Square Books presents: David Sedaris for The Land and Its People

General admission tickets, which include entry to the in-store talk, are now SOLD OUT. 

SIGNING LINE ONLY tickets are now available to purchase via the link on the right.

When purchasing your tickets, go slow and steady! If you refresh or try and go back during payment, you may get an error message and/or place multiple orders. Not sure if your order went through? PLEASE check your email for confirmation and ticket emails before trying again!

ABOUT THE EVENT + TICKET TYPES:

• This in-person event will feature a book talk and audience Q&A, followed by a book signing (more information on signing is below). 
• Each ticket costs $35, including all tax and payment processing fees.
• The event will be followed by a signing line. The author will sign any number of his books people bring to him, but not a book he has previously signed. He will NOT sign his sister’s books or another author’s books.
• GENERAL ADMISSION tickets give entry for one person to the event, and includes one hardcover copy of THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE (distributed at the event).
• SIGNING LINE ONLY tickets include one copy of THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE but not entry to the in-store event. Attendees with this ticket type will line up outside the store, and will gain entry after the reading and the general admission attendees have had their books signed, at 7:00pm
• For both ticket types, the copies of THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE will not be pre-signed. If you would like your copy signed, please plan to wait in the signing line
• Additional copies of THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE will be available for purchase at the event.
• At the author's request, there will be NO PHOTOS at the event. This rule will be enforced. 
• Books uncollected at the event will be held for pickup at Square Books for two months, after which they will be released back to the store.
• Tickets do not qualify for Constant Reader credit. All sales are final.

A NOTE ABOUT TICKET PACKAGE BUNDLING: We understand you may be coming with a partner/friend and wish for only one book with your tickets. Ticket structure ("bundling") is generally determined by a publisher/author's touring requirements, and bundling a ticket with a book allows us to bring a diverse range of authors to Square Books (as well as support the cost of the event production). The book is a bonus on top of seeing your favorite author speak; plus, signed books make great gifts! Thank you for your understanding and support.

Thank you! We can't wait to see you at the event! 

CAN'T ATTEND THE EVENT BUT STILL WANT A SIGNED FIRST EDITION COPY OF THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE? CLICK HERE (redirects to Square Books website)

About the book

"A funny and heartfelt essay collection on friendship, family, and aging...Sedaris's wit and keen awareness of life's absurdities are on full display. These essays are among the best of his career."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In The Land and Its People, Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveler, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. A ambivalent Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to describe his family in a foreign language. Ever adding to his list of “Countries I Have Been To,” he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest’s cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo.
 
Time takes its toll: scrolling through his address book, he counts those he couldn’t bear to outlive, and realizes how many are already gone. He is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn’t. It’s easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, “Enough Is Enough.” And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton underpants.
 
Throughout these essays—at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound—Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity our fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit.

About the Author

David Sedaris is the author of fifteen previous books, including Happy-Go-Lucky, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and Me Talk Pretty One Day. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.