Events for July 19, 2019
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Writing Retreat in Prague
JULIE MALONEY, director of WOMEN READING ALOUD, and JACQUELINE SHEEHAN, NYTimes bestselling author, will lead the writing workshops. Open to writers in all genres, workshops follow the Amherst Writers and Artists Method, emphasizing the exploration of the authentic “voice.” Julie hails from NJ and Jacqueline lives in MA. They have worked together for over ten years at the Writer’s […]
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Brookline Booksmith Book Swap!
Our Annual Book Swap will take place at Brookline Booksmith and run from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Bring in a few not-so-favorite books and spend an evening trading titles with fellow Booksmith browsers! Any books not claimed by the end of the night will be donated to charity. (Booksmith stock is not included in the swap.)
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Book Launch for BLUE HOURS
Harvard Book Store welcomes award-winning writer DAPHNE KALOTAY—author of Russian Winter and Sight Reading— for a discussion of her latest novel, Blue Hours. She will be joined in conversation by acclaimed writer and environmental attorney RISHI REDDI. About Blue Hours A mystery linking Manhattan circa 1991 to eastern Afghanistan in 2012, Blue Hours tells of a life-changing friendship between two memorable heroines. […]
Find out more »Steel Magnolias
Make an appointment at Truvy’s beauty salon where the ladies of Chinquapin meet to get their hair done and let their hair down! Through the clouds of hairspray and the buzz of blowdryers, six Southern spitfires swap gossip, wisecracks, and wisdom in this hilarious and heartwarming comedy that explores the bonds of friendship and the […]
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.