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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
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SUMMARY:WDA Heather Cox Richardson Watch Party
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a solidarity watch party with Writers for Democratic Action.\nWriters for Democratic Action to honor Heather Cox Richardson\, author of Letters From An American\, with the Inaugural Gitlin-Auster Defender of Democracy Award. Followed by a conversation between Professor Richardson and esteemed writer Siri Hustveld\, a WDA founding member and author of Ghost Stories: A Memoir. \nA representative from the League of Women Voters SECT will be on hand to register voters and answer questions about how and when to vote in upcoming CT elections. \nWriters for Democratic Action is a national organization of journalists\, writers\, and poets engaged in defending democracy and the First Amendment freedom of expression. \nJoin us at 2:30 for mingling\, refreshments and question submission\, or at 3:00 for the livestream! \nRegister
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LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gail MacDonald (Abolitionists of the Northeast) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Gail MacDonald for her book\, Abolitionists of the Northeast: Black Leaders in the Antislavery Movement. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nAbolitionists of the Northeast profiles the little-known yet historically prolific Black figures who actively participated in the abolitionist movement in America. The movement\, which began in the 1820s in Northeastern America\, was about ending slavery in the United States.\nHistory books have long emphasized the lives and work of Harriet Tubman\, Frederick Douglass\, and Thomas Garrett\, but it’s no secret that the most influential Black advocates are missing from the pages of our textbooks. This book offers intimate profiles of 29 Black abolitionists in the Northeast along with historical black and white photographs that give readers a full picture of who these people were\, the work they did to combat the nation’s greatest sin\, and how their legacy has lived on.\nFrom the underrated to the overlooked\, Abolitionists of the Northeast educates readers on the most influential advocates in the earliest beginnings of the United States’ anti-slavery movement. \nAbout the Author \nGail B. MacDonald is a recently retired University of Connecticut journalism professor; a veteran\, award-winning journalist and the author of three history books. She regularly leads history-themed tours for Uncovering New London; One Story at a Time and at the historic Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London and formerly was a docent and developer of history tours for the Thames River Heritage Park. She is president of the Rotary Club of New London\, through which she is active in community service. She lives in New London.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/gail-macdonald-abolitionists-of-the-northeast-author-talk-and-signing/
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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/
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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.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/james-benn-the-ninth-circle-author-talk-and-signing/
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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!
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/the-y-family-the-y-knots-saturday-storytime/
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SUMMARY:Ian A. Lane (Pain\, Power & Pride) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ian A. Lane for the book\, Pain\, Power & Pride: Evidence-Based Strategies for Living Fully Despite Persistent Pain. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nLiving with persistent pain can be isolating and disempowering\, especially when personal identity\, stigma\, and healthcare biases change how pain is experienced and treated for some people. Pain\, Power\, and Pride is a science-driven\, affirming guide to reclaiming agency and living fully despite chronic pain. \nWritten by nursing epidemiologist and pain scientist\, Dr. Ian A. Lane\, this book integrates contemporary pain science with LGBTQ+ health equity\, exploring how bio-\, psycho- and social contexts intersect to influence pain experiences. Rather than offering quick fixes\, it provides practical\, evidence-based strategies for understanding pain self-management\, navigating healthcare visits\, strengthening communication\, and building sustainable coping and self-regulatory skills. \nDesigned for queer people living with pain\, their