Events for June 16, 2016
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Poetry Night at Newtonville Books
Newtonville Books is pleased to present Poetry Night with SALAMANDER Magazine founder Jennifer Barber, author of WORKS ON PAPER, Carrie Bennett, author of LAND IS A PAINTED THING, and Frannie Lindsay, author of IF MERCY.
Find out more »Annie Proulx reads from her latest novel at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes Annie Proulx, award-winning author of "Brokeback Mountain," for a reading from her latest novel, Barkskins, an epic story about the taking down of the world's forests. "Annie Proulx's Barkskins is remarkable not just for its length, but for its scope and ambition. It's a monumental achievement, one that will be remembered as […]
Find out more »Getting Lost Among the Birds in Brookline
Early in 2013 Neil Hayward, current board director for the Brookline Bird Club, was at a crossroads after quitting an unfulfilling job. So he went birding. His growing list of species reluctantly catapulted him into a Big Year–a race to find the most birds in one year. Neil shocked the birding world by finding 749 […]
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.