MAY 2009: News from HooksBookEvents
Friday May 08, 2009
 News from Hooks Book Events: May 2009Perry Pidgeon Hooks, President & Co-Founder, perry@hooksbookevents.com Loretta Yenson, CFO & Co-Founder, loretta@hooksbookevents.com |
SHOWING UP FOR LIFE  We were thrilled to bring prominent lawyer, civil activist, and philanthropist William Gates Sr. to speak at Chevy Chase Trust on April 29 and at the Greater Washington Board of Trade on April 30. The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talked about his new book, Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime, a heartfelt and deeply personal book that shines a bright light on the values and principles that Gates learned growing up in the Great Depression. When asked by an audience member whether he wakes up in the morning amazed at the incredible amount of wealth his son has accumulated – and the wealth he is able to distribute through the Gates Foundation – Gates Sr. said, “Yes! It is totally stunning and I’m very conscious of the stunningness of it. And yet, I exalt in it, because those billions are going to wonderful causes and bettering people’s lives. I’m 83 years old and I never imagined that I’d be working this late in life, or enjoying it so much.” |
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SAVE THESE DATES!
 MAY 19, 2009: It’s official! We sold out the ballroom at The Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown for our event with author Lee Woodruff, author of Perfectly Imperfect, on May 19 from noon to 1:30.
How could we leave out all the women who didn’t call in during the first two weeks to sign up for this great salon? We couldn’t! Fortunately, The Four Seasons has been gracious enough to move us to a bigger room. So tell all your friends and colleagues to sign up today! RSVP to: tickets@hooksbookevents.com.Tickets are $70, which includes a four-course meal and a signed copy of Lee’s new book. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Lee’s foundation, Remind.org. (You’ll remember that Lee’s husband Bob is the TV journalist who was co-anchor of the ABC News and appeared on World News Tonight and was nearly killed in 2006 by a roadside bomb in Iraq.)  MAY 13, 2009: We are pleased to be working with our client Noblis (www.noblis.org) on their upcoming micro summit, The Green Enterprise: from Stimulus to Sustainment. We are bringing authors Peter Senge (co-author of “A Necessary Revolution”) and Joel Makower (“Strategies for the New Green Economy”) to the conference as the keynote speakers. Copies of their books will be available to attendees on a first come first serve basis at the event, which will be held May 13 from noon to 2:30 pm at the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 8th floor conference center). Lunch will be provided. To attend, contact Noblis at green@noblis.org or call 703-610-2132.  JUNE 2, 2009: Please join us for another fabulous Greater Washington Board of Trade event on June 2 from 8 to 10 a.m. when the highly acclaimed author Dan Pink – who wrote several books including A Whole New Mind – will interview Alan Webber, founder of Fast Company magazine. These two smart men will be talking about Alan’s new book Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self. Sign up here. PS: We will be looking forward to seeing Dan Pink in NYC at the Book Expo America later this month, and will be working with him on his soon to be released book: Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us! Lots more to come on that! |
SWEET SUCCESS!  Check out this picture of the HBE staff and Dara Torres, the winner of 12 Olympic medals for swimming – five of which she won at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. We met her at the Women In Cable Telecommunications conference in April, where she launched the tour for her new book, Age is Just a Number (Random House 2009). That, of course, is one of our company mottos! If you can figure out which young lady is Dara, let us know! |
MAY EVENTS Thursday, May 7, 2009: The Inauguration of Barack Obama,  foreward by Ben Bradlee (Triumph Books, 2009) Friday, May 8, 2009: Flotsametrics and the Floating World, by Curtis Ebbesmeyer (Collins, 2009) Tuesday, May 12, 2009: The Difference, by Scott E. Page (Princeton University Press, 2008) Wednesday, May 13, 2009: The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008, by Lucas A. Powe, Jr. (Harvard University Press, 2009) Wednesday, May 13, 2009: The Necessary Revolution, by Peter Senge (Doubleday, 2009) Wednesday, May 13, 2009: Strategies for the New Green Economy, by Joel Makower (McGraw-Hill, 2008) Thursday, May 14, 2009: Rescue Warriors, by David Helvarg (Thomas Dunne Books, 2009) Tuesday, May 19, 2009: Perfectly Imperfect, by Lee Woodruff and Bob Woodruff (Random House, 2009) Thursday, May 28, 2009: Mr. Market Miscalculates, by James Grant (Axios Press, 2008) JUNE EVENTS  Tuesday, June 2: Rules of Thumb, by Alan Webber (HarperBusiness, 2009)Tues., June 2: Reforms at Risk, by Eric Patashnik (Princeton University Press, 2008) Wednesday, June 3, 2009: Leadership from the Inside Out, by Kevin Cashman (Berrett-Koehler Publ Inc.) Wed, June 17: The Day of Battle, by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt and Co., 2007) Monday, July 20, 2009: The Breakthrough, by Gwen Ifill (Doubleday, 2009) Wednesday, June 24, 2009: The Blue Zones, by Dan Buettner (National Geographic, 2009) |
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Contact Information phone: 301-229-1128 perry@hooksbookevents.com www.hooksbookevents.com |