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Wellesley Free Library winter book sale starts Feb. 2

The Winter 2012 Book Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries will be held from Thursday, February 2 through Sunday February 5 at the Wellesley Free Library, Wakelin Room. Hours are as follows: Members’ Preview: Thursday, February 2, 5 pm -9 pm (Not a member? join that day) Public Sale: Friday February [...]

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Author Daniel Handler, artist Maira Kalman get quirky in Wellesley

Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) and illustrator Maira Kalman made a humorous appearance at Wellesley Books on Saturday before a packed downstairs crowd who braved snowy weather to hear the pair discuss their new young adult novel, Why We Broke Up. The two presented a slideshow sort of related to the book, and featuring [...]

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Follow the Dog Home follow-up

Local author Kevin Walsh writes to say that Follow the Dog Home, the collection of homespun doggie tales written by Walsh and two other family members that we wrote about back in November, is now available locally at Wellesley Books and will be available nationally come Feb. 1.

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2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan visiting Wellesley College

Wellesley College’s Newhouse Center for the Humanities late next month will feature Jennifer Egan, winner of the 2011 Pulizer Prize for her novel A Visit From the Goon Squad, as part of its Distinguished Writer Series (I can honestly claim to have read this book and another of hers). Her talk will take place at [...]

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Wellesley makes cut in new book from Mindy Kaling of “The Office”

Mindy Kaling, the comedian, writer and actor who plays Kelly on TV’s “The Office”, dedicates a section of her new book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me to Wellesley’s Morses Pond. She grew up in Cambridge but went to Morses Pond as a kid in the 1980′s through Wellesley Day Camp. It seems she took [...]

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Man behind Lemony Snicket headed to Wellesley next month

Daniel Handler, better known as author Lemony Snicket from the popular/creepy A Series of Unfortunate Events books, is coming to Wellesley Books next month to hawk a new young adult book called Why We Broke Up. He’ll be joined by illustrator Maira Kalman, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and elsewhere. The event, [...]

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Vlogbrother, Nerdfighters to descend on Wellesley

If that headline makes no sense to you, then you probably don’t know of author John Green, who will be kicking off his book tour in Wellesley on Jan. 10 at 7pm at Dana Hall’s Bardwell Auditorium (Wellesley Books is coordinating things, and you’ll need to jump through some hoops if you want to attend [...]

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Wellesley family publishes homespun doggie tales

Wellesley’s Bob, Samantha and Kevin Walsh this month have published what sounds like a wholesome book called Follow the Dog Home that recounts stories of one extended family’s life with 17 dogs over 70 years and three generations. The big hook for the book is that Kevin was walking his German Shepherd named Beverly in [...]

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We swear, Wellesley’s Temple Beth Elohim hosting author Adam Mansbach

Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley later this month is hosting Adam Mansbach, the Rutgers University professor whose popular kids’ book for adults — “Go the F— to Sleep” — has been much discussed this year. He’s also written other well-received books, including Angry Black White Boy and The End of the Jews, and has a [...]

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Parents/coaches of Wellesley youth athletes: Check your egos

The biggest challenge in organized youth sports in this country is keeping adult egos out, according to Bob Bigelow,  a former NBA player who is visiting Wellesley Middle School on Nov. 9 from 7:30-9pm to discuss youth sports with parents and others in the community. Exactly how to keep egos in check “is a mystery [...]

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“Suburgatory” book signing at Shopper’s Corner

Keenan boasts that she’ll be wearing at $200 dress that she got for $8 at Shopper’s Corner. Bring your own copy of her book to have signed or buy one there that night from Wellesley Books. Shopper’s Corner accepts cash or check for its merchandise.

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Wellesley Reads Together events kick off this week

Several events will be held this week to kick off the Wellesley Reads Together initiative of the Wellesley Free Library! Wellesley Reads Together is a town-wide program which invites participants of all ages to read the same books and then take part in related community events. The first two books in the program are: – [...]

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Suburgatory: Wellesley author’s creation coming to TV and a bookstore near you

Wellesley’s Linda Erin Keenan doesn’t pull any ?#@*&%! punches in her new self-described NC-17 book Suburgatory: Twisted Tales From Darkest Suburbia — not that she’s talking about you. Well, mostly not about you. After working at CNN in New York City for 7 years as a producer and writer for news anchors like Anderson Cooper [...]

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And in other Wellesley author news…

Paula Lee, the Wellesley author who recently self-published a comic novel call How to be a Homeless Frenchman, has followed up with us to let us know that her book has been picked up by a French distributor, who will make it available in English, in France. “It’s going to be featured at the Salon [...]

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Wellesley Books celebrates 1st year with cool cake

It’s been a year since Wellesley’s Gillian and Bill Kohli bought Wellesley Booksmith in Wellesley Square (and since renamed it Wellesley Books). It’s been a busy year for the store, whose highlights included a visit from author/comic/TV personality Chelsea Handler that brought a huge line of fans to the store. Here’s a picture of a [...]

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