Only in León - Book event with author of Blood of Brothers

It´s funny how things work in the book-world. Specially here in Nicaragua; you open your tiny little shop, struggle to get books in a country where there are almost none, sell a few books a day, try to make things go around, try new things, work hard, do some small scale promotion...

And then suddenly one day something big happens. I open the facebook page for the bookshop and see a casual message from Stephen Kinzer on the wall. STEPHEN KINZER! If you are not familiar with who Stephen Kinzer is, he is the author of "Blood of Brothers - life and war in Nicaragua", a foreign correspondent who covered Nicaragua in the 70s and 80s. And if you are a bookshop owner in Nicaragua you LOVE Stephen Kinzer because he has written one of the bestselling books in english about Nicaragua, a well written and balanced book about the revolution and war in Nicaragua, the easiest book to recommend to anyone interested in Nicaragua. So then you understand that to get this short casual message on facebook is maybe one of the biggest things that will ever happen to my tiny little bookshop in León. 

The message said:

"I will be in Leon in March and wonder if you'd like me to visit the store to talk about my time in Nicaragua and my book "Blood of Brothers."" - Stephen Kinzer, 16th of Nov. 

Butterflies in the stomach. And a little scream of joy...

And so it is actually happening; Kinzer is doing a book event for Búho Books on the 23rd of March (in only 4 days!). The event will be in La Olla Quemada, our favourite bar that always supports our book events, and located just half a block from my bookshop. 

And you better make your way to León for this day because this will be the only book event he will be doing on this trip!