Upcoming Author Events & Readings
12 upcoming author events and readings from Hummingbird Books, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All readings in Greater Boston →
Sun Oct 11 · 11:00am
Author E.A. Glaspie reads her picture book Little Pine at Hummingbird Books' Sunday Storytime. The weekly under-the-oak-tree session brings a local author into the Chestnut Hill store to share a recent release with young listeners and their families. No RSVP is required and the reading is free.
Tue Oct 13 · 7:00pm
Editor B.K. Jackson and contributors Aimee Seiff Christian, Nina B. Lichtenstein, and L.C. Coppola present readings from the anthology Relative Strangers at Hummingbird Books. The evening consists of a series of author readings from the collection followed by an audience Q&A. Admission is offered with or without a copy of the book.
Wed Oct 14 · 7:00pm
Debut author Claudia Hinz celebrates the release of her first novel, Safekeeping, at Hummingbird Books. The evening includes a 30-minute moderated interview followed by an audience Q&A, introducing readers to the new work. Tickets are available with or without a copy of the book and are non-refundable but transferable.
Sun Oct 18 · 11am
John Mulhern reads from Science in the Nursery at the shop's Sunday Storytime, a collection of "goofy science-based nursery rhymes" for kids interested in STEM, with a glossary of science terms and illustrations by Elisha Gillette. Mulhern, raised in Pawtucket and now based in Framingham, is a graphic designer in Rhode Island with an interest in astronomy and science fiction.
Mon Oct 19 · 7:00pm
Author and professor Kayla Branstetter discusses her recent book, Don't Be An Athena, at Hummingbird Books. The event features a 30-minute moderated interview with an audience Q&A and a signing to follow. Ticket options include hardcover or paperback copies of the book, or general admission alone.
Tue Oct 20 · 7pm
Marissa Fayer discusses Undervalued to Unavoidable, "the investment case and playbook for treating women's health as infrastructure," arguing that the global economy loses nearly $1 trillion a year by treating it as a cause rather than an investment. Fayer, a four-time venture-backed medtech CEO, leads DeepLook Medical and founded the nonprofit HERhealthEQ. Amanda Ducach, founder and CEO of the women's health AI company EmaEQ, moderates.
Wed Oct 21 · 7:00pm
Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand discusses her newest book, The Thoroughbreds, in an evening presented in partnership with the JCC Greater Boston in Newton. The moderated interview follows a 6 pm doors opening, with the onstage conversation beginning at 7. Admission is available with or without a signed copy.
Thu Oct 22 · 5:00pm
Elin Hilderbrand discusses The Thoroughbreds. She published a Nantucket-set novel nearly every summer for two decades before announcing she had finished with the island, and her books have sat on the bestseller lists throughout. Hummingbird Books runs the evening in New Bedford, in sittings across the evening rather than one.
Sat Oct 24 – Sun Oct 25 · 11am
Sat Oct 24 / Sun Oct 25 · 11am
Author Cynthia Centerbar reads her Halloween-themed picture book, Poor Farm Meadow, at Hummingbird Books' spooky Sunday Storytime. She appears in the Chestnut Hill store across both weekend days to share the book with young listeners and their families. No RSVP is required and the reading is free.
Tue Oct 27 · 7pm
Carla Vass discusses her novel The Rally, in which a young tech entrepreneur, ousted from the dating app she built, escapes on a European car rally where “she must contend with the excesses of the über-rich, betrayal, and love.” Vass worked at Goldman Sachs, Uber and Waymo before founding the startup Civi. Emily Everett, author of the Reese’s Book Club pick All That Life Can Afford, moderates.
Wed Oct 28 · 7pm
Cole Brauer discusses First Light, her memoir of the 130 days she spent alone at sea in 2024, when she became the first American woman to race solo around the world, finishing second in a forty-foot boat through mechanical breakdowns, food poisoning and the Southern Ocean’s cold. She is interviewed by the yacht racer David Southwell, winner of the 2024 Original Single-handed Transatlantic Race.
Mon Nov 2 · 7pm
Kerri Maher joins a book-club discussion of her novel Summer of Love, in which two sisters, a Berkeley poet and a Napa winemaker, make life-changing choices in San Francisco’s 1967 summer, and Dawn Hartley, fifty years later, hunts the anonymous author of novels that seem to know her family’s secrets. Maher wrote the USA Today bestseller The Paris Bookseller. Co-presented with the British International School; the discussion includes spoilers.
