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MAY EVENTS
Monday, May 12 from 3-5pm and Tuesday, May 13 from 3-5pm
BRANDON MULL
YA author of the Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War.
Saturday, May 17 at 11am at the Clayton Library
MUSICAL EVENT WITH MATTHEW GOLLUB
Multicultural and multilingual musical children's event with children's author, poet and musician Matthew Gollub, as part of the Contra Costa County Library Reading Festival. For more information see: www.matthewgollub.com
Saturday, May 17 at 11am at the Walnut Creek Library (Oak Grove/Ygnacio branch)
DEBORAH LEE ROSE
Children's author Deborah Lee Rose, Into the A, B, Sea, Ocean Babies, and more, as part of the Contra Costa County Library Reading Festival.
Sunday, May 18 at 1pm at the Clayton Library
SHELDON SIEGAL
Saturday, May 17 at 1pm at the Walnut Creek Library (Oak Grove/Ygnacio branch)
LOLLY WINSTON
Author Lolly Winston, to be held at the Oak Grove Branch of the Walnut Creek library.
Thursday, May 22 7pm
CHARLES J. SHIELDS
Thursday May 29 at 3:30
Walter the Giant Storyteller (great for all ages!)
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JUNE EVENTS
Thursday, June 19 at 7pm
CAROL JENSON
Historian and Arcadia author of The California Delta, Byron Hot Springs, and East Contra Costa County.
Saturday, June 28 3pm
RON HANSEN
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FUTURE EVENTS
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Thursday, July 17 7pm
SIMON WOOD & MICHELE GAGNON
Sunday, July 20 at 3pm
ANNE MARSHALL HOMAN
Author of The Morning Side of Mt. Diablo and Historic Livermore, California.
Sunday, July 20 at 3pm
CHARLES ADAMS
Author of Murder by the Bay: Historic Homicide in and around the City of San Francisco
Friday, July 25 7pm
JAMES ROLLINS
Friday, September 19 at Midnight
BOOK RELEASE PARTY
Release event for Brisingr, book #3 of the Eragon/Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini
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CHILDREN'S STORYTIME -
EVERY THURSDAY
We have decided to stay with the 3:30pm afternoon format for some of the children's author events geared towards younger children through 5th grade, and move storytime for 2-6 year old children to Thursdays at 10:30am. Please check our EVENTS Calendar for all of our upcoming children's author programs.
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ROMANCE BOOK CLUB - MAY 20
Our Romance Book Club is back.
NEXT MEETING: May 20 at 7pm
NEXT BOOK: THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
No need to sign up just read the book and show up!
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AMERICAN GIRLS CLUB - MAY 23
Each month we will meet and discuss a new American Girl and share stories and participate in activities. All meetings are Fridays at 7:00pm. These are free events & no reservation is required. Please come join the fun & bring your dolls!
Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 23 at 7pm as we meet Kaya
 Meet Kaya! In 1764, nine-year-old Kaya lives in the traditional homeland of the Nez Perce tribe ... more
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CLAYTON BOOK CLUB -TBD
Every month we will have a book club meeting.
NEXT MEETING: TBD at 7pm
NEXT BOOK:TBD
No need to sign up just read the book and show up!
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NEW BOOK REVIEWS
 CHRISTY'S PICK FOR APRIL
CHANGE OF HEART
by Jodi Picoult
A spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation.
Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? more
MARCY'S PICK
GARDENS OF WATER 
by Alan Drew
Powerful, emotional, and beautifully written, Alan Drew's stunning first novel brings to life two unforgettable families-one Kurdish, one American-and the sacrifice and love that bind them together. more
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NEWS
PAPYRUS STORE-WITHIN-A-STORE
In conjunction with the company Papyrus we are proud to open up the Papyrus 'store-within-a-store' which features greeting cards, boxed cards, decorative gift bags, colored tissue, gift wrapping papers, ribbons and so much more.
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NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
We have also added a new newspaper and magazine rack featuring the best newspapers from around the bay and the country including; The Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, USA Today Sports Weekly, Barron's, The Financial Times and The Clayton Pioneer. We will also carry all of the weekend editions including the New York Times.
Our magazine rack carries over 120 different types of magazines from every genre. Each month we will feature one of them.
MAGAZINE OF THE MONTH
FINE BOOKS & COLLECTIONS
Fine Books & Collections: "....a joyful treat for any book aficionado. A full color magazine that brings you the best from the world of books, maps, manuscripts, and more."
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FEATURED AUTHORS
 PETER S. BEAGLE
After Peter Beagle's time at Stanford had ended, he kicked around the East Coast for a while, before deciding that his heart belonged with Enid in California, and so he and a friend undertook a cross-country motorscooter trip, which would later become the basis of I See By My Outfit. Once he had married Enid and moved in with her and her three children, he supported himself and his family as a freelance writer for years, even after the well-received publication of "The Last Unicorn".
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 ROBERT HASS
ROBERT HASS is a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley and served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress from 1995 to 1997. During his tenure as Poet Laureate, Professor Hass battled illiteracy by putting into action his belief that, "Imagination makes communities." more
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