About the event Richie Davis, local author of Good Will and Ice Cream, retired as a senior reporter at the Greenfield Reporter in 2019. Join him for a reading of his book that features many local residents. Most notably, he received a grant for his in-depth reporting about the Leverett based “Hands Across the Hills.” … Read more
Celebrate the release of Conversations with People Who Hate Me with author, podcaster, and Ted Lasso writer Dylan Marron, in conversation with poet Sarah Kay! Books purchased on the registration page include a signed bookplate! Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers “Dylan Marron is the internet’s Love Warrior. His work … Read more
Celebrate the release of Give Unto Others, the thirty-first Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, with author Donna Leon. About the event Give Unto Others Brunetti is forced to confront the price of loyalty, to his past and in his work, as a seemingly innocent request leads him into troubling waters. What role can or should loyalty play … Read more
Journalist Javier Sinay will discuss his new book, The Murders of Moises Ville, with publisher Ilan Stavans
Join Elizabeth Acevedo, the author of this semester’s MIT Reads selection, in dialog with an MIT student moderator. About this event Two girls, unknown to each other and separated by distance and family secrets, discover one another through a shared tragedy. In Clap When You Land, a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book … Read more
All attendees will be required to wear masks at all times, no exceptions. About this event Get ready for a brand new, epic middle grade series from debut author Shawn Peters! THE UNFORGETTABLE LOGAN FOSTER is packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil. The first book in the series is action-packed and … Read more
In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in America, and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew … Read more