The leaves turn in a bookish Massachusetts autumn. On Saturday, October 15, 2011, Copley Square in Boston turns from ordinary Square-ness into a temporary monument to the thing we call "book." The Boston Book Festival is a free, day-long schedule of events, readings, workshops, and other bookish happenings. Among the presentations for adults and kids are these with past … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Book Awards: April 28
Congratulations to all books nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award, an honor for books by Massachusetts writers or about Massachusetts themes, ably administered by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. In particular, bravo to Lisa Olstein (Poetry Fellow '06) and Tracy Winn (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '08): Lisa's poetry collection Lost Alphabet was nominated in … [Read more...]