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Soon To Be a Major Motion Picture: Authors Discuss Journey from Page to Screen
Join a joint production of the Boston Literary District and the Boston Center for Adult Education for a fascinating discussion with three local authors about the highs and lows of seeing their books interpreted for the big screen. Dick Lehr is coauthor of the bestselling book Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil’s Deal which became a hit film with Johnny Depp last fall. Mitchell Zuckoff's 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi created…
Find out more »A Modern Taste of Ancient Rome
Did you know that the world's first foodies weren't actually hipsters? They were wealthy ancient Romans and the best known was a man named Apicius, who was the inspiration for the world's first known cookbook and threw lavish parties for Caesar Tiberius. Apicius is at the center of Crystal King's debut novel, Feast of Sorrow (Touchstone Books, 2017), which is set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family. Join Crystal King and Chef Patrick Campbell (previously…
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.