families and chosen families\, and the clinicians who care for them\, Pain\, Power\, and Pride bridges research and real-world application. Grounded in science and centered on inclusion\, this book reframes pain as a complex human experience deserving of respect and effective\, personalized support. \nPain does not define you. Agency\, knowledge\, and pride can help guide the way forward. \nAbout the Author \nIan A. Lane is a nursing epidemiologist and clinical pain scientist whose research focuses on the causes and consequences of pain and behavioral health conditions among queer young people. He is one of a small number of researchers worldwide dedicated to this area of study and is the author of Pain\, Power & Pride: Evidence-Based Strategies for Living Fully Despite Persistent Pain\, the first and only available book devoted exclusively to pain disparities affecting LGBT people and what might be done about them. In addition to his scholarship\, Dr. Lane serves as an academic nurse leader in Rhode Island\, with joint appointments at Brown University and Providence College. Beyond his academic work\, he enjoys spending time with his husband\, Zachary\, and training their two Mini Hippo Dogs\, Finn & Rhody.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/ian-a-lane-pain-power-pride-author-talk-and-signing/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Hall Brownell (Vee's Bracelet) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Lisa Hall Brownell for her book\, Vee’s Bracelet. \nAbout the Book \nAt the beginning of the Great Depression\, Vee Haines\, daughter of a Midwest banker\, steals her father’s \nluxury automobile on a fateful road trip westward. Stranded on the edge of the Dust Bowl in northern New Mexico\, she fights to survive — and raise a son alone — in a place called Starve-Out that is not on any map. Decades later\, in the 2010s\, her family discovers that a silver bracelet Vee has worn for most of her life holds the key to her deepest love and darkest secret. Now it’s up to her grandson to find the truth. \nAbout the Author \nLisa Hall Brownell is the author of the historical novel Gallows Road (Elm Grove Press 2022). She has presented to dozens of bookclubs\, libraries\, and other groups. A graduate of Brown University\, the author divides her time between coastal Connecticut and the mountains of western Maine. \nRSVP
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SUMMARY:Elena Imbimbo (Disturbing the Curse) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Elena Imbimbo for her book\, Disturbing the Curse. Elena will be in conversation with J.L. Willow \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nAlice Carta went to Canada to leave her bad memories of London behind for good. An archaeologist by trade\, she chose a job in a library in a tiny\, remote town in Nova Scotia. A peaceful\, sleepy village with a view of the bay\, in which she could process difficult emotions without anyone bothering her. She adopted a companion\, a German Shepherd named Boldy\, and settled in for a reclusive chapter in her life. \nThen she found the body. Boldy discovers a man’s body half-buried in the snow\, which pulls Alice into close relationship with the local Chief Constable’s office. Against everything in her\, Alice gets swept into a baffling whirlwind of intrigue\, arson\, deception and murder. When Philip\, her friend and co-conspirator from London shows up unexpectedly\, the two find themselves trying to unravel a case of stolen artifacts\, hidden identities and a decades-old curse. \nA secret bunker in the library holds clues to a World War II alliance between two local men–long dead–which may prove to be at the core of all the mystery. Alice and Philip play their own cards\, while pretending to be fully on board with law enforcement\, and also keeping close to their civilian contacts. When it seems that everyone in the town of Steep Ridge might be complicit\, the pair rush to solve the murders before they join the body count. \nAbout the Author \nElena is a researcher and analyst specializing in conflict prevention and resolution. She holds a degree in Russian Language and Literature as well as an MA in International Journalism. She is also a writer and serves as co-executive director of a local CERT\, a volunteer organization that supports emergency services. Born and raised in Italy\, Elena now lives in the United States with her husband and children. \nAbout J.L. Willow \nJ. L. Willow is the author of several works including the Amazon bestselling novel Missing Her. She graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering and a minor in engineering management. While she spends her days working in her field of study\, her nights are spent dreaming up new thrilling (and often horrifying)\ntales.
