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🎙️ To our beloved adventurers,
We have enjoyed the many hours battling enemies and solving puzzles with you here at BN Montclair, but all adventures must end, and ours has come to a close.

The DND club will NOT be having a session this month, and the sessions will not continue into 2025.
Our DM has gone off on their own quest, and will no longer be able to host. We wish you all well, and keep rolling!!
🐉⚔️🐉

Take a STEP inside this fantastic adventure book from .rundell

From now until October 20th you’ll have the chance to LITERALLY be inside of a book. We have a life size copy of “Impossible Creatures” for you and your family to take photos with today. And join us October 20th at 12pm for a Meet and Greet with the Author.
Purchase of “Impossible Creatures” ensures your chance to have a face to face with the author.

It’s another amazing ! The latest Percy Jackson has hit the shelves as well as a brand new Grumpy Monkey adventure! From fiction to fairytales, there’s something for everyone!

Also make sure to check out our Percy Jackson and Grumpy monkey events this weekend at BN Montclair!

This week on Poured Over:
Wright Thompson on The Barn
Richard Powers on Playground
Tammy Armstrong on Pearly Everlasting

Listen to these great authors and more on Poured Over — new episodes drop Tuesdays and Thursdays (with some Saturdays) wherever you get your podcasts!

In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
– The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien –

Happy Birthday, Bilbo & Frodo Baggins.

Join us on Monday, September 23 at 3PM ET, as we welcome USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Wrobel, in conversation with Vanessa Lillie, for a live, virtual discussion of THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL, as part of our B&N Midday Mystery Virtual Event series.

Please visit: https://barnesandnoble.visitlink.me/kG--WZ

Join Barnes & Noble as we welcome Rick Riordan on September 24th @ 7 PM EST.

Rick will be joining us for a live, virtual discussion to celebrate the release of the newest Percy Jackson and the Olympians adventure, WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS.

BONUS!: Each ticket includes a copy of the B&N Exclusive Edition of WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS which features beautiful stained edges and extra content about the witches of Greek mythology. ---> PLUS, a "Camp Half-Blood" magnetic bookmark!

The official start of fall is almost here! What better way to celebrate than to try our NEW Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte! Which way will you try it first, iced or hot? 😋🍂☕️

Guess who’s back (again!)

We received copies of the Book of Bill in at our store, so come snag yours today!

Here are two new nonfiction books that we love at Poured Over — both authors joined us for episodes this week.

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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1943 - 2024

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The Booker Prize shortlist is finally here, and we’re thrilled to see which authors have been recognized for their incredible works of fiction.

Edmund de Waal, Chair of the Booker Prize 2024 judges says, “This is timely and timeless fiction, in which there is much at stake. Here are books that unfold with quietness and stealth, as well as books that are incendiary . . . they are works of fiction that inhabit ideas by making us care deeply about people and their predicaments, their singularity in a world that can be indifferent or hostile.”

Take a look through this year’s shortlist on B&N Reads and stack up your .



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This week on Poured Over:
Timothy Snyder on On Freedom
Rebecca Nagle on By the Fire We Carry
Sarah Smarsh on Bone of the Bone

Listen to these great authors and more on Poured Over — new episodes drop Tuesdays and Thursdays (with some Saturdays) wherever you get your podcasts!

Whether you and your young’uns are excited that school is back in session or not, school is, in fact, back in session.

That means it’s time to start new grades, new classes, perhaps even new schools, and meet some new teachers and friends in the process.

What better way to prepare for the mayhem ahead than with some good stories set in the hallowed halls of one school or another?

Check out our recommendations here:

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I wrote an original essay about the creative process for Barnes & Noble's Exclusive Edition of The Blue Hour, which also features stunning custom endpapers. Check it out: https://bit.ly/45Hflfe

Elizabeth Strout joins us to talk about Tell Me Everything today on Poured Over!

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

So excited!

We are less than two weeks away from the official release of on September 24th, and I can’t wait to see you all on my book tour!

I also always love partnering with booksellers like Barnes & Noble to bring you exclusive signed and special editions of my books. If you haven’t ordered yet, make sure you get your copy while supplies last!

Signed Edition: https://bit.ly/bncmsigned
Special Edition: https://bit.ly/bncmspecial

The Names by Billy Collins

Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night.
A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze,
And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows,
I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened,
Then Baxter and Calabro,
Davis and Eberling, names falling into place
As droplets fell through the dark.
Names printed on the ceiling of the night.
Names slipping around a watery bend.
Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream.
In the morning, I walked out barefoot
Among thousands of flowers
Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears,
And each had a name --
Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal
Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins.
Names written in the air
And stitched into the cloth of the day.
A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox.
Monogram on a torn shirt,
I see you spelled out on storefront windows
And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city.
I say the syllables as I turn a corner --
Kelly and Lee,
Medina, Nardella, and O'Connor.
When I peer into the woods,
I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden
As in a puzzle concocted for children.
Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash,
Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton,
Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple.
Names written in the pale sky.
Names rising in the updraft amid buildings.
Names silent in stone
Or cried out behind a door.
Names blown over the earth and out to sea.
In the evening -- weakening light, the last swallows.
A boy on a lake lifts his oars.
A woman by a window puts a match to a candle,
And the names are outlined on the rose clouds -
Vanacore and Wallace,
(let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound)
Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z.
Names etched on the head of a pin.
One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel.
A blue name needled into the skin.
Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers,
The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son.
Alphabet of names in a green field.
Names in the small tracks of birds.
Names lifted from a hat
Or balanced on the tip of the tongue.
Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory.
So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart.

#911

We have a fully packed !! From romance to action adventure to the long awaited Impossible Creatures, there are so many new worlds to explore! Come snag your fave at BN Montclair

Disclaimer* by Renée Knight, Our Monthly Thriller pick, will keep you guessing until the last page. Luckily, we have Renée and Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of One Wrong Word, in conversation to unravel some mysteries.

Please join us on Thursday, September 12th at 3 PM EST for our B&N Midday Mystery.

Please check our link in bio to register.

*Soon to be an Apple TV+ series starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline.

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This week on Poured Over:
Attica Locke on Guide Me Home
Elizabeth Strout on Tell Me Everything
Chelsea Bieker on Madwoman

Listen to these great authors and more on Poured Over — new episodes drop Tuesdays and Thursdays (with some Saturdays) wherever you get your podcasts!

CALLING ALL CAMP HALF-BLOOD CAMPERS 🔱

In just a few short weeks the newest Percy Jackson release will hit our shelves! And to celebrate, we’ll be hosting our own Camp Half-Blood event here at BN Montclair!

In true Camp HB style we’ll be finding out our godly parents, doing some amazing arts and crafts, and celebrating the newest PJ adventure to come alive!

RSVP BELOW or come day of and join the fun!

This is a free event held at BN Montclair, books will be available for purchase.

🐵Come “Play All Day” with Grumpy Monkey and his friends 🐵

For the first time ever “Grumpy Monkey” will be in Montclair for a meet & greet and book signing.

Purchase a copy of “Grumpy Monkey: Play All Day” for an opportunity to join in the fun. No registration necessary, books available for purchase in store the day of the event!

🍂🍁 FALL INTO FUN THIS SEPTEMBER AT BN MONTCLAIR!

Swipe to see all the events and clubs we’re hosting this month! From author signings to kids events, to a thrilling PJO 🔱 event at the end of the month, you don’t want to miss out!

More details to come on the excitement heading your way!

Hello, Pumpkin!
Stop by your Montclair Barnes and Noble for a sweet sample of our Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino! Have a happy Labor Day Weekend. 🧡

We’re nearing the end of another Book Haul! This weekend through September 2nd enjoy a stamps multiplier event! Rewards Members earn 2x the stamps and Premium Members earn 3x the stamps!

What will you be picking up?

Due to our dungeon master getting lost on a quest, we will unfortunately have to cancel our DND event tonight at 6PM.
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🐉 But fear not, humble adventurer! We still intend to embark upon our usual quest for September 27th! 🐉

This is a reminder that our storytime event with Brad Mason is TOMORROW at our BN Montclair store! Join Brad as he reads his amazing book Charlie Chaloosy, leads a fun activity for kids, and signs his book for you all!

The fun starts at 11am!

Call to reserve your spot today!

JOIN US FOR A HARRY POTTER LEGO BUILD! ⚡️

Full of magic, fun and legos, you won’t want to miss it!

WHEN: Saturday August 24th from 12-2pm
WHERE: BN Montclair Plaza

Who’s ready for some Sci-Fi dystopia? Join us tomorrow August 17th from 1-3pm as author Atlas Blaine signs copies of their book EDGE OF INHUMAN!

Want to know more about the book?

Kai Thanatos was born to live in the shadows.

At age 11, he was recruited into an underground intelligence agency as an assassin-in-training. Now, at 20, he’s setting records for the most kills.

But after the death of his best friend, his life in a grim, near-future New York City is one of haunted solitude. Just when he reunites with his sister and is assigned an alluring new partner, a shadowy syndicate rises to power, seeking to revolutionize society at a deadly cost.

When Kai is tasked with hunting down the mysterious leader at the helm, he becomes ensnared in a web that extends far beyond what he—and humanity—ever thought possible. He’ll have to step into the spotlight to protect those he loves, and weigh the future of the world against his own fate.

Because there’s a good chance he’s not coming out as who, or what, he went in as.

🚨 LOAD UP THOSE TBR LISTS! BOOK HAUL IS BACK! From August 16 through September 2, HUNDREDS of titles are 50% off! Alongside that we have SO many other great deals in store, come shop your faves!