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SUMMARY:Kelly Jarvis (Sea and Stars) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Kelly Jarvis for her book Sea of Stars. Kelly will be in conversation with Lara Ehrlich.\nUnable to attend this event\, but still want a signed copy? Purchase the book below and specify your signing and personalization request in the order comments and we will do our best to accommodate the request. \nPlease click the RSVP link to let us know you’ll be attending. \nRSVP \nAbout the Book \nSome songs are worth hearing\, no matter the cost. \nThe Isle of Skye\, 1847. \nWhen Arabella Porter\, a lonely healer gifted with fairy magic\, receives a mysterious letter from the past\, she journeys to Mystic\, Connecticut in search of the father she has never known. There she crosses paths with James Alden\, a handsome shipbuilder whose shadowy history hides secrets of its own. \nBoth thrown together and kept apart by circumstances beyond their control\, James and Arabella must reconcile their forbidden desires for each other with their loyalty to their families\, their longing for choice\, and their need for freedom. When Arabella’s independence stirs town gossip and suspicion\, James must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice to protect her from a past far more dangerous than it seems. \nFilled with Gothic imagery and Celtic folklore\, Sea and Stars is a slow burn but sensual Beauty and the Beast retelling set in the real world. It is for all those who believe in the transformative power of true love. \nAbout the Author \nKelly Jarvis is the Contributing Writer for The Fairy Tale Magazine and a Recurring Columnist for Eternal Haunted Summer. Her work has also been featured in A Moon of One’s Own\, Baseball Bard\, Blue Heron Review\, Corvid Queen\, Enchanted Conversation\, Forget Me Not Press\, Mermaids Monthly\, The Chamber Magazine\, The Magic of Us\, and the World Weaver Press Anthology Mothers of Enchantment: New Tales of Fairy Godmothers. Her debut novella\, Selkie Moon\, was a semi-finalist in the Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship\, and her Gothic historical romance\, Sea and Stars\, won a Literary Titan Gold Book Award. \nAbout Lara Ehrlich \nLara Ehrlich is the author of the novel Bind Me Tighter Still (Red Hen Press\, 2025) and the story collection Animal Wife\, which won Red Hen Press’s Fiction Award judged by Ann Hood and was published by the press in 2020. Her short fiction has appeared in Hunger Mountain\, StoryQuarterly\, SmokeLong Quarterly\, Massachusetts Review\, F(r)iction\, and elsewhere. She is the host of Writer Mother Monster\, a podcast devoted to dismantling the myth of “having it all\,” the founder and director of the creative writing center Thought Fox Writers Den\, and a co-founder of Raging Women\, a literary collective centered on women’s rage\, power\, and reclamation. Lara has taught workshops and participated in panels at Bread Loaf Writers Workshop\, the Yale Writers Workshop\, AWP\, and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing\, among others\, and is a member of the core faculty at StoryStudio Chicago. She has taught at the University of Connecticut and is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Writer in Residence at Connecticut College. She lives in Connecticut with her family.
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SUMMARY:Jean Baur (Read With Rudy) Storytime and Signing with Service Dog\, Rudy!
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Jean Baur reads from her book\, Read to Rudy! With special guest\, Rudy the Service Dog! \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nDiscover how Rudy\, born in a barn in Tennessee\, is sent miles away to a shelter in New England. What he doesn’t know is that this is the beginning of a wonderful adventure\, and that his new job will be to help children as they learn to read. \nLook for upcoming titles in this series\, starting with the second book: A New Home. \nAbout the Author \nJean Baur has been writing for all ages for a long time. What distinguishes her career is the breadth of her work: she’s written for children\, for educational institutions (ETS)\, for publishers (McGraw Hill\, Time/Life Books) and has had three nonfiction adult books published\, as well as many short stories and poems. Her current projects include board books\, and a series for children ages 4-8: Read to Rudy. With illustrations and photos\, Read to Rudy shares the heartfelt story of how Rudy became a working therapy dog who helps children learn to read. Jean became an Indie author this past year and founded Salt Cove Publications–her own press. Her first two board book titles are What Do Toes Do? and What Does Your Nose Do? Please see her website for more information: www.JeanBaur.com
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SUMMARY:John Mills (The Narrative of Primus) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and reading with John Mills for the book\, The Narrative of Primus. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nThe Narrative of Primus uncovers the remarkable\, nearly forgotten story of a ten-year-old boy taken from his mother’s bedside in West Africa and forced aboard a slave ship bound for America. That boy\, Primus\, survived the Middle Passage\, endured decades of enslavement in colonial Connecticut\, raised a family\, and through faith\, resilience\, and grace\, laid a foundation that would ripple across generations. \nDrawing on rarely cited historical sources including an embedded first-person narrative hidden since 1824 in the writings of Lydia Sigourney\, John Mills reveals Primus as more than a footnote to slavery or a name in a ledger. He restores him as a father\, a church member\, a scholar of scripture\, a community figure\, and a man whose voice still echoes across three centuries. \nThrough meticulous archival research\, Mills traces the lives of Primus’s descendants from the Revolutionary War\, where his son Job fought for American independence while enslaved\, through the Civil War\, where Sgt. Daniel Stanley Lathrop served with the famed 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry\, and into the twentieth century\, where the lineage continued to serve in both World Wars and National Guard militias shut out of state support. \nPart genealogy\, part social history\, and part personal journey\, The Narrative of Primus blends historical storytelling with the author’s lived experience as a Black American and direct descendant of enslaved ancestors. Mills interrogates myths surrounding American liberty\, challenges long-held racial narratives\, and re-centers Black families whose sacrifices helped shape the nation. \nAbout the Author \nJohn Mills is a dedicated genealogist and president of the Alex Breanne Corporation\, a Connecticut-based non-profit focused on research into the formerly enslaved. John is known for his meticulous research and deep passion for uncovering family histories. With years of experience\, he has helped many individuals uncover ancestral connections. His commitment to accuracy and detail has earned him a reputation as a trusted expert in genealogical circles. His notable contributions to the field have garnered recognition\, including an exposé in The Washington Post\, an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show”\, and multiple interviews with famed Civil Rights attorney Areva Martin. John has a strong interest in uncovering the stories of the formerly enslaved\, volunteering his skills in service to others. Beyond his on-the-ground research\, John actively shares his knowledge through seminars and workshops. His engaging discussions have helped raise awareness about genealogy and its role in shaping personal and cultural identities.
