Upcoming Events

Kathleen George has a new book!

The Blues Walked In

Kathleen will be here June 5th at 7:00PM

Kathleen George lives in Pittsburgh where she is a professor of theatre and writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of the acclaimed novels Taken, Fallen, Afterimage, The Odds (nominated for an Edgar award for best novel by the Mystery Writers of America), Hideout, Simple, and A Measure of Blood (2014). All seven of these titles are part of her procedural thrillers set in Pittsburgh. Also in 2014 the University of Pittsburgh Press released The Johnstown Girls, her non-series novel about the Johnstown Flood, and in 2018 a novel about Lena Horne and jazz, The Blues Walked In. Kathy is the editor of Pittsburgh Noir, a collection of short fiction, the author of her own short story collection The Man In The Buick, and of scholarly theatrical books and articles. 

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About Us

Since 1929, the Penguin Bookshop has been a fixture in the heart of Sewickley, Pennsylvania.  Though having been located in various storefronts throughout town over the years, the Penguin has been kept alive through the loyalty of its customers and the passion of its booksellers. Located just 20 minutes outside of both Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh International Airport, it remains one of the local and regional community's greatest treasures. 

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Tom Wolfe obituary: a great dandy, in elaborate dress and neon-lit prose!

Journalist and author who won a name as a brilliant satirist with the ‘novel of the 1980s’, The Bonfire of the Vanities

 

To read Tom Wolfe's full Obituray click on this link