SOCRATES CAFE
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HADASSAH CLUB
Come and join the discussion of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.  
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March comes this novel--inspired by a true story--that traces the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. MORE...

AUTHOR READING / SIGNING*
Barbara Schweitzer, author of 33 1/3: Soap Opera Sonnets

33 1/3 is Barbara Schweitzer's first book of poetry, a rollicking ride through the suburbs in the 21st century. You will laugh at her wonderfully dizzy characters and their true-to-life voices. You will find yourself reading these poems out loud to your friends.

Shalom Playgroup partners with PJ Library @ BOTS!
Jewish Bedtime Stories & Songs For Families
Books! Music! Crafts! Snacks! Community!
Children are encouraged to wear their PJ’s! All Are Welcome!

QUEER BOOK CLUB & AUTHOR READING / SIGNING*
Gary Zebrun, author of Only The Lonely
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Asim is ready to bust out of steel town, Lackawanna, New York. But the future he envisions is turned upside down when his father dies and he discovers that his brother Tarik is headed to a training camp in the Afghanistan desert. He is soon ensnarled in a dangerous fanaticism that peaks on September 11, 2001. MORE...

Gary Zebrun's first novel, "Someone You Know," was a Lambda Literary Award finalist.

MYSTERY BOOK CLUB
Come and join the discussion of Lush Life by Richard Price.
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Mystery is looking for new club leaders!  You choose the next book!

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In Lush Life, Price tears the shiny veneer off the "new" New York to show the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamor, in this novel that reads like a movie in prose," New York Times. MORE...

AUTHOR READING / SIGNING* plus a special performance!
Joyce Raskin, author of Aching To Be

Aching To Be is the true story of the band Scarce as told by its bass player Joyce Raskin. Destined for stardom and acclaimed by critics and fans alike Scarce was poised to become the new darlings of popular music in 1994. But one day Chick does not show up for practice and things begin to unwind. The events that follow leave Chick fighting for his life and puts the future of the band in doubt. This is not another rock and roll memoir, this is a real life story — blisters, guts, heartbreaks and all. A performance by Scarce will follow.

SEP 23 @ 7pm

AUTHOR READING / SIGNING*
J.J. Partridge, author of Straight Pool

Arson, revenge, Providence's murky politics, and questioned loyalties confront the pool playing sleuth in "Straight Pool".

The charred body of a Native American in the ashes of Haversham Golf Club, Westerly's swank new country club, is the impetus for a mystery far removed from Carter University's latest skirmish with Providence's mendacious Mayor Sonny Russo. But in Rhode Island, anything can get connected.

POLITICS DISCUSSION GROUP
Come and join the discussion about the 2008 Presidential Race.

AUTHOR READING / SIGNING*
Mark Binder, Author of It Ate My Sister (and other family stories)

I have an older sister. Her name is Ellen. We don't get along...

Whole Health Book Club - call store for date and book.

Fiction Book Club (formerly Second Wednesday) seeks a new leader. 
Interested? Call Jennifer at Books on the Square 401-331-9097