Boston literary arts events

Bill Thibodeau Book Launch and Reception

Tuesday, Jun 4 7:30p

Poet, speaker, and teacher Bill Thibodeau will celebrate the launch of his second book, "The Watchman," at the Calderwood Pavilion. Sam Cornish, Poet Laureate of Boston, will present opening remarks.

Jim Gaffigan - Dad Is Fat

Thursday, May 23 6:00p

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline

Jim Gaffigan has written a hilarious book about parenting, being fat, and the overlapping middle of their Venn Diagram. No guarantees he’ll sign your Hot Pockets, though...

Stories for Families Kabbalat Shabbat

Friday, Jun 7 6:00p

Vilna Shul - Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Boston

The Vilna Shul welcomes the whole family for a special Kabbalat Shabbat with storyteller Cindy Rivka Marshall...

Reading and Discussion with Tony Cape

Thursday, Jun 20 7:00p

Trident Booksellers and Cafe, Boston

Diamond Highway is a candid account of the author’s ten years of household service to the Tibetan meditation master Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. Join Tony Cape for a reading and discussion of the book.

Neil Gaiman & Chip Kidd Discuss "Make Good Art"

Wednesday, Jun 5 6:30p

Oberon, Cambridge

Presented by the Boston Book Festival...

Meet the “Ordinary” People of Early Boston with Author Joanne Lloyd

Thursday, May 30 6:30p

Vilna Shul - Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Boston

Are you ever curious about the lives of the shop owners, tailors, writers, artists and the other "ordinary" people who helped make Boston the city that it is today? The Vilna Shul and the Beaco...

Play Reading with the Vagabond Theatre Group

Thursday, May 23 7:00p

Trident Booksellers and Cafe, Boston

Vagabond Theatre Group’s There Will Be Words is a new play reading series aimed at introducing original works. Following the reading, audience members will have the opportunity to discuss the script.

Carl Hiaasen - Bad Monkey

Wednesday, Jun 12 6:00p

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline

Andrew Yancy has a human arm in his freezer. Not only that, it is frozen in a crass gesture...

Fierce Reads Author Tour

Saturday, Jun 15 2:00p

Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge

A crack team of YA authors is coming to Cambridge Public Library's Teen Room...

Text + conText: Author Matthew Salesses

Wednesday, May 22 7:00p

Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown

Join the conversation! Grub Street author Matthew Salesses Originally from Watertown, Matthew Salesses is the author of the recently published novel in flash fiction I’m Not Saying, I’m Just Say...

826 Benefit: Dead Authors

Saturday, Jun 22 7:00p

Brookline Booksmith, Brookline

Brookline Booksmith teams up with 826 to bring literary legends back from the dead...

Text and Context: Grubb Street Authors

Wednesday, May 22 7:00p

Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown

Grubb Street Authors

Lionel Shriver - Big Brother

Wednesday, Jun 19 7:00p

Brookline Booksmith, Brookline

When Pandora's brother-in-law comes to visit, she & her cycling-obsessed husband are taken aback. The once slim Edison has gained hundreds of pounds...

Zephyr Press Night

Friday, Jun 7 7:00p

Brookline Booksmith, Brookline

Brookline-based Zephyr Press, specializing in literary translation, presents Eleanor Goodman, reading her translations of Chinese poet Wang Xiaoni, J...