Upcoming Watermark Events:

 

 

Weekly Story Time!

10:30 Tuesday Mornings

 

Watermark hosts children and parents each week for picture-book story time.

 

Children should be of pre-school age & accompanied by an adult. Come enjoy!

Watermark hosts visits from a wide range of national and local authors and the store sponsors many outstanding book clubs. Look below for dates, event descriptions, and club meeting times.

 

To see photos from select recent events, check out our MySpace page.

 

If you have questions about any event, or you would like to to reserve books for author appearance or book clubs, please call (316) 682-1181.

 

 

 

March 2010

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 9. Classic Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The classic book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month. The group is led by Marilyn Parrish and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

Passenger to Tehran by Vita Sackville-West.

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 10. Proust Challenge, Part I. 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Watermark's Spring Challenge will focus on Swann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's singular novel In Search of Lost Time (also called Remembrance of Things Past).

 

The Watermark Challenge is an opportunity for diverse readers to delve into great works of literature, explore the lives of major authors, and enjoy lively discussions.

 

This first session will feature a talk on Proust's life and his views on fiction followed by a rousing group discussion.

The Watermark Challenge is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

Read more about the Watermark Challenge

 

 

 

 

Friday, March 12. Watermark's KMUW Literary Feast. 7:00 p.m.

Our monthly dinner-and-book discussion series is the most delicious book club in town! Come enjoy appetizers, a gourmet dinner, dessert, coffee, and a rousing roundtable discussion of a major new book on the second Friday of each month.

 

Tickets are available in the bookstore or by calling (316) 682-1181. Places are limited; we recommend purchasing early.

 

This month's book is:

Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers.

 

Read more about the book and author on the KMUW FM 89.1 Web site: http://www.kmuw.org/index.php/pg/literary_feasts/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, March 13. Mike's Adventure Packs Book Launch. 10:30 a.m.

Local publisher, Salzman Books, is launching a series of Adverture Packs! These are great travel guides for the younger globetrotters... or for those who want to travel from their armchair. It's a great educational activity series.

 

Currently available are guides to France or Germany... or you can tour all seven continents with The Adventure Guide!

 

Come and help the Salzmans launch the book series at Watermark!

 

Visit Adventure Packs on-line

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 16. Watermark Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

This book club reads general fiction & non-fiction and meets the third Tuesday of each month. This group doesn’t have a spiffy title because it is Watermark's original book club.

 

The group is led by Beth Golay.

 

This month's book is The White Mary by Kira Salak.

 

 

Wednesday, March 17. Shakespeare Aloud. 5:30 p.m.

This reading group meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. to read Shakespeare's works aloud together for an hour. No experience or skill is required. The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

On this date, the group will read The Jew of Malta by Shakespeare's contemporary playwright Christopher Marlowe.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 17. Vampires Anonymous. 6:30 p.m.

This is a book club with a bite! All that's required to join is a special interest in reading book in the genre of undead, supernatural, and paranormal fiction.

 

The group is led by Colleen McGee.

 

This month's book will be:

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison.

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, March 18. Bonnie Tharp reading & signing. 7:00 p.m.

Bonnie Tharp will come to Watermark to read and sign her new book Feisty Family Values, available February 17.

 

Set in an elegant home in Wichita's Riverside neighborhood, this new novel follows an older widow and her best friend as their once-routine lives are surprised and disrupted by the arrival of a desperate cousin and her three needy children. It's a story of family togetherness, household strife, and blooming romances.

 

 

Saturday, March 20. Zoo Animal Storytime. 10:00 a.m.

Watermark and the Sedgwick County Zoo team up for Saturday Animal Story Time! Join us the third Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Watermark. We'll have children’s stories, themed books for sale, and live animals. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

 

This month's animal: Dumbo rat!

 

 

 

Saturday, March 20. The Crowsons! 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month to hear the Crowsons play their trademark acoustical bluegrassical music in the Watermark Café.

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, March 21. Matthew Sage Book Signing. 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Matthew Sage will be at Watermark to sign copies of his new book, Secrets of an Ageless Journey.

