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Albany Book Festival

Welcome to the 4th annual Albany Book Festival, presented by the NYS Writers Institute at the University at Albany, featuring world-renowned authors, local authors, and online workshops on writing and publishing.  Stay tuned for more information on the event schedule, online workshops, and more! 

Events subject to change

 

The Writer's Institute, UAlbany, and The Book House bring you The First Annual Book Festival.

Authors will be added as they are announced.

Please visit https://www.albanybookfestival.com for details and schedules.

Wicked Musical Tie-in Edition: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West By Gregory Maguire Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780060745905
Availability: Usually Ships in 7-11 Days
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - March 2nd, 2004

Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas By Mark Kurlansky Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781632863829
Availability: SPECIAL ORDER...IF AVAILABLE
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - May 8th, 2018

Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life By Radha Agrawal Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781523502059
Availability: Usually Ships in 7-11 Days
Published: Workman Publishing Company - September 4th, 2018

RPI: Writers Institute welcomes Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award for the novel, Charming Billy (1998), is the author most recently of the novel, Someone (2013), the story of one woman’s “ordinary” life across the decades of the 20th century in an Irish-American enclave in Brooklyn, New York. Someone was named a “Best Book of the Year” by NPR, The New York Times, and the Washington Post.

Someone: A Novel By Alice McDermott Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250055361
Availability: BACKORDERED-no date available
Published: Picador - October 7th, 2014

RPI: Lydia Davis Reading and McKinney Writing Contest Award Ceremony

Lydia Davis, short story author and translator

Two American Scenes (New Directions Poetry Pamphlets) By Lydia Davis, Eliot Weinberger Cover Image
$10.95
ISBN: 9780811220415
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Published: New Directions - March 26th, 2013

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis By Lydia Davis Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780312655396
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Published: Picador - October 26th, 2010

Madame Bovary: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Gustave Flaubert, Lydia Davis (Translated by), Lydia Davis (Introduction by), Lydia Davis (Notes by) Cover Image
By Gustave Flaubert, Lydia Davis (Translated by), Lydia Davis (Introduction by), Lydia Davis (Notes by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143106494
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Published: Penguin Classics - October 4th, 2011

Break It Down: Stories (FSG Classics) By Lydia Davis Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780374531447
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Published: Picador - September 16th, 2008

Varieties of Disturbance: Stories By Lydia Davis Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780374281731
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Published: Picador - May 15th, 2007

The End of the Story: A Novel By Lydia Davis Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780312423711
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Published: Picador - July 1st, 2004

Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories By Lydia Davis Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780312420567
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Published: Picador - September 1st, 2002

Almost No Memory: Stories By Lydia Davis Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780312420550
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(This book cannot be returned.)
Published: Picador - September 8th, 2001

Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis (Translated by), Lydia Davis (Introduction by), Lydia Davis (Notes by), Christopher Prendergast (Editor) Cover Image
By Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis (Translated by), Lydia Davis (Introduction by), Lydia Davis (Notes by), Christopher Prendergast (Editor)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780142437964
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Published: Penguin Classics - November 30th, 2004

Offsite: Carolyn Forché at the NYS Writers Institute

Carolyn Forché is one of those writers/speakers that you just don't want to miss!

Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001 By Carolyn Forché (Editor), Duncan Wu (Editor) Cover Image
By Carolyn Forché (Editor), Duncan Wu (Editor)
$29.95
ISBN: 9780393340426
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 27th, 2014

Offsite: NYS Writers Institute welcomes Chris Bohjalian, bestselling novelist

Chris Bohjalian
The Sandcastle Girls (Vintage Contemporaries) By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9780307743916
Availability: BACKORDERED-no date available
Published: Vintage - April 16th, 2013

The Night Strangers: A Novel By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307395009
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Published: Crown - April 24th, 2012

The Night Strangers: A Novel By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307395009
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Published: Crown - April 24th, 2012

Secrets of Eden: A Novel By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307394989
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Published: Crown - February 1st, 2011

Skeletons at the Feast: A Novel By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307394965
Availability: BACKORDERED-no date available
Published: Crown - February 10th, 2009

Before You Know Kindness (Vintage Contemporaries) By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781400031658
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Published: Vintage - August 9th, 2005

Offsite: Marilynne Robinson Reading and McKinney Award Ceremony

Biotech Auditorium (RPI)

Housekeeping: A Novel By Marilynne Robinson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780312424091
Availability: BACKORDERED-no date available
Published: Picador - November 1st, 2004

Gilead (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel By Marilynne Robinson Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780312424404
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Published: Picador - January 10th, 2006

The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought By Marilynne Robinson Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780312425326
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Published: Picador - November 1st, 2005

Home (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel By Marilynne Robinson Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780312428549
Availability: BACKORDERED-no date available
Published: Picador - September 1st, 2009

When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays By Marilynne Robinson Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250024053
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Published: Picador - January 29th, 2013

Writers Institute: George Saunders reading at the New York State Writers Institute

Tenth of December: Stories By George Saunders Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993806
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Published: Random House - January 8th, 2013

The Braindead Megaphone By George Saunders Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594482564
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 4th, 2007

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil By George Saunders Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594481529
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 6th, 2005

In Persuasion Nation By George Saunders Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594482427
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 6th, 2007

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