PROGRAMMING NOTE: Our event with Atul Gawande, author of THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO on Thu, Feb 25 at 7PM is SOLD OUT. If you would like a personalized copy of Atul's book, please stop by the event before the 25th and pre-pay for a copy of the book. We will have signed copies after the event as well.
FEBRUARY EVENTS
++Sat, Feb 13, 10:30AM: Make Your Own Valentine - Lizard's Tale Event
++Sat, Feb 20, 11-1: Newtonville Writing Workshop
The Newtonville Writing Workshop is a one-day workshop that meets at the bookstore on the third Saturday of each month from 11am-1pm except in December. The fee for the one-day workshop is twenty ($20) dollars. These workshops use NAMING THE WORLD: AND OTHER EXERCISES FOR THE CREATIVE WRITER by Bret Anthony Johnston, director of the Harvard University creative writing program. Each workshop will focus on a particular aspect of writing and the instructor will lead the workshop through various writing exercises. Click on the Writing Workshop banner on the right for more info.
++Tues, Feb 23, 7PM: Celebrity Bookclub meets to discuss the Rabbit books by John Updike, hosted by Elizabeth Searle.
Updike's Rabbit Series follows Harry Angstrom as he moves through the second half of the twentieth century. If you've read any of the Rabbit books, feel free to stop by and let us know what you think.
++Thu, Feb 25, 7PM: Atul Gawande, author of THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO - Newtonville Lecture Series
This event is SOLD OUT. If you would like a personalized copy of Atul's book, please stop by the event before the 25th and pre-pay for a copy of the book. We will have signed copies after the event as well.
++Sun, Feb 28, 2PM: Jami Attenberg, author of THE MELTING SEASON, and Steve Almond, author of THIS WON'T TAKE BUT A MINUTE, HONEY - Books & Brews
About THE MELTING SEASON:
Catherine Madison is headed West with a suitcase full of cash that isn't hers. She's just left the only home she's ever known, a small town in Nebraska, after the only man she had ever known, her husband, Thomas, deserted her. She's also left behind her deepest, most shameful secrets-among them a dysfunctional family she's never quite been able to escape and a marriage whose most intimate moments have plagued her with self-doubt. On the road, she was going to become a new person. Or so she thought.
But running away from the past isn't as easy as she had hoped. When Catherine reaches Las Vegas, she forms surprising new friendships that compel her to reveal what she had sworn she'd keep hidden, and teach her what human connection really means. Armed with this new knowledge, she is finally emboldened to uncover the truth about her family, come to understand what destroyed her marriage, and prevent her troubled sister from repeating her mistakes.
Deeply compassionate and unflinchingly bold, The Melting Season is the story of an indelible character's journey from isolation to belonging, as well as an honest look at the things we feel we deserve from our lives- and how far we will go to find them.
About THIS WON'T TAKE BUT A MINUTE, HONEY:
A quirky resource for budding writers, a sort of freaky Strunk & White. Read through in one direction to find tiny little short stories of a page each. Flip the book over and find mini essays on the psychology and practice of writing. Whichever way you look at it, you're sure to find a nugget of inspiration for your next project.
++Sun, Feb 28, 2PM: Middle Reader Bookclub meets to discuss THE HEADLESS CUPID by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Snyder has won three Newbery Honors and other awards for her novels, including those starring the Stanley children. Here they are embroiled in the occult when they meet their new stepsister, Amanda, an aspiring witch. Publishers Weekly praised this book as "exuberant and original," and a new generation of readers are sure to agree.
All events are held at the bookstore.
First come, first seated.
296 Walnut St. - Newtonville, MA - 02460
