Daniel Wallace tomorrow night!

From the New York Times review of Daniel Wallace's new novel, Extraordinary Adventures:   "Daniel Wallace is one of those rare, wonderful writers who make it look easy. You find yourself chortling and sometimes laughing aloud as you breeze through his novels, which makes it possible to overlook the artistry and expertise that render his characters so vivid and his plots so engaging. It's not so much what his characters experience but how they experience their world that makes them so utterly relatable and unforgettable." Chapel Hill's Daniel Wallace reads from Extraordinary Adventures Thursday night at 7:00, at The Regulator.
Our Upcoming Events ...including the return of Monsieur Waldo! You can see our complete events calendar on our website PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, June 28, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! Amy Godfrey loves telling stories. Whether on the ground in a traditional storytime or in the air with her aerial storytelling troupe, she loves to bring the joy of books to kids of all ages. With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday!   JANE WILLIAMS Wednesday, June 28, 7:00PM Jane Williams, author of Mysterious Moments:  Thoughts That Transform Grief comes to The Regulator for a reading and book signing.   Mysterious Moments is a collection of 10 narratives based on real life experiences of loss from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures, and developmental phases of life.  It is unique, compared to books based on stages and phases of grief, as it allows us to better understand the idiosyncratic and often mysterious grief process.   Dr. Jane Williams is a clinical psychologist who has worked for over 25 years with individuals who have experienced trauma, life threatening illness, and grief. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA and Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, she trained in medical crisis counseling and later developed the Medical Crisis and Loss Clinic at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Dr. Williams has helped develop grief programs, made national presentations at grief conferences, and published peer-reviewed articles on grief. She recently retired from Wake Forest Medical School.   DANIEL WALLACE Thursday, June 29, 7:00PM The Regulator welcomes New York Times bestselling author Daniel Wallace (Big Fish) for a reading and booksigning of his newest book, Extraordinary Adventures: A Novel.   Edsel Bronfman works as a shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free time with his spirited mother. Things happen to other people, and Bronfman knows it. Until, that is, he gets a call telling him that he's won a free weekend at a beachfront condo in Destin, Florida. But there's a catch: the offer is intended for a couple, and Bronfman has only 79 days to find someone to take with him. The phone call jolts Bronfman into motion, initiating a series of truly extraordinary adventures as he sets out to find a companion for his weekend getaway. Open at last to the possibilities of life, Bronfman now believes that anything can happen. And it does.   Daniel Wallace is the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the Creative Writing Program. He is the author of the novels Big Fish, Ray in Reverse, The Watermelon King, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, and The Kings and Queens of Roam.   HEATHER HAVRILESKY Saturday, July 1, 7:00PM Join us at The Regulator as we welcome New York Times bestselling author and Durham native Heather Havrilesky in celebration of the paperback release of her new book, How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life -- a hilarious, frank, and witty collection from the author of the beloved advice column Ask Polly in New York magazine's The Cut.   Should you quit your day job to follow your dreams? How do you rein in an overbearing mother? Will you ever stop dating wishy-washy, noncommittal guys? Should you put off having a baby for your career? Heather Havrilesky of the wildly popular Ask Polly advice column is here to guide you through the "what if's" and "I don't knows" of modern life with the signature wisdom and tough love her readers have come to expect. Whether she's responding to cheaters or loners, lovers or haters, the anxious or the down-and-out, Havrilesky writes with equal parts grace, humor, and compassion to remind you that even in your darkest moments you're not alone. Heather Havrilesky writes New York Magazine's Ask Polly advice column and Bookforum's Best Seller List column. She is the author of How to Be a Person in the World (Doubleday, 2016) and Disaster Preparedness (Riverhead, 2011). Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times, NPR's All Things Considered, and several anthologies. She lives in Los Angeles with a loud assortment of dependents, most of them non-deductible.   FIND WALDO LOCAL --  SCAVENGER HUNT! July 1 -- July 30, 2017  Sponsored by The Regulator Bookshop and Sustain-a-Bull.  Waldo returns to support Durham's Shop Local Movement!   Where's Waldo? He's in Durham, of course! After a year away exploring seas unknown, Waldo will be back in Durham this July! SUSTAIN-A-BULL and The REGULATOR BOOKSHOP are partnering for the Where's Waldo Scavenger Hunt. The famous children's book character in the striped shirt and black-rimmed specs is visiting different local business in the Durham community this July. Those who spot him can win prizes, including buttons, book coupons, gift certificates and more. Pick up your passport at The Regulator Bookshop or any of our participating businesses starting on July 1 and start hunting! Waldo figures will be hidden in local business establishments all over town. You might find him atop a cash register, on a shelf, or peeking out of a shirt pocket! Spot WALDO at each stop and get your passport stamped.   The WALDO SCAVENGER HUNT starts on July 1 and culminates in a PRIZE PARTY at The Regulator on  Sunday, July 30 at 3PM. Starting July 1 stop at any participating business to pick up your FIND WALDO LOCAL Passport and go find Waldo at local businesses to qualify for prizes! Visit participating businesses through the end of July and get your passport stamped or signed for each Waldo you spot. Then bring your stamped passport on July 30 to The Regulator for a party! We'll have a big Waldo shindig with a raffle for the GRAND PRIZE plus other fabulous prizes donated by local businesses. Click on this link for a list of all participating businesses!    CLOSED FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY Tuesday, July 4, 2017 The Regulator will be closed in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. We will resume our regular business hours on June 5. Orders can be placed at any time on our website.   PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, July 5, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! Amy Godfrey loves telling stories. Whether on the ground in a traditional storytime or in the air with her aerial storytelling troupe, she loves to bring the joy of books to kids of all ages. With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday!   APS CAT ADOPTION EVENT Sunday, July 9, 2:00PM Durham Animal Protection Society will hold a monthly cat adoption event at the Regulator. Come visit our furry friends from 2:00 - 3:30. Note the time and date.   PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, July 12, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday!   JACQUELINE OGBURN Saturday, July 15, 3:00PM The Regulator welcomes bestselling Durham-based children's book author Jacqueline Ogburn (The Bake Shop Ghost) for a reading and signing her new book, The Unicorn in the Barn. Dr. Dolittle meets The Last Unicorn in this tender and illustrated middle-grade fantasy about a boy and the unicorn that changes his worldview.   "Animal-lovers will adore this enchanting, compassionate tale." -Booklist   Author Jacqueline K. Ogburn has published ten picture books, including The Bake Shop Ghost. This story is her first novel. The resident of a suddenly hip neighborhood in Durham, she works for a local major university. She and her husband, Ben Deahl, have two daughters and a cat who sometimes disappears, but has yet to speak English.    Rebecca Green is an illustrator, painter, and make believe maker whose work has a home in young adult and children's books, galleries, magazines, and more. When she is not making things, she can be found cooking, traveling, and starting too many books to finish. She currently lives in Nashville with her husband, their dog, Mori, and their cat, Junie B.
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Beer and conversation with Richard Russo!

Crack open a (free) beer and enjoy up-close conversation with our old friend, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo--at The Regulator Monday night at 7:00.  We thought it only fitting to bring in a few cold ones after reading how the Sunday New York Times ended their great review of Russo's new book of stories, Trajectory: "Thoughtful and warmhearted, Russo's fiction has the engaging quality of tales told by a friend, over drinks, about a person we know in common. And so we lean forward, eager to hear what happened next."  Richard Russo is one of my all-time favorite authors, and Trajectory is a marvelous addition to his writing. See you Monday night!
