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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
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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/
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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/
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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.
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SUMMARY:Abi Cushman (Penguins Don't Wear Pants) Storytime and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Abi Cushman reads from her new book\, Penguins Don’t Wear Pants! \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nHave you ever seen a penguin wearing pants? No? Not ever? Would you like to? Acclaimed author Abi Cushman’s signature silliness is on brilliant display in this laugh-out-loud funny\, wonderfully interactive\, and unpredictable picture book that is custom-made for school\, library\, and family storytimes. For penguin fans and readers who love Where’s Waldo? and Dragons Love Tacos. \nUnder absolutely no circumstances should penguins ever wear pants. Never ever. Because if they do\, Something Really Bad Happens! So\, there are definitely no penguins in pants in this picture book by acclaimed author-illustrator Abi Cushman. Not even one. \nFull of child appeal\, Penguins Don’t Wear Pants showcases engaging\, hilarious illustrations featuring plenty of penguins decked out in anything but pants. The interactive\, rhythmic text begs to be read aloud and is sure to have readers giggling and participating whether shared at home or in the classroom. The endpapers feature a recipe for the dreaded (and delicious) raisin cookies. Penguins Don’t Wear Pants is an excellent choice for those who love Dragons Love Tacos\, Z is for Moose\, and The Monster at the End of This Book. \nAbout the Author \nAbi Cushman made her picture book debut with Soaked!\, a Kids’ Indie Next List Top 10 pick. She has worked as a web designer and runs two popular websites of her own: My House Rabbit\, a pet rabbit care site\, and Animal Fact Guide\, which was named a “Great Website for Kids” by the American Library Association. She is also the author of Wombats Are Pretty Weird and Flamingos are Pretty Funky. She lives with her family in Niantic\, Connecticut.
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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: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: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.
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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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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: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/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
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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: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: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: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: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: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/
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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: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.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/elizabeth-wellington-rollins-the-three-graces-of-pearl-street-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/
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SUMMARY:Marie Nichols (Kynlee and the Sparkle Dress) Saturday Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Marie Nichols reads from her book\, Kynlee and the Sparkle Dress at our storytime event! \nRegister \nAbout the Book \nWhen Gram gives her a dress that sparkles\, Kynlee believes it is woven with a secret magic that sends them on the very adventure she’s always dreamed of. And as Kynlee and Gram begin their magical adventure\, Kynlee discovers how extraordinary she and her birthday can be. Kynlee and the Sparkle Dress is an enchanting tale that celebrates family bonds\, adventure\, and the joy of discovering the sparkle inside yourself. \nAbout the Author \nMarie is a native New Englander and part-time Southerner. She lives in Connecticut and travels to Virginia where she loves spending time with her grandchildren\, especially reading bedtime stories and wandering into marvelous adventures. She finds her role as the “Marvel action grandmother” in her grandchildren’s imaginary adventures offers her many whimsical ideas for storytelling.
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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.
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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: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/
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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/
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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: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
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