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SUMMARY:Kim Harrington (A Killer for Christmas) and Ashley Cowan (Not Another Christmas Movie) Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Kim Harrington and Ashley Cowan for their Christmas romance books!\nWant a signed copy\, but can’t attend the live event? Purchase the book below and specify your signing and personalization request in the order comments and we will do our best to accommodate the request. \nRSVP \nAbout A Killer for Christmas \nWrapped in red has a bloody new meaning in this contemporary holiday romance with a murderous twist\, perfect for readers who enjoyed The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year. \nChristmasville\, Maine\, is the only place where Kelsey Hendricks has ever felt happy. When she loses both her job and her boyfriend\, the move is a no-brainer\, especially when she sees a listing for a position as Christmasville’s social media manager. Surrounded by twinkling lights and candy canes and with the perfect job\, this tinsel town is working its magic on Kelsey. With two heartthrobs vying for her attention\, her life is now just like a Christmas movie. \nExcept for the murders. \nThe first one is dismissed as an accident. But after the second\, and definitely the third\, it becomes abundantly clear that Santa is leaving coal in someone’s stocking this year. \nDetermined to bring back the holly jolly spirit to the town before tourists begin canceling their reservations\, Kelsey must sleuth her way out of a chilling murder mystery and back to a holiday rom-com. \nThis charming and clever mystery-romance where a cozy winter wonderland warms the heart while suspense chills the bones is the perfect read for the holiday season. \nAbout Kim Harrington \nKim Harrington’s A Killer for Christmas is her debut adult mystery from Crooked Lane Books. She is also known for her teen novels Clarity\, Perception\, The Dead and Buried\, and Forget Me\, as well as books for younger readers\, including Revenge of the Red Club\, the Sleuth or Dare series\, and the Gamer Squad series. Kim lives in Massachusetts with her family and never leaves the house without a book. She has an MBA but would rather plot twists than business plans. When not writing\, she’s most likely reading or dreaming about her next vacation. \nAbout Not Another Christmas Movie \nWhen Annie Meyers wakes up in a made-for-TV Christmas movie starring her ex-situationship and a now not-so-dorky childhood neighbor\, her plans to swear off love—and Christmas—begin to unravel. \nPerfect for fans of A Merry Little Meet Cute\, this holiday rom-com will enchant readers who have a love-hate relationship with Christmas movies. \nThirty-something Annie Meyers is having a rough year. Her situationship with the noncommittal Chris fizzled out\, and her best friend’s impending engagement is the final crunch of the candy cane. Her solution: to spend the holiday slugging boxed rosé and ignoring the rest of the world. \nThat is\, until she falls asleep and wakes up in her worst nightmare: a made-for-TV Christmas movie version of her quaint hometown. To make matters worse\, Chris is now the town’s hunky widower and owner of a Christmas tree farm. But Annie isn’t trapped alone: Her dorky childhood neighbor\, Nick\, is here too. Only\, he’s not quite as dorky as she remembers. \nAfter some mild panic\, Annie and Nick realize their escape hinges on playing into classic rom-com tropes. The plan is simple: Annie will woo Chris—the now “perfect boyfriend”—and Nick\, his childhood sweetheart\, Bailey. \nBut after holiday hoedowns\, ice-skating dates\, and cookie-baking montages\, Annie begins to wonder if the real magic of Christmas—and love—is much closer to home. \nAbout Ashley Cowan \nAshley Cowan lives in Simsbury\, Connecticut\, where she wrangles a circus that includes one husband\, three daughters\, two rescue cats\, and two rescue dogs. A graduate of Roger Williams University\, she moved to New York City as a starving artist and then to San Francisco\, where she became a moderately hungry artist\, acting\, writing\, directing\, and enjoying many burritos before returning to New England. \nAshley is a published playwright\, with work featured in The Applause Acting Series: 25 10-Minute Plays for Teens\, and her plays have been staged everywhere from San Francisco theaters (and bars moonlighting as theaters) to Texas middle schools and community centers across the tri-state area.
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