Magic City Books is thrilled to welcome Cherokee author and Tulsa native, Andrea L. Rogers for a free, in-store event to celebrate her new YA novel, The Art Thieves on Thursday October 10 at 7:00 pm.

Andrea L. Rogers is the author of Man Made Monsters winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award, the International Literacy Association Award, the Whippoorwill Award, an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Honor recipient and an NEA Read Across America Recommended Title. It was named a “Best of the Year” book by Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book and the New York Public Library.

The Art Thieves is a YA novel set in the year 2052 that conjures our futures in startling life – the ones that we are headed towards, and the ones we can still work towards.

The Art Thieves will be published by Levine Querido on October 8. It will be available for sale at Magic City Books starting October 8 and at the event. It is also available online at: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/the-art-thieves/2469.

Magic City Books and the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations, in partnership with the University of Tulsa, are proud to welcome Steven A. Cook for a free program on Sunday October 6 to discuss his most recent book, The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East.

This free event will begin at 7:30 pm in the Lorton Performance Center on the University of Tulsa campus. Steven will be joined in conversation by Magic City Books President and co-founder, Jeff Martin.

The End of Ambition highlights how America’s interests in the region have begun to change and critically examines alternative approaches to US-Middle East policy.

The End of Ambition is for sale at Magic City Books and will be available for purchase at the event on October 6. If you are unable to attend and would like a signed copy, you can order online at: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/the-end-of-ambition/2905.

Magic City Books is proud to welcome back to the store local author Brenda Maier in celebration of two new publications. Book three in her Penguin and Panda graphic novel series for young readers as well as her new picture book, The Little Green Swing are both being published in September 2024.

This free event with Brenda celebrating her new books will be at 2:00 pm on Saturday October 5 in the Algonquin Room at Magic City Books, 221 E Archer Street in the Tulsa Arts District.

Brenda Maier is a writer, mother of five, public school teacher, and board member of OAGCT, the Oklahoma chapter of the National Association for Gifted Children. Among her books for young readers are The Little Red Fort and The Little Blue Bridge, both of which have been named to notable reading lists.

Brenda’s Penguin and Panda series are playful and humorous graphic novels about two besties that could not be more different from each other. Each book is composed from multiple short stories and STEM related fun facts. The third book in the series, Winterfest joins Suprise! (book one) and Fun & Games (book two).

Both of Brenda’s new books will be for sale at the event as well as her earlier books. If you are unable to attend the event but would like to order a signed copy, you can call the store at 918-602-4452 or shop online.

Penguin & Panda Winterfest: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/winterfest-the-adventures-of-penguin-and-panda-volume-3/2893

The Little Green Swing: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/the-little-green-swing/2894

Magic City Books is excited to welcome back Michael Wright for a celebration of his recently published collection of poetry, Blue Morning Light, on Thursday, October 3 at 7:00 pm in the Algonquin Room at Magic City Books.

Michael Wright is an avid explorer of writing dedicated to examining the thousand-and-one questions about what makes humans so truly wondrous and downright contrary at the same time. His works range from novels and plays to poetry, radio drama and performance art/spoken word.

This event is free and open to the public. Copies of Blue Morning Light are available at Magic City Books or online at: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/blue-morning-light/2875.

Magic City Books is proud to welcome journalist and bestselling author Ben MacIntyre for a free, in-store event to celebrate his latest book, The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World, on Sunday, September 29 at 2:00 pm.

Ben MacIntyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times (UK) where he has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of previous bestsellers, The Spy and the Traitor, which tells the story of double KGB agent Oleg Gordiesvsky, and Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy told the story of Ursula Kuczynski – codename Sonya – the greatest female spy of the 20th Century.

The Siege is a thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time. A story of ordinary men and women under immense pressure, The Siege takes readers minute-by-thrilling-minute through an event that would echo across the next two decades and provide a direct historical link to the tragedy on 9/11.

The Siege will be published by Crown on September 10 and will be available for sale at Magic City Books.

Join Best of Books at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, for a signing event with New York Times Bestselling Author Erin A. Craig for her new young adult fantasy retelling of a dark Grimm fairytale, "The Thirteenth Child". Erin will be joined in conversation by Alysha Rameera, author of "Her Soul for a Crown" debuting in 2025.

This event is free to attend and open to all. To enter the signing line and meet Erin, please purchase your copy of "The Thirteenth Child" below. Erin's New York Times Bestselling Sisters of the Salt series including "House of Salt and Sorrow" and "House of Root and Ruin" will also be available to purchase and have signed.

Magic City Books and Tulsa City-County Library are proud to welcome Sarah Smarsh back to Tulsa in celebration of her new collection of essays, Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class on Wednesday September 25. This free event will take place at Martin Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett Road in Tulsa, at 7pm.

Magic City Books is proud to welcome Rilla Askew, author of the American Book Award-winning novel about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Fire in Beulah, for an in-store event celebrating her new collection of stories, The Hungry and the Haunted on Monday September 23. This free event will start at 7:00 pm in the Algonquin Room at Magic City Books and Rilla will be joined in conversation by Liz Blood.

“Rilla Askew—a storyteller of truth and grace in all she writes, whether novel or essay—moves us to compassionately consider Oklahoma in all its faces. Oklahoma’s is a rough story of theft and coercion, of beauty and tenderness.” —Joy Harjo

Set primarily in eastern Oklahoma during the 1970s, the stories in The Hungry and the Haunted are about young women navigating relationships, social change, and the power of place during increasingly precarious times.

