Every great work need a prologue to set the stage. Join us for a week of literary events around Boston in the week leading up to the Boston Book Festival on Oct. 28 and 29.
#BBFBookHunt
Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23
Our #BBFBookHunt returns in a few weeks! Each year we hide books by our Festival presenters around Boston and its surrounding neighborhoods, with clues on our social media pages. Will you be able to find them?
Visit our #BBFBookHunt page for more details.
Literary Animal Trivia and Scavenger Hunt
Monday, October 24 | 6:30–7:30 PM
Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton, MA
Come test your knowledge of the most famous animals from literature at Newtonville Books! Rita Zoey Chin, author of The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern andLet the Tornado Come, and E.B. Bartels, author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, will co-host trivia starting at 6:30pm. There will also be a book scavenger hunt throughout the store, plus prizes, snacks, and some real live animals!
Free and open to the public.
J.P. Lit and Licks
Tuesday, October 25 | 7:00–9:00 PM
J.P. Licks, 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain
Join Title Doctor Kristen Paulson-Nguyen for “J.P. Lit and Licks,” a Boston Book Festival Prologue event celebrating the Jamaica Plain neighborhood and the power of literary community. Beth Castrodale (I Mean You No Harm), Mindy Fried (Caring for Red: A Daughter’s Memoir), Rosalyn Elder (Exploring the Legacy: People and Places of Significance), Neema Avashia (Another Appalachia), and Paulson-Nguyen (“Skating through the Ages”) will read and challenge the audience to Tabloid Title trivia, with sweet rewards. Books available in store or by order at Papercuts, J.P.’s bookstore (60 South Street).
Free and open to the public.
Stories from the Stage: Turn the Page
In partnership with GBH
Thursday, October 27 | 6:30 PM–9:15 PM
GBH Studios, 1 Guest St., Boston, MA 02135
Come hear storytellers share how they found the courage to turn the page in their lives—and what happened when they did. There are times in our lives when we must turn the page and begin a new chapter of our story. However, creating a new story for ourselves can be difficult. Join us on set as we film this episode of Stories from the Stage!
Boston Book Festival authors Rita Zoey Chin, Natasha Lance Rogoff, and Raúl the Third will be telling their stories this evening.
Visit the Stories from the Stage event page for more information, and to purchase tickets.
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