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SUMMARY:Ange Mlinko (Foxglovewise) James Merrill Fellow Reading
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books and The James Merrill House present an author talk and reading with fellow\, Ange Mlinko. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nAnge Mlinko\, whose poetry is “irresistible” (Los Angeles Review of Books)\, opens our perception of other lives\, or lives unlived. \nFoxglovewise is\, at its core\, a response to the singular experience of the loss of one’s parents. It begins at an Eastern Orthodox Epiphany ritual in Florida and ends in a cemetery in Los Angeles. Yet\, as with Ange Mlinko’s other books of poetry\, the collection uses geography as a trope for the ways in which we try to map out our lives and make them legible\, even as poetry\, music\, and paintings suggest that much of what happens\, or matters\, to us is “not on the maps” (not to mention “the apps”). Whether it’s Europa borne over the waves\, or gravestones bearing aliases rather than birth names\, or books bequeathed to us by relatives in languages we can’t read\, we live “up in the air” or “on the wing” and not in fixed coordinates. \nMlinko’s poetry is suffused with wit\, erudition\, beauty\, and boundless energy. As Declan Ryan wrote of her work in The Times Literary Supplement\, “A reader could be merely dazzled by all this surface stylishness . . . but then they would miss the heart beneath it all.” Foxglovewise is a direct line to the author’s heart. \nAbout the Author \nAnge Mlinko is the author of seven books of poetry\, most recently Foxglovewise\, and a book of lyric criticism\, Difficult Ornaments: Florida and the Poets. A new chapbook\, Darkroom\, is available from Foolscap Press in Nashville. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and The London Review of Books\, and has received the Randall Jarrell Award in Criticism as well as the Frederick Bock Prize from the Poetry Foundation\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and residencies at Hawthornden Castle and Civitella Ranieri. She has taught workshops at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and the Key West Literary Seminars\, and currently teaches poetry at the University of Florida\, where she directs the MFA program.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/ange-mlinko-foxglovewise-james-merrill-fellow-reading/
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SUMMARY:THE GARDE: Peter King (The Game) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books and The Garde Arts Center present and author talk and signing with Peter King for his book\, The Game. Peter will be in conversation with Jeff Benedict. \nTICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. Purchase Tickets \nAbout the Book \nWith his signature blend of history\, insider reporting\, sharp opinion\, and vivid anecdote\, Peter King offers an extraordinary front-row-seat chronicle of the modern NFL\, taking us into the defining moments\, teams\, controversies\, and more. \nFor 40 years\, Peter King’s unmatched access\, curiosity\, and passion have made him synonymous with the National Football League. He broke countless stories\, giving us the human side of the sport and influencing countless reporters. Players trusted him; coaches and owners revealed information to him. He gathered it all into notebooks and columns that kept fans riveted. \nNow\, in The Game\, King has brought all his knowledge and insight together in one place to tell the story of the modern NFL as no one else could. Moving from the mid-1980s\, when the league went head-to-head with baseball in popularity\, to the present\, when it dominates every other entertainment in America\, King narrates the NFL’s explosive rise from the inside. He puts us in the room with Pete Rozelle\, toward the end of the legendary commissioner’s career and life. He takes us on the Madden Cruiser\, on a cross-country journey with John Madden. He goes behind the scenes in the Reggie White free-agency saga\, when the small-town Green Bay Packers made the canniest offer you’ll ever hear. He gives us Deion Sanders’s philosophy on how to be great on the field and how to work the system off it. He shows us Steve Young\, lying in a bed with IVs in each arm after the greatest game of his life on the biggest stage. He shares the bizarre story of how a tanning bed and some well-timed push-ups helped catapult Peyton Manning to the top of the 1998 draft. He reveals Nick Foles’s mastery of a moment no one thought he could be equal to. He brings us inside the worlds of referees\, of owners\, of NFL drafts. Looking at the future\, he fires a warning shot about the greed overtaking the game. \nTime and again\, King was in limousines\, on planes\, in locker rooms\, and on sidelines where players and coaches told him why they did what they did\, whom they hated\, whom they thought highly of\, what they dreamed of achieving. The result is The Game—a portrait of the modern NFL in all its messy glory\, from one of the greatest storytellers the sport has ever produced. \nAbout the Author \nPeter King wrote for Sports Illustrated from 1989 to 2018\, including the weekly multiple-page column “Monday Morning Quarterback.” He is the author of five books\, including Inside the Helmet. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year three times. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \nAbout Jeff Benedict \nJeff Benedict is a bestselling author as well as a film and television producer. He is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Tiger Woods\, which was the basis of the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Tiger\, and The Dynasty\, the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots under Robert Kraft\, Bill Belichick\, and Tom Brady\, which was a New York Times bestseller and the basis of a ten-part documentary series for Apple TV+\, which Benedict executive produced. He is also the author of a bestselling biography of LeBron James.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/the-garde-peter-king-the-game-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Garde Arts Center\, 325 State St.\, New London\, 06320
