wellesley booksmith special events
all events are free (unless noted) and open to the public
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Wednesday, September 10 at 7:30pm Join the Wellesley Mothers Forum when they co-host an evening at Wellesley Booksmith for all the parents who’ve walked out of a store with their toddler kicking and screaming and thought, “There has to be a better way!” Now there is… offered by a very useful book called I BRAKE FOR MELTDOWNS: How to Handle the Most Exasperating Behavior of Your 2-5 Year Old. Meet the authors to hear a presentation followed by a give-and-take discussion on tricky toddler problems, from meltdowns to potty issues, from sleeping to eating to fighting. Refreshments will be served! |
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Thursday, September 11, at 7 pm Distracted? And how. Beeped and pinged, interrupted and inundated, overloaded and hurried – that’s how we live today. We prize knowledge work — work that relies on our intellectual abilities — and yet increasingly feel that we have no time to think. For all our connectivity, we often catch little more than snippets and glimpses of one another. Um, what were we talking about? Oh Yes!! Come focus on Maggie Jackson's talk based on her book Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age, which details the steep costs of our current epidemic deficits of attention, while revealing the astonishing scientific discoveries that can help us rekindle our powers of focus in a world of speed and overload. |
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Tuesday, September 16, at 9:30 am **new time** Start your MOM'S DAY OUT with a laugh! Come for coffee, tea, pastry & humor. Join Carol Band, an award-winning humorist and mother of three, for a humorous presentation based on her new book, A Household Word. Taken from the best of her popular column, "A Household Word," this book is required reading for anyone who is a parent, who is thinking about becoming a parent or who has parents. Carol's smart and slightly sarcastic point of view documents family life as it really is - only funnier. Find out why there's a hamster in the freezer, how to identify aliens and what's been making thousands of readers across the country laugh out loud. Refreshments provided by Roche Brothers and the Republic of Tea. Mom's Day Out Passport holders enjoy an 8% discount on book purchases all day long. |
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Tuesday, September 16, at 8 pm Come see an exclusive web broadcast interview of Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Roth, offered only to book stores! Relax amongst the books, sip wine, and hear words of wisdom from one of our nation's most distinguished authors. He'll be speaking about his newest book, Indignation, as well as his life as a writer. |
| Friday, September 12, at 3 pm DRAGON EGG HUNT Go on a dragon egg hunt! Christopher Paolini fans are invited to a town-wide Dragon Egg Hunt beginning at 3 pm on September 12th from dawn to dusk each day until the final egg is found. All Dragon Eggs are located outside in kid-friendly green spaces. (Please do not trespass on private property.) Hunting needs to be done between dawn and dusk. Anyone hunting after dark will be sent to Helgrind AND disqualified from the contest. As soon as each egg is located, we will post it on our website - so please check regularly to make sure you are not hunting in vain! Eight generous and fun-loving Wellesley merchants are cosponsoring the Dragon Egg Hunt, organized by Wellesley Booksmith: Alta Strada Restaurant, The Clift Collection, Little Bits Toys, Lux Bond & Green, Lyn Evans, SCORE!, The Wellesley Bank, & White Mountain Creamery. Clues will be posted on our Brisingr Special Event web page. Click HERE to check it out. |
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Friday, September 19, at 6 pm Here there be monsters! Meet British author Dug Steer (a.k.a. Dr. Drake) at an event of MYTHIC proportions. The author of the bestselling Dragonology, Pirateology, Mythology, Wizardology, and Egyptology, Dug will be talking about his newest book, Monsterology. Learn about tracking, spotting, and protecting monsters and dragons. Do krakens really lurk below the ocean waves? Do griffins command the air above? Dug will answer your questions then moderate an Ology Knowledgy trivia contest. We’ll have give-aways + a raffle. You could win the entire Ology collection! |
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Friday, September 19 - LAUNCH PARTY for the new book, Brisingr by author Christopher Paolini Polish your sword and saddle your dragon! We’re planning some swashbuckling fun for Eragon fans as we countdown to the Midnight release of this long awaited book in the Inheritance Series. Details are now on a special events page AND in our biweekly e-mail newsletter. Sign up now so you’ll have the scoop! |
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Saturday, September 20, at 2 pm Shiver me timbers! It’s a pirate event with a pre-eminent author! What happened when real life women took to the high seas? Find out when the beloved Jane Yolen joins us to talk about her new book Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World. Jane is the award-winning author of nearly 300 books, including such favorites as Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Devil’s Arithmetic. She has been called the Hans Christian Anderson of the Americas and the Aesop of the Twentieth Century. (But for this event, you can call her “matey.” |
