NEXT WEEK! Cambridge READS with Edwidge Danticat on Sept. 18

If you haven't already secured your spot for the 2013 Cambridge READS event, tickets are available now!

This season's Cambridge READS selection is Claire of the Sea Light, the newest book by award-winning Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat.

On Wednesday, September 18th, Ms. Danticat will be speaking at the Sanders Theatre near Harvard Square, the only Boston-area visit she is making for her new book. The program begins at 6:30 pm and will be introduced with a special dance performance by Jean Appolon Expressions, a Cambridge-based dance company dedicated to preserving Haitian folkloric dance.

Tickets are free and are now available at the Harvard Box Office, Porter Square Books, and the Main Library. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the event, 

For a little history on the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library Cambridge READS program, peruse this archive blog post.  There are always great things happening at the library! For more information on how you can get involved with the Friends to help support our Cambridge libraries and events like Cambridge READS, click here.

Cambridge READS exclusive event with Edwidge Danticat Sept. 18

The 2013 Cambridge READS selection is Claire of the Sea Light, the newest book by award-winning Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library, this year we are offering two exciting programs for this Cambridge READS season. On September 18th, Ms. Danticat will be speaking at the Sanders Theatre near Harvard Square, the only Boston-area visit she is making for her new book!

The program begins at 6:30 pm and will be introduced with a special dance performance by Jean Appolon Expressions, a Cambridge-based dance company dedicated to preserving Haitian folkloric dance.

Tickets are free and will be available at noon on September 5 at the Harvard Box Office, Porter Square Books, and the Main Library.

Check back to the blog later this month for more about Cambridge READS! There are always great things happening at the library! For more information on how you can get involved with the Friends to help support our Cambridge libraries and events like Cambridge READS, click here.

A Guest At Their Table

Last year we began a series focusing on local book clubs. Today we have some interesting news from a club we first featured last March.  Please consider sharing stories about your book club by adding a comment to this article or by emailing us at cambridgelibraryfriends@gmail.com.

The All in the Family book group, which was featured in an earlier post, was delighted to have recent CambridgeREADS author Audrey Schulman as a guest at its latest meeting. One of this book group's members met Schulman at a book signing last spring at Porter Square Bookstore where the author mentioned her belief that book clubs were a lifeblood for writers.

At the meeting Ms. Schulman talked about her love of all things foreign and her approach to writing "from research, not experience."  She added that she "learns better that way" and is able to synthesize the material more effectively. Schulman was especially interested in the members' reactions to the ending of her book Three Weeks in December.  The group's "neurotypical"members were intrigued and stimulated by her frank and clear comments.

There are always great things happening at the library! For more information on how you can get involved with the Friends and help to support our Cambridge libraries click here.