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Josh Gondelman presents NICE TRY at Brookline Booksmith Used Books Cellar

Mark Guerin Debut Novel Book Launch- YOU CAN SEE MORE FROM UP HERE at Porter Square Books

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Bobby Hundreds presents THIS IS NOT A T-SHIRT in conversation with Johnny Cupcakes at Brookline Booksmith Used Book Cellar

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Author Talk and Book Signing with Edwin Hill at the State Library of Massachusetts

Transnational Series: Jennifer Croft in conversation with Nina MacLaughlin at Brookline Booksmith

Arlington Author Salon: Risking it All at Kickstand Cafe

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Aarti Shahani presents HERE WE ARE at Porter Square Books

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Aimee Lucido presents EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE and Sofiya Pasternack presents ANYA AND THE DRAGON at Porter Square Books

Transnational Series: Naja Marie Aidt in conversation with Valeria Luiselli at Brookline Booksmith

Munroe Saturday Nights, Lexington, at First Parish Church UU Church, Medfield

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Children’s Storytime: Nancy Tupper Ling presents THE YIN-YANG SISTERS AND THE DRAGON FRIGHTFUL at Brookline Booksmith

Poetry; The Art of Words / Mike Amado Memorial Series at Plymouth Public Library

An Afternoon with Edgar Allan Poe: A Living History Performance with Rob Velella at Old South Meeting House

Poetry Reading at Somerville Community Growing Center

Three Poets Reading at Sommerville Community Growing Center

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Shira Erlichman and Franny Choi present ODES TO LITHIUM and SOFT SCIENCE at Brookline Booksmith Used Book Cellar

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South End Writes presents Alison Burnets at South End Library

Dana Levin reading at Smith College

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Micheal Longley and David Ferry: A Dialogue In & About Poetry at the Poetry Center, 3rd floor of Sawyer Library

Karen Chase: Oedipus in the Back Seat with Patrick Donnelly: Little Known Operas at The Bookstore and Get Lit Wine Bar

Emerson College WLP Reading Series, David Mura Reading at the Bill Bordy Theatre

A Night in with Joyful Clemantine Wamariya

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Chapter and Verse Literary Reading Series with Dorothy Derifield, Denise Bergman, and Lloyd Schwartz at Loring-Greenough House

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Long Play Poetry: a poetry listening party at WCPA Office

Overnight Readathon 2019 at Porter Square Books

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Overnight Readathon 2019 at Porter Square Books

Children’s Storytime:Julie Fogliano and Susan Cooper present THE WORD PIRATES and JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO FLY at Brookline Booksmith

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Shawnna’s BPL Writer-in-Residence Reading at Boston Public Library

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The American Inspiration Series presents: Gail Collins with NO STOPPING US NOW at 99-101 Newbury Street

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Boston Book Festival at Copley Square

Poetry at the Extreme at BPL McKim Exhibition Hall

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Children’s Storytime: Jacqueline Veissid presents RUBY’S SWORD and CASPIAN FINDS A FRIEND

Boston Book Festival: Roxbury Edition at Dudley Square

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Award-winning Foreign Correspondent Stephen Kinzer Returns to the South End Library with POISONER IN CHIEF: SIDNEY GOTTLIEB AND THE CIA SEARCH FOR MIND CONTROL

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Speculative Boston Reading Series: Dark Fiction at Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Speculative Boston October Reading at Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Jerusalem: Poetry Reading at Congregation Dorshei Tzedek

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Saturday Morning Storytime: Jacqueline Veissid at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore

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Eva Chen and Derek Desierto present JUNO VALENTINE AND THE FANTASTIC FASHION ADVENTURE at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Women’s National Book Association Boston presents Adrienne Brodeur and Tova Mirvis at Porter Square Books

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Robert Pinsky presents THE MIND HAS CLIFFS OF FALL with Gail Mazur and Jill McDonough at Porter Square Books

Craft on Draft presents – Writing Your Novel’s Biggest Moments at Trident Booksellers & Cafe

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Costume Pajama Storytime! at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore

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After Hours at the Bookstore with Jac Jemc at Harvard Book Store

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