Lift Bridge Book Shop

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.

4th Fridays 

Come and hear one of our most talented local musicians sing and play. He's even bringing song books so you can join in. Woody plays guitar and sings and you are welcome to sing along. A fun time for an early Friday evening. WE HAVE A SIGN-UP LIST IN THE STORE TO RECEIVE E-MAIL REMINDERS FOR THIS FUN FAMILY EVENT!

Join us as local author Lorna Barrett visits Lift Bridge to sign copies of the latest installment in her Booktown Mystery Series Bookplate Special.  If you've read the first two, we know you won't want to miss this one!  If you haven't this is the perfect opportunity to get the complete set autographed.  It would make a great holiday gift for the mystery lover on your list!

Join us for an afternoon of crafts galore during the Thanksgiving break!  Specially designed for girls 6-8.  $5 includes all materials and a coupon.  Registration is required.

Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels.

Penny was born in Toronto where she earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts from  Ryerson University. Before she turned to writing in 2004, she was a journalist and radio host for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in various cities across Canada for 25 years. She currently lives in a village south of Montreal with her husband Michael.

Her oeuvre is a series of mystery novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, head of the homicide department of the Sûreté du Québec. The novels, although set in the province of Quebec, feature many hallmarks of the British whodunit
genre, including murders by unconventional means, bucolic villages,
large casts of suspects, red herrings, and a dramatic disclosure of the
murderer in the last few pages of the book.

Since turning to writing, Penny has enjoyed remarkable success,
garnering major crime novel award nominations for her first four
novels, and subsequently winning several of those awards.

Please join local authors Sonja Livingston and Steve Fellner as they read from their new books.  Sonja has written a memoir about growing up in poverty, GHOSTBREAD.  Steve has  written ALL SCREWED UP, a memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional family which reviewers described as "laugh-out-loud funny and gut wrenching" A book signing will follow.  Signed books make great gifts!  Free and open to the public.

Please join us for this December event featuring the American Girl, Felicity with activities related to Colonial America. This is always one of our most popular programs so be sure to register early.   There will be a doll drawing.  Cost is $10. Ages 8-12.

A National Book Award Finalist...                                                                          

With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have
made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, "New York Times"
bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas
story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy
winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a
place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling
diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold
and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will
be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River.
There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner
who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal
Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets
a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a
magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who
witnessed it have never forgotten it. Once you experience the wonder,
you too will never forget "A Redbird Christmas."

All science fiction enthusiasts welcome!

Join us as for some holiday fun with Mrs. Pennington and the POLAR EXPRESS.  Registration required.  Ages 3-5.  $5 includes coupon.

Stop by on Saturday, December 12th to have a copy of Steve Rosenberg’s new book BETSY LOU INSPIRED BY WHOM! signed by the author.  Steve will be interviewed  on Channel 13News about his book so check him out.

Makes a great holiday gift! 

Join us for the afternoon as over 35 local authors take the stage at Lift Bridge!  Many will make a short presentation and all will have books available for purchase and signing.  Autographed books make a great Holiday gift!  Refreshments will be served.  Mark this date on your calendar because it is always a highlight of the year!

Eileen Loveman, Anthony Graziano, Sonja Livingston, Tom Holmes, Greg Gerard, Susan Baruch, Sybil Reisch, Mary Dougherty, RP Siegel, Lawrence Berger, Mary Beth Dolan, John Roche, Bruce Leslie, Sueann Wells, Bob Cook, Meghan White, Mark Holdren, Paul Root, Darla Bair, Lisa Bork, David Michael Nixon, Donna Marbach, Ryan Kovacs, Joe Langen, Barbara Flint, John Erhart MD,Bill Heyen, Don Pillettere, Peg Osborne, Don Quigley, Brian Duddy,Emerson Klees, Jo Lynne Valerie, Thomas Barker, Que Palacz, Debra McIntyre, Steve Carper, Frank Judge, Lorna Macdonald-Czarnota

Come in to meet local author Paul Roxin and have a book autographed.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize!

If you love to have a splendiferous time join us for making a gift tag, gift and wrapping it in fancy paper!  Cost is $5 which includes a coupon.Ages 5 and up.  Please register in advance.