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bostonbookfest

  1. Have a great idea for a session at BBF 2012? This could be your chance to make it happen . . . j.mp/KEsBD6%0A
  2. Hey, literary loungers! Our event scheduled for 5/31 has been rescheduled/relocated to 7/19 at the Middlesex. j.mp/LBL9oK%0A
  3. @Allie398_2 We're huge @realjohngreen fans, too!
  4. It's almost Mother's Day! @nprbooks offers three books for Mother's Day reading: what would you add to this list? j.mp/KHQ9V1%0A
  5. For those who love stats almost as much as you love literature (we know you're out there), novels-as-pie-charts! j.mp/JnsTdw%0A
  6. #BBF2011 fav Alison Bechdel interviewed on her new graphic memoir: "Mothers are just more difficult than fathers." j.mp/K3t2ts%0A
  7. Thanks! We had a blast. RT @Brooklinevill Can't spell @KateRacculia without cool. Thanks for a great lounge-lit last night. @bostonbookfest
  8. Today's lunchtime diversion: a fun book cover game from @PublishersWkly--how many can you guess? j.mp/I5buKF%0A
  9. Lounge Lit advance tix ($20) available until 3pm today; will be on sale at the door for $25. See you there! j.mp/JO2So8%0A
  10. How better to pass a rainy weekend than curled up with a few good poems? @Masspoetry happens Apr20-22, rain or shine! j.mp/HNaSFX%0A
  11. Congratulations to #BBF2011 author Stephen Greenblatt, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer in nonfiction for The Swerve! pulitzer.org
  12. Advance tix are now on sale for the three films we're sponsoring at @IFFBoston (plus a ton of other great films, too)! j.mp/IQr3Sc%0A
  13. Talk food and philosophy with Gopnik, Goodman, Livesey, and @WBUR @hereandnow's Robin Young, 4/23 in Cambridge. j.mp/HplkWE%0A
  14. Can't wait! RT @SolomonAnna #Boston! I'll be on stage as part of @bostonbookfest's Lounge Lit @ Think Tank on 4/19. bostonbookfest.org/bookfest/sched…
  15. Celebrate National Poetry Month with discussions and workshops from @masspoetry, coming up later in April! j.mp/HaPBqK%0A
  16. Here's one cookbook that couldn't be replicated as an e-book . . . is it lunchtime yet? j.mp/HgnrtJ%0A
  17. Good local bookstore news: "People are buying books, believe it or not!" j.mp/z9Y0v0%0A
  18. Have you made your picks in March (Book) Madness yet? outofprintclothing.com/2012/03/welcom…
  19. Thanks to @MeghnaWBUR, @TheDrumlitmag, and @ThinkTankBistro for a great Literary Trivia event last night! Next Lounge LIt is April 19!