Literature
Boston Book Festival Announces 2014 ‘One City One Story’ Pick
For five years, the Boston Book Festival has united the community through short stories by distributing free copies of a select work to the public. […]
Photos of Boston, Before and After
From the Great Boston Fire of 1872 to the Big Dig more than a century later, Boston has never ceased remaking and reimagining itself. As the […]
Benoit Denizet-Lewis to Talk Travels with Casey at Brookline Booksmith
Four months, 32 states, 13,000 miles, one mobile home, a man, and his dog. These were the ingredients for Benoit Denizet-Lewis’s cross-country road trip in […]
Mayor’s Office Debuts Portable Reading Rooms by Uni Project
Earlier this summer, the Mayor’s Office selected its winners for the inaugural Public Space Invitational, an open call for innovative ideas for improving Boston’s public […]
Litographs Launches Temporary Literary Tattoos on Kickstarter
Update, Wednesday, July 23: Well that was quick! Enthusiastic backers have squashed Litographs’ goal on Kickstarter (nearly $30,000 has been pledged after one day of the $7,500 […]
XKCD Creator to Talk What If? Book at Harvard Book Store
“I can’t draw.” That’s the phrase completely thrown out the window by XKCD.com creator Randall Munroe, who for nearly 10 years has been entertaining audiences both nerdy […]
Life After Charlotte
Sukey Forbes’s daughter died suddenly of a rare genetic disorder at the age of six. In this gut-wrenching excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, The Angel in My Pocket, Sukey lays bare her grief within the rarified world of blueblood New England—a place where Herman Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson continue to haunt the living.
‘Books Come Alive’ in New Boston Book Festival Series
Before the Boston Book Festival takes over Copley Square in October, the organizers have teamed up with crowdfunding platform Wizeo and online book magazine Bookslut […]
The Bibliocycle Will Bring You Books by Bike
If we can have fresh coffee delivered by bike, then why not books? In addition to the return of ReadBoston’s Storymobile, Boston residents will benefit this summer from […]
Application Period Extended for Boston’s Next Poet Laureate
Poets who know it, The city really needs you— Send in your app now! In April, Mayor Marty Walsh launched a search for the city […]
29 Books Made into Movies or TV Shows
For purist readers, it’s important that books are absorbed in full before one even considers seeing the story unfold on screen. After all, half the […]
The Giftsmith in Brookline Booksmith Has a New Look
One of Coolidge Corner’s most beloved hidden gems, Brookline Booksmith, is hardly hidden at all. Locals know the indie bookstore well—the intentionally cozy spot has been […]
Harvard Book Store’s Summer 2014 Warehouse Sale Is Coming
Calling all book hoarders: the Harvard Book Store summer warehouse sale is upon us. This Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29, the bookstore will open […]
Hillary Clinton’s Book Tour Stops by Harvard Book Store
Book signings can be a major production filled with a slew of moving people and parts. But then there’s a Hillary Rodham Clinton book signing at […]
Mindy Kaling Is Writing a New Book Called Why Not Me?
In a live chat with the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, Mindy Kaling revealed that she’s working on a second book that will be called Why Not […]