The weather may be cold outside, but things are starting to pick up steam inside NYC’s big box stores this month. Here’s a list of February 2011 book store events I found interesting for one reason or another.

Barnes & Noble February 2011
02/01 Frank Brady: Endgame (82nd & Bway)
02/01 Whitney Port: True Whit (Tribeca)
02/02 Jessie Sholl: Dirty Secret (Tribeca)
02/08 Taboo: Fallin’ Up (Tribeca)
02/08 Benjamin Hale: The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore (86th & Lex)
02/08 Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee: Giant Steps to Change the World (USQ)
02/09 Michael Oher: I Beat the Odds (5th Ave)
02/11 Rubin “Hurricane” Carter with Ken Klonsky: Eye of the Hurricane (82nd & Bway)
02/15 Ben Vereen: Steppin’ Out Live (86th and Lex)
02/15 Julie Burstein, Kurt Anderson: Spark How Creativity Works (Tribeca)
02/15 Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality (USQ)
02/17 Maya Angelou: Great Food, All Day Long (USQ)
02/22 T. C. Boyle: When the Killing’s Done (82nd & Bway)
02/23 Isa Chandra Moskowitz: Appetite for Reduction (Park Slope)
02/23 Cheryl Wills with Hazel Dukes: Die Free (82nd & Bway)
02/24 Michael Showalter & Neko Case: Mr. Funny Pants (USQ)
02/25 Joe Lovano (86th and Lex)
02/26 Steve Harvey: Straight Talk, No Chaser (Park Slope)
02/28 Charles King: Odessa

Borders February 2011
02/02 Brooke Burke: The Naked Mom (CC)
02/03 Michael Fazio: Concierge Confidential (CC)
02/06 Miranda Cosgrove (CC 11:30 AM – Wristbands distributed at opening)
02/09 Jenni “JWoWW” Farley: The Rules According to JWOWW (CC)
02/16 Cheryl Wills: Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale (CC)
02/17 Josh Klein: Hacking Work (Park Ave)

Bookcourt February 2011
02/02 Karen Russell – Swamplandia!
02/03 Benjamin Hale – The Evolution Of Bruno Littlemore
02/17 Colm Toibin – The Empty Family
02/23 T.C. Boyle – When The Killing’s Done