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SUMMARY:Laura Jackson (The Busy Beast) Storytime and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Laura Jackson reads from her book\, The Busy Beast at our storytime event! \nAbout the Book\nWhen the Busy Beast arrives one day\, “musts” and “have-to’s” push out play. The grown-ups think the Beast has won\, but the children know what must be done… This is a story about the importance of a slow childhood and a reminder that we all have the power to say “NO”. \nThe Busy Beast is a disagreeable monster who comes to town and fills everyone’s schedules to the brim. But his tenure ends when the children push back and demand more time for play. With rhyming verse and compelling illustrations\, the book invites families to start a conversation about busyness and\, perhaps\, to slow down a bit. \nAbout the Author\nLaura Jackson is a writer and educator who is passionate about student-centered learning and alternative education. She lives on the Connecticut shoreline with her husband and two young children and enjoys all things DIY. \nMore Details
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/laura-jackson-the-busy-beast-storytime-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Debbi Michiko Florence (Last Chance Academy 2) Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Debbi Michiko Florence for her new book\, Last Chance Academy: The Mastermind’s Trap. \nAbout the Book\nIn this sequel to A Study in Secrets that’s Only Murders in the Building meets The Westing Game\, Meg must figure out the identity of the mysterious Mastermind to save her school and her friends. \nAfter winning a scavenger hunt with her new friends—Tana\, Zane\, and Ryan—Meg Mizuno is looking forward to winter break and enjoying their grand prize of an all-expenses paid trip to California. But after learning that their boarding school\, Leland Chase Academy (called Last Chance Academy by students)\, is in danger of shutting down\, it’s hard to enjoy the sun and surf. \nWhen they return\, the head of school\, Dr. Ward\, reminds the student body of their mandatory participation in the Student Showcase\, with the goal of bringing in needed funds to the school. If that weren’t enough pressure\, Meg discovers a new note: the Mastermind wants her to help him with one more scavenger hunt. This time\, though\, she must work alone\, or else the Mastermind will follow through on some very real threats. Can Meg beat the Mastermind at his own game? \nAbout the Author\nDebbi Michiko Florence\, a third-generation Japanese American (sansei)\, is the acclaimed author of more than 25 books for children and tweens. Her books have received starred reviews\, JLG Selections\, and inclusion on lists such as Amazon Best Books and the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best. She loves to write stories about friendship\, family\, and first crushes. Her middle-grade novels include Just Be Cool\, Jenna Sakai and the series Last Chance Academy. She is also the author of the award-winning Jasmine Toguchi chapter book series\, which has sold more than 200\,000 copies\, and picture books\, including Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata. A native Californian\, Debbi now lives in Connecticut where she writes in her studio\, The Word Nest. \nMore Details
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/debbi-michiko-florence-last-chance-academy-2-release-party/
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SUMMARY:Eoghan Walls (Field Notes from an Extinction) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Eoghan Walls for his book\, Field Notes From an Extinction. \nAbout the Book\nFast-paced and funny. Scientific and tender. A literary thriller featuring Auks. As if Hilary Mantel’s The Giant\, O’Brien met Robinson Crusoe\, here is a story of one man’s growing humanity amidst famine and extinction. \nTold in the vernacular of the day\, this novel-as-notebook features a 19th-century ornithologist on a remote Irish island—from the author of indie favorite The Gospel of Orla. \nWritten in the form of a 19th-century notebook of ornithological observations\, Field Notes from an Extinction follows the life and work of one Ignatius Green\, a fictitious English scientist dispatched by the Royal Society to the remote island of Tor Mor off the northern Irish coast. Green\, a widower\, is single-minded and self-righteous\, brilliant and bumbling. He is determined to set the scientific record straight on the mating rituals\, feeding and care of hatchlings and other minutiae he can gather about the Great Auk (pinguinus impennis). \nGreen’s world is shattered when his monthly goods delivery arrives ravaged by the local Irish townsmen. His fury at their impertinence is matched only by his dismay at finding a small child amid the shipment–dirty\, abandoned\, mute\, and utterly feral and unmanageable. Worse\, the locals are growing restless and hungry. And there is talk sweeping the land of a terrifying woman with unnatural power. \nGreen fights for his survival against brigands and hunger and\, most fearsome\, the resolve of a fierce and angry child. And\, perhaps\, for a wider understanding of family amidst roiling societal unrest. \nAbout the Author\nEoghan Walls is a Northern Irish poet. He has lived and worked in Ireland\, Britain\, Germany and Rwanda. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2006\, and his poetry has been shortlisted for multiple international awards\, including the Bridport Prize\, the Manchester Poetry Prize and the Piggott Prize. He has published the first major translation of Heidegger’s poetical works and currently teaches Creative Writing at Lancaster University. The Gospel of Orla (Seven Stories Press; 2023)\, his debut novel\, was an IndieNext and a Library Reads selection\, and was called “utterly convincing and fresh and original” by Colm Tóibín. His new novel is Field Notes from an Extinction. \nMore Details
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/eoghan-walls-field-notes-from-an-extinction-author-talk-and-signing/
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Reads: "355: The Women of Washington's Spy Circle
DESCRIPTION:Bill Memorial Library in Groton will host retired Groton teacher Julie Feindt-Cagle\, on Tuesday\, June 2\, at 6 PM for a discussion of the book 355: The Women of Washington’s Spy Ring by Kit Sergeant. The Revolutionary Reads Book Discussion series is part of Groton’s Celebrating America’s 250th. Books are available for checkout at any of the three Groton libraries. \nFeindt-Cagle is a lifelong history enthusiast who shared her passion for the past as a docent and educator at the Hempsted Houses in New London and as a tour guide for the Thames River Heritage Park. She enjoys bringing local history to life through storytelling\, education and community engagement. \nNo registration is required. For more information\, call the library at 860-445-0392\, or visit www.groton-ct.gov/America250.
