Off the Shelf

Greater Boston author readings June 16-22

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:48:23 GMT

SUNDAY: Lizzie Stark (Leaving Mundania), Ethan Gilsdorf (Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks), Peter Bebergal (Too Much to Dream) read at 2 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford MONDAY: Alina Simone (Note to Self) reads at 7 p.m....

Greater Boston author readings June 9-15

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:39:08 GMT

SUNDAY: Edith Maxwell (A Tine to Live, a Tine to Die) reads at 1 p.m. at Jabberwocky Bookshop, the Tannery, 50 Water St., Newburyport James Redfearn (The Rising at Roxbury Crossing) reads at 1 p.m. at the Irish Cultural...

Greater Boston author readings June 2-8

Thu, 30 May 2013 14:50:11 GMT

SUNDAY: Meg Donohue (All the Summer Girls) and Nichole Bernier (The Unfinished Work Of Elizabeth D.) read at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord MONDAY: John Summers (Cotton Tenants: Three Families) reads at 7 p.m. at...

Greater Boston author readings May 26 June 1

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:35 GMT

SUNDAY: No events MONDAY: No events TUESDAY: Joseph Gallo ("Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us") reads at 7 p.m. at Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler St., Tewksbury Daphne Kalotay (Sight Reading: A Novel) reads at 7 p.m....

Greater Boston author readings May 19-25

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:09:31 GMT

SUNDAY: Jackson Galaxy (Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me about Life, Love, and Coming Clean) reads at 2 p.m. in Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley James C. O'Connell (The Hub's Metropolis: Greater...

Greater Boston author readings April 14-20

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:59:51 GMT

SUNDAY: Lauren Scheuer ("Once Upon A Flock") reads at 1 p.m. at Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough Laurie Collins ("The Pajamas of My Dreams") reads at 2 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford Yvette...

Higgins Clark award for Hank Phillippi Ryan

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:59:05 GMT

In all the hoopla over last week's literary upset at the 2013 Edgar Awards by Dennis Lehane's "Live By Night'' over Gillian Flynns best-selling Gone Girl, another award by a local luminary slipped by. Hank Phillippi Ryan, an Emmy-award...

Greater Boston author events May 12-18

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:24:13 GMT

MONDAY: Rebecca Shafir (The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction) reads at 10:30 a.m. at Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler St., Tewksbury Jane Brox (Five Thousand Days Like This One: An American Family History)...

Greater Boston author readings May 5-11

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:54:44 GMT

SUNDAY: Patti Moreno (Gardening by Cuisine: An Organic-Food Lovers Guide to Sustainable Living) reads at 2 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley Jill Teitelman (Saving Gracie) reads at 2 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith Arthur Sze...

Greater Boston author readings April 28-May 4

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:15:33 GMT

SUNDAY: Len and Cherylanne Gengel ("Heartache and Hope in Haiti - The Britney Gengel Story") read at 1 pm at Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough Dana Cameron ("Seven Kinds of Hell") and Toni Kelner ("An Apple For...

Greater Boston author readings April 21-27

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:08:24 GMT

SUNDAY: John Boyne (The House of Special Purpose) reads at 2 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith Tatiana Holway (The Flower of Empire) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord Lawrence Millman ("Fascinating Fungi of...

Greater Boston author readings April 7-13

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:55:50 GMT

SUNDAY: David A. Kelly (Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud that Changed Baseball) reads at 1 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford Anthony di Mari and Nora Yoo (Operative Design: A Catalog of Spatial...

Greater Boston autor readings March 31-April 6

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:51:41 GMT

SUNDAY: No events MONDAY: Charlotte Gordon ("Mistress Bradstreet:The Untold Life of America's First Poet") reads at 6:30 p.m. at Langley-Adams Library, 185 Main St., Groveland Michael Casey (The Million Dollar Hole), Victor Howes, Doug Holder (Poems From the...

Greater Boston author readings March 24-30

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:29:55 GMT

March 24 March 30 SUNDAY: Lisa Genova (Love Anthony) reads at 2 p.m. at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St., Duxbury Kristopher Jansma (The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards) and Jessica Francis Kane (The Pursuit of Truth) read...

Greater Boston author readings March 17-23

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:27:10 GMT

MONDAY: Mary Beth Keane (Fever) and Jeanine Cummins (The Crooked Branch) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith Ben Nugent (Good Kids) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books TUESDAY: Mari Passananti ("The K Street Affair") reads...

Porter Square Books on the block

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:30:12 GMT

By Paul S. Makishima Globe Staff Porter Square Books, which has become an important outpost of literary life in Greater Boston in the past decade, has put itself up for sale. The four owners of the Cambridge store said...

Greater Boston author readings March 10-16

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:03:52 GMT

SUNDAY: Thomas Bransten (A Slight Case of Guilt) reads at 1 p.m. at The Book Shop, 694 Broadway, Somerville Jodi Daynard (The Midwifes Revolt) reads at 1 p.m. at the Needham Historical Society, 1147 Central Ave., Needham ...

Greater Boston author readings March 3-9

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:39:29 GMT

SUNDAY: Linda Marshall (The Passover Lamb) reads at 2 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith Cal Armistead (Being Henry David) reads at 2 p.m. at Willow Books, 279 Great Rd., Acton Jennifer Haigh (News From Heaven) reads at 3...

Greater Boston author readings Feb. 24-March 2

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:06:17 GMT

SUNDAY: Robert Cox and Jacob Walker (Massachusetts Cranberry Culture) read at 2 p.m. at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St., Duxbury Margaret Roach (The Backyard Parables) and Katrina Kenison (Magical Journey) read at 3 p.m. at the...

Greater Boston author readings Feb. 17-23

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:40 GMT

SUNDAY: Leana Wen ("When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests") reads at 1 p.m. at The Book Shop, 694 Broadway, Somerville TUESDAY: Tracy K. Smith (Life on Mars) reads at 4 p.m. in the Coolidge...

Greater Boston author readings Feb. 10-16

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:08:59 GMT

SUNDAY: Chuck Hogan (The Town) reads at 1 p.m. at The Book Shop, 694 Broadway, Somerville William Martin (The Lincoln Letter) reads at 2 p.m. at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St., Duxbury Fiona Paul (Venom),...

Greater Boston author readings Feb. 3-9

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:19:12 GMT

SUNDAY: Roland Merullo (Lunch With Buddha) reads at 2 p.m. at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St., Duxbury Leslie Maitland (Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Love Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed) reads at...

Greater Boston author readings Jan. 27-Feb. 2

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:29:12 GMT

SUNDAY: Terry Francona (Francona: The Red Sox Years) signs books at 12:30 p.m. at Costco, 71 Second Ave., Waltham Daniel M. Kimmel ("Shh! It's a Secret: A Novel about Aliens, Hollywood, and the Bartender's Guide") reads at 1 p.m....

Greater Boston author readings Jan. 20-26

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:12:43 GMT

SUNDAY: Senator Scott Brown ("Against All Odds") and Howie Carr ("Hard Knocks") read at 1 p.m. at Willow Books & Cafe, 279 Great Rd., Acton Len Krisak ("If Anything") reads at 2 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High...

Greater Boston author readings Jan. 13-19

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:13:54 GMT

SUNDAY: Juliette Fay (The Shortest Way Home) reads at 2 p.m. at Willow Books & Cafe, 279 Great Rd., Acton David Fedo ("Carrots and Other Poems") reads at 2 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford ...