One of Greater Boston's most beloved traditions, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Free Shakespeare On the Common takes up residence once again with Shakespeare’s drama, Romeo and Juliet proving that the power of love triumphs over divisions and differences. The Capulet and Montague families have been engaged in a multi-generational feud, causing much distress and havoc in the city […]
Find out more »From Aug 25 to 27, join New England' creative community of published authors, educators, and industry professionals as they explore all aspects of the writing life at the Hollyhock Writers Conference in New Bedford, Mass. Over this three-day conference, take part in discussions about the literary world of creative writing, poetry, and non-fiction; attend panels […]
Find out more »It’s the team event you’ve been training for your whole life (or at least since your first-year literature seminar): the BBF’s annual Literary Pub Trivia! Join us at 6pm on Thursday, July 27 at Trident Booksellers and Café for this year’s edition. Our host for the evening is the charming and satin-voiced Jack Lepiarz of 90.9 WBUR, […]
Find out more »Boston’s Poet Laureate DANIELLE LEGROS GEORGES celebrates the release of “City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems,” with a public reading in the Courtyard of the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. Welcoming remarks by City of Boston's Chief of Arts and Culture Julie Burros at 6 pm. “City of […]
Find out more »Harvard Book Store and GrubStreet welcome award-winning writer IAN BASSINGTHWAIGHTE and The Signal Flame author ANDREW KRIVÁK for a discussion of BASSINGTHWAIGHTE's debut novel, Live from Cairo. From a hugely talented, award-winning young author, a brilliant, lively debut novel about an impulsive American attorney, a methodical Egyptian translator, and a disillusioned Iraqi-American resettlement officer trying to protect a refugee who […]
Find out more »Porter Square Books welcomes journalist, podcast host, and author DAN MOREN in conversation with Bram Stoker Award-winning author L.L. SOARES. MOREN's The Caledonian Gambit is a throwback to the classic sci-fi adventures of spies and off-world politics, but filled to the brim with modern sensibilities. The galaxy is mired in a cold war between two superpowers. […]
Find out more »Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.