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LOCATION:The Bill Memorial Library\, 240 Monument Street\, Groton\, 06385
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SUMMARY:Ernest Thompson (Out Clause) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ernest Thompson for his new book\, Out Clause. \nAbout the Book \nWhat if you could leave your life? \nAn unhappily married CEO jumps from a Connecticut bridge\, body never found. A troubled flight attendant still mourning her lover lost on 9/11 goes missing from a cruise ship. An Arizona school teacher can’t reconcile the sexual compromise he’s been maneuvered into and steals money from a student kiosk and disappears. An internet sensation crosses the last line left and self-pleasures in front of an audience of millions and is spotted in Virginia boarding a hot-air balloon that’s empty when it crash lands. 500\,000 Americans go missing every year\, 1500 never return. Where are they and is there a connection? Yes.\nWelcome to Out Clause. \nAbout the Author \nErnest Thompson’s work has won an Academy Award\, two Golden Globes\, Writers Guild and Broadway Drama Guild Awards and been nominated for a Tony\, an Emmy and a British Academy Award. His plays have been seen in theatres around the world\, his most enduring\, On Golden Pond\, translated into 30 languages and presented in more than 40 countries. Current projects include an On Golden Pond Broadway revival\, directed by and starring the author; true also of his new one-man play\, Archie Parish’s Parting Words\, now on tour; his newest play Grand Time; the short film The Constituent; and the movie sequel\, Home On Golden Pond. His novel Out Clause arrives on May 5\, 2026. A prolific lyricist\, his song with Carly Simon\, “The Father Daughter Dance\,” will soon be playing at a wedding near you. With his writer wife Kerrin Thompson\, he established Rescind Recidivism\, a prison writing program giving inmates a chance to feel creative as well as human\, capable and worthy. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/ernest-thompson-out-clause-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:John Glynn (The Lost Book of Lancelot) Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with John Glynn for his book The Lost Book of Lancelot. \nAbout the Book \nHidden away on the Isle of Women\, a nameless orphan grows up among a powerful sisterhood\, but always at a distance. He hears whispers of a prophecy that may shed light on his destiny—and his true identity: Lancelot. Determined to master the skills of knighthood\, he begins training in tandem with the handsome Galehaut. As the two become inseparable\, they guide one another toward their truest selves. But no matter how tightly they cling to one another\, each has a role to play in the wizard Merlin’s grand prophecies. \nWhen Lancelot is forced to follow Merlin to Camelot\, he fights to protect his heart while seeking the fabled grail alongside King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. But when Roman legionaries encroach on their kingdom\, their quest takes on new urgency\, as does Lancelot’s explosive secret—the truth of what he left behind on the Isle of Women. \nSteeped in rich medieval lore\, The Lost Book of Lancelot is at once an immersive\, a poignant love story and an epic\, unforgettable tale of a vulnerable boy who is forced to rise to the occasion amid a battle between the old world and the new. \nAbout the Author \nJohn Glynn is the Editorial Director of Hanover Square Press\, an imprint of HarperCollins. His nonfiction debut Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer\, was an Indie Next pick\, an Oprah\, The Magazine “Best LGBTQ Book of 2019\,” and a Cosmopolitan Best Book of 2019\, among other accolades. His writing has appeared in People\, Oprah Daily\, The Millions and The Daily Beast. He lives in New York City with his partner and dog\, Whitman. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/john-glynn-the-lost-book-of-lancelot-weekend-book-signing/
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SUMMARY:Glitz and Gays: A Pride Month Bedazzling Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Pride Month by putting our favorite queer reads in their finest jewels: rhinestones! \nWe’ll have drinks\, snacks\, and supplies to bedazzle! \nBring your favorite book from home\, or purchase a ticket including a copy of One Last Stop to accessorize! \nBoth tickets include a glass of wine\, snacks\, and bedazzling supplies! \nTickets
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/glitz-and-gays-a-pride-month-bedazzling-party/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nicole Blades (Would I Lie to You?) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Nicole Blades for her new book\, Would I Lie to You? Nicole will be in conversation with Greg Wands. \nAbout the Book \nWould I Lie to You? is a thrilling spy next door story that may have you cheering for all the wrong people\, perfect for fans of Finlay Donovan and Killers of a Certain Age. \nWhat if a covert\, high-stakes cat burglar is given one last job before she can retire\, but the gig is to steal the classified code to an innovative genetic editing tool her unaware husband is developing? \nAsk anyone about Lucille “Lu” Barlow and they’ll tell you that she’s a loving wife and mom\, fire-body Pilates studio owner\, and kind neighbor. But none of them know the true Lu. Because Lu is a liar and a thief—albeit reluctantly lately. She’s been part of a dangerous\, deeply covert crime syndicate for the last thirty years\, with a string of incredible\, international heists under her belt and a shoebox full of fake passports\, weapons\, cash stacks\, and skeletons. \nBut when her unsuspecting husband\, Harry\, accepts a lucrative job at the nation’s leading biotech company\, it means moving the family from her familiar Brooklyn base to the well-heeled New England town of Partridge Hollow. Lu sees it as her shot to finally retire from crime life\, something she’s wanted since her son’s birth eight years ago. But Partridge Hollow isn’t what it seems either. Lu quickly discovers that her new Stepford Wives–esque neighbors each have their own secrets hidden inside their mansions\, into which she occasionally creeps. \nShe also uncovers the most scandalous truth of all: that this move for her husband’s career was orchestrated by her illicit employer. Worse\, she’s tasked with stealing the heavily protected code for a tool Harry is developing. \nAbout the Author \nNicole Blades is a novelist and journalist with nearly two decades of experience in the media industry. Her cover stories and features have been published in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, Runner’s World\, Women’s Health\, and more. An active member of the International Thriller Writers organization\, her novels often focus on the facade and filters people put on to face the world. Would I Lie to You? is her latest and will be published in spring 2026! The domestic thriller joins Nicole’s previous novels\, Have You Met Nora?\, The Thunder Beneath Us\, and Earth’s Waters. A proud Caribbean Canadian\, Nicole currently lives in New England with her husband and their son. \nAbout Greg Wands \nGreg Wands is the internationally bestselling co-author\, along with Elizabeth Keenan\, of three thriller novels under the pen name E.G. Scott\, the first of which (The Woman Inside) was optioned for television. Their books have been translated into a dozen languages and their latest title\, Trust Issues\, is now available He is currently at work on a solo novel. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/nicole-blades-would-i-lie-to-you-author-talk-and-signing/
