It’s getting to that point in the year when any activity other than running from the T to class or huddling under a scratchy woolen blanket reading Solzhenitsyn requires a great deal of fortitude (and layers). Winter has arrived, and so begins the search for warm, inviting indoor spaces to pass away the hours.
On [...]
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Stuart Weisberg on Barney Frank: The Story of America’s Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman
Location: Harvard Bookstore
Time: 4 pm
Alex R. Goldfeld on The North End: A Brief History of Boston’s Oldest Neighborhoods
Location: North End Branch Library
Time: 12 pm
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Saturday, October 17 at 7pm, Brookline Booksmith
Mike Farrell – Of Mule and ManDedicated activist (and star of “M*A*S*H”) Mike Farrell has served on human rights and peace delegations around the world. His latest book is a literary memoir of his travels across the United States in a [...]
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An Evening With Postsecret’s Frank Warren
Please join us as welcome Frank Warren as he discusses the Postsecret phenomona and signs copies of his newest book, Postsecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God.
Time: 7 pm
Location: Boston University Law Auditorium
Charles London, Far from Zion
Award-winning journalist Charles London [...]
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Lucy Honig, Waiting for Rescue
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7 pm, Porter Square Books
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What does it mean when a bookstore enters the digital age? This is a question Robert Gray has been looking at in his past few posts on Fresh Eyes Now and Shelf Awareness, book trade blogs. This is also a question I’ve been asking myself since I became editor of The Globe Corner Bookstore blog [...]
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Hey guys! Brookline Booksmith has this great promo going called the Readers and Writers series. All their books are 20 percent off on the nights that Brookline Booksmith has readings. I know how frightening the green line can be for some of you out there, but this [...]
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Are independent bookstores all but dead? Are giant chain box stores, e-readers, Amazon.com, and other online realtors all conspiring to choke the life out of our beloved family book shops?
For weeks now, my class on bookselling has been trying to answer this question…and usually comes up with a “yes.” So what is there for us [...]
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Quick post again for me here. Back in January, we at Vernacular spent a week showcasing our favorite independent bookstores, so I thought it would be nice to share this story I came across from The Boston Globe: Unchained Success: Independent bookstores holding up vs. big rivals. I recycled this snowy picture of the Brookline [...]
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For those lucky individuals who have Tuesday nights free, there’s an event at the Harvard Book Store coming up next week. And best of all, it’s free!
Tuesday, March 31 / 7:00pm
ELAINE SHOWALTER
A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
@ Harvard Book Store | 1256 Mass. Ave.
This event is free. No [...]
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