Lift Bridge Book Shop

Read any book on Samuel Adams and come prepared to share your insights.

Join us  as local author  Derek Nikitas signs copies of his new book THE LONG DIVISION.  Autographed books make great gifts!  Free and open to the public.  A MIDNIGHT MADNESS event!

Please join Jo Lynne during Midnight Madness as she reads from her book of MAGICAL STORIES FOR HEART & SOUL.  She will also encourage participants on this Halloween Eve to share their own ghostly stories and tales of unseen spirits.  Her book will be available for purchase and signing.  Makes a great gift for that hard to buy for person on your holiday gift list!  Free and open to the public.

Local poet Tom Holmes will be reading from his newest book HENRI, SOPHIE, & THE HIERATIC HEAD OF EZRA POUND: POEMS BLASTED FROM THE VORTEX at Java Junction during Midnight Madness.  Lift Bridge will make books available for purchase and Tom will be signing them after the reading.  Autographed books make great gifts!

Join us at Lift Bridge for a Halloween Eve discussion of Edgar Allan Poe.  Read anything by Poe and come ready to share your thoughts and opinions.  Free and open to the public.  Part of Rochester's Big Read and a Midnight Madness Event!

Have fun with everyone's favorite cat - who thinks he's a dog!  There's a choice of two times - 11 am or 2 pm.  Fun, games and a chance to have your book stamped by Skipy Jon!

An eater's manifesto that explains what we should be eating to be healthy, enjoy eating again, and enrich our lives.

Mark your calendar for a morning of stories, games and activities guaranteed to get your gobble going.  Ages 3-5.  $5 includes coupon.  Registration required.

A beautiful, heartbreaking story told as only Toni Morrison can.

Do you like magic?  Join Mrs. Pennington for a REPEAT performance and try your hand at tricks that will amaze your friends.  Ages 8-12.  $5 includes coupon.  Registration required.

Please join us for an afternoon poetry reading with M. J. Iuppa and Karla Merrifield.  Following the reading will be an opportunity for questions and a book signing.  This would make an excellent holiday gift for the poetry lover on your gift list!  Free and open to the public.