Books & Ideas
The Martha’s Vineyard Poets’ Collective gets the honors at an authors’ reception on Sunday, Dec. 8 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Bananas on Main street in Vineyard Haven.
Local author Lara O’Brien’s debut fiction novel Chelsea and the Spirit of Grace will be available at online book retailers in both print and e-book formats beginning Dec. 1.
The Edgartown library is the place to be this weekend, besides your dining room of course. Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story by Fran Manushkin will be read aloud on Friday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. with a little of each tasty treat to go with the story.
The Tisbury School hosts its Scholastic book fair from Dec. 2 to Dec. 5 in the school’s library. The public is welcome to come browse the sale with part of the proceeds going to purchasing print, audio and video resources for the school.
Tea and books go together like . . . well, tea and books. The Federated Church of Edgartown hosts its annual book talk on Monday, Nov. 25, at 4 p.m. Susan Mercier of Edgartown Books is the guest speaker.
Oak Bluffs seasonal resident Neil Rolde for 16 years was a representative in the Maine state legislature and the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from that state in 1990. He has long been concerned with what it means to be in governmental office.