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Some of us our old enough to remember when Tea Obreht burst onto the literary scene with her phenomenal debut The Tiger's Wife & she's had the nerve keep writing good books ever since. We're psyched to have her in Cambridge for her new book Sunrise, with friend of the store Allegra Goodman!

Téa Obreht, author of Sunrise, in conversation with Allegra GoodmanPorter Square Books is excited to welcome Téa Obreht for the release of Sunrise! Allegra Goodman will join Obreht in conversation.portersquarebooks.com

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition is turning 5 this year! Come celebrate with us on Saturday October 10 from 4PM-7PM. There will be a silent reading part, crafts, a toast, AND a 20% off sale!

PSB: Boston Edition's 5-Year Anniversary Party!We’re turning 5!portersquarebooks.com

Writers of the Greater Cambridge Area! The deadline to apply for our 2027 Writers in Residence Program marches ever closer! How are your applications coming? Click the link for all the info & to apply

Porter Square Books Writers in Residence ProgramPorter Square Books will once again be hosting Writers in Residence in 2027portersquarebooks.com

Once again, we've partnered with R.F. Kuang to offer signed copies of her forthcoming novel Taipei Story! It's out on September 8, but it'd be great if you got your preorder in soon! (Though she'll personalize, we can't promise that she'll write an inscription. She has to sign a lot of books!)

Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel (Signed)Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel (Signed)portersquarebooks.com

Any other bookstores seeing a slight but noticeable uptick in folks asking for books that were hot 5-10 years ago? Nothing wrong with that in & of itself, but I'm suspicious this is coming from AI recommendations & that could pose yet another problem.

Hello #BookSky August is Women in Translation month or #WITmonth if you're into hashtags! My July staff pick On the Other Side is March is the first work of Faroese by a woman translated into English, is absolutely stunning, & still 20% off at the moment.

On the Other Side Is MarchA poignant and darkly witty portrait of aging, memory, and multigenerational caretaking from the first female Faroese writer to ever appear in English. I'm a woman in my early sixties. Somewhere betwe...portersquarebooks.com

Happy Saturday #BookSky Just a reminder! You've spent your whole life learning how to understand the expressions of other people. You're a better reader than you think you are! Read a book you think is difficult. You might discover some things. If you don't like it, well, it's OK to not like things

And rec from Nancy Pearl for the rest of you!

Birds Without Wings (Vintage International)In his first novel since Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernières creates a world, populates it with characters as real as our best friends, and launches it into the maelstrom of twentieth-century histo...portersquarebooks.com

If you get our events newsletter you saw this already, but we are hosting Pulitzer Prize Winner Jill Lepore for her new book this fall! Tickets & info here:

TICKETED: Jill Lepore, winner of the Pulitzer Prize! and author of The Rise and Fall of the Artificial Stateportersquarebooks.com

When you sign up for Libro you pick an indie bookstore to support. You can search by zip code or name. If you like what we do on here but aren't local to us, you could always pick us as your Libro store.

Tonight! Something different in Cambridge. Free concert with Gregory James McKillop, Seth Hanson, and The Michael Character! Show is 8PM-10PM.

Somehow a new month is right around the corner. That means so is the next meeting of our casual writers group Pencils Up! This Sunday in Cambridge at 5PM! RSVPs very appreciated!

“Pencils Up!” Porter Square Books Writer’s HourHello Writing Enthusiasts!“Pencils Up!” is an informal monthly gathering for anyone interested in writing. Whether you’re a casual journaler or a poet laureate, join us for an hour of silent writing…portersquarebooks.com

The next monthly newsletter edition of The Porter Square Review of Books comes out next Thursday! Sign up for it (and all of our other newsletters) here!

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Would you look at that? August is, like, right over there. Huh. Damn. Anyway, that means you just have a few days to get our July staff picks for 20% off!

This Month's Staff Picks for Adults 20% Off!portersquarebooks.com

It's Thursday #BookSky AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! New review at PSRB! This week it's our first collection of poetry as @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social reviews the "vibrant poetic tableau" Designated Stranger by Gion Davis

Review of Designated StrangerIn a world with two Trump administrations, one could be forgiven for rejecting out of hand the American myths that allowed such an abomination to happen. The “self-made man” always…portersquarebooks.com

Great job team! Both the Weirder AND the Weirdest books sold off the display!

Angela Pelster discusses her essay collection The Evolution of Fire with Shuchi Saraswat tonight in Cambridge at 7PM. From the celebrated author of Limber, a luminous collection of essays about crisis, hope, and the decision to resist or embrace evolution—a book about time, for our time.

Angela Pelster, author of The Evolution of Fire, in conversation with Shuchi SaraswatPorter Square Books is excited to welcome Angela Pelster for release of her book The Evolution of Fire. Shuchi Saraswat will join Pelster in conversation.portersquarebooks.com

The Reading Romance Book Club meets in Boston tonight at 6PM. They'll be discussing You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

Reading Romance Boston - Book ClubJoin the local book club Reading Romance Boston, which meets at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition (50 Liberty Dr. Boston, MA 02210). All are welcome! For details on this month's book pick, visit…portersquarebooks.com

Tonight at 7PM in Cambridge, Rowan Beaird discusses her novel Tenderness with Emil Everett. From the beloved author of The Divorcées comes a novel set in the 1970s during an island wedding, where the bride has recently left a sinister cult that might still be trailing her.

Rowan Beaird, author of Tenderness, in conversation with Emily EverettPorter Square Books is excited to welcome Rowan Beaird for release of her new book, Tenderness. Emily Everett will join Beaird in conversation.portersquarebooks.com

Blacktongue Thief: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781250... Blade Itself: portersquarebooks.com/book/9780316... Shadow of the Gods: portersquarebooks.com/book/9780316...

The Blacktongue ThiefA USA Today bestseller!Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, Christopher Buehlman's The Blacktongue Thief begins a 'dazzling' (Robin Hobb...portersquarebooks.com