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Author Talk: Tom MacDonald
Join Boston author Tom MacDonald for a talk about his latest Dermot Sparhawk crime novel, Murder in the Charlestown Bricks. In this fourth book in the series, Dermot Sparhawk takes on another case that no one else will touch. Charlestown's private investigator fights for the underdog and calls on all his connections and physical skills to stay alive. Born and raised in the Charlestown projects, he will visit the neighborhood's waterfront gin mills, AA halls, and along Route 66 in search…
Find out more »Moxie and a Good Sense of Balance: Nancy Drew and the Power of the Teenage Girl w/author Lynne Byall Benson
Moxie and a Good Sense of Balance: Nancy Drew and the Power of the Teenage Girl. Book presentation given by author Lynne Byall Benson; hosted by the Friends of the Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library. Free and open to all, including a book signing and reception. Lynne Byall Benson’s new book Moxie and a Good Sense of Balance: Nancy Drew and the Power of the Teenage Girl starts with: “Nancy Drew first saved the day on April 28,…
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.