Featured Events in Colfax in May, 2025 (April Updated)

Join us for an fun conversation with Abraham Verghese as we celebrate the paperback release of his bestseller, The Covenant of Water on Wednesday, May 7th at 6:00 PM at our Colfax location! Registration includes the following options: A signed copy of the book … ORA $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book StoreWe will have additional books for guests to purchase in store! If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. ABOUT THE BOOK OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY From theNew York Times-bestselling author ofCutting for Stonecomes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret “One of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. It’s epic. It’s transportive . . . It was unputdownable!”—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com An instant New York Times and indie bestseller and an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Covenant of Water has sold more than two million copies worldwide and was widely named as a best book of the year. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, Abraham Verghese’s long-awaited, masterful novel follows three generations of a Christian family in Kerala, South India, that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. As the novel opens, a twelve-year-old girl is sent by boat to her wedding, where she meets her husband for the first time. She joins a prosperous household and becomes known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of an extraordinary family that will endure hardship, celebrate triumph, and witness unthinkable changes over the coming decades.An exquisite modern classic finally available in paperback, The Covenant of Water is an unforgettable and stunning epic of love, faith, and medicine. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABRAHAM VERGHESE is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of the NBCC Award finalist My Own Country and the New York Times Notable Book The Tennis Partner. His most recent book, Cutting for Stone, spent 107 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sold more than two million copies worldwide. It was translated into more than twenty languages and is being adapted for film by Anonymous Content. Verghese was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama, has received six honorary degrees, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives and practices medicine in Stanford, California where he is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine. A decade in the making, The Covenant of Water is his first book since Cutting for Stone. Information Source: Tattered Cover Book Store | eventbrite

Join us for an fun conversation with Abraham Verghese and local author, Joel H. Morris as we celebrate the paperback release of Verghese's bestseller, The Covenant of Water on Wednesday, May 7th at 6:00 PM at our Colfax location! Registration includes the following options: A signed copy of the book … ORA $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book StoreWe will have additional books for guests to purchase in store! If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. ABOUT THE BOOK OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY From theNew York Times-bestselling author ofCutting for Stonecomes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret “One of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. It’s epic. It’s transportive . . . It was unputdownable!”—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com An instant New York Times and indie bestseller and an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Covenant of Water has sold more than two million copies worldwide and was widely named as a best book of the year. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, Abraham Verghese’s long-awaited, masterful novel follows three generations of a Christian family in Kerala, South India, that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. As the novel opens, a twelve-year-old girl is sent by boat to her wedding, where she meets her husband for the first time. She joins a prosperous household and becomes known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of an extraordinary family that will endure hardship, celebrate triumph, and witness unthinkable changes over the coming decades.An exquisite modern classic finally available in paperback, The Covenant of Water is an unforgettable and stunning epic of love, faith, and medicine. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABRAHAM VERGHESE is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of the NBCC Award finalist My Own Country and the New York Times Notable Book The Tennis Partner. His most recent book, Cutting for Stone, spent 107 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sold more than two million copies worldwide. It was translated into more than twenty languages and is being adapted for film by Anonymous Content. Verghese was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama, has received six honorary degrees, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives and practices medicine in Stanford, California where he is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine. A decade in the making, The Covenant of Water is his first book since Cutting for Stone. ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER JoelH. Morris has a PhD in comparative literary studies from Northwestern University. Recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, he has worked as a bookseller, sailor, and teacher, and lives near Denver, Colorado. All Our Yesterdays is his debut novel. Information Source: Tattered Cover Book Store | eventbrite

