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Gallery Bookshop mugs, sweatshirts, tote bags and Our Broadside are now available.

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Welcome to Mendocino's
Gallery Bookshop and
Bookwinkle's Children's Books

Home of the Book Angels Project
Christie Olson Day, Owner

Celebrating 26 Years of Community Bookselling


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Book cover Wednesday, September 10, 6:30 pm

Author Amy Stewart talks about gardening, life with chickens, and her latest book, Flower Confidential, a globe-trotting, behind-the-scenes look at the dazzling world of flowers.

Stewart follows a rose from the remote Ecuadoran greenhouse where it's grown to the American retailer where it's finally sold, and visits a huge, stock-exchange-like Dutch flower auction. Stewart's floral romanticism -- she admits early on that she's "always had a generalized, smutty sort of lust for flowers" -- survives the potentially disillusioning revelations of the flower biz. By the end, the book is as lush as the flowers it describes.

Flower-based cocktails and light nibbles will be served.

Orders/Information:
Flower Confidential
Price: $13.95 Paperback, Algonquin Books. ISBN 9781565126039


Book cover Wednesday, September 17, 6 - 8 pm

Women's Book Night heats up with Barbara Quick, author of Vivaldi's Virgins. Pairing the seductive appeal of a legendary composer with the coming of age of a violin prodigy, Quick's enthralling novel, just out in paperback, recreates Vivaldi's Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence.

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Women's Book Night features free chair massage, wine, gourmet chocolates, and other enticing extras.

Orders/Information:
Vivaldi's Virgins
Price: $14.95 Paperback, HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060890537


Book cover Sunday, October 19, 3:00 pm

Todd Walton and Marcia Sloane present an afternoon of stories and music from Buddha in a Teacup and other works.

Inspired by the teachings of the Buddha, the forty-two contemporary short stories of Buddha in a Teacup will uplift and inspire modern-day readers, who needn't have interest in Buddhist spiritual practice nor be familiar with Buddhist jargon to derive full enjoyment from reading them. The tales express universal human predicaments and challenges that transcend any particular philosophical or religious orientation. Some of the stories are humorous, some sad, some erotic, some enigmatic; all are linked by the themes of mindfulness, nonviolence, honesty, compassion, forgiveness, generosity, and love-perhaps the greatest remaining hope for our otherwise savage society.

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Orders/Information:
Buddha in a Teacup
Price: $19.95 Hardcover, Lost Coast Press. ISBN 9780060890537



Book Events Alumni
All Book Events are free.

Gallery Bookshop and Bookwinkle's Children's Books regularly hosts author readings and signings. Telephone 707-937-BOOK (707-937-2665) or email us for information on upcoming events or for directions to the store.



Gallery Bookshop Damaged By Fire

On Jan 8, 2008 there was a severe fire in the apartment above Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino. Everyone was okay, but our bookstore suffered significant smoke and water damage. We're currently in the process of replacing all the books and renovating the interior of the store.

We plan to remain open for our customers throughout this process, and the full restoration will be completed by fall 2008. We are encouraging customers to leave their mailing or email address (in person or via the 'subscribe' link at left on this page) so that we can keep them informed of our progress and invite them to our "renovation celebration."

There are photos of the fire here: http://www.nwilsonphoto.com/special/fire/index.htm

Letters of encouragement may be sent to owner Christie Olson Day at PO Box 270, Mendocino, CA 95460 or via email at christie@gallerybookshop.com.



For the convenience of our online visitors, we now have a simple, easy to use, online Ordering and Information Request page. Anywhere you see Orders/Information on our pages, click the link and a separate window will open with the order form. Type in -- or copy and paste from the previous window -- the information about the book or item you are interested in, along with your name and contact information, and any questions or comments you'd like to include. A Gallery Bookshop staff person will contact you to confirm your order or respond with the information you requested.

Information you provide to Gallery Bookshop will never be sold, rented, given or shown to anyone else.

Tony Writes:



We're driving along near the Oakland airport, when some jerk in a big white car blasts his horn. All I did was swerve into his lane, Judge. Another innocent victim of highway hypnosis.

Now we're tooling along Interstate 5, the world's most doze-inducing highway, and we come up on slower traffic, go around, and gradually we're driving faster and faster.

In front of me someone waits for the last possible moment to cross four lanes of traffic and make his exit.

Driving. Someone should write a book about it. Done.

Continue Reading Tony Miksak's latest edition of
Words On Books
for August 17 & 20, 2008.


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Website updated August 17, 2008

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Gallery Bookshop and Bookwinkle's Children's Books
PO Box 270
Main & Kasten Streets, Mendocino, CA 95460
707-937-BOOK (2665)     FAX: 707-937-3737

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