BOSTON, June 2 -- The City of Boston issued the following press release:
Throughout June, the Boston Public Library will host writers of first-rate histories and anticipated suspense novels. Children will also have the opportunity to meet with an author of mysteries for young readers. Visiting writers include PBS's Christopher Kimball, biographers of Emily Dickinson and Francis Cabot Lowell, and chroniclers of the history of Dorchester and Boston's beloved Fenway Park. Authors will take questions from their readers after their talks. These events are free to all.
At the Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, in June:
* Wednesday, June 8, 6pm, Orientation Room, Chaim M. Rosenberg on The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817
Chaim M. Rosenberg will share insights on one of the Founding Fathers of the Industrial Revolution in America, Francis Cabot Lowell. Determined to bring the industrial revolution to America, he built the highly successful Boston Manufacturing Company in Waltham powered by the flow of the Charles River. After his death, his associates established a great industrial town and named it Lowell in his honor. This talk is part of the BPL's Local and Family History Lecture Series.
* Tuesday, June 14, 6pm, Abbey Room, Lyndall Gordon, author of Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds
Lyndall Gordon is a prize-winning biographer best known for her works on T.
S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Her powerful new biography of Emily Dickinson focuses on the emotional feuds of Emily Dickinson's dysfunctional family. The biography rips the myth of a quaint, helpless and repressed lady and explores the view of the poet as a forceful maverick.
* Thursday, June 16, 6pm, Rabb Lecture Hall, Harvey Frommer on Remembering Fenway Park: An Oral and Narrative History of the Home of the Boston Red Sox
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of this remarkable venue, sports writer and author Harvey Frommer presents a timely masterwork Remembering Fenway Park: An Oral and Narrative History of the Home of the Boston Red Sox. The book offers a stunning collection of team history, first-person narratives, and iconic images. Harvey Frommer is a noted oral historian and sports journalist and the author of 40 sports books.
* Wednesday, June 22, 6pm, Boston Room, Margaret McLean, author of Under Fire
Named as one of 'The Next Faces of Boston Crime Fiction' by the Boston Globe in 2010, Margaret McLean has burst onto the thriller scene with Under Fire. Drawing on her years of experience as a criminal prosecutor in Boston, McLean has crafted an exciting courtroom mystery that touches on some of the most controversial topics in the news today.
* Thursday, June 30, 6pm, Abbey Room, Jennifer Haigh, on Faith
In her latest novel Faith, author Jennifer Haigh tells the story of a woman who must uncover the truth about her family, her beliefs, and herself. Delving into a topic that is both timely and powerful, Haigh returns with an affecting drama of faith, doubt, and redemption.
At the Boston Public Library branches in June:
* Tuesday, June 7, 6:30pm, at the South End Branch, Christopher Kimball on his essays for Cooks Illustrated
The Friends of the South End Library present writer, PBS host, and publisher Christopher Kimballtalking about foodie life and his personal essays for Cooks Illustrated. The South End Branch is located at 685 Tremont Street, 617.536.8241.
* Thursday, June 9, 2pm, at the Mattapan Branch, Priscilla E. Flint on I Look Back and Wonder How I Got Over
Priscilla E. Flint will be reading from her highly personal book I Look Back and Wonder How I Got Over. The Mattapan Branch is located at 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, 617.298.9218.
* Thursday, June 9, 6:30pm, at the Codman Square Branch, and
Thursday, June 16, 6:30pm, at the Lower Mills Branch
Anthony Sammarco on Dorchester: A Compendium
Anthony Sammarco will speak on his new book, which outlines some of the clubs and societies, the artists and authors, townswomen and townsmen, and businesses of this fascinating neighborhood. The Codman Square Branch is located at 690 Washington Street in Dorchester, 617.436.8214. The Lower Mills Branch is located at 27 Richmond Street in Dorchester, 617.298.7841.
* Wednesday, June 15, 4pm, at the Grove Hall Branch, and
Thursday, June 30, 4:30pm, at the Charlestown Branch
David Kelly on The Fenway Foul-Up
Children will also get to hear from an author as David A. Kelly will read the first chapter of his book The Fenway Foul-Up, part of his Ball Park Mystery series at a kick-off for the Boston Public Library's Read Your Way to Fenway summer essay contest. Mayor Thomas Menino and Wally the Green Monster will also be in attendance on June 15. The Grove Hall Branch is located at 41 Geneva Avenue in Dorchester, 617.427.3337. The Charlestown Branch is located at 179 Main Street, 617.242.1248
For more information about author talks and other events offered by the Boston Public Library, visit www.bpl.org/calendar.
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For more than 160 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America. Established in 1848, the Boston Public Library was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first public library to lend books, the first to have a branch library, and the first to have a children's room. Today, the Boston Public Library has twenty-seven neighborhood locations, including the central library in Copley Square. Each year, the Boston Public Library hosts nearly 12,000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions, and serves millions of people. All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning. To learn more, visit www.bpl.org. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com