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SUMMARY:Paige Classey (Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer) Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Paige Classey for her book\, Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer. \nAbout the Book \nAnna-Jane couldn’t wait for camp. But when the outside world goes dark\, she and her friends soon realize they’re in for the adventure of their lives this summer—and maybe even beyond. \n“A nail-biter of a survival story.” -Megan E. Freeman\, New York Times bestselling author of Alone and Away \nAnna-Jane is thrilled to be back at Camp Chester—the one place she feels like she belongs. She’s excited to swim in the lake\, read in her favorite chair\, and swap secrets with her best friend under the stars. But not long after Anna-Jane unpacks her trunk\, weird things start happening. \nFirst\, townspeople near camp begin disappearing. Then\, the internet\, cell service\, and all other forms of communication are cut off. Soon\, Anna-Jane and the residents of Camp Chester realize they are completely alone. \nOr so they think. Across the lake\, the kids spot a strange flashing light. And when animals begin turning up with yellowed eyes and disfigured limbs\, it is clear the dangers are only growing. Most alarming of all\, though\, is the deepening distrust among the campers themselves\, which could have deadly consequences. Anna-Jane knows what to expect from a summer at camp . . . but what happens when camp lasts well beyond the summer? \nCaptured in Anna-Jane’s diary\, discover the poignant journey of a young girl’s fight to survive in the face of the unknown. \nAbout the Author \nPaige Classey is a school librarian who lives with her husband and two sons on the Connecticut shoreline. She is the author of the YA novel Everything You Left Me\, which was selected as a Forbes “7 Most-Anticipated YA Mysteries to Dive Into This Winter.” She has also contributed articles on libraries and education that have appeared in School Library Journal\, TEACH Magazine\, and Education Week. Anna-Jane and the Last Summer is inspired by her own time at summer camps growing up…luckily\, her adventures never lasted more than a few weeks. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/paige-classey-anna-jane-and-the-endless-summer-weekend-book-signing/
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SUMMARY:THE UNITED: Caro Claire Burke (Yesteryear) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books and The United Theatre present an author talk and signing with Caro Claire Burke for her book\, Yesteryear. \nTICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. Doors open at 6:00PM. \nGet Tickets \nAbout the Book \nA traditional American woman\, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers\, suddenly awakens cold\, filthy\, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1805—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax\, a twisted reality show\, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel. \nMy name was Natalie Heller Mills\, and I was perfect at being alive. \nNatalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic\, her husband a handsome cowboy\, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes\, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens\, her husband the Republican equivalent of a Kennedy? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged\, Ivy League\, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life\, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it. \nUntil one morning\, she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home\, her husband\, her children—they’re all familiar\, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity\, her children are dirty and strange\, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday\, Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram\, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a brutal reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods\, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life\, and she must escape by any means possible. \nA gripping\, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening\, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition\, fame\, faith\, and the grand performance of womanhood. \nAbout the Author \nCaro Claire Burke received her Master’s in Fine Arts from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She is the co-host of Diabolical Lies\, a politics and culture podcast. Yesteryear is her first novel.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/the-united-caro-claire-burke-yesteryear-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:The United Theater\, 5 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book
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SUMMARY:Ethan Joella (The Top of the World) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ethan Joella for his new book\, The Top of the World. \nAbout the Book \nA heartbreaking\, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella—author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick\, A Little Hope—about a young woman searching for answers about her brother’s last days. \nJune 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduated high school\, the future hers to embrace—but she’s still reeling from the death of her older brother\, Chip. A devastating diagnosis the summer before prompted Chip to leave home for a few months\, never revealing where he went. Maggie’s search for clues leads her to The Red Maple Inn\, a mountaintop resort in the Poconos. \nAt the Red Maple\, Maggie is welcomed into a tight-knit community. As she unravels secrets about her brother’s final days\, she begins to connect with the people he loved\, and whose lives he touched. Through the warmth of strangers\, Maggie begins to heal and is able to help others cope with loss. \nSet in a nostalgic resort town over two transformative summers\, this dual-narrative novel explores sibling relationships\, coming of age\, and the quiet power of human connection. Perfect for fans of emotional storytelling and small-town summer books\, The Top of the World is a timeless story about memory\, grief\, second chances\, and hope. \nAbout the Author \nEthan Joella teaches English and psychology at the University of Delaware. He is the author of A Little Hope\, which was a Read with Jenna Bonus Selection; A Quiet Life; The Same Bright Stars; and The Top of the World. He lives in Rehoboth Beach\, Delaware\, with his wife and two daughters. \nmore info and RSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/ethan-joella-the-top-of-the-world-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book
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SUMMARY:MJ Soni (The Masala Chai Mystery Club) Book Launch and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an book launch and signing with MJ Soni for her new book\, “The Masala Chai Mystery Club.” MJ will be in conversation with Elissa Bass. \nMore Information