The Hungry and the Haunted will be published by Belle Pointe Press on September 17. You can pre-order a copy at Magic City Books or online at: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/the-hungry-and-the-haunted/2393.

Magic City Books is proud to welcome bestselling author Liane Moriarty for a special event in celebration of her new novel, Here One Moment, on Friday September 13 at 7:00 pm. This ticketed event will take place at All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria Avenue.

Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel.

This is a ticketed event, each ticket comes with one (1) copy of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty ($30 value) and one (1) general admission seat at the event on July 11.

All books will be available for pickup at the event. Magic City Books will have copies of other books by Liane Moriarty for sale at the event as well.

At the conclusion of the event, there will be an opportunity to meet Liane Moriarty and get books signed or take a photo with her.

All tickets include a copy of the book, there is a limit of four tickets per transaction. Please provide the full name and email address of each ticket holder so that all event notifications and information can be sent to all attendees.

If you have a ticket and are unable to attend the event, you will be able to pick up your book at Magic City Books during normal business hours. The last day for ticket holders to pick up Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is Friday, November 1, 2024. We will make an effort to have signed books available for pick up but can not guarantee a signed copy.

Magic City Books is proud to welcome Stephanie Kiser for a free, in-store event to celebrate her new book, Wanted: Toddler’s Personal Assistant on Thursday September 12 at 7:00 pm.

When Stephanie Kiser moves to New York City after college to pursue a career in writing, she quickly learns that her entry-level salary won’t cover the high cost of living–never mind her crushing student loan debt. But there is one in-demand job that pays more than enough to allow Stephanie to stay in the city: nannying for the 1%. Desperate to escape the poverty of her own childhood, Stephanie falls into a job that hijacks her life for the next seven years: a glorified personal assistant to toddlers on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Wanted: Toddler’s Personal Assistant is on sale now at Magic City Books and will be available at the event on September 12. Stephanie will discuss her book and sign copies, if you are unable to attend and would like a signed copy you can order at:  https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/wanted-toddler-s-personal-assistant/2467.

Magic City Books is proud to welcome Rebecca Nagle for a book launch event celebrating her new book, By the Fire We Carry: The Generations Long Fight for Justice on Native Land, on Tuesday September 10 at 7:00 pm. This free event will be hosted at Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S Rockford in Tulsa.

Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning journalist and a citizen of Cherokee Nation. She is the writer and host of the podcast This Land. Her writing on Native representation, federal Indian law, and tribal sovereignty has been featured in numerous national publications.

By the Fire We Carry recounts the generations-long fight for tribal land and sovereignty in eastern Oklahoma. By chronicling both the contemporary legal battle and historic acts of Indigenous resistance, By the Fire We Carry stands as a landmark work of American history. The story it tells exposes both the wrongs that our nation has committed and the Native-led battle for justice that has shaped our country.

Rebecca will be joined by three distinguished guests for the program. James Floyd (Muscogee), former Principal Chief of Muscogee Nation when the McGirt case went to the Supreme Court, Rosemary McCombs Maxey (Muscogee) Muscogee elder, first language speaker and language teacher, and Philip Tinker (Osage) lawyer who worked on the McGirt case.

By the Fire We Carry will be published by Harper on September 10, 2024. Copies will be available for sale starting that day at Magic City Books and will be for sale at the event. Rebecca will sign copies of the book at the conclusion of the program. Customers can pre-order a copy at: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/by-the-fire-we-carry/2466.

The Mystery authors are taking over from Noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, for Afternoon with Oklahoma Authors so come mingle with mystery and thriller readers and authors and find your next great read. This event is free to attend with books from each author available to purchase at the event.

Meet the Authors:

J.M. Manyanga, author of “Six: The Declaration”, a thriller filled with espionage and secret missions; On the verge of signing the most important document in African history, Agent Six and Detective Reggie Kona must race against the clock to get the document in the right hands before the big day. The powers-that-be have other plans. Six and Reggie find the job tougher at every turn, meeting elite operatives and killers all after one thing: a document that could change the future of Africa. J.M. Manyanga captures the beauty all around us  through thrilling action and mystery. Welcome to his world, where heroes are made, monsters are slain, and justice is served.

Garrett Queener, author of “The Handler”, an action thriller that won’t let a former agent walk away without risking it all; Mason Hartley believed his violent past was behind him until masked assailants invaded his home, thrusting him back into a deadly game and leading him back to the Handler, a legendary figure in underground operations. Tasked by the Handler to locate a missing pilot, Mason quickly discovers this mission runs much deeper than he'd thought. Now, ensnared in a web of secrets and danger, Mason must confront old demons and new threats to save his former friend and uncover the truth.

K. Malady, author of “Fangs and Felonies” a cozy paranormal mystery with a mission to prove a vampire’s innocence; In a city torn between humans and the paranormal, attorney Emily Lane thrives on ambition and her dreams of making partner. Her one vice? Illegal encounters letting vampires drink her blood. But when a prominent anti-creature businessman meets a sticky end and the local vamp coven leader Lucian is arrested, Emily's life takes a dramatic turn. As Emily gets further entangled into the murder investigation, she wades through a world unseen by humans, but with every step, she risks her reputation and career. Can she clear the Lucian's name without destroying everything she's worked for?