Join us for an inspirational poetry and memoir event with Robin Walter and Becca Spiegel as we celebrate their new books on Thursday, May 8th at 6:00 PM at our Colfax location! Registration includes the following options: A signed copy of Little Mercy … ORA signed copy of Without Her: A Chronicle of Grief and Love … ORA $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book StoreWe will have additional books for guests to purchase in store! If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. ABOUT THE BOOKS Little Mercy Winner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Victoria Chang In award-winning poet Robin Walter’s debut collection, Little Mercy, writing and looking—seeing feelingly—become a practice in radical care. These poems pursue moments of shared recognition, when looking up to see a deer across a stream, or when sunlight passes through wingtip onto palm, the self found in other, the river in vein of wrist. Attuned to the transparent beauty in the natural world, Walter’s poems are often glancing observations unspooling down the page, their delicacies belying their powers of profound knowing. The formal logic of this work is the intricate architecture of a nest. Each line becomes a blade of grass, each dash a little twig, each parenthesis a small feather—all woven together deliberately, seemingly fragile but held fast with surprising strength. In their lyric variations, repetitions, and fragments, employed toward a deep attention to wren, river, and reflection, the human almost falls away entirely, a steady and steadying state of being that is unconscious, expansive. Written out of a broken landscape in a broken time, Little Mercy is a book of gratitude, one that draws our inner selves to the present and living world, to the ways we can break and mend. Without Her: A Chronicle of Grief and Love “What is comfort but a filament between past and present with some sort of future implied? In other words, safety. In other words, care. I know it is possible to find these things without her—I know they are there. But it can be so hard to ask. So much is unknown.” Rebecca Spiegel is working as a teacher in New Orleans when she learns of her sister’s suicide. Only after the funeral does shock give way to grief—and to many questions. How could Emily do this to herself? How could she have abandoned all those who loved her? And what could have been done differently to prevent this devastating loss? In the days and weeks that follow, Spiegel embarks on a search for answers. She unpacks family history, documents the last traces of her sister’s life, and questions what more she could have done to prevent her death. What she finds instead is that there is no narrative on the other side of grief like this. There is no answer, no easy resolution—only those that leave and those that keep living. Unflinchingly honest, visceral, and raw, this courageous elegy lays bare the hard realities of surviving the loss of a loved one. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Robin Walter is a poet, book artist, and printmaker. Her writing has appeared in the American Poetry Review, Seneca Review, West Branch, and elsewhere. She teaches at Colorado State University and lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Rebecca Spiegelteaches writing in Philadelphia, where she lives with her family. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Without Her is her first book. Information Source: Tattered Cover Book Store | eventbrite

Join us as we celebrate local author Susan Sizer Bogue's adventurous novel debut, Deep Time on Tuesday, May 13th at 6:00 PM at our Colfax location. Registration includes the following options: A signed copy of the book … ORA $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book StoreWe will have additional books for guests to purchase in store! If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. ABOUT THE BOOK For adventurous fiction lovers, this debut novel tells the story of a young geologist working with ancient rocks who finds herself in present mortal danger when Mount St. Helens erupts with catastrophic power. After an inspiring trip to the Grand Canyon, Lauren Brown falls in love with geology—so much so that she convinces her husband, Kenny, to follow her from Philadelphia to East Texas, where she enters a male-dominated graduate program at Texas Polytechnic. Lauren thrives on the adventure geology affords her—studying undersea volcanoes, shepherding clueless undergraduates in a remote national park, and climbing canyons in Oregon to collect rock samples—but at home, things are deteriorating. After separating from her straying husband, she becomes best friends with Chris, an honorable male colleague who helps her fend off a predatory professor. When Mount St. Helens awakens, geologists from all over the world flock to Washington. Lauren is determined to be part of the action and witness an erupting volcano. The dream event of a lifetime is at hand. On a Saturday in May, she and Kenny, with whom she has reconciled, convene with Chris to stake out Mount St. Helens. The first day, the mountain remains annoyingly quiet. The next day, it erupts with catastrophic power—and irreversibly upends Lauren’s life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Susan Sizer Bogue is a lawyer-turned-writer who has published many humorous essays and written the script for the musical The Christmas of the Phonograph Records. This is her first novel. She lives in the Denver, Colorado, area. Information Source: Tattered Cover Book Store | eventbrite