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/mj-soni-the-masala-chai-mystery-club-book-launch-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book
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SUMMARY:Lisa Scottoline (This Changes Everything) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books and the Garde Arts Center present an author talk and signing with Lisa Scottoline for her new book\, This Changes Everything. \nTICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. Doors open at 6:30\, event begins at 7:30. \nAbout the Book \nIn this “riveting\, deeply felt and empowering thriller that is also a touching ode to female friendship” (Laura Dave) from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline\, a woman risks her life to help her closest friend find justice for a tragic crime and realizes she has more power than she ever knew. \nJulia Pritzker loves her new life as a wife and mother in beautiful Tuscany—except that she misses her best friend Courtney\, back in the States. One night\, Julia calls Courtney and reaches her as she’s arriving at her grandmother’s farm in Pennsylvania. \nThen the unthinkable happens. A dreadful premonition overwhelms Julia as Courtney is entering the house—but it’s too late to stop Courtney\, who makes a heartbreaking discovery. Her beloved grandmother has been murdered\, and the killer is escaping out the back door. A distraught Courtney chases him\, but he jumps into a pickup truck and gets away. \nJulia flies home the next morning to support Courtney in her grief. The local police believe the murder was a botched burglary\, but the women suspect something much more sinister. They dig to unearth the truth in a town filled with explosive secrets\, and Julia’s uncanny intuition points her to the missing pieces of a dark puzzle. \nThe women call in hotshot Philly lawyer Bennie Rosato\, but events take a deadly turn\, and Julia becomes the target of a murderous conspiracy. She ends up fighting for her life\, with no one to save her … but herself. \nOnly a blockbuster talent like Lisa Scottoline can tell this riveting and layered of a story\, combining a woman’s search for truth with the revelation of her own empowerment\, as well as the enduring strength and joys of female friendship. \nAbout the Author \nLisa Scottoline is the #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of 38 novels. She is the President of Mystery Writers of America and has been named a Thriller Master by International Thriller Writers. A former trial lawyer\, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and its law school\, where she taught Justice & Fiction\, a course she developed. Lisa also co-wrote a series of humorous memoirs with her daughter\, novelist Francesca Serritella. There are 30 million copies of Lisa’s books in print\, and she is published in 35 countries. She lives on a Pennsylvania farm with an array of disobedient pets\, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. \nRegister
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/lisa-scottoline-this-changes-everything-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Garde Arts Center\, 325 State St.\, New London\, 06320
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book
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SUMMARY:Kate Eberle (If Books Could Kill) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Rebecca Mahoney for her book\, If Books Could Kill. \nAbout the Book \nA Novel Love Story meets Love in the Time of Serial Killers in this rom-com following Roxie Mitchell\, an adventure-loving romance reader who finds herself trapped in a meet-cute turned murderous. \nWhen Roxie makes a tongue-in-cheek wish to live out the plot of her favorite author’s next novel\, she has romance in mind—namely\, the sweet\, safe\, swoon-worthy storylines Anna Matthews is known for. It should be a dream come true when her wish is granted and she finds herself swept into a first date with a handsome stranger who seems designed to take her breath away. \nExcept for one little hiccup: That handsome stranger tries to take her breath away. Literally. With a knife. The thing is\, Roxie may be the new Anna Matthews protagonist—but this time\, Anna is writing a crime thriller. \nThrown into a perilous genre she’s never read\, Roxie is desperate for help. So when her escape takes her straight into the path of Grant Hoffman\, an anxious English professor with a convenient love of crime novels\, she decides that kidnapping a grown man is a small price to pay for her own survival. Together\, Roxie and Grant navigate a madcap story in which the lines between fiction and reality blur. They’ll find out if they have what it takes to make it to The End—or maybe even Happily Ever After \nAbout the Author \nKate Eberle studied journalism at Boston University before rediscovering her love of fiction. She lives and writes in Connecticut\, where she spends the rest of her time being the ultimate menace to society: a grown-up Theater Kid. If Books Could Kill is her first novel. \nmore info
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/kate-eberle-if-books-could-kill-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book
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SUMMARY:Josh Weil (What Came West) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Josh Weil for his book\, What Came West. Josh will be in conversation with Stuart Vyse. \nAbout the Book \nA gripping tale of murder and pursuit set against the shifting Sierra Nevada during the Gold Rush\, where ambition\, violence\, and destiny collide. \n“What Came West is astonishing. Unraveling the mythology of the Western with a genius for insight and description\, Weil tells the story anew: a beautiful\, ruminative\, bloody\, terrifying and brilliant book about a chapter in the life of one man and in the life of our country. Unmissable.” —Andrew Sean Greer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less \nSierra Nevada\, 1840s\, just before the Gold Rush ignites. Silas Hall has never belonged anywhere except the wild. Bullied as a child and uneasy even within his own family\, he finds brief solace in love and fatherhood before the pull of the frontier overwhelms him. One day he heads west\, chasing a life that might finally make sense. \nWhat follows is a swift\, pulse-pounding journey into the mountains\, where Silas becomes one of the first white settlers to cross into the Sierra Nevada. He forges a precarious peace with the Indigenous people who live there—until the Gold Rush crashes in with violent force. As thousands flood the region\, the balance shatters\, and Silas commits murder\, a desperate act that alters the course of every life around him\, including his own. \nTaut and propulsive\, What Came West is told in two parallel voices—one a tense\, third-person account of Silas on the run\, and the other a confessional letter from Silas to the son he left behind—and confronts many different forms of American inheritance\, in all its danger\, emotional voltage\, and mythic momentum. Weil’s masterpiece is a fierce\, heart-driven portrait of an outsider racing toward belonging and barreling headlong into consequence. \nAbout the Author \nJosh Weil is the author of the novel The Great Glass Sea\, the novella collection The New Valley\, and the story collection The Age of Perpetual Light. He is a Fulbright fellow and has been awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, a “5 Under 35” award from the National Book Foundation\, the California Book Award\, and a Pushcart Prize. For the past dozen years\, he has called the Sierra Nevada of Northern California home. \nAbout Stuart Vyse \nStuart Vyse is a behavioral scientist\, teacher\, and writer. He is a contributing editor for Skeptical Inquirer magazine\, for which he writes the “Behavior & Belief” column\, both online and in print. He has written personal and professional essays in a variety of places\, including the Observer\, Medium\, The Atlantic\, The Good Men Project\, Tablet\, and Time. