Special Guests for Independent Bookstore Day at the New England Mobile Book Fair – Timothy Gager , Matthew Sisson, Robin Stratton, McCrea’s Candies

Join us Saturday May 2nd at the New England Mobile Book Fair for Independent Bookstore Day. Special guests include author Timothy Gager, McCrea’s Candies, poet Matthew Sisson, and author Robin Stratton.

Timothy Gager will be at the Book Fair from 11am-1pm to discuss and sign copies of his books. Timothy Gager is the author of eleven books of short fiction and poetry. His latest, The Thursday Appointments of Bill Sloan, (Big Table Publishing) is his first novel. He hosts the successful Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, Massachusetts for over thirteen years and is the co-founder of Somerville News Writers Festival. His work appears in over 300 journals, of which nine have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His work has been read on National Public Radio.

McCrea’s Candies will be giving a presentation of their Handcrafted Caramels from 1-3pm. McCrea’s slow cooked, handcrafted caramels are all natural and pure…the way caramel was originally made. No corn syrup. No compromise.

Matthew Sisson will be giving a reading, talk and signing copies of his new book of poetry, Please, Call Me Moby. Matthew Sisson’s poetry has appeared in magazines and journals ranging from JAMA the Journal of the American Medical Association to the Harvard Review Online. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his first book Please, Call Me Moby was published by the Pecan Grove press in early 2015. He is the former poetry editor of the trade journal Modern Steel Construction.

Robin Stratton will be discussing and signing her work from 3-5pm. Robin Stratton has been a writing coach for almost 25 years. Her first novel, On Air, was a finalist in the Indie Excellence Book Award. She is the author of Of Zen and Menand In His Genes, and co-author of Then She Ran, in addition to several ghost writing projects. She also has two full-length collections of poetry and short fiction: Dealing with Men and Interference from an Unwitting Species. A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she has been published in Word Riot, 63 Channels, Antithesis Common, Poor Richards Almanac(k), Blink-Ink, Pig in a Poke, Chick Flicks, Up the Staircase, Shoots and Vines and many others. Her short story, “Ma Writing” was a finalist in The Lascaux Review flash fiction award, and appeared in their 2014 Anthology.