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September 10, 2009

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Event Highlights

September 29, 2009 Join us with Lee Woodruff

Hooks Book Events will be at the River School on September 29th with good pal, Lee Woodruff. Please plan on joining us and hearing her discuss her latest book, Perfectly Imperfect. Lee is adorable, funny, engaging and whip smart; this will be a great night of fun, food, good conversation and a chance to support the River School in DC. Details: The River School – 7:00 PM 4880 MacArthur Blvd, Washington, DC 20007 Please contact Bob Jones (bjones@rivershool.net) for tickets […]

September 9, 2009

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In the News

Join Hooks Book Events September 25th!

The Center for Social Value Creation joins the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in hosting a one-day forum on September 25, “Leadership for a Better World: Creating Social Value through Innovation,” at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The forum will feature a series of high-profile thought leaders on the role of business in society and fostering social change through models of innovation. Academics, business leaders, nonprofit executives and policy makers are invited to attend and […]

September 6, 2009

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HBE About Town

Hooks Book Events Goes to Boston-September 2009

Hooks Book Events has opened in Boston! Bean Town has been on our radar for a while and when former Harvard University Press Publicity Maven, Mary Kate Maco became available, we jumped on the chance to have her run the office there. With so many amazing writers in the area as well as a large corporate sector, we believe Boston is a good fit for our business model. If you are interested in learning more about our Boston operation, please […]

September 6, 2009

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In the News

Hooks Book Events in Publishers Weekly!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6686608.html?industryid=47144 Check out the link and read about Hooks Book Events in a recent issue of Publishers Weekly! The article seemed timed perfectly with the opening of our new Boston Office. We also were able to meet the PW writer, Judith Rosen when were in Boston last week; she biked in (with helmet) to meet us in Cambridge for a celebratory cocktail! We were also pleased to read in the article about all sorts of innovative book sellers out there […]

August 26, 2009

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Event Highlights

October 21- Meet Judith Jones at Zola Wine and Kitchen

https://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/restaurants/bestbites/13428.html Check out this blog at the WASHINGTONIAN website about our new Food for Thoughts Series at Zola Wine and Kitchen! Our first event will be October 21,2009 with the amazing Judith Jones; seen here with Julia Child! This is going to be an amazing opportunity to meet Judith, hear about her new book, The Pleasures of Cooking for One, have some wine and yummy hordoerves! What could be better? Tickets now on sale at www.hooksbookevents.com. See you there! PPH

August 25, 2009

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NurtureShock to get LOTS OF PRESS!

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/nyregion/25bigcity.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1305605148-si/HcQy1EkK2QKSh9EZUtA Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s new book NURTURESHOCK is already getting some well deserved press. Check out today’s NYT article and keep your eyes and ears open to see and hear about this interesting new research in NEWSWEEK, All Things Considered, Good Morning America/Nightline and more. Plus if you are around September 8th in DC, please come by the Avalon Theatre on Connecticut to hear Dan Pink interview both Po and Ashley about their fascinating research on child raising. […]

August 16, 2009

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Perry's Week

August, 2009 HBE Heads South for Four Days in ‘BAMA!

Just back from a trip to Alabama .. Livingston, Eutaw, Demopolis, Birmingham and Bessemer to be specific! Have been down South researching a distant relative Miss Ruby Pickens Tartt, nationally renowned painter, writer and folklorist who collaborated with the WPA Federal Writers’ Project and John Lomax during the Depression. Miss Ruby was a real wonder and has occupied a corner in my mind for some time now; so I thought I better head South to check it out. You can […]