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/josh-weil-what-came-west-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Debra Curtis (Laws of Love and Logic) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Debra Curtis for her book\, Laws of Love and Logic. \nAbout the Book \nA STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S NEW VENTURE\, THOUSAND VOICES \nA story of two sisters\, one impossible choice\, and the long shadow of the past—perfect for readers of Broken Country. \nLily Webb has spent years trying to build a steady\, predictable life\, far from the hometown marred by tragedy and the sister she cannot seem to save from herself. \nJane has always been the brilliant sister: fierce\, complicated\, and drawn to the mysteries of the universe. But after their mother’s death\, Jane’s gifts became entangled with addiction\, pulling the sisters into a cycle of love\, guilt\, and heartbreak that neither can escape. \nLily has found comfort in a quiet marriage to a devoted scientist\, one who opened her eyes to the beauty of the natural world and offered her safety and stability. But when her first love\, a boy she lost under devastating circumstances\, returns\, Lily is forced to confront the past she thought she had buried. \nAs old wounds reopen\, and her fragile bond with Jane grows ever more tenuous\, Lily must navigate the tension between the life she’s built and the life she once imagined\, \nSpanning decades and rich with questions of faith\, science\, and the ties that hold us together\, Laws of Love and Logic is a compelling\, emotionally gripping novel about sisterhood\, forgiveness\, and the complicated nature of love. \nAbout the Author \nDebra Curtis is a retired professor of cultural anthropology at Salve Regina University\, where she specialized in gender and sexuality. This is her first novel. She is the mother of grown-up twin girls and lives in Rhode Island with her husband and her English bulldog\, Harry\, who is the star of much of her TikTok content. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/debra-curtis-laws-of-love-and-logic-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jane Carlson-Pickering (Have You Seen the Berry Monster?) Saturday Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Jane Carlson-Pickering reads from her book\, Have You Seen the Berry Monster at our storytime event! \nmore info
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/jane-carlson-pickering-have-you-seen-the-berry-monster-saturday-storytime/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book
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SUMMARY:Jenn Bouchard (Palms on the Cape) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Jenn Bouchard for her book\, Palms on the Cape. \nAbout the Book \nAfter a tumultuous childhood\, Rachel Sinclair has made a life for herself. On the verge of turning forty\, her upscale beach bar–Palms on the Cape–is packed throughout the Cape Cod summer season. She has surrounded herself with a devoted staff and great friends\, including her best friend\, Carlos…who she might be in love with. When Rachel learns of a plan to take over her business\, she must decide if it’s worth the gamble to join forces with an unlikely ally\, or risk losing everything she has worked for. \nAbout the Author \nJenn Bouchard is the award-winning author of Palms on the Cape\, Considering Us\, and First Course\, as well as several published short stories. She has been teaching high school social studies for twenty-six years and also teaches short story classes to adults in her community. She is an avid cook\, volunteer for good causes\, and devoted Red Sox fan. A graduate of Bates College and Tufts University\, she lives in the Boston suburbs with her husband and two teenage children. \nmore info
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/jenn-bouchard-palms-on-the-cape-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mark Joseph Stelzner (Growth Machines) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Mark Joseph Stelzner for his book\, Growth Machines. \nRSVP \nAbout the Book \nA provocative look at America’s compulsion to consume and our obsession’s surprising—and strange—origins. \nIn a capitalist society\, people sell their labor to purchase staples like food\, shelter\, and anxiety medication. That’s the equation of everyday economic life that we’ve always been told is true. Except\, is it really that simple anymore? No matter how unmaterialistic you may think you are\, odds are that deep within is a drive to consume because it feels good: books you won’t read\, clothes you won’t like and might wear even less\, a replacement phone whose novelty runs out as quickly as its upgrade hits the market. But what drives this impulse? \nIn Growth Machines\, Mark Joseph Stelzner shows how today’s consumers are now programmed by a US economy intent on infinite growth to work for goods they’ve been convinced they need and conditioned to want. Stelzner establishes the gaps between economic thinking and economic reality\, arguing that consumption is no longer just a reflection of needs\, but rather\, it reflects a need for transaction—in many cases\, a treat we seek out because it feels good. We work not only to be able to consume the essentials for living\, but also to consume for consumption’s sake. Yet such consumption doesn’t make us happier. Stelzner traces this strange nature of consumption to an environmental source: an economy that demands growth. To keep its economy pumping\, the US must keep Americans consuming. This makes Stelzner’s book an uncomfortable reflection on how we internalize our economy. To be an American is to consume; to consume is what makes America. \nAbout the Author \nMark Joseph Stelzner is associate professor of economics at Connecticut College. He has published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics\, The Review of Black Political Economy\, and the Journal of Happiness Studies\, and his work has been featured in The Economist and The Nation.