THE AVID READER. Join us for a talk and Q&A with the artist and author of the national bestseller “Advocate.” For this event, you can have your book signed and stamped with special art! Each Eventbrite ticketholder will also receive a free small print or art item, and be entered for a raffle for original art. 6p—7p. Free
THE AVID READER. Bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver’s adult romance debut follows a journalist in a dead-end job who agrees to teach his disastrous blind date how to be a better boyfriend. Readers will delight in this sweet and steamy queer romance with trans representation! 6:30p—7:30p. Free
PATIO29, WINTERS. Join for an exclusive “Don’t Call Me Jupiter” event, featuring a book reading and signing by Tom Bross. Enjoy a signature martini, “The Jupiter,” specially developed for the evening. 4p—5p. Free
GREAT BEAR VINEYARDS. Enjoying a glass of wine with your favorite book in our beautiful gardens is the perfect way to relax solo or with your friends. Snacks and cheeses are available for purchase to complement your glass of wine. 10:30a—12:30p. $15
MARY L. STEPHENS LIBRARY. Meet and listen to local author Lisa Montanaro discuss her novel, “Everything we Thought was True,” a story of family and identity, and the corrosive nature of secrets—those we keep from ourselves, from each other, and from society. Lisa will do a reading from her novel, and be in-conversation with writer and editor, Cerrissa Kim. Copies of the novel will be available for sale and signing. 6p—8p. Free
THE AVID READER. Celebrate the release of V.E. Schwab’s new book, “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.” We will have drinks, temporary tattoos, buttons, personality quizzes, and costumes! This is a free event for anyone who has pre-ordered the book. 9p—10p. Free
MARY L. STEPHENS LIBRARY. Join us for a discussion of Manvir Singh’s debut release, Shamanism: The Timeless Religion. From a brilliant, young, Harvard-trained anthropologist and contributor to The New Yorker comes a fascinating investigation into the spiritual practice of shamanism, from its beginnings to the present moment, for readers disaffected with organized religion who seek a more personal approach to spirituality. 6:30p—7:30p. Free
THE AVID READER. Alice Rothchild will speak about her remarkable autobiography, Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician. Written entirely in free verse, it tells of her journey from 1950’s good girl to irreverent, feisty, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist forging her own direction in the contradictory, sexist world of medicine. 6p—7p. Free
NASHOBA WINES. The Davis Bookworms is a brand new “silent” book club, in which everyone brings a book of their own choosing, reads for an hour, and then socializes for an hour. We meet every two weeks on Sunday at Nashoba Wines. 1:30p—4p. Free
AVID READER. Avid Reader is honored to host Brian Selznick in conversation with David Levithan in celebration of the release of Selznick’s latest novel: Run Away With Me. Run Away With Me is a stunning creation, weaving words & illustration to tell the story of a transformative love. Danny is sixteen & spending his summer in Rome. As his mother works all day in a mysterious museum, he wanders the city’s ancient, streets. Then one day a voice calls to him, & a strange, beautiful boy steps into his life. Angelo. Soon Danny is in love for the first time, but he’s also painfully aware that when the summer ends, he’ll have to return to America. Angelo seems to know all of Rome’s twisting corners & hidden histories . . . even as he holds his own secrets just out of Danny’s reach. 7p – 8p. $10.Â
