This event is now SOLD OUT. If you’d still like to watch, Cambridge Community Television will be streaming it live, and we’ll be archiving it on Facebook as well as on Vimeo. Thanks for your support of our first-ever online-only event!

Maybe you’ve always turned to books in times of trouble, or perhaps you’re learning the hard way that a global pandemic is bringing to light troubles you didn’t even know you had (who knew your spouse used so much jargon on conference calls?). Join us on Zoom on Thursday, April 23 at 5:30pm ET for a restorative group bibliotherapy session for these unprecedented times.

Trusted bibliotherapist Ella Berthoud has the unique ability to recommend the perfect book for many of life’s most unexpected predicaments. During this lively online event, Ella, co-author of The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You, will join us to “prescribe” books based on attendees’ situations or questions; register in advance to submit your story to Ella ahead of time, and maybe you, too, will discover that books are the best medicine!

Bartender and bookseller Nick Petrulakis will round the evening out with a different sort of tonic—he’ll demonstrate how to make a literary-themed cocktail using ingredients you probably already have in your pantry or fridge! Join the Boston Book Festival for this fun and free event, creating literary community and conversation online until we can gather together in person once again.