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/mark-joseph-stelzner-growth-machines-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Carol Barrios (Mahala) Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Carol Barrios for her book Mahala. \nAbout the Book \nHistorical fiction meets family saga in this sweeping Caribbean tale perfect for fans of Jamaica Kincaid\, Wide Sargasso Sea\, and The Island of Missing Trees. \nSt. Vincent\, British West Indies\, 1900 \nA woman born before her time\, Mahala was always a maverick. Adopted by her mother’s best friend and raised next door to her biological siblings\, she grows up with the generational challenges of not one\, but two families of Indian descent navigating colonial Caribbean society. From a young age\, Mahala knows the plan all four parents have set for her future: leave school\, marry well\, run a household\, plan her own future daughters’ weddings. But she believes fiercely there must be more to life than this Caribbean island and its restrictive customs. \nSeeking to control her own destiny\, Mahala must decide if fleeing her homeland and alienating herself from her family is worth the freedom she most desperately wants. If she remains\, she will need to agree to a marriage—and a man—arranged by her family and abandon her dream of independence. If she goes\, escaping to New York and its gleaming opportunities\, her innate intelligence and confidence may have to be enough for her to build the life she’s always dreamed of—a life of integrity\, strength\, and love of her own choosing. \nMahala is a page-turning\, coming-of-age story about women’s rights\, family expectations\, and the courage to forge your own path in a world determined to limit your choices. \nAbout the Author \nCarol Marques Barrios is a graduate of the University of Connecticut\, where she earned both her Bachelor of Science in marketing and Master of Business Administration. She lives with her husband and three daughters in Fairfield\, Connecticut. Mahala is her first novel. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/carol-barrios-mahala-weekend-book-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Wellington Rollins (The Three Graces of Pearl Street) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Elizabeth Wellington Rollins for her new book\, The Three Graces of Pearl Street. Elizabeth will be in conversation with Tanya Edwards.\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. \nTICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. \nGet Tickets \nAbout the Book \nIn this wise and warm debut novel\, an Italian American grandmother\, daughter\, and granddaughter all named after the Roman myth of The Three Graces find their lives—and their secrets—colliding when\, after years apart\, they come to live under the same roof. \nGraziella\, the ninety-six-year-old matriarch and former nun\, spends her days running the parish’s food kitchen\, convinced it is her responsibility to keep everyone fed in their working-class New York neighborhood. Her daughter\, Grace\, a respected psychology professor\, appears accomplished and composed\, yet finds herself unmoored as her personal life falters. Ella—Graziella’s granddaughter and Grace’s daughter—is weary of defending her vegan diet and anti-capitalistic lifestyle; blind to her own brilliance\, she longs\, above all\, for a place to belong. Living together again\, the three Graces reckon with the distances that have shaped them\, and with what it means\, at last\, to be fully known. \nExquisitely written and populated by unforgettable characters\, The Three Graces of Pearl Street explores the delicate balance between tradition and modernity\, and the quiet courage it takes to move through the world with true grace. \nAbout the Author \nElizabeth Wellington Rollins is a writer and award-winning copywriter. She grew up outside of New York City and graduated from Davidson College. Her work has appeared in the BBC\, Condé Nast Traveler\, The Week\, Travel + Leisure\, and Vogue. She lives in Vermont with her family. \nAbout Tanya Edwards \nTanya Edwards is an award-winning writer and editor with bylines at BBC Travel\, Rand McNally Road Atlas\, CNN\, Boston Globe\, Eater\, Glamour\, Yahoo\, Allure\, Refinery29\, and many more.
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LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sara Christiansen Jeffs (A Trillion Facets of Light) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Sara Christensen Jeffs for the book\, A Trillion Facets of Light. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nFor anyone ready to believe they are enough. \nIn A Trillion Facets of Light\, Sara Christiansen Jeffs offers a tender and transformative journey toward self-love and authentic living. Blending poetic prose\, personal narrative\, and gentle affirmations\, this collection speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever struggled with perfectionism\, self-doubt\, or the fear of not being enough. \nWith honesty and grace\, Jeffs challenges the cultural narrative of constant striving and invites readers to soften\, to listen inward\, and to remember their inherent worth. Each page serves as both a mirror and a balm—a reminder that healing is not linear\, that growth can be gentle\, and that our imperfections are what make us whole. \nA Trillion Facets of Light is a sanctuary of compassion and courage. For readers seeking renewal\, resilience\, and the quiet strength to live authentically\, these words will illuminate the path back home to themselves. \nAbout the Author \nSara Christiansen Jeffs is a writer\, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach\, and Holistic Health Practitioner from Connecticut\, USA. Her work centers on healing\, self-compassion\, and the profound courage it takes to love yourself fully. Believing deeply in the infinite worth of every person\, she writes to remind readers that healing is always possible\, authenticity is a form of beauty\, and no one is ever truly alone. When she’s not writing\, Sara can be found nurturing her clients’ wellbeing\, exploring nature\, or reflecting on the quiet miracles of everyday life.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/sara-christiansen-jeffs-a-trillion-facets-of-light-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Edgar Garcia (Cantares) James Merrill Fellow Reading
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books and The James Merrill House present an author talk and reading with fellow\, Edgar Garcia. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nPoems and micro-essays intertwine in this poetically attuned adaptation of the mid-sixteenth century Nahuatl-language Cantares Mexicanos \nCantares is a multipart engagement with the poetics and history of the colonial and Indigenous Americas\, oscillating between poetry and essay in a structure of repetitions derived from Mesoamerican poetics. Edgar Garcia reimagines the Cantares Mexicanos\, a sixteenth-century anthology of Nahuatl songs from Central Mexico\, and brings these songs to life not just as historical documents\, but as music\, to give presence of thought to their historical layers and complexities. His adaptations evoke the sound and texture of the sixteenth century\, blending Indigenous and Baroque traditions\, exploring themes of translation\, adaptation\, race\, and historical memory. The collection moves between poetry and scholarship—between poems and micro-essays. The essays provide commentary and historical context about the colonial soundscape of Central Mexico. At the same time\, the poems emphasize the songs’ sonic\, spiritual\, and poetic dimensions. \nThe Cantares emerge from a time of cultural collision—after the arrival of the Castilians but still rooted in older\, Indigenous worldviews. These songs are not nostalgic or idealized; they reflect crisis\, survival\, and creativity. Garcia’s work draws inspiration from the Popol Vuh\, the K’iche’ Maya creation story\, which begins in colonial darkness and still insists on the possibility of light. Through these adaptations\, Cantares becomes a meditation on history\, imagination\, and the power of art to endure and create in the face of loss. \nAbout the Author \nEdgar Garcia is a poet and scholar of the hemispheric cultures of the Americas. He is the author of Skins of Columbus: A Dream Ethnography (Fence Books\, 2019); Signs of the Americas: A Poetics of Pictography\, Hieroglyphs\, and Khipu (University of Chicago Press\, 2020); Infinite Regress (collaborative work with Eamon Ore-Giron\, Bom Dia Books\, 2021); Emergency: Reading the Popol Vuh in a Time of Crisis (University of Chicago Press\, 2022); and Cantares (Wesleyan University Press\, 2026). He is faculty in the department of English at the University of Chicago where he is also affiliated with the Program in Creative Writing.