Join career coach, Kendall Berg, as she discuss' navigating and unlocking the secrets of the corporate world to advance your career through the wisdom shared in her new book: Secrets of a Career Game: 36 Strategies to Get Ahead in your Careeron Friday, April 16th at 6:00 PM at our Colfax location! Registration includes the following options: A signed copy of the book … ORA $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book StoreWe will have additional books for guests to purchase in store! If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. ABOUT THE BOOK So many people are trying to navigate a corporate world that is laden with secrets; cleverly hidden and unspoken rules to a game that most employees don’t know they are playing. In order to find the success that most people want in their careers, it requires navigating this unspoken set of guidelines effectively. Secrets of the Career Game is geared towards arming individuals with the knowledge they need to understand how to evaluate their own competencies, build their toolset to open doors for progression, and establish a network that will accelerate their growth. ABOUT THE AUTHOR As the founder of That Career Coach, Kendall Berg helps her clients and followers understand how to find progression, recognition, and support in their careers. She regularly supports her more than 500K followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube with her take on playing the career game. Prior to starting her company, Kendall worked with and for some of the largest companies in the world including Capital One, JP Morgan Chase, Samsung, and AT&T. In her role as a Director of Technology Strategy with these companies she has led strategic initiatives and culture programs geared towards career progression supporting hundreds of thousands of employees. Over the course of her career, she has spoken to peer audiences of more than 1000 people and travelled the country sharing her advice with clients and corporations alike. Kendall’s social media and podcast provide insights on corporate behind the scenes, recommendations on how to advocate for yourself and progress your career, and advice for navigating difficult interpersonal situations. Information Source: Tattered Cover Book Store | eventbrite

Join us as we celebrate pediatric dentist and comedian Dr. Mike's new children's book: Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic on Saturday, April 24th at 1:00 PM at our Colfax location! Registration includes the following options: A signed copy of the book … ORA $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book StoreWe will have additional books for guests to purchase in store! If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. ABOUT THE BOOK A delightful and humorous exploration of responsibility and integrity, seen through the charming lens of Jewish culture and values. Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic is a whimsical and heartwarming picture book that resonates with the universal theme of doing the right thing. Set in the picturesque village of Kvellville, where kindness and respect are the norms, we meet Ruby Finkelman - a spirited and strong-willed young girl. Ruby's world is turned upside down when she decides to stop brushing her teeth. This seemingly small act sets off a chain of events, impacting the entire town. As Kvellville's harmony begins to unravel, Ruby confronts the consequences of her actions and realizes her power to make things right. Filled with humor, warmth, and playful storytelling, Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic is more than just an entertaining tale. It's a celebration of Jewish values and a universal lesson in responsibility and making positive contributions to our world. This book is a delightful read for anyone who appreciates a story that blends cultural richness with timeless values. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Mike King, a pediatric dentist and comedian, charms young patients with humor and magic. He's penned children's books Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic, Flossopher and the Brushing Trees and Enamel the Camel, as well as the touching Dad Spelled Backward, detailing his path to fatherhood. Mike resides in NYC with his family. More at mikekingwrites.com. Information Source: Tattered Cover Book Store | eventbrite

Join us for an fun conversation NYT bestselling author Rachel Gillig as we celebrate her new release, The Knight and the Mothon Sunday, May 25th at 3:00 PM at our Colfax location! Registration includes the following options: A signed copy of the book … ORA $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book StoreWe will have additional books for guests to purchase in store! If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. ABOUT THE BOOK FromNYT bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo. Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum’s windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral’s cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rachel Gilligwas born and raised on the California coast. She is a writer and a teacher, with a B.A. in Literary Theory and Criticism from UC Davis. If she is not ensconced in blankets dreaming up her next novel, Rachel is in her garden or walking with her husband, son, and their poodle, Wally. Information Source: Tattered Cover Book Store | eventbrite