Book Group Expo June 9, 2007

book group expo, the unique weekend event that’s part salon, part marketplace and part marvelous party.

book group expo will bring together people who love books—avid readers, acclaimed authors, book club and reading group members, up-and-coming writers, booksellers, and book group experts. This year’s event kicks off with internationally acclaimed author Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner) in a special Friday night Literary Salon where he will read from his much anticipated second novel A Thousand Splendid Suns and then share an evening in conversation with Susanne Pari, author and Program Director for book group expo. (This will be a limited seating event Friday, June 8 at 6:30pm.)

This two-day gathering features an upbeat and engaging atmosphere of “literary salons,” which will feature dozens of excellent authors and Book Club Mavens including: James D. Houston, Bird of Another Heaven; Terry Jentz, Strange Piece of Paradise; Jane Austin's Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (film set to release January 2007), Carolyn Jourdan, Heart in the Right Place; Aimee Liu, Gaining, Diana Loevy, The Book Club Companion, Jim Lynch, The Highest Tide, Mary Mackey, The Notorious Mrs. Winston; Ron McLarty, Traveler; Peggy Orenstein, Waiting for Daisy; Marisa de los Santos, Love Walked In; Peter Sussman, Decca; and Lalita Tademy, Red River, among others.

For tickets call 408-286-2600 x23 or visit www.bookgroupexpo.com.

Official Website: http://www.bookgroupexpo.com