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/edgar-garcia-cantares-james-merrill-fellow-reading/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alisa Dumond (When Newport Calls You Home) Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an weekend book signing with Alisa Dumond for the book\, When Newport Calls You Home. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nHe left Newport\, Rhode Island\, chasing the future. She stayed behind protecting the place she loved. \nTen years later\, home gives them one more chance. Theo Callahan never expected to return to Newport. After leaving a decade earlier\, his career carried him from New York to Boston\, where he built a reputation transforming waterfront communities. Now he is back to oversee Harbor View\, a redevelopment project that could reshape the coastal city he once called home. \nLilia Bennett never left. After loss reshaped her life\, she poured everything she had into building Coastal Charters and creating a future rooted in Newport’s people and traditions. When Theo’s plans put them on opposite sides of the city’s future\, old feelings return and professional ambitions collide with the memories neither of them has forgotten.\nA heartfelt second-chance romance about love\, home\, and finding the courage to choose what matters most. \nAbout the Author \nAlisa Dumond is the author of the Coastal Escape Series\, contemporary romance novels set against the coastline of Newport\, Rhode Island. Her stories blend second chances\, emotional connections\, coastal settings\, and the idea that home can sometimes lead us back to the people we were meant to find. A Rhode Island author\, Alisa has always loved the Ocean State’s beaches and waterfront communities\, and Newport is especially meaningful to her because it is where she met her husband. She enjoys summers at the beach\, time with her family\, beach walks\, and a good sunset over the water.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/alisa-dumond-when-newport-calls-you-home-weekend-book-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Clarvoe (Piano Piano) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Jennifer Clarvoe for her book\, Piano Piano. \nAbout the Book \nIn Piano Piano\, Clarvoe crafts a luminous meditation on time\, loss\, and the enduring power of art to transform grief into grace. These poems move with the deliberate tempo their title suggests – piano piano\, slowly\, gently – through landscapes both intimate and archaeological\, from a father’s final breaths to ancient curse tablets unearthed in Turkish soil. With exquisite attention to craft\, Clarvoe weaves together the personal and the timeless: a bee working alongside the poet at her window\, fragments of pottery that carry the “added failure” of ancient repairs\, and Lumière’s first flickering films. Her voice finds profound beauty in broken things – fibroid infarctions become odes\, torn fieldbook pages become elegies. This collection reveals how memory and art preserve what matters most: the music falling “slantwise / like the gold ray / of the Annunciation” that accompanied a father’s final season. Piano Piano is a masterwork of formal innovation and emotional precision. \nAbout the Author \nJennifer Clarvoe is the author of two books of poetry: Invisible Tender (Fordham\, 2000)\, and Counter-Amores (University of Chicago\, 2011). Her awards and fellowships include the Kate Tufts Prize\, the Poets Out Loud Prize for Invisible Tender\, a fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference\, a residency at the James Merrill House\, and the Rome Prize in Literature. She taught literature and creative writing at Kenyon College for many years. She lives in Somerville\, MA\, with her husband\, Tony Sigel. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/jennifer-clarvoe-piano-piano-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Giant Cuttlefish author Visit at Mystic Aquarium
DESCRIPTION:Stop in the Gift Store during your visit to Mystic Aquarium to meet author Elaine M. Alexander signing her new book Giant Cuttlefish: Chameleon of the Sea! Also be sure to check out our new Flamboyant Cuttlefish in the Main Gallery! Free with General Admission. Books available for purchase. \nMore Information
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/giant-cuttlefish-author-visit-at-mystic-aquarium/
LOCATION:Mystic Aquarium\, 55 Coogan Blvd\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book
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SUMMARY:David Borges (UConn Basketball: An Illustrated Timeline) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with David Borges for the book\, UConn Basketball: An Illustrated Timeline. \nRSVP \nAbout the Book \nWith six national championships under three different head coaches in one 26-year span\, UConn basketball has been the most successful men’s program of the 21st century. No program has won more national titles in that span. No program has won more Big East championships\, even though the Huskies were out of the league for seven seasons. And when UConn won back-to-back titles in 2023 and 2024\, it became the first program to repeat in 17 years\, and just the third to do so since the UCLA dynasties of the late 1960s/early 1970s. UConn has spawned a Hall of Fame player in Ray Allen and a coach in Jim Calhoun. No doubt\, Dan Hurley will be enshrined in Springfield someday\, as well. Since Calhoun took over the program in 1986\, the Huskies have had 17 NBA Draft lottery picks\, 24 first-round selections and 40 overall . . . and counting. UConn’s success has shown no signs of slowing down under Hurley. But Husky history dates back much further. From its time as a regional power in the Yankee Conference to its days of dominance in the Big East\, UConn has had remarkable success-sprinkled in with the occasional spectacular failure. All the championship teams\, All-American players\, dynamic personalities\, and iconic games and moments that have helped turned little Storrs\, Connecticut\, into The Basketball Capital of the Word are chronicled in this book by longtime UConn men’s basketball beat writer David Borges. \nAbout the Author \nDavid Borges has covered the UConn men’s basketball team as a beat writer for the New Haven Register and Hearst Connecticut Media since 2007. In that span\, he’s covered four national championships and five Final Four teams. Prior to that\, he covered the 2004 Boston Red Sox team that snapped an 86-year World Series championship drought. Borges\, a Rhode Island native who has lived in Connecticut for nearly two decades with his wife and two children\, has won multiple awards covering UConn\, including the National Sports Media Association’s Connecticut Sportswriter of the Year in 2019.