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SUMMARY:The Reader: A Witchy Book Fair for Adults
DESCRIPTION:It’s the best time of the year… time for Curious Iguana’s annual Witchy Book Fair for adults! \nOn Thursday\, October 29\, from 4:00-8:00pm\, come for a magical evening with Curious Iguana at Attaboy Barrel House\, where we will have a variety of spooky-themed books. Joining us will be authors Leslye Penelope (The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass)\, K.S. Shay (Portrait of a Witch Undone)\, Robert Plant (Dark Matter)\, and Melinda Beatty (What is a Pirate?); they will be signing and personalizing copies of their books throughout the evening. We’ll have a delicious food truck joining us to serve up some unique goodness\, and Attaboy will provide tempting potions till 9:00pm. Our friends from Oddbelle (formerly The Muse) will also be present to sell some fine witchy-themed wares\, and there will be a tarot card reader as well. \nParking: Park on-site or park at the East All Saints Street Parking Garage (125 E All Saints St\, Frederick\, MD) and enjoy a 7-8 minute stroll to the venue. \nAuthors: \nLeslye Penelope has been writing since she could hold a pen and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She is an award-winning author of fantasy and romance. Equally left and right-brained\, she studied filmmaking and computer science at Howard University and sometimes dreams in HTML. She hosts the My Imaginary Friends podcast\, co-hosts the Ink and Magic podcast\, and lives in Maryland with her feline dependents. \nK.S. Shay grew up in the part of northeastern Massachusetts where half the streets are named after people who were accused of witchcraft. She loves live music\, local gossip\, and getting outside. You can find her across social media @ksshaywrites and at ksshaywrites.com. \nRobert Plant is an author based in Maryland who writes emotionally driven fiction with a speculative twist. His novel\, Dark Matter\, is a chilling collection of short stories exploring technology\, mortality\, and the quiet terrors of modern life. When he’s not writing\, Robert enjoys playing hockey\, reading science fiction\, and exploring life’s darker corners with curiosity and heart. \nMelinda Beatty has had years of practice trying to explain to others why she was just having an imaginary conversation between two people that don’t exist\, so becoming a writer seemed like the best way to stop everyone from looking at her funny. After years of narrowboat living on the English canals\, she and her British husband are now back on dry land in Maryland\, where by day\, she’s a mild-mannered indie bookseller\, and by night\, she wrangles words\, crafts projects\, and raises a Labrador and two fierce miniwomen. \nVendors: \nOddbelle (formerly The Muse) is Frederick’s first handmade boutique\, specializing in jewelry\, art and more\, with a focus on local makers! To help you get in the spooky spirit\, they’ll be offering a unique selection of witchy soy candles\, spell jar necklaces\, art inspired by mythology and folklore\, handprinted t-shirts\, hand-sculpted ceramic ghosts and more! \nMy Tarot: Tarot card readings by Jamie Horrell. \nPlease note\, we are not accepting additional vendors or authors to this event due to space.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/adult-book-fair-october/
LOCATION:Attaboy Barrel House\, 24 S Wisner St ste 110\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk / Signing,Join Us!
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SUMMARY:Tini Younger: Today We Are Cooking (Tickets Required)
DESCRIPTION:Curious Iguana Books is delighted to welcome viral chef Tini Younger back to Frederick on Thursday\, November 5 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm! \n\n\n\n\nCurious Iguana Books is delighted to welcome viral chef Tini Younger back to Frederick on Thursday\, November 5 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm at the Jack B. Kussmaul Theater at Frederick Community College\, 7932 Opossumtown Pike\, Frederick\, MD 21702. Please refer to this campus map for the building location and available parking lots. \nJoin us for a live cooking demonstration by Tini\, where she will make a recipe from her new cookbook\, Today We Are Cooking. Following her demonstration\, Tini will answer questions from the audience. Tasting samples of her recipe will also be provided (please note: the tasting sample contains shellfish). \nTickets are required for this event and can only be purchased by clicking here. Each ticket includes one pre-signed copy of Today We Are Cooking with admission and one tasting sample. Books purchased as part of a ticketed bundle are non-returnable. Doors open at 11:30am for check-in. \nThe City of Frederick Food Bank will be present at the event to collect donations and provide important information about their services and local resources. Attendees are welcome to bring 1-2 non-perishable food items to donate to the food bank. \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nWe are proud to partner with Frederick Community College and the Hospitality Culinary and Tourism Institute as co-sponsors of this event. \nCurious Iguana Books is a benefit corporation that believes in giving back to the Frederick community that supports it. As such\, Curious Iguana will donate a portion of all book sales from the month of November to the FCC Foundation HCTI Scholarship Fund and the City of Frederick Food Bank \nAbout the book: In Today We Are Cooking\, Tini shares over 100 recipes that build a strong foundation for beginner cooks. With learning opportunities baked into every recipe\, Tini teaches you why you are doing something rather than just how to do it\, all with her casual\, unfussy approach. Today We Are Cooking