Monday, April 19
7pm @ Harvard Book Store
Jacqueline Winspear, The Mapping of Love and Death: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
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Monday, April 12
4pm @ Porter Square Books
Book Club will be discussing The Yacoubian Building.
We may have let the literary listings slumber through March (and February before that), but March is morphing into a lamb and leading into April with a mind invigorated by spring and concentrating on books. Or something like that. Our terrible mixed animal metaphors aside, April is set to come in with sunshine and balmy temperatures, tempting us with the promise of reading outside. In the hopes that we'll be reading outside on lawn chairs and beach blankets soon, here's a listing of literary events this month.
Book events were dwindling pretty sadly in December, but 2010 sees them back in full force, with everyone from Joseph Stiglitz to Raj Patel unleashing brainpower on Boston. Gear up for the new year by hitting the books... and then the bookstores... to spark some new ideas. Innovative events include a wine tasting, a mini-conference on climate change, and Joe Pernice's unique novel/soundtrack combo, so there's more than enough to entertain even the less literarily inclined.
There are no actual author events this week that we could find, but Garrison freakin' Keillor is here Monday, the Harvard Book Store's Philosophy Cafe gets together Wednesday, and a new Poe exhibit opens at the BPL on Thursday. And that's it for 2009, it seems. Congratulations, Christmas, for derailing everything! We hope you all get the books (or ebooks) you wanted this year.
Sunday, December 6
10:00 am, Harvard Book Store Warehouse (14 Park Street, Somerville)
HBS Winter Warehouse Sale, featuring an additional 15% off!
Ha Jin comes to town, the Booksmith whips up some vegan cupcakes, and Dennis Lehane celebrates Boston Noir. Plus there's a Christmas crime event at the BPL. and a big ol' sale at the Harvard Book Store warehouse (which, to be clear, is nowhere near the actual HBS). Sounds like a very bookish December to us, filled with chances to load up on goodies for family and friends.
Monday, November 16
7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store
*Cory Doctorow, Makers
7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith
Steve Buckley, A Wicked Good Year: How the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics Turned the Hub of the Universe into the Capital of Sports
Sunday, November 8
All day: Harvard Book Store’s annual frequent buyer sale. Customers who have signed up for a Frequent Buyer Card BEFORE November 8th will be eligible to receive 20% off all purchases of new, used and bargain books, as well as data-based Print on Demand titles and non-book items throughout the store.
November's not quite as packed with book events as October was, but some big names are still coming to town. The list includes Al Gore and David Plouffe, as well as Jonathan Safran Foer, Cory Doctorow (of BoingBoing) and John Krasinksi, who's adapted David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men for the screen. Harvard Book Store is also hosting a special sale for "frequent buyers," though you must sign up for the club before November 8 to qualify. Check the list to see what your favorite events might be this month.
Sunday, October 25
Webcast of Kate DiCamillo reading The Magician’s Elephant, Porter Square Books, 4:00 pm
Submit questions to webcast@candlewick.com.
7:00 PM, First Parish Church Meetinghouse (sponsored by Harvard Book Store), $25
*Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood
It's the week of the Boston Book Festival, which will hit town on Saturday the 24th, bringing in big names like Orhan Pamuk and John Hogdman alongside lesser-known folks. Make sure to attend to get a new perspective on books in the 21st century. Bostonist will have interviews with Book Festival founder Deborah Porter and tech expert Nicholas Negroponte later this week. If you can't make it to the festival, at least check out one of the other literary events going on about town.
Tuesday, September 29
10:00 am, Porter Square Books
Shannon Hale, Forest Born
Monday, September 14
7:00 pm, Enormous Room
Four Stories featuring Lisa Borders, Steven Brykman, Tim Horvath, and Sebastian Stuart
7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism
Even if you can't make some of the interesting events this week, be sure to check out the Bookish Ball in Harvard Square on Saturday for some literary fun.
Summer was getting to be a snooze, but September is stepping it up. The big names don't stop with Tracy Kidder and Nicholson Baker but go all the way up to Howard Dean and E.L. Doctorow—and that's just at Harvard (which also hosts a Bookish Ball on the 12th). You'll definitely need to hit the books this fall in preparation for these awesome author events.
Too sweaty to read? Enjoy air conditioning at an indoor book event this week.
Tuesday, August 18
7pm
at Brookline Booksmith
Christine Lehner,
Absent A Miracle
Brigid Pasulka,
A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
6:30pm at BPL Hyde Park Branch
Creating Universes, How to Create a World with Dr. David Joutras, author of "The Mole Chronicles" and "Brother's Keepers."
Monday, August 3
7pm at Brookline Booksmith
Lydia Peelle, Reasons For and Advantages of Breathing
Sunday, July 19
7:00 p.m., Grub Street (160 Boylston)
Dirty Water Reading Series with Ben Stein and James Scott
We're a little late with the book events this week, so some of this stuff is going on, uh, right now. Maybe if you hurry you can catch the end of something, or meet the authors on their way out. If not today, there's always tomorrow. Or Thursday. But no book events on the weekend? There must be something going on—anyone have some info?
Bloomsday's on Tuesday, but BC celebrates it today with Bloomsday Boston 2009 featuring readings, performances, and other celebrations of James Joyce.
Monday, June 8, 7:00 pm, Porter Square Books
Frances Osborne, The Bolter
Saturday, May 2
2:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith
Doree Shafrir and Jessica Grose (of Postcards from Yo Momma), Love, Mom