 

Moving between 1997 and 1915, this illustrated novel tells how teenaged Sarah discovers an ancestor's lost journal on her family's ranch and so begins an adventure that takes her back along her family line and introduces her to a world unseen and unknown to settlers but familiar to the American Indians who once inhabited the area.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 23. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

The Size of My World by Joan Silber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 24. Proust Challenge, Part II. 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Watermark's Spring Challenge will focus on Swann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's singular novel In Search of Lost Time (also called Remembrance of Things Past).

 

The Watermark Challenge is an opportunity for diverse readers to delve into great works of literature, explore the lives of major authors, and enjoy lively discussions.

 

In this second session, we'll dive into the early chapters of the book and examine the experience of reading Proust's characteristic prose--digressive, ruminative, and allusive. 

 

Read up through: "Part I: Combray."

 

The Watermark Challenge is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

Read more about the Watermark Challenge

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 24. Spanish Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

This group reads and discusses literature in Spanish.

To see the group's past selections, go here: Spanish Book Club

This month's book will be:

La Quinta Montana by Paulo Coelho.

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, March 28. Katie Funke Wiebe genealogy presentation & book signing. 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Local writer and memoirist Katie Funke Wiebe will give an instructive talk on researching and writing your family history based on her newest non-fiction book:

How to Write Your Personal or Family History.

 

Katie is the author of the memoirs You Never Gave Me a Name, The Store-Keeper's Daughter, Border Crossings, and more available at Watermark. Please call (316) 682-1181 to reserve copies of her books.

 

 

 

April 2010

 

Saturday, April 3. Northeast Magnet High School Library In-store Book Fair.

Stop by anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to participate in this book fair! Mention Northeast Magnet High School Library when you make your book purchase, and 20% of your book purchase goes to the library!

 

To find out how to have your own book fair at Watermark, contact Beth Golay via e-mail or call her at (316) 682-1181.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, April 5. French Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

Join the French Book club! They read & discuss books in French. This group meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement “Author Autograph Gallery.” The group is led by Dr. Brigitte Roussel, who is an Associate Professor of French at WSU where she teaches courses of French literature. She coordinates the exchange program between WSU and the University of Orleans in France, and she is involved in the Sister Cities partnership as well. The club is open to all.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the

French Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

Une si longue lettre by Mariama Ba.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 6. Mystery Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

This mystery-lovin’ group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement meeting room. The club is led by Melody Robinson and is open to all.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the

Mystery Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 6. Andrew Clements reading & signing. 6:00 p.m.

Acclaimed bestselling children's writer Andrew Clements (author of Frindle) will come to Watermark on a tour launching his new series for readers ages 9 to 12:

 

Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School:

We the Children.

 

 

To pre-order books or to have copies held and signed for you, please call Watermark at (316) 682-1181.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 7. Shakespeare Aloud. 5:30 p.m.

This reading group meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. to read Shakespeare's works aloud together for an hour. No experience or skill is required. The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

On this date, the group will read The Merchant of Venice.

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 9. Watermark's KMUW Literary Feast. 7:00 p.m.

Our monthly dinner-and-book discussion series is the most delicious book club in town! Come enjoy appetizers, a gourmet dinner, dessert, coffee, and a rousing roundtable discussion of a major new book on the second Friday of each month.

 

Tickets are available in the bookstore or by calling (316) 682-1181. Places are limited; we recommend purchasing early.

 

This month's book is:

Just Kids by Patti Smith.

 

Read more about the book and author on the KMUW FM 89.1 Web site: http://www.kmuw.org/index.php/pg/literary_feasts/

 

 

 

Sunday, April 11.  People of Faith for Peace: Stones into Schools book discussion. 2:00-3:30 p.m.

This Sunday-afternoon book discussion is co-sponsored with the interfaith group People of Faith for Peace. It is an open public conversation and involves local high-school and university students and any interest

 

We'll delve into the ideas and experiences of Dr. Greg Mortenson (author of Three Cups of Tea), whose story and mission aim to involve Americans and other Westerners in promoting education opportunities for rural children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

 

The discussion will be led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, April 12. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

Love Stories in This Town by Amanda Eyre Ward.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 13. Hot & Popular Book Club. 10:00 a.m.

The day-time Hot & Popular Book Club is perfect for busy parents with school-age children, or for anyone keen on taking part in a morning reading group. Come discuss high-quality bestsellers over morning coffee; come be hot and popular! The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

This month's book is a stunning novel by the author of the excellent Little Bee. It's the story of a London woman who lost her husband and son in a stadium bombing and has decided to write a scathing, burning, heart-felt letter to Osama bin Laden:

 

Incendiary by Chris Cleave.

