Fans Can Visit Barnes & Noble and Meet the Bestselling Authors They Love Including Award-Winning Actors, World Champion Boxers, Famous YouTubers, and More

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced a star-studded event lineup for the month of May, with bestselling authors, award winning actors, world champion boxers, famous YouTubers, and so many others, making special appearances at its stores nationwide to launch their new books. Throughout the month of May, fans will have the exciting opportunity to stop by Barnes & Noble and meet the celebrities they love including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Beth Behrs, Paula Hawkins, Jo Nesbo, Gabby Sidibe, Lilly Singh, Mike Tyson, and more. Customers should visit the Barnes & Noble Store Locator for more details on each event.

Below is a list of some of the major events taking place at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide this May:

  • Lilly Singh, How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life, Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA, May 1 at 7 PM.
  • Gabourey Sidibe, This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, May 1 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA, May 8 at 7 PM.
  • Ian Harding, Odd Birds, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, May 2 at 6 PM; Barnes & Noble in Paramus, NJ, May 3 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble Settler’s Ridge in Pittsburgh, PA, May 5 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA, May 9 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble Mira Mesa in San Diego, CA, May 10 at 7 PM.
  • Christopher Paolini, The Official Eragon Coloring Book, Barnes & Noble in Bozeman, MT, May 2 at 6 PM; Barnes & Noble at the Northgate Mall in Seattle, WA, May 4 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble in Orem, UT, May 6 at 2 PM.
  • Louise Penny, A Great Reckoning, Barnes & Noble in Eastchester, NY, May 2 at 7 PM.
  • Beth Behrs, The Total ME-Tox: How to Ditch Your Diet, Move Your Body, & Love Your Life (On Your Own Terms), Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, May 4 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA, May 10 at 7 PM.
  • Jo Nesbo, The Thirst, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, May 8 at 7 PM.
  • Ashley Graham, A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like, Barnes & Noble Tribeca in New York City, May 9 at 6 PM; Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA, May 15 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble at South Pointe Pavilions in Lincoln, NE, May 16 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble Lincoln Park in Dallas, TX, May 18 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble at the River Oaks Shopping Center in Houston, TX, May 19 at 6 PM.
  • Paula Hawkins, Into the Water, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, May 9 at 7 PM.
  • David Ortiz, Papi: My Story, Barnes & Noble Tribeca in New York City, May 16 at 5 PM; Barnes & Noble at the Prudential Center in Boston, MA, May 18 at 12 PM.
  • Dennis Lehane, Since We Fell, Barnes & Noble Upper East Side in New York City, May 16 at 7 PM.
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, May 16 at 7 PM.
  • Lou Piniella, Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City, May 16 at 1 PM; Barnes & Noble Carrollwood in Tampa, FL, May 20 at 11 AM.
  • Scott Turow, Testimony, Barnes & Noble Upper West Side in New York City, May 16 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble in Skokie, IL, May 25 at 7 PM.
  • Malachy McCourt, Death Need Not Be Fatal, Barnes & Noble Upper West Side in New York City, May 17 at 7 PM.
  • Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century, Barnes & Noble in Edina, MN, May 20 at 3 PM.
  • Mike Tyson, Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City, May 30 at 1 PM.
  • Al Franken, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, May 30 at 7 PM.
  • Ryan Higa, Ryan Higa's How to Write Good, Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA, May 30 at 7 PM.

Barnes & Noble hosts over 100,000 events annually at its stores across the country. Other events that will take place at Barnes & Noble this May include Brian Freeman (Marathon) in Roseville, MN, and Edina, MN; Wade Phillips (Son of Bum: Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Football and Life) in Dallas, TX (Lincoln Park store), Beaumont, TX, and Houston, TX (River Oaks Shopping Center store); Caroline Kitchener (Post Grad: Five Women and Their First Year Out of College) in Macon, GA; Megan Whalen Turner (Thick as Thieves) in Cleveland, OH (Woodmere store); John Sandford (Golden Prey) in Charlotte, NC (Arboretum store); and so many others. Customers should visit the Barnes & Noble Store Locator for a full list, and stay tuned for the next announcement unveiling the fantastic events lineup for June.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is a Fortune 500 company, the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 634 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than 4.5 million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

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