Major Authors Appearing at Barnes & Noble in October: Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara Pierce Bush, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Hanks, Annie ...

Fans Can Visit Barnes & Noble and Meet the Celebrities They Love Including Bestselling Authors, Famous Media Personalities, Award-Winning Photographers, and More

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced an impressive event lineup for the month of October to head into the holidays in a big way, featuring bestselling authors, famous media personalities, award-winning photographers, and more. Throughout the month of October, fans will have the exciting opportunity to stop by Barnes & Noble and meet the well-known personalities they love including Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Hanks, Annie Leibovitz, and many more big names. 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 October:

• Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City, October 24 at 12:30 PM.
• Ron Chernow, Grant, Barnes & Noble Upper East Side in New York City, October 10 at 7 PM.
• Jonathan and Scott Drew, It Takes Two: Our Story, Barnes & Noble The Grove in Los Angeles, October 11 at 7 PM.
• Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!: Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives, Barnes & Noble in Paramus, NJ, October 23 at 6 PM.
• Ainsley Earhardt, Through Your Eyes, Barnes & Noble Midtown at Forest Acres in Columbia, SC, October 21 at 2 PM.
• Jimmy Fallon, Everything Is Mama, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, October 14 at 12 PM.
• Joey Graceffa, Elites of Eden: A Novel, Barnes & Noble Tribeca in New York City, October 4 at 5 PM.
• Tom Hanks, Uncommon Type: Some Stories, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City, October 18 at 12:30 PM.
• T.D. Jakes, Soar!: Build Your Vision from the Ground Up, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City, October 10 at 12 PM.
• Brian Kilmeade, Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny, Barnes & Noble Tysons Corner Mall in McLean, VA, October 28 at 1 PM; Barnes & Noble Central Park in Fredericksburg, VA, October 28 at 7 PM.
• Annie Leibovitz, Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, October 26 at 7 PM.
• Joel Osteen, Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things Are Working for Your Good, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City, October 25 at 12:30 PM.
• Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, Barnes & Noble The Grove in Los Angeles, October 27 at 7 PM.
• Amy Tan, Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City, October 16 at 7 PM.

Barnes & Noble hosts over 100,000 events annually at its stores across the country. 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 November.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is the world’s largest bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 632 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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