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Colonial tavern tour guide releases new biography of John Hancock, a ‘moderate’ Founding Father with a ‘radical influence’

In “King Hancock,” local author and tour guide Brooke Barbier examines what made the Founding Father so popular in his day. A generous pour might have had something to do with it.
BOOKS

Paul Yoon prefers a small canvas but his stories span centuries and continents

The author of the short story collection “The Hive and the Honey” talks about history, dislocation, and his energetic dog.
STORY BEHIND THE BOOK

James Frankie Thomas writes a queer ‘elegy to a bygone era of the internet’ in ‘Idlewild’

The author will discuss his debut novel at the 2023 Boston Book Festival.
NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

Watertown Zine Fest celebrates marginalized voices through DIY publishing; new poetry anthology commemorates demolition of Salem power plant; Brattleboro Literary Festival opens on Friday

Highlighting the third annual festival, “Salem Power,” and more.

BOOKINGS
Author readings around Boston Oct. 8-14
All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.

BOOKS
Local bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 1
Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG
What Marty Baron learned from Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, and Taylor Swift
The former editor of the Boston Globe and Washington Post has penned a new book, “Collision of Power,” on covering the news during a tumultuous time in politics and journalism.

It’s Banned Books Week. Now what?
The president of the BPL offers some tips for extending the fight against censorship beyond October 7.

The best books of 2022

Of the countless wonderful titles published in 2022, here’s a highly subjective list of 55 we loved most in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and works for children and young adults.
The year’s best cookbooks showcase culture, connection — and even convenienceHere are the 20 new books we’re most excited to read this fall

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Adam Mansbach takes on the tiki torch-bearing faction of white supremacists in ‘The Golem of Brooklyn’

In a revenge fantasy for an age of renewed hatred, a Jewish legend takes on a tiki-torch bearing faction of white supremacists

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In his new memoir, Werner Herzog documents the rich inventions of a mind that gave life to New German cinema

The legendary director reveals strange connections between life and art

BIBLIOPHILES

Matthew Desmond finds that Dickens cuts closer to the truth of how poverty really works than nonfiction

For the author of “Poverty, By America,” economics has a human face

BOOKS

Hummingbird Books ships challenged titles to readers in South Carolina

The Chestnut Hill bookstore joins with Beaufort County organizations to combat literary censorship.

Novelist Rhonda DeChambeau persisted for many years. Finally, recognition.

For the Boston Public Library’s most recent writer-in-residence, perseverance leads to a two-book deal.

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Olga Ravn, in ‘My Work,’ turns a jaundiced eye on the experience of giving birth

When motherhood splinters the self, the work of Ravn’s narrator involves gathering up the pieces.

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Providence’s beloved Riffraff bookstore and bar have new owners that plan on keeping it just the same

Just three months after it hit the market for $250,000, the ever-popular RiffRaff Bookstore and Bar in Providence’s West End neighborhood has been purchased by Ottavia De Luca and Lucas Mann.

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Marty Baron, author of the new book ‘Collision of Power,’ tells the stories behind the stories

The esteemed newspaper editor who led the Miami Herald, the Boston Globe, and The Washington Post through fraught times shows us how a tumultuous era of news got made