Watch and read our Author Events Calendar on our website www.RainyDay Books.com for exciting Author Events and updates to be added as commitments and confirmations occur during the week.  Be among the first people to know who Rainy Day Books will be hosting in the Heartland, for example:  Thomas Cahill, Bobby Flay, Frank Hayde and Trisha Yearwood for her new cookbook, Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from my Family to Yours.  You will be well advised, informed and wise to order your Admission Packages early.

Our Updated Author Events Calendar includes in chronological order:

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Author:  Chip Kidd, the world's greatest Book Cover Designer and Bestselling Author

Title:  The Learners, $26.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780743255240, On Sale Date: February 01, 2008

What:  Chip Kidd will talk about his new book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of his new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.

When:  Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 7:00 PM

Where:  A Rainy Day Books Author Event at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

Admission Package:  $26.00 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of The Learners (Hardcover) to be Autographed after the Author Presentation.  Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) in the Notes field of your Online Order.  If you choose Option 1 for In-Store Pick-Up, then you can specify At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online Order.  Thank you.  Book Orders can be shipped worldwide.  All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non- Returnable.

Author:  Susan Vreeland, New York Times Internationally Renowned Bestselling Author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue and The Passion of Artemisia

Title:  Luncheon of the Boating Party, $15.00 Softcover, ISBN 9780143113522, On Sale Date:  February 01, 2008

What:  Susan Vreeland will give us a Multimedia PowerPoint Video Presentation with music, talk about her new book, her life, her work, answer audience questions and she will autograph copies of her new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event.

When:  Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 7:00 PM

Where:  A Rainy Day Books and Kansas City Public Library Author Event at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Northwest Corner Reading Area, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Reservation Phone:  816-701-3407

Admission:  Complimentary and Open to the General Public.  Please Call the Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch at 816-701-3407 for Reservations.  Rainy Day Books will have Susan Vreeland's books for Sale at this Author Event.

Author:  Jess Walter's fourth novel, The Zero, was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award, the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.  Set in the aftermath of 9/11, the novel follows a cop plagued by memory loss who is enlisted by the Office of Liberty to search through all the scraps of paper created by the disaster.  The Wall Street Journal hails The Zero as "The 'Catch 22' of 9/11 (with) its brilliant ironies, its deadpan truths, its insider smarts and its every guy hero."  His previous novel, Citizen Vince, was a Washington Post best book of the year and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel.  His work has appeared in Details, Playboy, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe.

Title:  The Zero, $14.95 Softcover, ISBN 9780061189432, On Sale Date: August 01, 2008. Rainy Day Books will have Jess Walter's books for sale at this Author Event.

What:  Jess Walter will talk about his new book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of his new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event.

When:  Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 7:00 PM

Where:  Kansas City Public Library, Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium, 14 W 10th Street, Floor 5, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, Reservations Phone: 816-701- 3407

Admission:  All Writers At Work Events are Free and Open to the Public.  Please Call 816-701-3407 for Reservations.  Writers At Work Series Author Events are produced in partnership with Chris Davis, University of Missouri - Kansas City - English Department, the Kansas City Public Library and Rainy Day Books.