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/david-borges-uconn-basketball-an-illustrated-timeline-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jason Allison (The Killing Yards) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Jason Allison for his book\, The Killing Yards. Jason will be in conversation with Tessa Wegert. \nRSVP \nAbout the Book \nThis gritty crime novel set in 1990s New York City will appeal to fans of Dennis Lehane. \nNew York\, 1993. Jimmy Lettner\, a convicted drug-trafficker who once lost a daughter in a narco-fueled car wreck\, runs Manhattan’s hottest nightspot\, Abattoir. Reformed by his time in prison\, all he wants is to run a clean club. But that’s not possible in a city rife with corruption. \nJimmy doesn’t know it\, but his right-hand man\, Serge Thanakis\, is operating an ecstasy ring that’s drawing the wrong kind of attention. Jealous industry rivals will do anything to shut Abattoir down\, and the new mayor presses the NYPD to clean up the city’s darkest corners. As Jimmy’s troubles mount\, temptations from his past call to him. \nMeanwhile\, Ben Hopkins\, a straight-edge rookie cop on the hunt for a fast-track ticket to detective\, turns his attention to Abattoir. He has something to prove—to his father and to himself. But he’s not prepared for undercover work. The club scene devours Ben\, along with his ability to tell right from wrong. \nAs the war for Abattoir escalates\, bodies drop\, drawing more heat from city officials. The competition threatens Jimmy’s only surviving daughter\, a revelation about his past threatens his future\, and he questions how long his reign as NYC’s nightclub king can last. But through it all\, the dance floor stays packed—and Jimmy will do anything to keep his crown. \nAbout the Author \nA native New Yorker\, Jason Allison spent two decades with the NYPD\, mostly as a detective. He now resides in Massachusetts with his wife and their Golden Retriever. The Killing Yards is his first novel. \nAbout Tessa Wegert \nTessa Wegert is the critically acclaimed author of the Shana Merchant Mysteries\, as well as the North Country series. Her books have received numerous starred reviews and have been featured on PBS and NPR Radio. A former journalist and copywriter\, Tessa grew up in Quebec and now lives with her husband and children in Connecticut.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/jason-allison-the-killing-yards-author-talk-and-signing/
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SUMMARY:James Benn (The Ninth Circle) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with James Benn for the book\, The Ninth Circle. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nTo solve a double murder in Cuba\, US Army Captain Billy Boyle will need to build unlikely alliances with Havana’s underworld and British intelligence\, including Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming\, whose naval wartime service would later inspire the James Bond novels. \nThis installment of James R. Benn’s fan-favorite\, critically-acclaimed WWII mystery series marks 20 years of Billy Boyle\, an Irish American cop from Boston thrust onto the staff of his “uncle” Ike Eisenhower for sensitive overseas military investigations. \nJanuary\, 1945: If US Army Captain Billy Boyle thinks a summons to Havana will give him a chance to sip a cold Hatuey under the Caribbean sun\, the fantasy is dead on arrival. Within hours of landing\, Billy and his partner-in-crime-solving\, Lieutenant Piotr Kazimierz\, are assigned to investigate the murder of a Navy intelligence officer. But as the men wait for an informant at a beachside bar\, a bomb goes off\, and they narrowly escape with their lives. Then the informant—a Cuban taxi driver named Hector Díaz—is found dead outside his apartment. What did Hector know? And who was so desperate to silence him? \nThrust into a double-murder investigation\, Billy and Kaz team up with the brass at the British Legation in Havana\, including none other than Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming\, to gather intel from sources inside Havana’s criminal underworld. Their search takes them from Havana’s Chinatown to the Gran Casino Nacional\, where notorious gangster Meyer Lansky offers his services if it means defeating the suspected common enemy—the Sicherheitsdienst\, the intelligence wing of the Nazi military—and finding out what sort of intelligence they are so hell-bent on keeping top-secret at this late stage in the war. \nAbout the Author \nJames R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut\, Billy Boyle\, was selected as a Top Five Book of the Year by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee\, A Blind Goddess was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, The Rest Is Silence was a Barry Award nominee\, and The Devouring was a Macavity Award nominee. Benn\, a former librarian\, lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with his wife\, Deborah Mandel.
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SUMMARY:The Y Family (The Y Knots) Saturday Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join us as The Y Family reads from their book\, The Y Knots! \nRSVP \nAbout the Book \n“We are the Ys!” \nThis delightful family of four is split into two distinct pairs: those who ask “why” and those whose antics generate the question. The younger Ys spend much of their days creating the most amazing adventures at home by using their powers of imagination. With nothing more than the household items surrounding them\, a simple room can be transformed into a seaworthy pirate ship\, a hands-in-the-air rock concert\, or even an underwater exploration. The older Ys struggle to understand the reasoning behind the little Ys’ massive messes\, often creating knots in their plans\, but they soon begin to catch on and play along too. \nThe Y Knots is an imaginatively playful and thought-provoking book filled with silliness\, laughs\, and relatable moments\, and it’s impossible not to love. Eye-catching illustrations and real-life examples pulled from the author’s day-to-day family experiences come together to form a story enveloped with curiosities. When parents are stuck on the “what if” worry\, this lovable tale is here to answer with a “why not\,” which is exactly what you might find yourself saying on your OWN next adventure! \nAbout the Authors \nThe “Y” family lives on a magical country piece of property in Ashford\, Connecticut. They enjoy outdoor adventures with their two Bernedoodle pups\, Finn and Kota\, and are a puzzle and board game enthusiast group of people. They are real-life “Y” characters\, constantly asking why and always teaching one another something new. They face each day by focusing on the positives and surrounding themselves with the people whom they love. They have many Y series stories to tell and cannot wait to share them with the world!
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