Literature
Beach Reads: 10 Books to Devour This Summer
Far be it for us to define what constitutes a proper “beach read.” One reader’s Capital is another’s Wellesley Wives. But in general, we think of beach […]
Harvard Book Store to Host Hillary Clinton Book Signing
Here’s your chance to shake Hillary Rodham Clinton’s hand. And meet her. And tell her how much you love her. And freak the freak out […]
Dennis Lehane’s New Book The Drop Comes Out This Summer
A lost puppy, the Chechen mafia, a couple of robbers, and a cop with a keen eye for mischief: that’s the mix Boston-born author Dennis […]
Boston Book Festival Announces 2014 Keynote Speakers
The Boston Book Festival has announced the keynote speakers for the 2014 event. Herbie Hancock, Susan Minot, Rick Riordan, Norman Foster, and Doris Kearns Goodwin […]
Celebrating Boston’s ‘Jubilee,’ the Loudest Musical Event the City Has Ever Heard
With her latest book, children’s author Alicia Potter is hoping to make some noise about a not-so-celebrated historical figure credited with bringing Boston’s annual July […]
Art Spiegelman Talks “What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?”
They call him “the father of the modern graphic novel,” but Art Spiegelman, best known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and artist of Maus: A Survivor’s […]
Funeral Director Writes Book About Burial of Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev
In the year after the Boston Marathon bombings, survivors, reporters, and bystanders all penned first-person narratives recounting the moment-by-moment details between the days the blasts […]
Place a Bid for a Chance to Be in Dennis Lehane’s Next Book
Author Dennis Lehane is giving readers another chance to pop up in his next book—and this time it doesn’t involve trying to find his family’s […]
Books About the Boston Marathon and 2013 Bombings
With the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings upon us, several new books join a collection of published works that offer special insight into […]
Elizabeth Warren to Discuss New Book A Fighting Chance at First Parish Church in Cambridge
Elizabeth Warren fans, this is your chance to meet the one and only say-it-like-it-is, rip-those-blowhards-a-new-one senator. While back in the day, Warren made her living […]
Jeff Bauman Is Signing Copies of His New Book, Stronger at Prudential Center
The cover line for Jeff Bauman’s new book Stronger says it all: “I saw the bomber. He took my legs, but he didn’t break me. […]
By the Book: Familiar Places in Susanna Kaysen’s New Book, Cambridge
Susanna Kaysen is back this month with a new novel, Cambridge. Readers might note more than a few familiar landmarks.
Down Below: Two New Books Shed Light on Underground Boston
Two gritty tales from underground Boston.
Q&A: B.J. Novak
Newton native B.J. Novak became famous by writing for and acting in The Office. For his next act: literary fiction. The comedian (and Harvard lit grad) snagged a seven-figure, two-book deal from Knopf last year, and his debut effort, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, arrives February 4.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s New Chapter
One of the last publishing havens for the midlist author just went public. What does that mean for readers?