Events

The Bookcase Book Club, led by Addie Ingebrand, will be discussing The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang on Tuesday, December 8 at 1:00 and 7:00 p.m.

The Bookcase Book Club, led by Addie Ingebrand, will be discussing The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang on Tuesday, December 8 at 1:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Lora Johnson will be at The Bookcase on Thursday, December 10 at 7:00 p.m. to read from and sign copies of her children's book The Night I Met Santa.

Don Stolz will be at The Bookcase on Friday, December 11 at 7:00 p.m. to read from, discuss, and sign copies of his book The Old Log Theater & Me.

Patty Overson will be at The Bookcase on Saturday, December 12 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. to sign copies of her popular trivia book Exercising Your Brain.

The Chamber Singers are a select group of musicians from Wayzata's Concert Choir who spend the holiday season performing traditional holiday songs in different locations throughout the community. We are delighted to have them with us that evening.

The Bookcase welcomes Jess Elmquist, author of The Christmas Riddle, to our store at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 18 to read from, discuss, and sign copies of his book.

The Christmas Riddle is inspired by a true story. When young Jess' life is turned upside down by his little brother's cancer he suddenly finds himself far from home. Through an unexpected friendship with Miss Pixley, Jess is offered a refuge in her magical world and the story of the Christmas Riddle. Enter into the journey of Christmas and in coming to terms with the presence of joy and pain, teaching us "what gift is small, yet larger than all."

The Bookcase welcomes Marsha Peterson on Sunday, December 27 at 2:00 p.m.  Ms. Peterson will be here to share her book, Come Sign With Us: The Adventures of Potts and Friends.

The first book in a planned series, Come Sign With Us helps parents and caregivers teach babies and toddlers the language of signs. 

Bookcase favorite Nina Yasmineh returns for the first time since last summer to play a set of music on Saturday, January 2 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Yasmineh, now a college student in New York, has received acclaim from fans all over the country for her work.

Nina's debut album, Real Good Thing, will also be available for sale the night of the event.

The Bookcase is excited to welcome Michael Gates Gill to Wayzata Community Church at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6. Michael will be on hand to read from, discuss, and sign copies of his new book, How to Save Your Own Life.

Michael Gates Gill received significant national attention for his first book, How Starbucks Saved My Life, when it was published in 2007. The book chronicled his experience losing his high-ranking/high-paying advertising job -- and having to take a job at Starbucks because it was the only thing he could find.

His new book, How to Save Your Own Life, presents readers some inspiring lessons on finding happiness at any stage in life.

This event will be held at Wayzata Community Church, 125 East Wayzata Boulevard. 

Jacqueline Regis, author of The Daughter of L'Arsenal, will be reading and signing at The Bookcase on Thursday, January 7 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The Daughter of L'Arsenal is the story of a young woman who escapes a web of dysfunctional family values and social and political repression in rural Haiti to become a successful corporate lawyer in the United States.

This memoir chronicles Jacqueline's childhood experiences leading to her ultimate flight from the claws of poverty, servitude, violence and death. Her escape, however, came at a cost. In order to survive, she was forced to permanently leave her family, and much of her cultural heritage, behind.