Bookclub Event

Local author and winner of the Colorado Book Award, Dyana Furmansky will join us at Town of Vail Public Library to discuss her book Rosalie Edge: Hawk of Mercy.

This is a FREE event!

 

Our region is home to many accomplished authors and now The Bookworm is giving you the chance to get to know them. Come by for an evening we have put together to showcase a few of our local authors.

Participants in CMC's Women's Writing Workshop will give a live reading of their original work. Come out and support our first-time local women writers.

Join us for another FREE author event at Avon Public Library. Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with speak with us about his inspiring story of perseverance and determination to make a positive difference in the world. 

In Uganda, where HIV / AIDS has affected almost a third of the adult population, almost two million children have been orphaned by the epidemic—including the nieces and nephews of Twesigye Jackson Kaguri.

The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with Susan Urbanek Linville, is the story of the building of an extraordinary school for these orphans and the astonishing effort by one man to raise an entire community out of poverty and hopelessness.  Weaving together stories that illuminate key life-changing moments in Jackson’s youth with the remarkable account of the challenges he faces as he overcomes countless complications in building the school, THE PRICE OF STONES is an unforgettable page-turner that demonstrates that one person with a dream can change lives and make the world a better place.

In 2001, Jackson—having left for the United States to continue his education—returns to visit his family in Uganda with his wife.  Having lost two siblings to AIDS, Jackson is particularly moved by the plight of the thousands of children in his district, orphaned by the disease and shunned by superstitious villagers fearful of “contamination.”  He and his wife Beronda vow to open the first tuition-free school for these orphans, despite the opposition of a domineering father, the difficulty of procuring supplies in rural Uganda and the corruption of local officials.  With the help of a multitude of supporters in America, Canada and Uganda and the sustenance of their religious conviction, Jackson and Beronda doggedly build a school, one room at a time.

Today, Nyaka School, www.nyakaschool.org, provides education, meals, healthcare, and often homes to 407 students.  Jackson, with an amazing vision, a shoestring budget, and unbelievable persistence in fundraising, has created programs for clean, gravity-fed water systems for the school and the town; a Grannies program to help the grandmothers who are often left to raise their grandchildren; a vocational training program; a farm to feed the schoolchildren and their sponsor families; and a second school, Kutamba, in a nearby district.  Jackson has also raised money to sponsor all students who graduate from Nyaka School as they continue their education at costly secondary schools in Uganda.

 

The Bookworm continues it’s Live at the Library series with a visit from author, Allison Amend.

Dramatic and lyrical, Allison Amend’s first novel, Stations West, is steeped in the history and lore of the Oklahoma Territory. Amend tells an unforgettable multigenerational—and very American—story of Jewish pioneers, their adopted family, and the challenges they face.

Darrin Strauss, the author of Eng and Chang, calls Amend’s book “a super-readable, super-smart debut novel that comes just when we need it most.  It’s the most vigorous, passionate, and enjoyable foray into America that I’ve read in a long time.”  And Hannah Tinti, author of Animal Crackers, says that “Alison Amend possesses the rare gift of being able to fully transport her readers to an uncharted land.  Her version of nascent Oklahoma reshapes the mythology of the Old West, telling an enthralling family story that reveals the role of Jews in shaping the American frontier.”

This event is FREE and open to the public! Invite the girls and make it the perfect book club night out!

A Place at Carlotta's Table: Education and Civil Rights - Keys to Economic Self-Sufficiency 
Presented by The Club at Cordillera

The Women's Foundation of Colorado Luncheon and Silent Auction at The Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa.
Hosted by the WFCO Vail Valley Regional Steering Committee

For information and tickets visit www.wfco.org or call 800-847-6036

The guest speaker for this highly anticipated event will be Carlotta Walls Lanier, author of A Mighty Long Way.

In 1957, at age 14, Carlotta Walls LaNier and eight other students integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas and became known as one of the Little Rock Nine. Violent opposition threatened their safety and motivated president Dwight D. Eisenhower to dispatch the Army's 101st Airborne Division to protect their constitutional rights. In 1999, President Bill Clinton and members of Congress bestowed upon LaNier and her fellow students the nation's highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal, for their personal sacrifice and contribution to the cause of equality. In 1998 she received an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, University of Northern Colorado, was named a "Woman of Distinction" by the Girl Scouts in 2000 and inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2004. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of Northern Colorado.

We were all so sad to have to cancel our event with Mark Spragg due to a chance March snow storm. But, not to worry, summer is here and he is coming back! And, since August is customer appreciation month here at The Bookworm, your ticket to meet Mark Spragg is on the house! This event is FREE!

Mark Spragg first visited the Vail Valley six years ago, and we are excited to have him return for an event at The Bookworm. His memoir, Where Rivers Change Direction, is Nicole's personal favorite, and she has us all hooked on his fiction as well.

In his newest novel, Bone Fire, Spragg brings us back to the small Wyoming town of Ishawooa, and the characters we have all come to know and love from An Unfinished Life and Fruit of Stone. Spragg's story of the modern west is stunning, stark, and tinged with humor.

Don't miss this chance to meet one of our favorite authors!

Alpine Arts Center and The Bookworm are pairing up for this wonderful evening of art and literature.  "Broken For You" by Stephanie Kallos is described as "funny, heartbreaking and alive with a potpourri of eccentric and irresistible characters" and the story illustrates the amazing qualities of mosaics as an art form. 

 

After reading this novel, you will have the opportunity to create your own mosaics at Alpine Arts Center and be able to share this experience with other readers!  We will meet from 7-9pm, and at the end of the evening you will have your own mosaic to take home with you, and hopefully a new appreciation for the book as well!

 

Register online; the workshop is $30. All mosaics materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring any sentimental items that can be incorporated into your mosaics for a personal touch.

 

Instructor: Lauren Merrill

 

The Bookworm also invites you to enjoy specials from their cafe on the evening of the book club, so stop by for a bite to eat or drink before the event.

 

 

Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival presents the M5 Brass Quintet LIVE on the Bookworm patio.

This event is FREE and open to the public. 10% of today's book sales will be donated to Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.

Visit www.vailmusicfestival.org for a full listing of Bravo! performances in the Vail Valley!

Those Who Save Us has been a huge book club favorite here in the Vail Valley for years, and now we have a new novel from Jenna Blum to look forward to. In The Stormchasers Blum turns her sights to a more contemporary exploration of family relationships in a novel that tackles the mystery and power of the love and loyalty between twins. Grab on to this chance to meet one of our favorite authors.