“Nothing Here is Real,” the first novel by local author Matt Bindig, is set for April release by No Frills Buffalo publishing company.
Bindig was raised outside of Buffalo and educated at Hobart College and Harvard University. He lives with his wife and children in the Buffalo area where he teaches high school English.
In “Nothing Here is Real,” Bindig explores the power of family myths and the costs that come with striking out on your own. When Grady Pickett hears that the lost paintings of Ward Gregory have recently been discovered, he decides to abandon his longtime girlfriend and the life he has made for himself in Massachusetts and return home to Apollo, N.Y., certain that if he unravels the central mystery of his childhood he will be able to make sense of his greatest loss. In the tailspin of events that follow, Grady must choose between the two lives laid out before him. Will he reclaim himself and the past he once called his own from the grips of his brother Emile’s elaborate distortions or will he submit to the temptation of vengeance and forever lose all he once was?
A launch party will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 21 at The Cellar at Aurora Brew Works in East Aurora. The book will be release to the following stores on Friday, April 22: Talking Leaves (both Buffalo locations), Dog Ears Bookstore (South Buffalo), The Bookworm (East Aurora), and Barnes & Noble in the McKinley Mall. Copies can also be ordered online at amazon.com (print or Kindle version) or at nofrillsbuffalo.com.
Book-signing events are scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at The Bookworm in East Aurora; 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at Dog Ears Bookstore in South Buffalo; and 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Barnes & Noble in the McKinley Mall.
Reading events will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 at the Town of Aurora Public Library; 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 19 at Talking Leaves on Main Street in Buffalo; and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the Orchard Park Library.
For more information on No Frills Buffalo, please visit www.nofrillsbuffalo.com.
