Author event with Suleika Jaouad

Parnassus Books and Montgomery Bell Academy are thrilled to present an evening with Suleika Jaouad, in conversation with Ann Patchett, as they discuss Suleika's new book, The Alchemy Journal

This ticketed event will begin at 6:30 PM and will take place at Montgomery Bell Academy's Dead Poets Society Room, located in the Mary Helen Lowry Building (close to the South Wilson entrance).

Tickets:

Note - There are 2 ticket types for this event:

$24.44 - which includes one general admission seat and one signed copy of The Alchemy Journal.

$57.36 - which includes one general admission seat, one signed copy of The Alchemy Journal and one signed copy of The Book of Alchemy.

Please note: All books will be pre-signed. There will be no signing line following the event for personalizations, additional books from home, or photos.

Parking:

Parking is free on the MBA campus. There is a garage located at 205 South Wilson Boulevard (East side of MBA's campus, which is closest to the Dead Poets Room). You may also park in the Vine Street Church parking lot or in any of the surface lots on campus.

About the Journal:

From the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Between Two Kingdoms, a gorgeous journal with which to alchemize your life

"Journaling as a process is utterly alchemizing, with practical applications in every area of one's life and work. The journal is like a chrysalis: the container of your goopiest, most unformed self. It's a rare space, in this age of hypercurated personas, where you can share your most unedited thoughts, where you can sort through the raw material of your life. Day by day, page by page, you uncover the answers that are already inside of you, and you begin to transform."--Suleika Jaouad

From bestselling author Suleika Jaouad, this stunning journal brings readers the space to meditate on the prompts and wisdom offered in The Book of Alchemy or to write from their own inspiration. A beautiful object, this journal is complete with marbled endpapers, a pocket, and a ribbon bookmark. It's the perfect space for enthusiastic readers of The Book of Alchemy to begin their creative journey or anybody looking to sit down with a blank page and an open heart.

About the Book of Alchemy:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A guide to the art of journaling--and a meditation on the central questions of life--by the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms, with contributions from Hanif Abdurraqib, Jon Batiste, Salman Rushdie, Gloria Steinem, George Saunders, and many more

From the time she was young, Suleika Jaouad has kept a journal. She's used it to mark life's biggest occasions and to weather its most ferocious storms. Journaling has buoyed her through illness, heartbreak, and the deepest uncertainty. And she is not alone: for so many people, keeping a journal is an essential tool for navigating both the personal peaks and valleys and the collective challenges of modern life. More than ever, we need a space for puzzling through.

In The Book of Alchemy, Suleika explores the art of journaling and shares everything she's learned about how this life-altering practice can help us tap into that mystical trait that exists in every human: creativity. She has gathered wisdom from one hundred writers, artists, and thinkers in the form of essays and writing prompts. Their insights invite us to inhabit a more inspired life.

A companion through challenging times, The Book of Alchemy is broken into themes ranging from new beginnings to love, loss, and rebuilding. Whether you're a lifelong journaler or new to the practice, this book gives you the tools, direction, and encouragement to engage with discomfort, ask questions, peel back the layers, dream daringly, uncover your truest self--and in doing so, to learn to hold the unbearably brutal and astonishingly beautiful facts of life in the same palm.

Also includes essays from: Martha Beck - Nadia Bolz-Weber - Alain de Botton - Susan Cheever - Lena Dunham - Melissa Febos - Liana Finck - John Green - Marie Howe - Pico Iyer - Oliver Jeffers - Quintin Jones - Michael Koryta - Hanif Kureishi - Kiese Laymon - Cleyvis Natera - Ann Patchett - Esther Perel - Adrienne Raphel - Jenny Rosenstrach - Sarah Ruhl - Sharon Salzberg - Dani Shapiro - Mavis Staples - Linda Sue Park - Nafissa Thompson-Spires - Jia Tolentino - Lindy West - Lidia Yuknavitch - And many others

About the author:

Suleika Jaouad is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Between Two Kingdoms, which has been translated into more than twenty languages. She wrote the Emmy Award-winning New York Times column and video series "Life, Interrupted," and her essays and feature stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and Vogue, among others. She is also the subject, along with husband Jon Batiste, of the Oscar-nominated documentary American Symphony--a portrait of two artists during a year of extreme highs and lows. A visual artist, her large-scale watercolors are the focus of several upcoming exhibitions. She is also the creator of the Isolation Journals, a weekly newsletter and global community that harnesses creativity as a tool to navigate life's interruptions.