• Tuesday, November 10th at 12noon - 1:00pm ET (Conversation)

Noontime Book Conversation This month the group will discuss Marrow & Bone by Walter Kempowski.   Meeting ordinarily on the second Tuesday of every month from 12:00pm until 1:00pm, the group has no fixed members (although quite a few regulars).   Readers are urged to nominate a book to be read, especially if they are willing to lead the discussion.   We focus on fiction & drama with occasional foray into the graphic novel.   We limit the length of our selections to about 200 pages, although this is a guideline rather than a fixed rule.   We believe in the joy of re-reading, so some of our selections are works that many have already read at least once.   Members get 10% off on discussion books.   (To by a copy, call us, email us, or just drop by.  The noontime book group is under the general oversight of Michael Greenebaum (mlgreenebaum33@gmail.com) who selects the books & leads the discussions; please email him to register for the Zoom discussion.  December’s reading is the James Joyce story, “The Dead.” which is available in Joyce’s classic collection of stories, Dubliners.

• Tuesday, November 10th at 7:00pm (A reading & a conversation)

Amherst College (Virtual) Visiting Writers Series, Fall 2020   Join poet Maired Case as she reads from her forthcoming book Tiny.   Case is also the author of See You In.   For more information or to register for the talk go to the Amherst College Visiting Writers Series Events page.   To buy any of her books, call us, email us, or just drop by—or if you’d prefer to buy on-line but still support us, go to our Bookshop.org Amherst College Visiting Writer page.

• Thursday, November 12th at 6:00pm ET (Reading)

UMass (Virtual) Visiting Writers Series, Fall 2020   Nathaniel Mackey, author of many books of poetry, essays & criticism, including Late Arcade & Splay Anthem, will read.   For more information or to register for the virtual talk, go to the UMass Visiting Writers Series Events page.   To buy any of his books, call us, email us, or drop in—or if you’d prefer to buy on-line but still support us, go to our Bookshop.org UMass Visiting Writer page.

• Thursday, November 12th at 6:00pm (Talk)

2020 Feinberg Series: Planet on a Precipice: Histories & Futures of the Environmental Emergency   Bill McKibben, Robert Pollin, Thea Riofrancos, Eve Vogel, & Ashwin Ravikumar will discuss the recent election.   For more information or to register for the Zoom event, go to the UMass History Department’s webpage.   Copies of books will be available for purchase from Amherst Books.   Please email, call us, or just drop in for more information.

• Wednesday, November 18th at 4:00pm (Talk)

2020 Feinberg Series: Planet on a Precipice: Histories & Futures of the Environmental Emergency   Angélica Maria Bernal, Nigel Clark, Gregory Cushman, Andrea Marston will discuss “History from Below: Extractivism, Geology, & Power.”   For more information or to register for the Zoom event, go to the UMass History Department’s webpage.   Copies of their books will be available for purchase from Amherst Books.   Please call, email, or drop in for more information.

• Wednesday, November 18th at 7:00pm ET (Virtual book launch party & talk)

Join Amherst resident & Mt. Holyoke College philosophy professor James Harold in virtually celebrating the publication of his new book, Dangerous Art: On Moral Criticisms of Artwork.   Zoom link is here.   The meeting ID is 964 9781 2180.   And you can find your one tap mobile number here.   We have the book in stock for $50.00 (significantly less than everyone else).   If you'd like to buy it from us, please email, call, or just drop in.   If you’d prefer to order it on-line & still support us, go to our Bookshop.org Events page.

• Wednesday, November 18th at 7:00pm ET (Reading)

Clare McHugh will read from her recent novel, A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Daughter.   McHugh worked for many years as a newspaper reporter & magazine editor.   She has also taught high school history & reviewed books for the Wall Street Journal & the Baltimore Sun. Register for the reading here.   We have the novel in stock.   If you'd like to buy it from us, please email, call, or just drop in.   If you’d prefer to order it on-line & still support us, go to our Bookshop.org Events page.

• Sunday, November 22nd at 2:00pm ET (Conversation & reading)

Moderated by Margot Douaihy, Uche Nduka, Andrea Scrima, & Edie Meidav will read & discuss works from the new anthology, Writing the Virus: New Work from StatoRec magazine, Zoom registration here with a Meeting ID 978 1978 0214, Passcode 421477, or via Facebook here.   Douaihy is the author of Scranton Lace & Girls Like You & editor of the new collection, Writing the Virus.   She is editor of the Northern New England Review.   Meidav, called “an American original,” is author of Kingdom of the Young, several novels & a co-edited anthology, Strange Attractors.   Nduka is author of several collections, including, Nine East & Ijele .  b Andrea Scrima is Statorec editor-in-chief & author of A Lesser Day.   If you’d like to buy any of their books, call us, email, or just drop by.   If you’d prefer to buy them on-line, but still support us, many of the authors’s books are available at the Bookshop.org “Writing the Virus“ page.   Unfortunately Writing the Virus is not available from them.