Events for September 13, 2017
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Call for Submissions! 10 minute Play Contest!
Have you got a story to tell? Rockport New Year's Eve is now accepting submissions for their 10 Minute Play Contest. The theme: “A New Beginning.” The contest is open to all playwrights. Plays can be of any genre, as long as they are written for a general audience and are not musicals. There is […]
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A Column of Fire, the latest in the Kingsbridge series
International bestselling author KEN FOLLETT has enthralled millions of readers with the first two books of his Kingsbridge series, The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. The saga now continues with Follett’s magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. Harvard Book Store welcomes FOLLETT for a discussion of his latest novel. Ned Willard wants nothing more than […]
Find out more »Poets and Pints with Porter Square Books
Porter Square Books invites you to Aeronaut Brewery for another celebration of local poetry with "Poets and Pints," readings from three local poets: MEIA GEDDES, JOJO LAZAR, and ZENAIDA PETERSON. The event will feature a social hour from 6PM until 7PM in which you can grab a beer and converse with the poets, hosts, and […]
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Boston Globe journalist/author DICK LEHR (Black Mass) shares his latest
Brookline Booksmith welcomes author of Black Mass, The Fence, and Judgement Ridge DICK LEHR with his newest publication, Trell. On a hot summer night in the late 1980's, in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury, a twelve-year-old African-American girl was sitting on a mailbox talking with her friends when she became the innocent victim of gang-related gunfire. Amid public […]
Find out more »Foreign correspondent/author DEBORAH CAMPBELL: A Disappearance in Damascus
Harvard Book Store welcomes foreign correspondent DEBORAH CAMPBELL for a discussion of her prize-winning book, A Disappearance in Damascus: Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War. In the midst of an unfolding international crisis, renowned journalist Deborah Campbell finds herself swept up in the mysterious disappearance of Ahlam, her guide and friend. Campbell’s frank, personal account […]
Find out more »Protecting the Planet: A Discussion of the Climate Crisis and Climate Visionaries
Join Trident Booksellers for a book talk with a focus on the science, communication, advocacy, and opportunity of climate change. The talk will focus on today's climate crisis and climate visionaries, their inspiring work, and the promising solutions that could bring us to 100% wind, water and solar power by 2050. The book in focus: Protecting […]
Find out more »The Immigration Handbook, a poetry collection by UK poet CAROLINE SMITH
Porter Square Books is pleased to host UK poet/immigration caseworker, CAROLINE SMITH for a discussion of her book of poems, The Immigration Handbook. Inspired by her years as an immigration caseworker to one of the most diverse inner-city areas in the UK, Caroline Smith has written a collection of poems, The Immigration Handbook, that details the many […]
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.