is packed with plenty of easy\, everyday meals that you’ll want to cook time and time again. You’ll find OG favorites like Tini’s Viral Mac and Cheese and her favorite Banana Bread plus dozens of new\, elevated comfort food recipes\, all of which have a special Tini spin—like Oven-Cooked BBQ Pulled Pork with Spicy Slaw\, Chicken Soup with Homemade Noodles\, and Creamy Grits with Sauteed Mushrooms and Butternut Squash. Every recipe highlights the skills you’ll learn while making it and includes pro tips from Tini along with ideas for how to “own it” with swaps or twists to personalize the dish. Tini covers all the staples for breakfast\, dinner\, game days\, and more—and there’s even a chapter of her most beloved holiday dishes. \nGetting in the kitchen changed Tini’s life\, so she’s passionate about helping home cooks gain their own confidence in the kitchen. Today We Are Cooking will be your go-to resource for recipes that work every time. \nAbout the author: Tineke “Tini” Younger is a chef and digital creator whose warm\, relatable approach to cooking has made her one of the most beloved culinary personalities on social media today. After earning her Culinary Arts degree from the Hospitality\, Culinary and Tourism Institute at FCC\, Tini first caught the nation’s attention in 2023 as a fan favorite on Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef. After the show\, she posted a mac and cheese tutorial to TikTok that would go on to break the internet—drawing more than 100 million views and sparking a viral trend around her creamy\, no-frills recipe. Since then\, Tini has been profiled by Forbes\, People\, Rolling Stone\, EatingWell\, Food & Wine\, and more.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/tini-younger-event/
LOCATION:The Jack B. Kussmaul Theater at Frederick Community College\, 7932 Opossumtown Pike\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jenni Howell: Teach Me to Prey
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a thrilling evening on Saturday\, December 5 at Frederick Book Arts Center from 6:30-7:30 pm (doors open at 6 for a meet & greet) to celebrate the second novel from local NYT bestselling YA author Jenni Howell! Teach Me to Prey tells the story of Tara\, a girl bound to the demon Thorn in a deadly deal to keep her sister’s dying heart alive. When her next target is after her for revenge\, Tara must do what it takes to save her sister and herself. Jenni will be in-conversation with fellow NYT bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer. Following their conversation\, Jenni will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Teach Me to Prey will be available for purchase at the event. \nDoors will open at 6:00 pm for a public meet & greet with Jenni Howell. Refreshments will be provided.  \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event.  \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: A reluctant teenage killer\, the alluring demon she’s bound to\, and the headstrong boy she’s sworn to kill are tangled in a web of dangerous desire and sinister secrets in this dark psychological thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth. \nOne heart for another. One life for another. And only her soul to pay. \nTwo years ago\, Tara Corbane made a deal with a demon. Each lunar eclipse\, she must feed him a lover’s heart torn out by her bare hands—and in exchange\, he keeps her sister’s dying heart alive. A desperate deal that Tara fears is making her more and more like Thorn\, the twisted but tantalizing demon she’s sworn to hate. \nThirty days before the next eclipse\, Tara heads to New Orleans\, where her newest target awaits. But Rian Connach\, the handsome heir to a real estate empire\, is nothing like the others. He’s single\, for starters\, and isn’t out for love but vengeance. He’s hot on the trail of the serial killer he blames for his girlfriend’s gruesome death—a trail that will lead directly to Tara. \nAs the eclipse draws near\, Tara finds herself trapped in a game of cat and mouse. To save her own skin\, she must win the trust and ruin the mind of the beguiling and broken boy hunting her\, all the while fighting her feelings for the demon whose secrets threaten everything she’s ever believed about him\, and herself. With Rian getting closer and closer to the truth\, and Thorn warning of vicious consequences if she doesn’t fulfill their bargain\, time is running out to answer the ultimate question: \nIs Tara the predator\, or the prey? \nAbout the author: Jenni Howell is the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth. Before becoming an author\, she tried out archaeology\, linguistics\, mongoose herding (known to some as “teaching”)\, finance\, and espionage\, but always got bored. Now she writes books\, so her entire world changes every six months—and she will never be bored again. jennihowell.com / @‌byjennihowell \nAbout the moderator: Brigid Kemmerer is the author of New York Times bestsellers Forging Silver into Stars and Carving Shadows into Gold\, and two New York Times bestselling series–Cursebreakers\, which includes A Curse So Dark and Lonely\, A Heart So Fierce and Broken\, and A Vow So Bold and Deadly\, and Defy the Night\, which includes Defy the Night\, Defend the Dawn\, and Destroy the Day. She has also written the contemporary young adult romances Call It What You Want\, More Than We Can Tell\, and Letters to the Lost\, as well as paranormal young adult stories\, including the Elemental series and Thicker Than Water. A full-time writer\, Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her family.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/jenni-howell-teach-me-to-prey/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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