Our Upcoming Events: Jugtown Pottery Thursday, and "Eddie the Electron" Saturday morning You can see our complete events calendar on our website   STEVE COMPTON Thursday, June 15, 7:00PM Steve Compton, author of Jugtown Pottery 1917-2017: A Century of Art & Craft in Clay, comes to The Regulator for a special reading and book signing in celebration of Jugtown's 100th anniversary. A century ago, a modestly successful Raleigh portrait and landscape painter named Jacques Busbee arrived by train in Seagrove, NC, not knowing that his future-- and the history of pottery-making in the state-- was about to change forever. Jugtown Pottery 1917-2017 tells the story of the founding and success of his and Juliana Royster Busbee's remarkable folkcraft enterprise. The author's in-depth research and archival photographs describes how this improbable venture left its indelible mark on a remote Southern community. Today, nearly 100 potters make and sell their wares within a few miles of Jugtown-all because a century ago, the Busbees and their Jugtown potters found a new way to make old jugs. Stephen C. Compton is an independent scholar and an avid collector of historic, traditional North Carolina pottery. He has served as president of the North Carolina Pottery Center, a museum and educational center located in Seagrove, North Carolina, and is a founding organizer, and former president, of the North Carolina Pottery Collectors' Guild.   MELISSA ROONEY Saturday, June 17, 11:00AM Join us for the launch party of Eddie the Electron Moves Out, the second book in the science picture book series by author Melissa Rooney. (For ages 5-10) Melissa Bunin Rooney grew up in Martinsville, Virginia, attended the College of William and Mary, and earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from UNC. One of her passions is introducing scientific concepts to children and fueling their interest, especially when they don't immediately understand. Visit her at www.facebook.com/melissarooneywriting/.   RICHARD RUSSO Monday, June 19, 7:00 p.m. The Regulator is thrilled to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo (Empire Falls) for a reading, Q and A, and booksigning of his new collection of short fiction, Trajectory. Cold beer will be served!    Russo's characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from many of his novels. In "Horseman," a professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday looms. In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow. In "Voice," a semiretired academic is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Venice Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications in the maze of Venice.   Richard Russo is the author of eight novels; two collections of stories; and Elsewhere, a memoir. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which like Nobody's Fool was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, June 21, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! Amy Godfrey loves telling stories. Whether on the ground in a traditional storytime or in the air with her aerial storytelling troupe, she loves to bring the joy of books to kids of all ages. With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday!   NONFICTION AUTHORS ASSOCIATION (NFAA) Wednesday, June 21, 6:00PM -- 7:45PM For more information: http://www.meetup.com/Durham-Chapel-Hill-Chapter-Nonfiction-Authors-Association   CHRISTINA KELLY Thursday, June 22 at 7PM New York Times crossword puzzle creator Christina Kelly comes to The Regulator Bookshop for a reading and book signing of her debut novel, Good Karma. In a gated community in Savannah, Georgia, Catherine and Ralph's visions of retirement couldn't be more different. While Catherine is intrigued by their quirky neighbors, Ralph's golf-and-poker routine seems to be interrupted only by his flirtations with their zealous real estate agent. As the pair drift further apart, Catherine cannot help but sense her marriage is at risk. Then, she meets recent widower Fred at the dog park. United by their dogs, they embark upon a friendship that could be something more-until she discovers that he's not quite what he seems. Christina Kelly is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and an occasional contributor to the New York Times crossword section. A native of Westchester, New York, she now lives with her husband in Savannah. Good Karma is her first novel.   DUKE YOUNG WRITERS CAMP READING Tuesday, June 27, 7:00PM Students from the Duke Young Writers Camp will read from their work at The Regulator Bookshop. All are welcome. This summer marks the 34th year that young writers from all over the country and around the world have been coming to Duke University to craft stories, poems, scripts, and essays. Every two weeks for six weeks out of the summer, approximately 100 to 140 adolescents form a creative writing community at Duke Young Writers' Camp. Selected by their instructors, between fifteen and twenty of those writers will share at The Regulator their poetry and excerpts from stories, scripts, and essays.   PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, June 28, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! Amy Godfrey loves telling stories. Whether on the ground in a traditional storytime or in the air with her aerial storytelling troupe, she loves to bring the joy of books to kids of all ages. With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday!   JANE WILLIAMS Wednesday, June 28, 7:00PM Jane Williams, author of Mysterious Moments:  Thoughts That Transform Grief comes to The Regulator for a reading and book signing.   Mysterious Moments is a collection of 10 narratives based on real life experiences of loss from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures, and developmental phases of life.  It is unique, compared to books based on stages and phases of grief, as it allows us to better understand the idiosyncratic and often mysterious grief process.   Dr. Jane Williams is a clinical psychologist who has worked for over 25 years with individuals who have experienced trauma, life threatening illness, and grief. