Join Authors Julie Buntin & Susie Spikol at the HGS
On Friday, January 26th from 6:30–8 p.m., visiting MacDowell fellow Julie Buntin, author of the novel Marlena, will do a reading at the Harrisville General Store, followed by a conversation with Harrisville author Rebecca Dinerstein Knight.
Then on Sunday, February 18th from 3–5 p.m., we'll host Harris Center educator and author Susie Spikol in an event for children and families based on her book The Animal Adventurer's Guide: How to Prowl for an Owl, Make Snake Slime, and Catch a Frog Bare-Handed.
Our New Tiny Store Series
These events are part of HHI's new Tiny Store Series that features authors, talks, and music in the cozy and comfortable environment of the Harrisville General Store. Writer Sy Montgomery and artist Matt Patterson kicked off the series with a reading from their books Of Time and Turtles and The Book of Turtles. Other guests have included writers Tory McCagg and Mimi Bull as well as the Apple Hill String Quartet.
Author Julie Buntin
Join Julie Buntin on Friday, January 26th for a reading from her novel Marlena. Marlena is the story of two girls and the wild year that will cost one her life, and define the other’s for decades. It is a "generous, sensitive novel of true feeling [that] sweeps you up without too much explication, becoming both a painful exorcism and a devoted memorial to friends and selves who are gone," according to the New York Times Book Review.
Marlena is a National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize Finalist, longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, BuzzFeed, The Washington Post, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, NPR, NYLON, Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and Barnes & Noble.
In Conversation with Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Following a reading from Marlena, Julie will be joined in conversation with Harrisville author Rebecca Dinerstein Knight. Rebecca is the author of novels Hex and The Sunlit Night, and a collection of poems, Lofoten. Her screenplay adaptation of The Sunlit Night premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is now a major motion picture. A graduate of Yale and the NYU MFA program, she is the recipient of a Wallant Award for Jewish Literature.
Author Susie Spikol
Join Susie Spikol on Sunday, February 18th for an event for children and families based on her book The Animal Adventurer's Guide: How to Prowl for an Owl, Make Snake Slime, and Catch a Frog Bare-Handed. Her delightful guide includes 50 hands-on activities and adventures that bring you closer to wild animals than you’ve ever been—from feathery birds and furry mammals to slippery herps, crawly arthropods, and other intriguing invertebrates.
Susie is the recipient of New Hampshire’s Environmental Educator Award and, over the course of her 30 year career as a naturalist, has taught thousands of children, parents, and teachers and given hundreds of public talks at nature centers, schools, colleges, universities, libraries, and conferences. Whether she’s talking about star-nosed moles or how to help children engage with the natural world, her passion and commitment to connecting people with the natural world is clearly communicated.
Join Us
Julie Buntin: Friday, January 26th from 6:30–8 p.m.
Susie Spikol: Sunday, February 18th from 3–5 p.m.
Copies of Julie’s and Susie’s books are now available at the store if you'd like to get a head start on your reading.
Grab a coffee, a beer, or a glass of wine while supporting the store and these talented artists. See you there!
Learn more about Julie Buntin and Susie Spikol at their respective websites.
