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12:00 pm
Author Talk and Book Signing with Edwin Hill at the State Library of Massachusetts
We have a treat for you this October! Edwin Hill, author of the critically-acclaimed Hester Thursby mystery series, will speak at the State Library of Massachusetts on Thursday, October 3, about his new novel, The Missing Ones. Edwin Hill’s debut novel, the psychological thriller Little Comfort, introduced us to Hester Thursby, a Harvard librarian who […]
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Author Talk Series: Jack Cashman: An Irish Immigrant Story at Boston Public Library
Johanna Cashman and Jack McCarthy, along with over a million others, immigrated to America to escape a devastating famine. They left behind family members who faced starvation to come to a land that would give them an opportunity for a good life. They were soon made aware that they were not welcome in this new […]
Find out more »Stephen Chbosky presents IMAGINARY FRIEND: A NOVEL at Brattle Theatre
Harvard Book Store welcomes STEPHEN CHBOSKY—the beloved, bestselling author of Perks of Being a Wallflower—for a discussion of his highly anticipated second novel, Imaginary Friend. About Imaginary Friend We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her […]
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Fanny Howe presents LOVE AND I: POEMS at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes critically acclaimed local poet FANNY HOWE for a discussion of her latest collection, Love and I. About Love and I Set in transit even as they investigate the transitory, the cinematic poems in Love and I move like a handheld camera through the eternal, the minds of passengers, and the landscapes […]
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Augusten Burroughs presents TOIL & TROUBLE at Somerville Armory
From the hilarious to the terrifying, Toil & Trouble is a chronicle of one man’s journey to understand himself, to reconcile the powers he can wield with things with which he is helpless. There are very few things that are coincidences, as you will learn in Toil & Trouble.Ghosts are real, trees can want to […]
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.