Idaho Statesman Logo

Boise author Cynthia Hand to speak at Boise bookstore | Idaho Statesman

×
  • E-edition
  • Home
    • Customer Service
    • Mobile & Apps
    • Archives
    • Buy Photos and Pages
    • Contact Us
    • Newsletters
    • Newspaper in Education
    • Subscribe
    • Subscriber Services

    • News
    • Boise
    • West Ada
    • Canyon County
    • Crime
    • State News
    • Nation/World News
    • Databases
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Idahoans in the Military
    • Weather
    • Traffic
    • Helping Works
    • In the Classroom
    • Our Community
    • Sports
    • Boise State Football
    • Boise State Basketball
    • Idaho Vandals
    • High Schools
    • Bronco Beat
    • Chadd Cripe
    • Varsity Extra Blog
    • NFL
    • NBA
    • NHL
    • MLB
    • Golf
    • Idaho Politics
    • Elections
    • Government and Business
    • Capitol & State
    • Letters from the West
    • National Politics
    • Business
    • Business Insider
    • Business Columns & Blogs
    • Personal Finance
    • Legal Notices
    • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Bill Manny
    • Editorial Cartoons
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Guest Opinion
    • Submit a Letter or Opinion
    • Entertainment
    • Events Calendar
    • Restaurant Reviews
    • Arts and Culture
    • Festivals
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Showtimes
    • Music
    • Television
    • Books
    • Comics
    • Puzzles & Games
    • Horoscopes
    • Puzzles
    • Words & Deeds
    • ArtsBeat
    • Outdoors
    • Playing Outdoors Blog
    • Biking
    • Camping
    • Fishing
    • Hiking and Trails
    • Hunting
    • Winter Recreation
    • Living
    • Food & Drink
    • Health & Fitness
    • Home & Garden
    • Treasure
    • Pets
    • Religion
    • Travel
    • Best of Treasure Valley
    • Heart of the Treasure Valley
    • Margaret Lauterbach
    • Tim Woodward
    • Carolyn Hax
  • Obituaries

  • Contests
  • Advertise
  • Classifieds
  • Jobs
  • Cars
  • Homes
  • Place An Ad

  • About Us
  • Mobile & Apps

Books

Boise author Cynthia Hand to speak at Boise bookstore

Story times and book clubs: Area public libraries offer story programs for children of all ages and book clubs for youth and adults. Go to their websites and click on the calendar to check out the offerings.

Monday, Dec. 4

Books & Brews at Sockeye: 7-8 p.m., Sockeye Grill, 3019 N. Cole Road, Boise. Enjoy a relaxed chat about books. Adults only please. Facilitated by Boise Public Library staff.

Tuesday, Dec. 5

Sign Up and Save

Get six months of free digital access to The Idaho Statesman

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

#ReadLocal

Books & Brews at White Dog Brewing Company: 6:30-7:30 p.m., White Dog Brewing Company, 705 W. Fulton St., Boise. Enjoy a relaxed chat about books.

Free Drop-In Writing Workshop: 6:30-8 p.m., The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise. Provides unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. December’s workshop is hosted by Heidi Kraay.

Collister Writes: Making a Life as a Fiction Writer: 7-9 p.m., Boise Public Library Collister branch, 4724 W. State St. Two-hour workshop exploring the ins and outs of writing using the The Great Courses’ “Writing Great Fiction” along with group discussions and exercises.

Wednesday, Dec. 6

Writers Bloc: Prompts and Guided Writing: 6-7 p.m., Meridian Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane. Join us for an evening of discussion and prompts relating to all things writing.

Following Your Muse: My Life With Dogs: 6:30-7:30 p.m., Boise Public Library main branch, 715 S. Capitol Blvd. Mark Asher talks about writing and his book, “All That Ails You,” which is about a rescue dog who brings joy to a home for seniors. Asher will sell and sign his books at the end of his presentation.

