begins\, “Beware of Greeks bearing grudges\, especially when they’re as rich\, resourceful and ruthless as the killers who dog Athens Chief Insp. Andreas Kaldis in Siger’s speedboat-paced second mystery.” Jeffrey Siger\, who introduced Kaldis in last year’s popular Murder in Mykonos\, which is a best-selling thriller in several countries\, including Greece\, returns to MG on Tuesday\, February 9\, at 7\:00 PM.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T193000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T213000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ladies-lunch-and-literacy-welcomes-beth-hoffman-manhattan-beach URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ladies-lunch-and-literacy-welcomes-beth-hoffman-manhattan-beach SUMMARY:Ladies\, Lunch\, and Literacy Welcomes Beth Hoffman to Manhattan Beach DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, February 12 when we welcome debut author Beth Hoffman to Manhattan Beach with her warm and wonderful first novel\, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. The invitation for this event can be found at the bottom of this page (in pdf format).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100215T050000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/24th-annual-southern-california-writers-conference-san-diego URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/24th-annual-southern-california-writers-conference-san-diego SUMMARY:24th Annual Southern California Writers' Conference -- San Diego DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kelli-stanley-signs-city-dragons URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kelli-stanley-signs-city-dragons SUMMARY:Kelli Stanley signs CITY OF DRAGONS DESCRIPTION:Bruce Alexander Award Winner Kelli Stanley’s new novel\, City of Dragons\, earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly\, which descried it as a “stunner.” Kelli transports readers back 70 years to San Francisco’s celebration in February 1940. As private investigator\, Spanish Civil War nurse and ex-escort Miranda Corbie watches the Rice Bowl Party festivities\, she witnesses the murder of a young man.
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MG offers an afternoon of chills and horror and fiction as commentary
with a duo of authors on Saturday\, February 13\, at 2\:00 PM. Publisher and author Cody Goodfellow will discuss his new collection\, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
(not the conspiracy theory document). Cody’s literary contemporary
horror regularly receives acclaim This compilation of 15 short stories\,
mostly set in the familiar environs of Southern CA\, includes tales of
MG offers an afternoon of chills and horror and fiction as commentary with a duo of authors on Saturday\, February 13\, at 2\:00 PM. Multiple award-winner Michael Shea has two recent books\, Hollywood satire novel\, The Extra\, and Lovecraftian story collection\, Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales. The Extra is the first in a trilogy\, expanded from his short story of the same name.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/our-valentines-day-event-joan-brady-and-ghost-mt-soledad URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/our-valentines-day-event-joan-brady-and-ghost-mt-soledad SUMMARY:Our Valentine's Day Event with Joan Brady and THE GHOST OF MT SOLEDAD DESCRIPTION:Love is in the air when best-selling romance author Joan Brady visits for a Valentine’s Day book-signing of her mystical new love story\, The Ghost of Mt. Soledad. Opera Patisserie will be providing some of their delicious French pastries to sweeten the deal\, and beverages will be available! Joan’s best-selling debut novel\, God on a Harley\, is familiar to many locals.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/special-one-book-one-san-diego-event URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/special-one-book-one-san-diego-event SUMMARY:A Special One Book One San Diego Event DESCRIPTION:Warren St. John\, the author of Outcasts United\, will appear at Isabel's Cantina with special guests from the International Rescue Committee\, San Diego.
MG is presenting this event along with fellow local independent booksellers Warwick's\, Book Works\, and Yellow Book Road.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kate-carlisle-signs-if-books-could-kill URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/kate-carlisle-signs-if-books-could-kill SUMMARY:Kate Carlisle signs IF BOOKS COULD KILL DESCRIPTION:Mystery readers are also book lovers\, unsurprisingly\, and now have a second Bibliophile Mystery\, If Books Could Kill\, to add to their shelves. Last year’s debut\, Homicide in Hardcover\, found San Francisco rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright using her specialized knowledge to help solve the murder of her mentor. Brooklyn travels to Scotland for a week at the prestigious Edinburgh Book Fair\, neither expecting to run into her old flame\, Kyle\, nor anticipating that the centuries old controversial manuscript he possesses may be the key to his murder.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-february-23 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-february-23 SUMMARY:New Books on sale February 23 DESCRIPTION:New books on sale on the last Tuesday of February including one from MG Co-Owner\, Jeff Mariotte.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T043000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/amber-benson-signs-cats-claw URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/amber-benson-signs-cats-claw SUMMARY:Amber Benson signs CAT'S CLAW DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100226T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T230000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/condor-xvii URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/condor-xvii SUMMARY:ConDor XVII DESCRIPTION:San Diego’s longest running Science Fiction convention welcomes author Guest of Honor C.J. Cherryh (Cyteen\, Downbelow Station). The convention will take place at Mission Valley’s Handlery Hotel from Friday\, February 26 through Sunday\, February 28. Mysterious Galaxy will be in our traditional location in the Dealer’s Room. More information on Nancy Holder\, Chris Marie Green\, P.J.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T103147Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T233000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/joanne-fluke-signs-apple-turnover-murder URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/joanne-fluke-signs-apple-turnover-murder SUMMARY:Joanne Fluke signs APPLE TURNOVER MURDER DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 27\, at 2\:00 PM\, Joanne Fluke returns to MG\, bringing with her a bit of Midwestern murder and mayhem – and chocolate chip cookies! It may not quite be spring in Southern CA\, but it’s summer in Hannah Swensen’s Minnesota\, and the town is bustling with activity in Apple Turnover Murder. The residents of Lake Eden are preparing for a charitable event – not only does The Cookie Jar need to provide goodies for the event\, but also Hannah has been persuaded to act as a stage magician’s assistant.
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