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Author event with Caroline Preston and The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt

Caroline Preston visited the bookshop last month, to discuss her newest book, the utterly unique The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures.

A brief teaser from the publisher:

“For her graduation from high school in 1920, Frankie receives a scrapbook and her father’s old Corona typewriter. Frankie’s dreams of becoming a writer, and the reader follows [...]

Launch party for Cook's Illustrated Cookbook with America's Test Kitchen

Weeknight Spanikopita

I had the great fortune of being invited to the launch of the Cook’s Illustrated Coobook last month. The reception was held at the company’s Boston-area office. Attendees were greeted at an unmarked door (above the door is the number of the building, but no sign indicating that this is the home of America’s [...]

Author event with Sara Hunter and Julia Miner and The Lighthouse Santa

Sara Hoagland Hunter and Julia Miner

We recently had the opportunity to host an event with both the author and the illustrator of a new children’s book. The Lighthouse Santa is written by Sara Hoagland Hunter and illustrated by Julia Miner; both author and illustrator are fairly local to us (Miner, in fact, keeps a [...]

Author event: John Smolens and The Schoolmaster's Daughter

The Bookshop hosted John Smolens with his historical novel, The Schoolmaster’s Daughter: A Novel of the American Revolution.

This novel explores a family torn apart – Abigail Lovell’s schoolmaster father is an outspoken loyalist and prominent figurehead in the community; she and her two brothers engage in acts of espionage to undermine the British forces in Boston. It’s a tale [...]

Author Event: John Lithgow and Drama

Nan (@nanReads), Anne (@anneDeCourcey), Marie (@bostonBibliophl) and I waiting in line for the event.

A few weeks ago I went in to Cambridge to meet some friends for the John Lithgow event that Harvard Bookstore was holding. Yes, I asked one of the event staff to take our photo; we were lined up outside First [...]

Author Event with Dawn Tripp and Game of Secrets

Earlier this summer (it is still summer … for a few days, anyway!), we hosted Dawn Tripp with her most recent novel, Game of Secrets.

The novel is part literary thriller, part love story; a story in which a simple board game offers the link that can finally untangle two families’ tragic past. Like a [...]

A visit to The Night Circus

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.”

Last week the circus came to town! This wasn’t [...]

Weekend Cooking: Jael McHenry's Midnight Cry Brownies

We had the extreme pleasure of hosting Jael McHenry and her novel, The Kitchen Daughter, for an author event with a brief reading, Q&A, and book signing. It was delightful!

Those of you who’ve had the opportunity to read The Kitchen Daughter will recognize the opening chapter, from which Jael read. In this section, Ginny, the [...]

Author Event with J. Courtney Sullivan and Maine

We had a great afternoon with J. Courtney Sullivan one Sunday a few weeks back!

She returned to the Bookshop to read from her new novel, Maine, which is currently at the #9 position on the New York Times bestseller list, but, like summer temperatures, we expect it will continue to rise.

The reading really gave us a [...]

Author Event: Laura Harrington and Alice Bliss

A few months ago I received an email from author Laura Harrington, asking if I’d accept a copy of her novel, Alice Bliss, for review consideration. I was interested in the story, but had to decline a review copy, as we were working with her publicist for an event at the bookshop.

Alice Bliss is “a [...]

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