Manchester Events

Bennington novelist Meg Little Reilly returns to Northshire Bookstore for a conversation about her new novel The Misfortunes of Family with Garrett Graff author of the NY Times-bestselling The Only Plane in the Sky. In Reilly’s novel of family dysfunction, the adult children of Senator Bight arrive in the Berkshires for a family vacation.  As the secrets tumble out, an invited film crew starts documenting.

WHAT BRINGS A FAMILY TOGETHER CAN ALSO TEAR IT APART

Join us for a special story time with this Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning author as she presents this charming LGBT-positive tale of barn-yard friends with twice the dad and twice the dad jokes!

The acclaimed historian presents the incredible story of the youngest members of the French Resistance who waged a hidden war against the Nazi occupiers and their collaborators in Paris and across France--a riveting investigation about what it means for a young person to come of age under unpredictable and violent circumstances.

We are thrilled to be hosting for the launch of her latest Mystery The Sun Down Motel, staff favorite & award-winning author Simone St. James in conversation with acclaimed bestseller Vermont’s own Jennifer McMahon whose Thriller The Invited is now in paperback!

Come join us for the most anticipated novel of 2020! In an Off the Shelf conversation with WAMC/Northeast Public Radio's Joe Donahue, Jeanine Cummins will present American Dirt, a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope and a novel that has been called “The Grapes of Wrath for our time.”

A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate.