Events for December 10, 2018
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6:00 pm
Hometown Authors Holiday Book Sale
Event hosted by Ben & Tonya Mezrich to benefit Raising A Reader and Boston Book Festival. Join these local authors for a festive night! Stock up on personalized copies of your favorite titles for the gift giving season while giving back to your local community. Heather Abel • Kate Bowler • Rob Cocuzzo • Jef Czekaj • Anita Diamant Patrick Downes • Joe Finder • Andy Husbands • Gish Jen • Jessica […]
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Author Talk with Jack Kelly
With a special introduction by Senator Nick Collins Jack Kelly, author of Sharp Needle: A Memoir, recounts his spiral into heroin addiction, recovery, and 2013 Boston political campaign. After surgery for a hockey injury in high school, Jack became addicted to prescription opioids. He soon descended into a life of heroin use which led to […]
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Book Swap at Trident Bookstore
Bring one to three books in good condition (no textbooks or mass markets, please!) to swap with fellow attendees. Everyone will go home with a new book to add to their shelves. This will operate like a white elephant gift exchange. Tickets Available NOW! Admission is $5, which may be used as a voucher toward […]
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.