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Muse 2023: 8 Books You Should Read at the Beach

The Muse and the Marketplace 2023 July Publishing Summit is taking place Saturday, July 29 - Sunday, July 30, with the Manuscript Mart taking place Thursday, July 27 - Friday, July 28.
Our July summit party theme is: beach reads
July 17, 2023 | Info
Porter Square Books Staff Picks: April 2023

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition, located on the first floor of GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing, is open and ready to fulfill all of your book-browsing desires! Staff Picks are 20% off, so you can add to your TBR pile guilt-free. Whether you want to immerse yourself in a world of fandom obsession and self-destruction or introduce your little one to the wonders of nature, PSB has a pick for you. We're located on the southeast side of 50 Liberty, facing the Marina and the ICA. Come visit!
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Lucy by Jamaica KincaidIf … |
April 8, 2023 | Info
Event: Katherine Sherbrooke, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, with Rachel Barenbaum

PSB: Boston Edition and GrubStreet are delighted to present the launch of The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, the new novel from Katherine Sherbrooke. Rachel Barenbaum will join the author in conversation, and Katherine will be joined onstage for a special performance by Madigan Linnane, a Berklee College of Music student who has composed original music and lyrics to bring to life two fictional songs that appear in the novel
April 3, 2023 | Info
Porter Square Books Staff Picks: January 2023

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition, located on the first floor of GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing, is open and ready to fulfill all of your book-browsing desires! Staff Picks are 20% off, so you can add to your TBR pile guilt-free. Whether you want to read a haunted house tale, a puzzlebox of a book, or a beautiful fable about a boy with shrinking parents, PSB has a pick for you. We're located on the southeast side of 50 Liberty, facing the Marina and the ICA. Come visit!
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How Far the Light … |
January 5, 2023 | Info
Porter Square Books Staff Picks: December 2022

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition, located on the first floor of GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing, is open and ready to fulfill all of your book-browsing desires! Staff Picks are 20% off, so you can add to your TBR pile guilt-free. Whether you want to read a book for Weird Creature Enthusiasts, a MG tale of a young girl on a quest to save her aunt from small-town monsters, or love letters to "low culture," PSB has a pick for you. We're located on the southeast side of 50 Liberty, facing the Marina and the ICA. Come …