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Tuesday, September 23, at noon Betty had a great write up in the Boston Globe Sidekick! (And yes, she IS wicked smart!) Click HERE to check it out. From Betty... We chose this as our first Book Club classic as it is considered by many to be the premiere work of literature. And many think of Flaubert's Emma as utterly modern given her marital conflict, her choices and her outcome. Truly, a masterpiece. |
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Tuesday, September 23, at 7pm Come for a evening of amazing grace with Debra Jarvis, author of It's Not About the Hair. If laughter, empathy, and good listening skills could cure cancer, her book would definitely be part of the treatment. Debra Jarvis, a hospital oncology chaplain found herself diagnosed with cancer and chose to get her treatment where she worked. She will speak about her own diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer as she continued to counsel, comfort, and encourage other cancer patients. With respect for many belief systems, and lots of humor, she combines prayers, love -- and when needed, Kleenex tissues -- to help family, friends, patients and herself through the cancer experience. |
All Day Wednesday, September 24 Teachers, librarians, educators by any name, we salute you every day! But on this day we also give you lots of fabulous free stuff, an extra discount on your personal purchases, and a lot of insight and information about great new books! More details about the day are forthcoming. Sign up for our bi-weekly e-mail newsletter to be sure in you’re in the loop. |
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Thursday, September 25, at 7 pm Calling all maritime and local history buffs, boaters, and just plain ordinary folk interested in finding exciting discoveries right in their own backyard! Even though the Boston Harbor Islands are just a 15-minute ferry ride from downtown Boston, millions of people who live within easy reach of the islands have never set foot on their shores. Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands covers the rich history, recreational offerings, and heritage of each of the 34 islands that compose the Boston Harbor Islands national park area. Along with historical portraits, the book features up-to-date visitor information that highlights the wide array of recreational activities available to island visitors. |
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Friday, September 26, at 10:30am Jane Sutton - The Trouble with Cauliflower Storytime Reading, Discussion, Book-Signing Does eating cauliflower bring bad luck? Mortimer, a koala bear, thinks it does. Is he right? Is he wrong? Get the answer from Jane Sutton, the author of The Trouble with Cauliflower, when she joins us for a special Storytime event! Jane will read her delightful picture book about the joys of friendship, answer questions, and sign books for anyone interested (including broccoli haters!). |
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Friday, September 26, at 4 pm Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the Mutts comic strip, which appears in 600 newspapers in 20 countries and has an estimated daily readership of 50 million. He also creates perfectly wonderful picture books - the kind you’ll give to kids and grownups! We love The Gift of Nothing, Just Like Heaven, Hug Time, and Art and now welcome, South, the wordless story of a bird who wakes up to find his flock has flown. (A feline friend helps him find them.) Wing your way to our store where Patrick will be DRAWING, talking, and signing books! |
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Saturday, September 27, at 2 pm Jack Ferraiolo is the Emmy Award-winning writer “WordGirl” (a PBS show) and the author of a snappy new noir novel about the mean hallways of middle school. The Big Splash stars Matt Stevens, a witty kid who just accepted a job from a pre-teen Al Capone named Vinny “Biggs” known for extortion, racketeering, & black market sales of stolen exams. As he tries to steer clear of Nikki Fingers, the most feared squirt gun assassin at his school, Matt works a case that’s harder to navigate than the streets of Boston! Meet the man behind this FUN middle grade read & get your mitts on a copy! |
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Thursday, October 2nd, at 7 pm Jennifer Haigh is the author of the bestselling Baker Towers, winner of the 2006 PEN/L. L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author, and Mrs. Kimble, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction and was a finalist for the Book Sense Book of the Year. Both novels were number one Book Sense picks. Jennifer Haigh's latest book is the intimate story of a New England family, beginning one idyllic summer on Cape Cod, before their life changes suddenly. Twenty years later their story picks up again and you get to know each member of the family, what motivates them, and how they communicate -- or don't -- with each other. I loved this book. |
If you would like a signed copy of an event book, but can't make it to the event, simply -- Call the store at 781.431.1160 up until the day before the event. -- We will be happy to reserve a signed copy, or you can pre-pay for a personalized copy. We can also ship it for you! |
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