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 13. Classic Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The classic book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month. The group is led by Marilyn Parrish and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola.

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 14. Proust Challenge, Part III. 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Watermark's Spring Challenge will focus on Swann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's singular novel In Search of Lost Time (also called Remembrance of Things Past).

 

The Watermark Challenge is an opportunity for diverse readers to delve into great works of literature, explore the lives of major authors, and enjoy lively discussions.

 

In this third session, we'll go further in exploring the novel's characters and developing themes.

 

Read up through "Part II: Swann in Love."

 

The Watermark Challenge is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

Read more about the Watermark Challenge

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 14. Michelle Mercer reading & signing. 7:00 p.m.

In connection with the Wichita Jazz Festival, Kansas-born writer and NPR radio producer Michelle Mercer will read and sign her new book: Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period by Michelle Mercer.

 

The book is part a biography and part a cultural inquiry into a pivotal musical figure.

 

Visit Michelle Mercer on-line at: www.michellemercer.com

 

 

 

 

Thursday, April 15. Joe Drape reading & signing. 7:00 p.m.

Watermark welcomes back Kansas City native Joe Drape, author of the book: Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen.

 

In November 2007, The New York Times published Drape's story--above the fold on the front page--about the amazing winning streak of the Redmen football team of Smith Center, Kansas. The story ignited reader interest, and Drape soon decided to move his family to Smith Center for a one-year immersion in the Redmen way of life. Our Boys is the story of that year, of coaches, players, parents, and an entire community fighting to keep its rich way of life even as its economic fortunes decline.

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 16. Vernon Keel Reading & Signing. 7:00 p.m.

Vernon Keel will be at Watermark to read from and sign copies of his new book, The Murdered Family: The Mystery of the Wolf Family Murders.

 

His book is a novel based on the true story of the mass murder of a farm family that raises questions about the guild of the man convicted of the crime.

 

Vernon Keel began a long career in journalism on his hometown newspaper just three miles from where the Wolf family was murdered twenty years before he was born. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota where he developed skills in legal and historical research. For more than thirty years, he taught media law and headed journalism and communications schools at South Dakota State University, The University of North Dakota and Wichita State University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, April 18. Arlene Graber Book Signing. 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Arlene Graber will be at Watermark to sign copies of her new book, Devoted to Traveling.

 

Graber, a freelance writer with hundreds of articles published in newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, has traced her travels over the past two decades and fashioned them into devotionals for everyday living.

 

Adventures, from the healing aspects of San Francisco to a spiritual renewal in an ancient cathedral, allow readers to experience the highs and lows of traveling. As a travel professional since 1983, Graber also gives first-hand accounts of how to pack, security issues, and what happens at the airport when "cancelled" blazes over the departure screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, April 17. Zoo Animal Storytime. 10:00 a.m.

Watermark and the Sedgwick County Zoo team up for Saturday Animal Story Time! Join us the third Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Watermark. We'll have children’s stories, themed books for sale, and live animals. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

 

This month's animal: Iberian ribbed newt!

 

 

 

Saturday, April 17. The Crowsons! 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month to hear the Crowsons play their trademark acoustical bluegrassical music in the Watermark Café.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 20. Jennifer Chiaverini reading and signing. 7:00 p.m.

Join us in welcoming Jennifer Chiaverini, bestselling author of the Elm Creek Quilters novels! She will come to Watermark to read and sign copies of her newest book: The Aloha Quilt.

 

The book comes out April 6. To pre-order or have copies held and signed for you, please call Watermark at (316) 682-1181.

 

Tell your friends, bring your quilting group or book club, and enjoy a wonderful evening!  

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 21. Shakespeare Aloud. 5:30 p.m.

This reading group meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. to read Shakespeare's works aloud together for an hour. No experience or skill is required. The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 21. Vampires Anonymous. 6:30 p.m.

This is a book club with a bite! All that's required to join is a special interest in reading book in the genre of undead, supernatural, and paranormal fiction.

 

The group is led by Colleen McGee.

 

This month's book will be:

Nightseer by Laurel K. Hamilton.

