Regardless of whether Punxsutawney Phil tells us we have six more weeks of winter, the first week of February has some great literary events around the Granite State.
January 31, 2013
Concord: Award-winning novelist Joseph Monninger will sign and discuss his novel, Margaret From Maine, 7 p.m., Gibson’s Bookstore, 27 S. Main Street, Concord, 603-224-0562.
February 2, 2013
Manchester: Meet author Mary Leonarczyk as she signs copies of her book Mary Hartford, the diary of a teenage girl in 1800s England., 2 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 1741 South Willow Street, Manchester, 603-668-5557.
Keene: Jennifer McMahon will sign and discuss her new novel, The One I Left Behind, 2 p.m., Toadstool Bookshop, 222 West St., Keene, 603-352-8815.
Peterborough: Ken MacDonald will sign and discuss his book, The Pellet Stove Almanack: Home Heating Joins the 21st Century, 2 p.m., Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough, 603-924-3543.
Manchester: Manuscript Management Workshop, a two-day NHWP workshop (February 2-3), is a prerequisite for Mary Carroll Moore’s six-week class, which will be offered in the spring. Limited to 25 participants. Cost is $268 for nonmembers and $201 for NHWP members. Register online at New Hampshire Writer's Project. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Academic Center 105-A, Southern New Hampshire University, 603-314-7980.
Milford: Ute Carbone visits and signs her debut novel, Blueberry Truth, 2 p.m., Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua Street, Lorden Plaza, Milford, 603-673-1734.
February 3, 2013
Keene: B.A. Shapiro will sign and discuss her literary thriller, The Art Forger, 2 p.m., Toadstool Bookshop, 222 West St., Keene, 603-352-8815.
February 4, 2013
Concord: Gibson’s Book Club will present a dramatic reading of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, followed by a discussion, 7 p.m., Gibson’s Bookstore, 27 S. Main Street, Concord, 603-224-0562.
February 5, 2013
Exeter: Crossing the Borders of Time author Leslie Maitland, 7 p.m., Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water Street, Exeter, 603-778-9731.
North Conway: Book release party for Lisa Gardner, author of Touch & Go, 7 p.m. at Horsefeathers Restaurant, North Conway. For more information, contact White Birch Books at 603-356-3200.
February 6, 2013
Exeter: Drawing Workshop for Kids with Scott Nash, 6 p.m., Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water Street, Exeter, 603-778-9731.
Portsmouth: K.D. Mason will sign and read from his book, Killer Run, 7 p.m., RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth, 603-431-2100.
If you would like to have your event included in the weekly update, please email me at lekrygowski@gmail.com a week prior to the event.
Have a great weekend!
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