Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-winning Best Play arrives in a marvelously funny, spectacularly beautiful new production. This modern-day classic tragicomedy imagines the lives of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. As the story unfolds, they voice their confusion about the play that’s being performed without them, untangling bigger questions about life and death, reality […]
Find out more »The Lenox and Reading with Robin present an evening with author Susan Isaacs, in conversation with Robin Kall, to discuss her newest novel, "Takes One to Know One", which will be published October 1, 2019 WHEN: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 WHERE: The Lenox, 61 Exeter Street, Boston MA PROGRAM + SIGNING: 6:30-8:30 PM TICKETS INCLUDE: […]
Find out more »In case you haven't heard, our very own Shawnna Thomas has been named the Boston Public Library's 16th Writer in Residence through their children's/YA program with her novel Salvagers! The BPL is hosting a reception on October 16th from 6:30-8:30pm and I, for one, will be there with bells on to hear Shawnna read. Outgoing Writer-in-Residence Jorge […]
Find out more »When Ashley LeMieux and her husband lost their children in an adoption battle, it sent her into a tailspin that, ultimately, taught Ashley how to soar. Most people live with constant fears, burdens, and pains. Born to Shine shares Ashley’s message of hope for women brave enough to say that everything is not okay. Ashley […]
Find out more »Harvard Book Store welcomes beloved, bestselling fantasy writer LEIGH BARDUGO—author of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, Six of Crows duology, and more—for a discussion of her debut adult novel Ninth House. She will be joined in conversation by KELLY LINK, master of short fiction and fantasy. Important Signing Guidelines Attendance to this talk is free […]
Find out more »Harvard Book Store welcomes pioneering artisan bread baker DANIEL LEADER and cookbook author LAUREN CHATTMAN for a discussion of their new book, Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making. They will be joined in conversation by JACK BISHOP, chief creative officer of America's Test Kitchen. About Living Bread At twenty-two, Daniel Leader stumbled […]
Find out more »Join Porter Square Books and Tipsy Lit to hear honorary local author Kate Racculia read from her "thrilling, romantic, and charming...spooky, witty, and observant"* new book, Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts--featuring wine pourings from Archer Roose! *Kirkus Reviews, starred review A handsome stranger. A dead billionaire. A citywide treasure hunt. Tuesday Mooney’s life is about to change…forevermore. […]
Find out more »Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.