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book,Sports
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SUMMARY:Brittany Perham (Executrix) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Brittany Perham for her book\, Executrix. \nAbout the Book \nAn innovative memoir that questions narrative structure and the nature of memory itself while exploring the complexity of familial relationships \nExecutrix begins with a mystery: Why would the author’s father\, from whom she had been estranged for more than a decade\, change his will in the weeks before his death to make her the executor of his estate? Executrix charts the process of sorting out the business of this indebted estate using the language of real estate foreclosure\, income tax audits\, and medical records. The executor transforms the disjointed details of a life into a tidy financial narrative that meets the demands of claimants; the writer transforms the disjointed details of a life into a story that meets the demands of memory. Through this twin accounting\, Perham asks the big questions: What are the implications of being the child of an alcoholic? How do we reconcile memories that are fragmented\, elided\, or nonexistent? And what does it mean to write true “nonfiction”? With surprising humor\, real tenderness\, and\, above all\, a daring formal inventiveness\, Executrix launches a critical investigation into family stories and secrets\, and the genre of memoir itself. \nAbout the Author \nBrittany Perham is the author of Double Portrait\, which received the Barnard Women Poets Prize; The Curiosities; and\, with Kim Addonizio\, the collaborative word/art project The Night Could Go in Either Direction. Her poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction appear in Poetry\, Prairie Schooner\, Gulf Coast\, Poetry Society of America\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, and elsewhere. Perham’s work has received support from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation\, the Hemingway House\, the James Merrill House Foundation\, Vermont Studio Center\, the Wallace Stegner Fellowship Program\, and Yaddo. She lives in San Francisco. \nRSVP
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/brittany-perham-executrix-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Modern Calligraphy for Beginners at Bank Square Books - ACOTAR Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an ACOTAR-themed calligraphy class hosted by Sip & Script!\nClass Expectations \nThis class is for anyone who’s never picked up a pen. We teach the basics\, and our hope is you leave with ink flowing through your nib and the confidence to keep practicing. Tried it before? It’s a great refresher with new supplies from our beginner kit. \nLeft-handed? You’re very welcome. This class is designed with lefties in mind — we teach you to get ink flowing through your nib with confidence\, whatever hand you use. \nWe recommend arriving 5-10 minutes before the start time to settle in. Seating is first come\, first served within the venue. \nEverything is yours to keep. \nBeginner calligraphy kit to keep\n1.5 hours of expert-led instruction\nFood & drinks available for purchase\nBeginner-friendly\nTake your piece home \nRegister
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/modern-calligraphy-for-beginners-at-bank-square-books-acotar-release-party/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Book
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SUMMARY:Baba Yaga’s Draglesque Review
DESCRIPTION:Enter into the home of Baba Yaga for one night to be enchanted by monsters of all kind that spill from her magical spell book to run amok. They will aim to delight and tease and dazzle in this spooky burlesque\, drag\, and pole themed event. Experience artists from all across Massachusetts\, Rhode Island\, and Connecticut in this special bookish event. \nRegister
