Co-Sponsored Event

Join us on November 9th for an evening celebrating essays on life-changing conversations. The evening’s program will feature work from five writers, including Peter Orner, the author of the memoir Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin.

Other writers to be featured will be selected from an open call for submissions. 

Peer through the lens of memory and discuss creative writing with #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ruta Sepetys. Sepetys will present her new book on writing, You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory, and also discuss the approach to her novels. The presentation will be followed by a Q & A and book signing. The first 50 copies sold of YOU: The Story will come with a complimentary custom writing journal.

This virtual event is part of the American Inspiration author series.

Explore world history and meet those recording it, from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns. This remarkable and comprehensive work looks at how their biases influence our understanding about the past.

This virtual event is part of the American Inspiration author series.

Presented in partnership with the Boston Public Library, Museum of African American History, and GBH Forum Network
Moderated by Linda Hirshman, lawyer, cultural historian, author of The Color of Abolition

This virtual event is part of the American Inspiration author series.

David Maraniss with Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe and Jeff Pearlman with The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

This virtual event is part of the American Inspiration author series.

Porter Square Books is delighted to participate in a signed book campaign and share a virtual event featuring Randall Munroe, author of What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions! Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post will be joining the author in conversation for a virtual event hosted by Penguin Random House on 11/21. The recording of the event will be available to watch until December 5.

Porter Square Books is delighted to be the bookselling partner for the launch of the third Circle Round book by Rebecca Sheir and illustrator Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley: The Great Ball Game! All 3 Circle Round books will be available for purchase, and you'll be able to get your book signed following the event.

Presented by Porter Square Books in partnership with the American Inspiration series and the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center of NEHGS, Mass Poetry, and GrubStreet.

The best-loved poet, celebrated critic, translator, and teacher, shares his coming-of-age story: a lyrical and poignant portrait of America in the last century, its melting pot, and one man’s against-many-odds rise to literary success.  

Join us as we celebrate Words Create Worlds Award Winners 2022!