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 23. Katherine Howe reading & book signing. 7:00 p.m.

Author Katherine Howe will visit Watermark to read and sign her bestselling book: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

 

This debut novel moves between modern-day Massachusetts and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. It follows a young woman drawn deeper and deeper into the mysteries of her family's ancestral home and the treasures she finds there: an antique key and a physick book, a repository of secret knowledge.

 

The paperback of the novel will be available April 6. To pre-order or reserve copies, please call (316) 682-1181.

 

Visit Katherine Howe on-line at: www.physickbook.com

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 27. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 28. Proust Challenge, Part IV. 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Watermark's Spring Challenge will focus on Swann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's singular novel In Search of Lost Time (also called Remembrance of Things Past).

 

The Watermark Challenge is an opportunity for diverse readers to delve into great works of literature, explore the lives of major authors, and enjoy lively discussions.

 

In this fourth session, we'll conclude our discussion of the novel, its place in literature, and Proust's lofty literary project.

 

Read up through the final section: "Place Names: The Name."

 

The Watermark Challenge is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

Read more about the Watermark Challenge

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, April 29. Juliet Gael reading & signing. 7:00 p.m.

Juliet Gael will come to Watermark for the release of her new novel: Romancing Miss Bronte.

 

The book blends fact and fiction to reveal the life and passions of Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre. As she and her sisters publish under pseudonyms, Charlotte sees her family is wracked with loses and is presented with one of the great choices of her life: accept an unexpected proposal that is less than the all-encompassing love she writes about, or live on as an unaccompanied spinster.

 

(This author event is a perfect lead-in to Watermark's summertime challenge focused on the novels of the Bronte sisters! Read more about the Watermark Challenge.)

 

Romancing Miss Bronte will be available April 27. To pre-order or reserve copies, please call (316) 682-1181.

 

 

 

 

May 2010

 

Monday, May 3. French Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

Join the French Book club! They read & discuss books in French. This group meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement “Author Autograph Gallery.” The group is led by Dr. Brigitte Roussel, who is an Associate Professor of French at WSU where she teaches courses of French literature. She coordinates the exchange program between WSU and the University of Orleans in France, and she is involved in the Sister Cities partnership as well. The club is open to all.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the French Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be L'Enfant noir by Camara Laye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 4. Mystery Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

This mystery-lovin’ group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement meeting room. The club is led by Melody Robinson and is open to all.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the

Mystery Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be In the Woods by Tanya French.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 4. Anchee Min author reading & signing. 7:00 p.m.

Author Anchee Min comes to Watermark to read and sign her new novel: Pearl of China. (She is also the author of the novels Becoming Madame Mao, Wild Ginger, Empress Orchid, and The Last Empress.)

 

This book gives a fictionalized account of the life of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, writer of the bestselling novel The Good Earth.Set in twentieth-century China, Pearl of China traces Buck's childhood and life amid social and political upheaval.

 

Pearl of China comes out March 30. Call (316) 682-1181 to reserve copies to be held or signed for you.

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 5. Mike Smith author reading & signing. 7:00 p.m.

Author Mike Smith will visit Watermark to read, discuss, and sign his new non-fiction book: Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather.

 

Mike Smith received his meteorology degree from the University of Oklahoma and worked as a television meteorologist in St. Louis, Oklahoma City, and Wichita. He is a world expert in applied weather science, the holder of many patents for weather-warning technologies, and the CEO and founder of Weather Data, a risk-management services company. In his book, he gives his first-hand perspective on cutting-edge meteorology and the creation of today's advanced storm-warning systems.

 

Warnings comes out May 1. Call (316) 682-1181 to reserve copies to be held or signed for you.

 

 

 

 

Monday, May 10. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book is Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 11. Hot & Popular Book Club. 10:00 a.m.

This group is perfect for anyone keen on taking part in a day-time reading group. Come read engaging, high-quality novels and memoirs (often with a focus on women and children or life overseas) and take part in lively discussions over morning coffee. The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

Fans of British humor and storytelling mustn't miss this wryly funny love story. In a comedy of manners that would make Austen proud, a retired general and a widowed Pakistani lady meet and court in an out-of-the-way English village. There is wit here, and cleverness, and a host of clear-eyed, stiff-lipped, curmudgeonly joys:

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, May 15. Zoo Animal Storytime. 10:00 a.m.

