Spring Break
Bookstore events bring culture to JHU
Issue date: 9/27/07
- Page 1 of 3 next >
The Hopkins bookstore, located on the intersection of St. Paul and 33rd streets is a convenient one-stop shop for textbooks, school supplies, Hopkins apparel and, starting now, a dose of local culture.
While the bookstore is a familiar spot on campus, it is often thought of as being merely a textbook supplier.
Aware of this attitude, the Barnes & Noble staff hopes to combat the store's reputation with a variety of events designed to expose local areas of interest.
Starting in spring semester of 2007, the bookstore began hosting events for both Hopkins students and the Charles Village community.
These events included book signings, a discussion panel and live jazz music in the café.
When the idea for the different programs first originated, Jeff Pinque, who works in the New Jersey Regional Office for Barnes & Noble, had to filter requests from various authors wishing to come to the Hopkins bookstore.
"We have just started to pursue authors," Joe Strube, a manager of the Hopkins branch, said. "Up until now, everything has been authors pursuing us."
The move from Gilman Hall to a two-floor store has proven to be a major transition for the bookstore, allowing it to serve the students in different ways.
"We're still trying to find our niche with the student population," Strube said. "We want to serve [them] and we will continue to look for events to serve them."
Since spring semester, the bookstore has had several authors come for book signings. Frank Warren, founder of Post Secret, visited campus in April, at an event that approximately 350 students attended.
Other, lesser-known authors have come to the bookstore as well. Though Larry Doyle, author of I Love You, Beth Cooper, did not attract as large an audience, every person who came to the signing bought a book, "which is very unusual for an event like that," Strube said.
The bookstore has also had several faculty authors come for book signings, including David Bell, from the History Department, and David Linden, a professor in the Neuroscience Department.
While the bookstore is a familiar spot on campus, it is often thought of as being merely a textbook supplier.
Aware of this attitude, the Barnes & Noble staff hopes to combat the store's reputation with a variety of events designed to expose local areas of interest.
Starting in spring semester of 2007, the bookstore began hosting events for both Hopkins students and the Charles Village community.
These events included book signings, a discussion panel and live jazz music in the café.
When the idea for the different programs first originated, Jeff Pinque, who works in the New Jersey Regional Office for Barnes & Noble, had to filter requests from various authors wishing to come to the Hopkins bookstore.
"We have just started to pursue authors," Joe Strube, a manager of the Hopkins branch, said. "Up until now, everything has been authors pursuing us."
The move from Gilman Hall to a two-floor store has proven to be a major transition for the bookstore, allowing it to serve the students in different ways.
"We're still trying to find our niche with the student population," Strube said. "We want to serve [them] and we will continue to look for events to serve them."
Since spring semester, the bookstore has had several authors come for book signings. Frank Warren, founder of Post Secret, visited campus in April, at an event that approximately 350 students attended.
Other, lesser-known authors have come to the bookstore as well. Though Larry Doyle, author of I Love You, Beth Cooper, did not attract as large an audience, every person who came to the signing bought a book, "which is very unusual for an event like that," Strube said.
The bookstore has also had several faculty authors come for book signings, including David Bell, from the History Department, and David Linden, a professor in the Neuroscience Department.
Be the first to comment on this story