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA and Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, she trained in medical crisis counseling and later developed the Medical Crisis and Loss Clinic at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Dr. Williams has helped develop grief programs, made national presentations at grief conferences, and published peer-reviewed articles on grief. She recently retired from Wake Forest Medical School.   DANIEL WALLACE Thursday, June 29, 7:00PM The Regulator welcomes New York Times bestselling author Daniel Wallace (Big Fish) for a reading and booksigning of his newest book, Extraordinary Adventures: A Novel.   Edsel Bronfman works as a shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free time with his spirited mother. Things happen to other people, and Bronfman knows it. Until, that is, he gets a call telling him that he's won a free weekend at a beachfront condo in Destin, Florida. But there's a catch: the offer is intended for a couple, and Bronfman has only 79 days to find someone to take with him. The phone call jolts Bronfman into motion, initiating a series of truly extraordinary adventures as he sets out to find a companion for his weekend getaway. Open at last to the possibilities of life, Bronfman now believes that anything can happen. And it does.   Daniel Wallace is the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the Creative Writing Program. He is the author of the novels Big Fish, Ray in Reverse, The Watermelon King, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, and The Kings and Queens of Roam.   HEATHER HAVRILESKY Saturday, July 1, 7:00PM Join us at The Regulator as we welcome New York Times bestselling author and Durham native Heather Havrilesky in celebration of the paperback release of her new book, How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life -- a hilarious, frank, and witty collection from the author of the beloved advice column Ask Polly in New York magazine's The Cut.   Should you quit your day job to follow your dreams? How do you rein in an overbearing mother? Will you ever stop dating wishy-washy, noncommittal guys? Should you put off having a baby for your career? Heather Havrilesky of the wildly popular Ask Polly advice column is here to guide you through the "what if's" and "I don't knows" of modern life with the signature wisdom and tough love her readers have come to expect. Whether she's responding to cheaters or loners, lovers or haters, the anxious or the down-and-out, Havrilesky writes with equal parts grace, humor, and compassion to remind you that even in your darkest moments you're not alone. Heather Havrilesky writes New York Magazine's Ask Polly advice column and Bookforum's Best Seller List column. She is the author of How to Be a Person in the World (Doubleday, 2016) and Disaster Preparedness (Riverhead, 2011). Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times, NPR's All Things Considered, and several anthologies. She lives in Los Angeles with a loud assortment of dependents, most of them non-deductible.
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Tonight: Ron Morris on the Durham Bulls!

Its No Bull! Sports writer Ron Morris will be at The Regulator tonight at 7:00 ...talking about his great new book: No Bull: The Real Story of the Durham Bulls and the Rebirth of a Team and a City. Then we'll be playing Ultimate Frisbee with David Gessner on Wednesday night and we'll travel through the South in the 1930's on Thursday night.   For the younger set, please note that we do not have our preschool story time this Wednesday morning. But we do have a great story time scheduled for Saturday morning with the renowned children's book author Audrey Penn, (The Kissing Hand). Audrey Penn's new book is Chester Raccoon and the Almost Perfect Sleepover, and word has it that Chester Raccoon himself will be making an appearance! Then a week from Saturday-June 17--children's science writer Melissa Rooney will tell us about the further adventures of Eddie the Electron.   Looking ahead, a personal favorite will be a visit from Pulitzer-Prize winner Richard Russo Monday evening June 19th. See more on those and other events below!
Our events for the next two weeks! You can see our complete events calendar on our website RON MORRIS Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Celebrated sportswriter Ron Morris comes to The Regulator for a reading and book signing of his new book, No Bull: The Real Story of the Durham Bulls and the Rebirth of a Team and a City. Morris follows the 1980 Durham Bulls through their inaugural season, using that narrative thread to explore all the ripples that the team caused in the city and beyond. Morris was the reporter who covered the team for the Durham Herald-Sun that season, and now he has gone back and interviewed the former players and coaches, as well as residents of Durham, to examine the team's impact on the city. Ron Morris is one of the most respected sportswriters in the nation, having recently retired as a longtime columnist for The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C. He is also author of the book ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History. Morris and his family live in Lexington, S.C.                                                     NO PRESCHOOL STORY TIME THIS WEEK Wednesday, June 7, 10:15AM Sorry!    DAVID GESSNER Wednesday, June 7, 7:00PM Best-selling author and UNCW Professor David Gessner' brings his newest book, Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth to The Regulator for a reading and book signing. A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of.  In Ultimate Glory, Gessner lives for those moments when he loses himself completely in the game and never forgets his love for this misunderstood sport and the rare sense of purpose he attained as a member of its priesthood.   David Gessner is the author of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller All the Wild That Remains. He has taught environmental writing as a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard and is currently a professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he founded the award-winning literary journal Ecotone.     JENNIFER RITTERHOUSE Thursday, June 8, 7:00PM Jennifer Ritterhouse, author of Discovering the South: One Man's Travels through a Changing America in the 1930s, tells the story of Jonathan Daniels, editor of The News and Observer at the time, who traveled through the South in the 1930s, documenting what he found.   