NEW YORK, NY – September 3, 2009 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced the next edition of its hit series, “Upstairs at the Square” – recommended by The New Yorker, New York, Time Out New York, The Village Voice, Flavorpill, WWD Scoop, Time Out London, and more – at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhattan (33 East 17th Street at Union Square). On Monday, September 14th, at 7 p.m., Nick Cave, author of The Death of Bunny Munro (Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Faber Inc., September 1), will join cultural journalist Katherine Lanpher. Admission is free, and no tickets are required.  Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Nick Cave has been performing music for more than 30 years as the lead singer of the Birthday Party, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and Grinderman. He has collaborated with Kylie Minogue, PJ Harvey, and many others. His first novel, And the Ass Saw the Angel, was published in 1989. Born in Australia, Cave now lives near Brighton, England.

Praise for Nick Cave and The Death of Bunny Munro (http://us.macmillan.com/thedeathofbunnymunro):

“The Death of Bunny Munro is not just a wonderful read, it's also a heartbreaking one. Cave writes novels like he does lyrics, with strokes of blood and sulphur and lightning. He strikes at the mind and heart and is able to bring his readers to their knees.” —Neil LaBute

“Nick Cave will obviously live forever, just because the devil’s scared of him. Ever since he stomped out of the junkyard with the Birthday Party, Cave has walked tall in the role of Lucifer’s rock-and-roll boyfriend.” —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone

Katherine Lanpher (www.katherinelanpher.com) is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, host of TIME Financial Toolkit on Time.com, contributing editor to More magazine, and substitute host for “The Takeaway,” a collaboration of WNYC, PRI, the BBC and the New York Times. Springboard Press published her essay collection, Leap Days.

“Upstairs at the Square,” which celebrated three years in June, has paired authors such as William Gibson, Tom Wolfe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Lynch, Anna Gavalda, Kurt Andersen, Min Jin Lee and Carlos Ruiz Zafón with musicians including Regina Spektor, Duncan Sheik and members of the cast of Spring Awakening, Japanther, Badly Drawn Boy, Sondre Lerche, Au Revoir Simone, Aimee Mann, Craig Finn and more.  An archive of recordings is available on Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com/upstairs), where “Upstairs at the Square” is enjoyed by listeners around the world.