The third annual Small Business Saturday celebration in the bookstore.

Wing Young Huie, named the 2018 Distinguished Artist by the McKnight Foundation, presents his new book, Chinese-ness.

Novelist Faith Sullivan (What A Woman Must Do) will return to her hometown of Pipestone, Minnesota for a community reading.

Elizabeth Rush will host a lecture at the historic Newport Mansions sponsored by the Newport Preservation Society inspired by her latest work, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.

Bates College will host Elizabeth Rush for their annual Otis Lecture entitled, “On Rising: Exertion, activism and art in the age of climate change,” followed by a recpetion at the Bates Museum of Art.

On September 28th, musician and author Dessa will visit The Loft for a discussion with writer and thinker Safy-Hallan Farah.

Booksellers! Join us for a special breakfast with Milkweed Editions poets Ada Limón, William Brewer, and Parneshia Jones.

Sarah Ruhl will be joined by Elizabeth Metzger for a celebration of Max Ritvo, including readings from Letters from Max: A Book of Friendship and The Final Voicemails.

Poet Parneshia Jones (Vessel) will appear alongside acclaimed author and activist Alice Walker (The Color Purple). This conversation will explore the transformative effect of Walker’s life and body of work and honor the profound effect both Walker and her work have had on foregrounding black female experiences, relationships, and narratives.

Poet Parneshia Jones (Vessel) will appear in Words That Matter: A Literary Solon, a reading sponsored by Creative Co-Working and Literature for All of Us, alongside writer Aaron Coleman at the historic Colvin House.