Nonfiction

Join Porter Square Books for a virtual event with Rosemary Mosco, author of A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird: Part field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun. Rosemary will be joined in conversation by Joan Walsh of Mass Audubon! This event is free and open to all, hosted on Crowdcast.

Join Porter Square Books for a virtual event with poet Victoria Chang for her newest book, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, a collection of letters described as "moving in a way that transcends story and message; it captures a pure sense of another person's heart" in a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.

Join Porter Square Books for a virtual event featuring Dr. Traci Baxley, author of Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World - an empowering, timely guide to raising anti-racist, compassionate, and socially conscious children, from a diversity and inclusion educator with more than thirty years of experience. Dr. Baxley will be joined in conversation by Emmy Award-winning TV host Maria Sansone!

Join Porter Square Books for an event celebrating the release of "must-have compendium" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide, with author and cofounder of Atlas Obscura Dylan Thuras! He will be joined in conversation by fellow Atlas Obscura cofounder Joshua Foer. This event is free and open to all - please RSVP via the form below so we can keep you up-to-date on venue details!

Join Porter Square Books and Grubstreet in the latest installment of the Grubbie Debuts series, featuring GrubStreet Memoir incubee Michelle Bowdler for the paperback release of her debut memoir, Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto. Michelle will be joined in conversation by  Lacy Crawford, author of Notes on a Silencing

Join us for a virtual event with Keith Boykin for his new book Race Against Time! This event is free and open to all, hosted on Crowdcast.

Register for the event on Crowdcast here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/raceagainsttime

Join Porter Square Books for a virtual event to celebrate the release of Wendy Sanford's These Walls Between Us! Wendy will be joined in conversation by Brian Corr. This event is free and open to all, hosted virtually via Crowdcast. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase! 

Join Porter Square Books, New England Historic Genealogical Society, and Massachusetts Historical Society for an extended Q&A session with Nathaniel Philbrick! This event is ticketed, and tickets include a signed (and personalized, if you like!) copy of Travels with George: In Search of Washington and his Legacy.

American Ancestors/NEHGS, the Boston Public Library, and Porter Square Books present celebrated author Nathaniel Philbrick (Mayflower, In the Heart of the Sea, In the Hurricane’s Eye) with his latest work revealing the dynamic history of our country, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy. This event is free and open to all, hosted on Zoom by WGBH, but registration is required. Copies of the book are available below for purchase.

Join Porter Square Books and Grubstreet in the latest installment of the Grubbie Debuts series, featuring GrubStreet graduate Judy Bolton-Fasman for the launch of her debut memoir, Asylum, a Memoir of Family Secrets. Judy will be joined in conversation by Tova Mirvis. This event is free and open to all, hosted on Crowdcast.