Things are looking up at our local booksellers this month I think. Here are some April 2012 bookstore events that looked interesting to me for one reason or another.

Barnes & Noble NYC
04/02 Kristen Johnston: Guts (82nd & Bway)
04/03 Harvey Araton, Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry: Driving Mr. Yogi (5th Ave)
04/03 Jim Abbott: Imperfect: An Improbable Life (82nd & Bway)
04/04 Rachel Dratch: Girl Walks Into A Bar (USQ)
04/04 Tori Spelling: celebraTORI (5th Ave)
04/04 Jill Smokler: Confessions of a Scary Mommy (86th & Lex)
04/04 Delia Ephron: The Lion Is In (86th & Lex)
04/05 Fred Weintraub: Bruce Lee, Woodstock and Me (Tri)
04/05 Eric Erlandson and Melissa Auf der Maur: Letters To Kurt (Upstairs at USQ)
04/07 Bruce Eric Kaplan: Monsters Eat Whiny Children (Tri)
04/10 R.A. Dickey: Wherever I Wind Up (Citi)
04/10 Carole King: Carole King: A Natural Woman (USQ)
04/11 A.J. Jacobs: Drop Dead Healthy (82nd & Bway)
04/11 David Rees: How To Sharpen Pencils (USQ)
04/12 Bill Clegg and Rachael Yamagata (Upstairs at USQ)
04/16 Eric Alterman: The Cause (82nd & Bway)
04/17 You Have No Idea: Vanessa Williams, Helen Williams (Citi)
04/19 Ricki Lake: Never Say Never Finding a Life That Fits (86th & Lex)
04/23 World Book Night With Patti Smith, Anna Quindlen and Buzz Bissinger (USQ)
04/24 Amber Dermont: The Starboard Sea (Tri)
04/24 Madeleine Albright: Prague Winter (USQ)
04/26 Gary Marshall: My Happy Days in Hollywood (USQ)
04/26 Zach Wahls: My Two Moms (82nd & Bway)
04/27 Marilu Henner: Improve Your Memory, Take Charge of Your Life (86th & Lex)
04/30 Ryan O’Neal: Both of Us: My Life With Farrah (82nd & Bway)