The Emma Andrews Library, on the corner of Purchase and Marlboro Streets, kicked off its Fall Local Author Series with a speaker who hails from far away and just down the street. An Irish woman, Aine Greaney who has lived in Newburyport for over a decade, just received news that her latest novel, Dance Lessons, has been selected for the 2011 National Reading Group Month. She shared the background of the novel and her writing process with a standing-room-only crowd for a very successful launch of the southend library’s Local Author Series.
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A SCANDAL OF WOMEN: Take Mother’s Day to a Whole New Level
Need a little “mutha” in your Mother’s Day? Ditch the buffet brunch and chenille bathrobe (really, she doesn’t need another one) and join the Tannery Reading Series for A Scandal of Women: a literary evening of all-powerful women that leaves the Hallmark holiday in the dust.
Read MoreDewey & Friends Literary Adventure
Dewey Stanley knows good literature as well as where to get a good snack in Newburyport. Her favorite place to do both is the Book Rack on State Street, where Steve, Rich and Michele, welcome her with open arms (and dog biscuits.)
Read MoreRack em’ Up! — Good reads from Newburyport’s The Book Rack
Meg Richardson is the manager at The Book Rack. Look for her monthly book “pick” on Newburyport Today the second Friday of every month. The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich…
Read MoreRack em’ Up! — Good reads from Newburyport’s The Book Rack
Set in a Wisconsin winter in the early 1900’s the novel traces three very different lives. One a powerful, older man who is bitter, lost and alone. He advertises for a “reliable wife” to be his companion.
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