Join us in person on Wednesday, October 12 at 7 PM as GennaRose Nethercott presents her debut novel, Thistlefoot. The reading will be animated by hand-built, hand-cranked shadow panoramas and puppetry created with the help of Wooly Mar and Shoshana Bass. She will be joined in conversation by Jedediah Berry. About the Book In the tradition of modern … Read more
In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the new edition of A Dowry of Blood with author S.T. Gibson, in conversation with Kit Mayquist. Register for the event! RSVP to let us know you’re coming! Depending on the volume of responses, an RSVP may be required for entrance to the event. You will also be alerted to important details … Read more
In-person at Brookline Booksmith, in partnership with the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo! Dani Pendergast joins us for a special artist launch of Demon in the Wood, sharing what it was like to create the art for this new Shadow and Bone graphic novel. Dani is joined in conversation by Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb. Demon in the Wood is written … 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
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
About this event Author Elisabeth Rosenberg will discuss her new book, Before the Flood: Destruction, Community, and Survival in the Drowned Towns of the Qua.
About the event Over the past several years the publishing world (and its readers) have thankfully demanded more diversity within stories. But as welcome as this change is, it can leave many non-marginalized writers with anxiety. How are you supposed to go about it? What if you mess up? Are you allowed to write about … Read more
About the event Black authors have been at the vanguard of speculative fiction and fantasy for the past few decades, and today we have three talented practitioners to introduce us to the breadth and scope of the genre. Author and activist Lucinda Roy is perhaps best known for her poetry, essays, and literary fiction, but her new … Read more
About this event 2021 has seen a phenomenon known as “The Great Resignation,” thanks to so many professionals reflecting during the pandemic and recognizing a mismatch between their jobs and their personal priorities. If this sounds familiar, the novelists in this session will speak to you! In Black Buck, Mateo Askaripour blends satire and self-help as he traces … Read more