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Quirk Books Heads to Wizard World Philadelphia (And A Giveaway!)
It's been a while since the Quirk Books crew went to Philadelphia's Wizard World, an awesome convention that hits the Pennsylvania Convention Center every year. And we're really thrilled to be heading back. Especially since the con is right in our backyard. Well, not literally. It's like, ten blocks away or something. But you get what I'm saying.
This year, we'll be at Booth 1724, and we're bringing some authors and a ton of giveaways with us.
Awesome giveaways will include the wonderful Quirk Books Totes Books tote bags (that will never be easy to say), posters of How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity, Nick & Tesla's High Voltage Danger Lab, and William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return and Empire Striketh Back.
As for signings, we've got…
FRIDAY: 2PM – 3PM – Some guy named Eric Smith, signing The Geek's Guide to Dating.
SATURDAY: 11AM – NOON – Stephen H. Segal will be signing copies of Geek Wisdom.
SUNDAY: 11AM – NOON – Dustin Fenstermacher will be signing copies of How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity.
In the meantime, for those of you not going, we've got a lil' giveaway scheduled! Enter to win a totebag full of posters and all three of those books, signed! We're giving away three. Good luck!
Posted by Eric Smith
Meet Amelia, The Spiral Bookcase’s Cat and Our Contest Winner
Last month, Quirk Books held a Contest for Bookstore Cats. Bookstore felines of the world were invited to compete for the chance to jumpstart their Internet celebrity campaign.
Competitor Cats were asked to command someone with opposable thumbs to take a picture of them “reading” the Quirk title, How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity by Patricia Carlin.
After much delipurration, a winner was chosen: Amelia of The Spiral Bookcase!
Dustin Fentermacher, the photographer of the book, also provided a couple quirky tips to help Amelia to seize her true celebrity potential: "Amelia's on the right path: cats plus books equal money. If she could do a series with this cat sitting on top of pages of books that make her look a part of the scene, that would would quickly skyrocket into the internet meme hall of fame."
Amelia's photo was also featured in today's Shelf Awareness. Thanks, you guys!
Posted by Suzanne Wallace
The Bookworm’s Guide to Picking a Pet Name
Oh, hello—I didn't see you there.
As if your status of Book Nerd wasn’t high enough – what with your endless bookshelves, strange priorities to buy books over groceries, and constant chatter about what this character did in that book – bring your new pet into the fold with a deeply literary or historical name. Pick a perfectly bookish name in honor of your favorite character!
Posted by Laura Crockett
Cinco De MEOW: Celebrate Cinco De Mayo With Quirk Cat Books, Just Because
Photo via Catster
Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!
Since we really can't giveaway margaritas here on the Quirk blog (although here is an awesome margarita cheesecake recipe for ya'll), we decided to do the next best thing. Run with a pun. Because that's what we do here at Quirk.
We're celebrating Cinco de Meow, and dishing out a bundle of Quirk cat books on this special day. Go ahead and enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity, Crafting with Cat Hair, 100 Cats Who Saved Civilization, and The Meowmorphosis.
Good luck!
Posted by Eric Smith
Crafting With Cat Hair: January’s Quirk DIY Book Club Selection!
Hey there Quirk fans! Welcome to the Quirk DIY Book Club! This month's selection is Crafting With Cat Hair by Kaori Tsutaya!
Same as last month, you can snag one of TEN free copies by entering the Rafflecopter below. Winners will receive a copy of the book, and will be encouraged to send in photos of their finished crafts, which we will post here on the Quirk blog at the end of the month. You'll also be invited to pin along with us on our Pinterest page.
Posted by Eric Smith
