Join author Alan Hirshfeld in the Druker Auditorium at the Newton Free Library on Wednesday 3/18 from 7-9pm to learn about Starlight Detectives – the wondrous tale of cosmic exploration and the colorful characters that ushered astronomy into the modern age. The talk will be followed by a book signing with books provided by New England Mobile Book Fair.
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.