Thursday, Dec. 7

Budding Wordsmiths: 4:30-5:30 p.m., Meridian Library Silverstone branch, 3531 E. Overland Road. Explore the craft and enjoyment of creative writing, eat snacks, play games and make new friends.

Cynthia Hand author event: 7 p.m., Rediscovered Books, 180 N. 8th St., Boise. Boise author Cynthia Hand is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for teens, including her most recent, “The Afterlife of Holly Chase.”

Friday, Dec. 8

Boise Bookmarks: Citywide Readers & Reviewers Club for Teens: 3:30-5:30 p.m., Boise Public Library main branch. For readers in the 7th-12th grades. Read whatever you want and tell each other about the books.

Ghosts & Projectors with Zachary Schomburg, Emily Ruskovich and Kathryn Jensen: 7-9 p.m., MING Studios, 420 S. 6th St., Boise. The Cabin launches its new-to-us reading series featuring innovative, experimental and emerging writers from Boise and beyond. $3 for Cabin members, $5 for nonmembers. Purchase tickets at www.thecabinidaho.org.

Saturday, Dec. 9

Poetry Workshop: The Way Out with Zachary Schomburg: 10:30 a.m.-noon, The Cabin, Boise. Zachary Schomburg is the author of the novel “Mammother” and four books of poems published by Black Ocean. He is the editor and publisher of Octopus Books, an independent poetry press. In this workshop, we’ll look specifically at some of the ways out of a poem, and how some of those ways out are more successful than others. We’ll think about poems as paths that lead toward a grand exit. Our discussion will center on examples provided by the instructor and a few generative exercises with poem-endings in mind. $7 for Cabin members, $10 for nonmembers. Purchase tickets at www.thecabinidaho.org.

  Comments  

Videos

Parma girls basketball secures best finish in program history

It’s okay to be different: The story of Rupert the bear

View More Video

Trending Stories

Farmers market to leave heart of Downtown Boise. Here’s where it’s going, and why

February 15, 2019 04:13 PM

4 Boise teens arrested, arraigned for suspected rape of 18-year-old

February 15, 2019 11:10 AM

Gene Simmons surprises Idaho’s biggest KISS fan (while he’s working at Arctic Circle)

February 15, 2019 04:34 PM

Idaho taxpayers’ tab for lawsuits just grew another $1.8M, up to more than $5M since 2012

February 15, 2019 08:48 AM

Big subdivisions in Nampa and Kuna. Apartments in Boise. See what’s coming near you

February 15, 2019 11:05 AM

Read Next

Books

This week’s best-sellers from Publishers Weekly

Tribune News Service

    ORDER REPRINT →

February 14, 2019 01:00 AM

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 9, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan (c) 2018 NPD Group.

KEEP READING

Sign Up and Save

#ReadLocal

Get six months of free digital access to The Idaho Statesman

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

MORE BOOKS

Books

This week’s best-sellers from Publishers Weekly

February 14, 2019 01:00 AM

Books

Mystery writer Laura Benedict worries there’s a stranger in her house

February 13, 2019 01:00 AM

Books

Paperback Picks: books by Chloe Benjamin, Zadie Smith and more

February 13, 2019 01:00 AM

Books

For Valentine’s Day, a roundup of books about love – in all its forms

February 13, 2019 01:00 AM

Books

Review: ‘Winter Loon,’ by Susan Bernhard

February 13, 2019 01:00 AM

Books

Review: ‘You Know You Want This,’ by Kristen Roupenian

February 13, 2019 01:00 AM
Take Us With You

Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.

Icon for mobile apps

Idaho Statesman App

View Newsletters

Subscriptions
  • Start a Subscription
  • Customer Service
  • eEdition
  • Vacation Hold
  • Pay Your Bill
  • Rewards
Learn More
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletters
  • News in Education
  • Archives
Advertising
  • Information
  • Place a Classified
  • Local Deals
  • Place an Obituary
  • Today's Circulars
Copyright
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service


Back to Story