Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Wordsmiths Books upcoming events.

Wordsmiths Books presents a forthcomingweek for the hair-obsessed, the Force-obsessed and the vampire-obsessed withauthor Doug Crandell, Salon Red, Karen Traviss & Star Wars: Clone Wars, aswell as a nationally-recognized BreakingDawn midnight release Prom





Not to be overshadowed by their midnight sale/Black and Red Prom(recently recognized in a national Associated Press article) for StephenieMeyer’s breakout Young Adult novel Breaking Dawn next Friday, August 1, Wordsmiths Books in Decatur, GA hasan entire week of in-store author events leading up to the Black and Red Promfor those who might no be as inclined to fawn over the Y.A.Vampire/Werewolf/Human love triangle saga.





On Tuesday, July 29at 7:30 PM, Wordsmiths Books presents a hair-raising event withlocal author Doug Crandell, in celebration of his new novel Hairdos of the Mildly Depressed. Athematic sequel to Crandell’s 2007 beloved best-seller The Flawless Skin Of Ugly People, Hairdos Of The Mildly Depressed continuesCrandell’s “Beauty Knows No Pain” trilogy with awell-crafted, character-driven plot centering around a man obsessed with hair.In conjunction with Salon Red, Decatur’s premiere beauty salon,Wordsmiths will be hosting a night they’re calling Much Ado About Hairdos. In addition to areading from and discussion with Doug Crandell, Salon Red Decatur’smaster stylist and owner Jessica Soler will be discussing the magic andmethodology behind getting the “best” haircut. Free Salon Redgoodies will be available for each attendee to the event, and everyone in theaudience will be registered to win a free haircut from Salon Red.



Then, on Wednesday, July30, at 7:30 P.M., the Force will be strong at Wordsmiths as they presentKaren Traviss, author of the newest Star Wars novel, Star Wars: Clone Wars. In celebration,they’ll be hosting a Star Wars costume contest, where they areencouraging fans of all ages to come dressed their “favorite orleast-favorite” Star Wars character, “major or minor”, forthe chance to win “fantastic prizes”.



All Wordsmiths Books events are free, and take place at 545N McDonough St, Decatur, GA, 30030. For more information on these or anyWordsmiths goings-on, email russ@wordsmithsbooks.comor call 404-378-7166.









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Russ Marshalek

Marketing/Publicity Director

Wordsmiths Books

545 N McDonough

Decatur, GA 30030

(404)378-7166

russ@wordsmithsbooks.com

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