During the Great Depression, the American South was not merely "the nation's number one economic problem," as President Franklin Roosevelt declared. It was also a battlefield on which forces for and against social change were starting to form. For a white southern liberal like Jonathan Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, it was a fascinating moment to explore. Attuned to culture as well as politics, Daniels knew the true South lay somewhere between Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road and Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. On May 5, 1937, he set out to find it, driving thousands of miles in his trusty Plymouth and ultimately interviewing even Mitchell herself.   Jennifer Ritterhouse is associate professor of history at George Mason University.   STORY TIME with AUDREY PENN (author of The Kissing Hand) Saturday, June 10, 10:30AM -- For ages 3-8; siblings and caregivers are welcome! Join NYTimes best-selling children's author Audrey Penn for a special Story Time at The Regulator in celebration of her new book, Chester Raccoon and the Almost Perfect Sleepover.  Since this book is about sleepovers, pajamas are welcome! Audrey will read and lead the kids in an activity from the book. For ages 3-8; siblings, caregivers, and kids at heart are welcome! Free. Audrey Penn started her first career as a ballerina dancing with the National Ballet, New York City Ballet. She also served as alignist and choreographer for the U.S Figure Skating Team in preparation for the Pan American Games (1973), and for the 1976 Olympic Gymnastics team. In 1980, she became too ill with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) to continue dancing, so she turned to writing children's books for her creative outlet. Penn is the author of the best-selling The Kissing Hand series for children. She now lives in Durham.    APS Cat Adoption Event Sunday, June 11, 2:00PM Durham Animal Protection Society will hold a monthly cat adoption event at the Regulator. Come visit our furry friends from 2:00 - 3:30. Note the time and date.   PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesday, June 14, 10:15AM Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free! Amy Godfrey loves telling stories. Whether on the ground in a traditional storytime or in the air with her aerial storytelling troupe, she loves to bring the joy of books to kids of all ages. With 10 years of experience as a Children's Librarian, Amy Godfrey is known for her energetic musical story times and is bringing that fun to The Regulator every Wednesday!   TRACE RAMSEY Wednesday, June 14, 7:00PM Trace Ramsey comes to The Regulator for a reading and book signing of his new book, All I Want to Do is Live: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction.  Ramsey personalizes common themes of survival, depression, and life in America at a time of division and upheaval. In this collection of short stories, essays, and poetry, Ramsey examines his family history and shows us how darkness can trickle through generations. As the personal often sheds light on the universal, Trace's memories of his childhood and the scenes from his life today also give us the story of our time, our country, and a people longing to find substance, freedom, and meaning. Trace Ramsey  is an emerging writer of creative nonfiction. He lives in Durham with his partner and two children.   STEVE COMPTON Thursday, June 15, 7:00PM Steve Compton, author of Jugtown Pottery 1917-2017: A Century of Art & Craft in Clay, comes to The Regulator for a special reading and book signing in celebration of Jugtown's 100th anniversary. A century ago, a modestly successful Raleigh portrait and landscape painter named Jacques Busbee arrived by train in Seagrove, NC, not knowing that his future-- and the history of pottery-making in the state-- was about to change forever. Jugtown Pottery 1917-2017 tells the story of the founding and success of his and Juliana Royster Busbee's remarkable folkcraft enterprise. The author's in-depth research and archival photographs describes how this improbable venture left its indelible mark on a remote Southern community. Today, nearly 100 potters make and sell their wares within a few miles of Jugtown-all because a century ago, the Busbees and their Jugtown potters found a new way to make old jugs. Stephen C. Compton is an independent scholar and an avid collector of historic, traditional North Carolina pottery. He has served as president of the North Carolina Pottery Center, a museum and educational center located in Seagrove, North Carolina, and is a founding organizer, and former president, of the North Carolina Pottery Collectors' Guild.   MELISSA ROONEY Saturday, June 17, 11:00AM Join us for the launch party of Eddie the Electron Moves Out, the second book in the science picture book series by author Melissa Rooney. (For ages 5-10) Melissa Bunin Rooney grew up in Martinsville, Virginia, attended the College of William and Mary, and earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from UNC. One of her passions is introducing scientific concepts to children and fueling their interest, especially when they don't immediately understand. Visit her at www.facebook.com/melissarooneywriting/.   RICHARD RUSSO Monday, June 19, 7:00 p.m. The Regulator is thrilled to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo (Empire Falls) for a reading and booksigning of his new collection of short fiction, Trajectory.   Russo's characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from many of his novels. In "Horseman," a professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday looms. In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow. In "Voice," a semiretired academic is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Venice Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications in the maze of Venice.   Richard Russo is the author of eight novels; two collections of stories; and Elsewhere, a memoir. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which like Nobody's Fool was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries.
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