The Book Shop of Needham — Upcoming Author Events & Readings

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4 upcoming author events and readings from The Book Shop of Needham, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All readings in Greater Boston →

Sat Oct 17 · 2:00pm

Book Signing with Nicole Graev Lipson, author of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters

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Nicole Graev Lipson signs her memoir Mothers and Other Fictional Characters, in which she "breaks through the ready-made stories of womanhood," drawing on her literary foremothers to write about fidelity, female friendship, solitude and frozen embryos. Lipson's essays have appeared in The Best American Essays. Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, called the book "sensitive, searingly intelligent, and beautifully written."

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Sun Oct 18 · 11:00am

Storytime with Kari Allen & Carrie Kruck!

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Kari Allen and Carrie Kruck read from their picture books at an hour-long morning storytime for families. Allen is the author of Maddie and Mabel Know They Can, illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss, and Whose Prints?; Kruck wrote Alfred Blooms, illustrated by Carmen Mok, and Iggy Who Breathes Fire, illustrated by Erika Meza. No registration is required.

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Sat Oct 31 · 2:00pm

HALLOWEEN Book Signing with Paul Tremblay, author of Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep

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Paul Tremblay signs copies of Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep, billed as "Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers": a former semi-professional gamer takes a temp job chaperoning a man in a vegetative state, with proprietary AI implanted in his head, from California to the East Coast. Tremblay's earlier novels include Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of the World, filmed as Knock at the Cabin.

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Sat Nov 7 · 2:00pm

Book Signing with Christopher Mirabile, author of The Washashore & The Holdfast

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Christopher Mirabile signs two novels in his Silas Lopez mystery series, set in Provincetown. In The Washashore, a fatal late-night hit-and-run draws interim police chief Silas Lopez, “a fifteenth-generation ranch hand turned plain-spoken cop,” from the dunes and cranberry farms to the docks of New Bedford. The Holdfast, out September 15, follows an elderly homeowner’s suspicious death into shell companies and shadowy real-estate deals.

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