Watermark and the Sedgwick County Zoo team up for Saturday Animal Story Time! Join us the third Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Watermark. We'll have children’s stories, themed books for sale, and live animals. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

 

This month's animal: Kenyan sand boa!

 

 

 

Saturday, May 15. Sharon Draper Reading & Signing. 2:00 p.m.

Sharon Draper will be at Watermark for a reading and signing of her latest book: Out of My Mind.

 

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most people—her teachers and doctors included—don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows . . . but she can't, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.

Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind—that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.

From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget.

To pre-order or reserve copies, please call (316) 682-1181.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, May 15. The Crowsons! 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month to hear the Crowsons play their trademark acoustical bluegrassical music in the Watermark Café.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 25. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen by Firoozeh Dumas (Read Mark's review)

 

 

 

June 2010

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 1. Mystery Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

This mystery-lovin’ group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement meeting room. The club is led by Melody Robinson and is open to all.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the

Mystery Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, June 7. French Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

Join the French Book club! They read & discuss books in French. This group meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement “Author Autograph Gallery.” The group is led by Dr. Brigitte Roussel, who is an Associate Professor of French at WSU where she teaches courses of French literature. She coordinates the exchange program between WSU and the University of Orleans in France, and she is involved in the Sister Cities partnership as well.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the French Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be Candide by Voltaire. The club is open to all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 8. Hot & Popular Book Club. 10:00 a.m.

This group is perfect for anyone keen on taking part in a day-time reading group. Come read engaging, high-quality novels and memoirs (often with a focus on women and children or life overseas) and take part in lively discussions over morning coffee. The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

This month's book is a novel that explores the lives of Indian children on the streets of Mumbai. It's a gripping, beautifully written story sure to captivate readers of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. Proceeds from its sales benefit trafficked and exploited children:

The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, June 14. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange by Amanda Smyth.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 19. Zoo Animal Storytime. 10:00 a.m.

Watermark and the Sedgwick County Zoo team up for Saturday Animal Story Time! Join us the third Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Watermark. We'll have children’s stories, themed books for sale, and live animals. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

 

This month's animal: Leopard gecko!

 

 

 

Saturday, June 19. The Crowsons! 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month to hear the Crowsons play their trademark acoustical bluegrassical music in the Watermark Café.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 22. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

Then We Saw the Flames by Daniel Hoyt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 23. Joshilyn Jackson reading & signing. 7:00 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama; Between, Georgia; and The Girl Who Stopped Swimming. She'll be here to sign copies of her newest novel: Backseat Saints.

 

Rose Mae Lolley's past is littered with bad men. From her earliest intimate relationship with her father's fists to the string of bad news boyfriends she dated and ditched after leaving home, she has always courted trouble. As "Mrs. Ro Grandee," she's managed to tamp down the fierce and dirty girl Rose Mae once was under flowery skirts and bow-trimmed ballet flats and lunches cooked for the church bazaar. Trapped in a marriage thick with love and sick with abuse, Ro performs her role of dutiful wife perfectly in her new home in rural Texas, gracefully working in her husband's daddy's gun store in between making eggs, ironing shirts, and taking her punches. She seems doomed to spend the rest of her life battered on the outside by her husband and on the inside by her former self, until fate throws her in the path of an airport gypsy - one who shares her past and knows her future. The tarot cards foretell that Rose's beautiful, abusive husband is going to kill her. Unless she kills him first.

 

Backseat Saints will be available June 8. To pre-order or reserve copies, please call (316) 682-1181.

 

 

 

July 2010

 

Monday, July 5. French Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

Join the French Book club! They read & discuss books in French. This group meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement “Author Autograph Gallery.” The group is led by Dr. Brigitte Roussel, who is an Associate Professor of French at WSU where she teaches courses of French literature. She coordinates the exchange program between WSU and the University of Orleans in France, and she is involved in the Sister Cities partnership as well.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the French Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be Contes du jour et de la nuit by Guy de Maupassant. The club is open to all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 6. Mystery Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

This mystery-lovin’ group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement meeting room. The club is led by Melody Robinson and is open to all.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the Mystery Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be Morality Play by Barry Unsworth.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, July 12. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be: April and Oliver by Tess Callahan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 13. Hot & Popular Book Club. 10:00 a.m.

