"Always comforting & welcoming" . . . "It was a place that felt like home as a shy awkward kid" . . . "Smells good" . . . "I would be lost without you."

Thank you to everyone who spent Independent Bookstore Day with us last weekend, and to all who stopped by to leave a note on our TELL US WHY YOU LOVE YOUR BOOKSTORE banner. By day's end it was full of wonderful comments. Thank you!

"We need brave, big stories like these, stories that help children (and adults) find their place in a sometimes frightening world.”—Nicola Davies, New York Times Book Review

Following our blink-and-you-missed-it pre-order promotion last month, we are grateful to McSweeney's publishing and author Dave Eggers for rushing us additional copies of the gorgeous, deluxe edition of Egger's new all-ages novel, The Eyes & the Impossible. This limited edition is the most literal hardcover you've ever seen, with gorgeous die-cut hardwood covers and gold-edged pages. And we have a very limited number of editions personally signed by the author. Get your copy now at this exclusive link.

(And if you miss out on the signed edition, you can still get an unsigned deluxe edition or even a more traditionally bound edition of this endearing new title.)

Monday, May 8, 7PM

Isabella Hammad—award-winning author of The Parisian—discusses Enter Ghost, set in present-day Palestine, where an actress returning to her homeland unexpectedly takes part in a West Bank production of Hamlet. Joining in conversation is Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America. Masks required. Join us.

Tuesday, May 9, 7PM

Melissa Hope Ditmore—consultant in gender, development, health and human rights for the United Nations, the US Agency for International Development, and the Hilton Foundation—discusses Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking in the American Economy. Masks required. Join us.

Wednesday, May 10, 6PM

Mitchell Zuckoff—Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Narrative at Boston University and author of bestseller 13 Hours—discusses The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan. Joining in conversation is Homeira Qaderi—celebrated Afghan author, academic, and activist whose story of escaping the Taliban is the subject of The Secret Gate. Registration required; there are two registration options available for this event. Masks encouraged. Learn more.

Wednesday, May 10, 7PM

Katie Holten—artist and activist who represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 2003—discusses The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape, a gorgeously illustrated collection that fuses art and storytelling in a celebration of the natural world. Joining in conversation is Rebecca McMackin—horticulturist, garden designer, and current Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Masks required. Join us.

Thursday, May 11, 6PM

Alexandra Petri—Washington Post columnist and political satirist—discusses Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up), imagined documents that create an irreverent takedown of our nation’s complicated past. Joining in conversation is Randall Munroe—xkcd web comic artist and author of the bestselling What If? series. Tickets required; there are two ticket options available for this event. Masks required. Learn more.

Thursday, May 11, 7PM

Novelist Andrew Krivak discusses Like the Appearance of Horses, his most recent work set in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania. Over the course of a century, the men in a family leave for war and long for homecoming. Masks required. Join us.

Friday, May 12, 6PM

Andrew McCarthy—iconic actor (known for roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, and Weekend At Bernie’s), director, and award winning travel writer—discusses his memoir Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain. Joining in conversation is Emiko Tamagawa, senior producer for NPR's Here and Now. Tickets required; all tickets include admission for one and one hardcover copy of Walking with Sam signed by the author. Masks required. Learn more.

Friday, May 12, 7PM

Journalist Brianna Holt discusses In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So "Post-Racial" America, a memoir in essays about the stereotypes and preconceived notions put upon young Black women. Joining in conversation is Paris Alston—co-host of Morning Edition and The Wake Up podcast at GBH News. Masks required. Join us.

Saturday, May 13, 7PM

Andy Cohen—Emmy and Peabody Award–winning host and executive producer of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live—discusses The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up, a memoir of the responsibilities, joys, and growing pains of parenthood. Joining in conversation is Robin Young—co-host of NPR's Here & Now. Tickets required; all tickets include admission for one and one hardcover copy of The Daddy Diaries and an autographed bookplate from Andy Cohen. Masks encouraged. This event will feature an ASL interpreter. Learn more.

Travel to the writers' cities of Dublin and New Orleans. Fix our planet, save our air, and better understand the crisis in Ukraine. This weekend you'll find new releases from Cambridge University Press in our Publisher Focus window for exemplary academic nonfiction from the press based in that other Cambridge. 

In case you missed it, check out our latest "New This Week" newsletter, and come browse our virtual New Arrivals shelves for all the very latest new books, updated every Tuesday. Our weekly store best sellers are updated on Mondays (and they are 20% off for Frequent Buyer Card members!). And on a monthly basis, we recommend dozens of recently published featured titles, plus members of our Signed First Edition Club receive a new book of great literary merit, selected by our staff.