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/baba-yagas-draglesque-review/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alexandra Beller (The Anatomy of Art) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Alexandra Beller for the book\, The Anatomy of Art. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nThis book acts as a personal mentor\, helping artists navigate and overcome creative blocks. \nThe Anatomy of Art is a field guide for artists working in dance\, theatre and performance. \nTwelve interrelated drivers of the creative process – including Time\, Space\, Relationship\, Meaning\, and Context & Culture – form a working map for inquiry. \nThrough more than 1\,000 questions\, scores and frameworks\, the book activates rehearsal\, teaching and performance\, keeping choice alive in the body. \nThe book draws on three decades of devised dance and theatre and supports creative work of any scale that calls for bravery\, personal vision and rigorous inquiry. It can be opened anywhere and used for a few minutes in the studio or throughout the life of a project. \nA preface by Marisa Tomei and short offerings from artists across three generations – including Bebe Miller\, Brenda Dixon Gottschild\, Deborah Hay\, Emanuel Gat\, and others – add pressure\, contrast and lived intelligence. \nAbout the Author \nAlexandra Beller is a Brooklyn-based choreographer\, director\, performer and educator\, and the Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller/Dances. A former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (1995–2001)\, she bridges dance and theater with a focus on somatics\, creative process and embodiment. She has created over 60 works for concert stages\, regional and Off-Broadway theaters and university programs. She holds an MFA\, is a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA)\, served on the faculty at Princeton University for seven years and is a sought-after teacher in higher-education and graduate programs. Beller founded Praxispace\, an artistic community for creative process. Her work has appeared at institutions including the Lincoln Center\, A.R.T.\, La MaMa\, the Goodman and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/alexandra-beller-the-anatomy-of-art-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alexandra Beller (The Anatomy of Art) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Alexandra Beller for the book\, The Anatomy of Art. \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nThis book acts as a personal mentor\, helping artists navigate and overcome creative blocks. \nThe Anatomy of Art is a field guide for artists working in dance\, theatre and performance. \nTwelve interrelated drivers of the creative process – including Time\, Space\, Relationship\, Meaning\, and Context & Culture – form a working map for inquiry. \nThrough more than 1\,000 questions\, scores and frameworks\, the book activates rehearsal\, teaching and performance\, keeping choice alive in the body. \nThe book draws on three decades of devised dance and theatre and supports creative work of any scale that calls for bravery\, personal vision and rigorous inquiry. It can be opened anywhere and used for a few minutes in the studio or throughout the life of a project. \nA preface by Marisa Tomei and short offerings from artists across three generations – including Bebe Miller\, Brenda Dixon Gottschild\, Deborah Hay\, Emanuel Gat\, and others – add pressure\, contrast and lived intelligence. \nAbout the Author \nAlexandra Beller is a Brooklyn-based choreographer\, director\, performer and educator\, and the Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller/Dances. A former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (1995–2001)\, she bridges dance and theater with a focus on somatics\, creative process and embodiment. She has created over 60 works for concert stages\, regional and Off-Broadway theaters and university programs. She holds an MFA\, is a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA)\, served on the faculty at Princeton University for seven years and is a sought-after teacher in higher-education and graduate programs. Beller founded Praxispace\, an artistic community for creative process. Her work has appeared at institutions including the Lincoln Center\, A.R.T.\, La MaMa\, the Goodman and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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SUMMARY:Threshing Day Midnight Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a THRESHING DAY Midnight Release Party at Bank Square Books! \nOn September 28th\, grab your reader friends and enjoy an evening of FOURTH WING-inspired fun in the hours leading up to the release of the highly anticipated THRESHING DAY by #1 NYT bestselling author Rebecca Yarros! There will be games\, prizes\, and of course copies of THRESHING DAY ready for attendees once the clock strikes midnight! \nThere will be a limited number of tickets available for this event. Attending this event gives you exclusive access to the DELUXE FIRST EDITION—featuring spray-painted edges and sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations by artist Joe Requeza. This breathtaking edition is only available for a limited time and while supplies last. Please note that your ticket for this event guarantees a spray-painted edge copy. \nGet ready to immerse yourself in the thrilling world of THRESHING DAY. Be among the first to get your hands on a copy and meet fellow fans. \nA ticket will be required for entry into the event and each ticket includes (1) copy of THRESHING DAY. \nAdvanced registration is required\, tickets will not be sold at the door. \nRegister \nFollow us on Instagram @banksquarebooks for all updates. \nAbout THRESHING DAY: \nThe next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series\, Threshing Day contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations by artist Joe Requeza. This breathtaking collectible is available only in the US and Canada while supplies last.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/threshing-day-midnight-release-party/
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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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