Of course, everybody knows that the AWP annual conference (being held this year in Denver, CO, if you haven’t heard) is all about making connections with other people in the industry, and hearing great authors speak, and discovering wonderful new journals that you’d otherwise never come across. But occasionally, at the end of a long [...]
Entries Tagged as 'author readings'
On Drinking Networking
February 24th, 2010 5 Comments
Tags: Andrew · author readings · Brooks · networking · publishing industry
George Saunders and Ha Jin
January 17th, 2010 No Comments
George Saunders and Ha Jin read earlier today at Boston Public Library, which was was pretty impressive. Don’t despair if you missed it—Saunders has three Boston readings scheduled for February (link), and I assume Ha Jin will read again at some point, since he teaches at BU. Though they differ stylistically, both readers share a [...]
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December 3 Events
November 28th, 2009 No Comments
Mary Oliver – Evidence Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline. 6 pm Harold Evans and Jason Epstein – My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times and Eating: A Memoir Brattle Theater. 6 pm. $5 Ha Jin – A Good Fall Porter Square Books. 7 pm
Tags: author readings · bookstores · Independent bookstores · nonfiction
December 2 Events
November 27th, 2009 No Comments
Above photo of courtesy of kgrz from Flickr Creative Commons. Ha Jin – A Good Fall Location: Brookline Booksmith Time: 7 pm Maria Tatar and Odds Bodkin – “Stories and Storytelling” Location: First Parish Church Time: 6:30 pm Steve Almond – This Won’t Take But a Minute, Honey Location: Harvard Book Store Time: 7 pm [...]
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December 1 Events
November 26th, 2009 No Comments
Above image of Thanksgiving Turkey courtesy of Rich Man from Flickr Creative Commons. Victor LaValle Location: Barnes and Noble at Emerson College, 114 Boylston Street Time: 6 pm The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Lines Modern Manhood Location: Brookline Booksmith Time: 7 pm Mo Lotman – Harvard Square: An Illustrated History Since [...]
Tags: author readings · books · bookstores · Boston · Emerson College WLP Department · fiction · Independent bookstores · nonfiction
November 30 Events
November 24th, 2009 No Comments
Above photo of South Boston courtesy of zoezolka at Flickr’s Creative Commons An Evening with Author William M. Bulger Local author William M. Bulger will speak on his new book, James Michael Curley. Time: 630 pm Location: South Boston Branch Library
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November 23 Events
November 20th, 2009 No Comments
Above photo courtesy of floodllama at Flickr Creative Commons Elisa New – Jacob’s Cane: A Jewish Family’s Journey From the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore Location: Harvard Hillel Time: 7:30 pm John Buntin – L.A. Noir Location: Porter Square Books Time: 7 pm
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November 19 Events
November 17th, 2009 No Comments
Above photo Kew Gardens double helix courtesy of mira66 from Flickr’s Creative Commons James Schwartz-In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA Location: Brookline Booksmith Time: 7 pm Gordon S. Wood-Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 Location: Harvard book Store Time: 7 pm Hallie Ephron, Katherine Hall Page, and Hank [...]
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November 16 Events
November 10th, 2009 No Comments
Above photo courtesy of Zoot42 from Flickr’s Creative Commons Steve Buckley – A Wicked Good Year: How the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics Turned the Hub of the Universe into the Capital of Sports Time: 7pm Location: Brookline Booksmith Cory Doctorow – Makers Time: 7pm Location: Harvard Book Store
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November 10 Events
November 8th, 2009 No Comments
Above photo of Southern California Fall courtesy of peasap from Flickr Creative Commons Sebastian Stuart – The Hour Between Jonathan Strong – Drawn from Life Time: 7pm Location: Brookline Booksmith Dorothy Lamb Crawford – A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s Emigres and Exiles in Southern California Time: 7pm Location: Porter Square Books
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