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The Cos Cob Library will be holding its annual Open House tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 12. This year’s theme, “Cos Cob Has Talent,” spotlights music ranging from barbershop to rock ‘n’ roll, with other acts, food, crafts, and fun for all ages from 1 to 4 p.m. A used book sale will be held from 1 [...]

Jonathan Tropper’s new novel This Is Where I Leave You is a witty, sentimental, and absolutely hilarious story of family dysfunction. The Foxman patriarch has just passed away, with the dying wish that his family sit shiva, the Jewish tradition of a week-long period of grief and mourning. It’s been years since the Foxman family [...]

Aspiring writers for young people will want to attend this workshop with award winning children’s book authors Mitali Perkins and Rachel Vail, who have written well loved books for young audiences of various ages. They’ll discuss the art of reaching young readers, answer questions and sign copies of their latest releases, “Secret Keeper” and “Gorgeous” [...]

Literary agent, contract negotiator, and publishing consultant Jan Kardys will present a free workshop titled “You Wrote a Book, Now What?” this Saturday, May 30, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM in the Community Room of the Cos Cob Library. The workshop will feature insider tips and secrets on getting published, self-publishing vs. conventional publishing, [...]

On May 21, Emma McLaughlin and Nicole Kraus, the authors of the best-selling novel The Nanny Diaries, are coming to Greenwich Education & Prep for a special evening for aspiring authors between the ages of thirteen and twenty. McLaughlin and Kraus will discuss their new book for teens, The Real Real. The Real Real is [...]

The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels Anne Michael’s new novel is a mesmerizing love story set in Canada and Egypt during the 1960s, with flashbacks to England and Poland during World War II. Avery, an engineer, and Jean, a botanist, newly married, have traveled to Egypt to save the Abu Simbel temple from the flooding [...]

Local author and Greenwich Time columnist Sarah Darer Littman will be celebrating the release of her new young adult novel PURGE this Wednesday evening, April 22nd from 7pm – 9pm. The event, organized by Just Books, will be held at the Arcadia Coffee Shop, 20 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich.

JUST BOOKS’ PICK OF THE WEEK: by Steele Hearne The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister In Erica Bauermeister’s debut novel of a Monday night cooking class, eight people gather once a month to learn from Lillian, a chef and restaurant owner, who believes in the healing and magical properties of food. As she [...]

Our Greenwich is pleased to welcome our new book reviewer, STEELE HEARNE, from Just Books in Old Greenwich. JUST BOOKS’ PICK OF THE WEEK: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell Even at first glance, Dr. Peter Brown does not appear to be a normal intern at the most rundown hospital in Manhattan. Along with a [...]

Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Greenwich resident Marc Tyler Nobleman with illustrations by Ross McDonald (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books) has been named a Notable Book for Older Readers by the Association of Jewish Libraries . The lists of notable books recognize the best in Jewish children’s [...]