This group is perfect for anyone keen on taking part in a day-time reading group. Come read engaging, high-quality novels and memoirs (often with a focus on women and children or life overseas) and take part in lively discussions over morning coffee. The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

This month's book is an eye-opening memoir written by a young woman with Protestant and Muslim parents from Colorado and Pakistan. She follows her family tree back and discovers that she is descended from the Bene Israel, a tiny Jewish community shipwrecked in India two thousand years ago:

The Girl From Foreign by Sadia Shephard.

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 27. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be: Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga.

 

 

 

 

August 2010

 

Monday, August 2. French Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

Join the French Book club! They read & discuss books in French. This group meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement “Author Autograph Gallery.” The group is led by Dr. Brigitte Roussel, who is an Associate Professor of French at WSU where she teaches courses of French literature. She coordinates the exchange program between WSU and the University of Orleans in France, and she is involved in the Sister Cities partnership as well.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the French Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be L'Avalee des avales by Rejean Ducharme. The club is open to all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 3. Mystery Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

This mystery-lovin’ group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement meeting room. The club is led by Melody Robinson and is open to all.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the

Mystery Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 10. Hot & Popular Book Club. 10:00 a.m.

This group is perfect for anyone keen on taking part in a day-time reading group. Come read engaging, high-quality novels and memoirs (often with a focus on women and children or life overseas) and take part in lively discussions over morning coffee. The group is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

This month's book is a sweet and charming novel of a retired Indian couple who open a service to arrange marriages in their small city. Filled with enjoyable characters and colorful situations, it's a story in the tradition of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and Baking Cakes in Kigali:

The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama.

 

Read Mark's review

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, August 9. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents

by Liza Palmer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 24. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

That Mad Ache (and the accompanying Translator, Trader) by Francoise Sagan, translated by Douglas Hofstadter.

 

 

 

 

September 2010

 

 

 

September date to be determined. French Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The French Book Club typically meets on the first Monday of each month, but in September, that falls on Labor Day. We will post the new date as soon as we know it.

 

Join the French Book club! They read & discuss books in French. This group meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement “Author Autograph Gallery.” The group is led by Dr. Brigitte Roussel, who is an Associate Professor of French at WSU where she teaches courses of French literature. She coordinates the exchange program between WSU and the University of Orleans in France, and she is involved in the Sister Cities partnership as well.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the French Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be Je suis nee au harem by Egbene Choga Regina. The club is open to all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, September 13. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

Mercury in Retrograde by Paula Froelich.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 28. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

The Thing Around Your Neck by Yoko Ogawa.

 

 

 

 

October 2010

 

 

 

Monday, October 4. French Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

Join the French Book club! They read & discuss books in French. This group meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the basement “Author Autograph Gallery.” The group is led by Dr. Brigitte Roussel, who is an Associate Professor of French at WSU where she teaches courses of French literature. She coordinates the exchange program between WSU and the University of Orleans in France, and she is involved in the Sister Cities partnership as well.

 

To find past and future reading selections, visit the French Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be Le Prophete by Kahlil Gibran. The club is open to all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, October 11. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

The White Mary by Kira Salak.

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 27. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

The Truth About Love by Josephine Hart.

 

 

 

 

November 2010

 

 

 

 

Monday, November 8. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

Love or Something Like It by Deirdre Shaw.

 

 

December 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, December 13. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 28. Longitude Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The Longitude Book Club explores global culture through great fiction and non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. The book club is led by Shelly Walston.

 

To see past selections, go to the Longitude Book Club page.

 

This month's book will be:

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea.

 

 

 

 

January 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, December 13. Chick Lit Book Club. 6:30 p.m.

The club is led by Anne Frey and is open to all.

 

This month's book will be:

Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home by Maria Finn.

 

 

February 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, February 6. Watermark's Book Club Sunday. 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

 

Join us for our third annual gathering of flocked and free-range readers. It will be an excellent opportunity for you (or your reading group) to:

 

* Learn about great Watermark-sponsored book clubs

* Share favorite reads of the year

* Preview exciting upcoming books

* Make new reader friends and share the joy of reading

 

To read descriptions of Watermark-sponsored book groups and see what they're reading, go to our book clubs page: http://www.watermarkbooks.com/bookclubs.html