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Friday, August 16, 2024

FREE Hybrid Event with Rachel Harrison and Emily Hughes August 21st!

Click here to register for the Zoom

I am posting this on both blogs today because the event is next week and it is available to every one, every where. You don't want to miss it. This is an event for both authors and their latest releases BUT ALSO it is an official Summer Scares event as well.

Please, signup even if you cannot make it. They will be sending a recording. This is a great event to let your patrons know about as well. Again, all can signup no matter where you live.

While this will be a great event on its own, on a selfish note, as one of the people in charge of Summer Scares, I'd love to get a report of HUGE numbers in support of Summer Scares.

Please use the link here or see the text from their website below. 

Maybe I will see you there.

Hybrid: Summer Scares First Bite: SUCH SHARP TEETH & HORROR FOR WEENIES

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
7:00—8:00 PM 
Meeting RoomSargent Memorial Library
427 Massachusetts Ave
Boxborough, MA 01719

Join us in person at the library or online via Zoom for this special discussion!

As part of this year’s Summer Scares, we welcome authors Rachel Harrison and Emily C. Hughes for a discussion about gateways to the horror genre and how entwined horror is in popular culture. Harrison’s novel Such Sharp Teeth is a selection for the Horror Writers Association 2024 Summer Scares program. Harrison’s work is known for the relatable women protagonists, sense of humor, and feminist twists on tropes. Hughes first book, Horror For Weenies, is forthcoming in September with detailed information on 25 of the most popular horror movies written in an accessible and approachable manner 'for people who love getting the reference but hate being scared.' 

NOTE: This is a HYBRID event. If you'd like to join us online (where we will be taking questions!), please register for the Zoom.

If you'd like to join us in person, just show up.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

We are proud to be partnering with Silver Unicorn Bookstore for book purchases. You can pre-order signed copies (by bookplate) of the participating authors forthcoming titles, So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison and Horror For Weenies by Emily C. Hughes. Additionally, you can place orders for any of the Summer Scares titles(copies of Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth will also be signed). If you are attending in person, our authors will be happy to sign books that you bring from home, too. Please limit them to 3 per author.

About the authors:

Rachel Harrison is the national bestselling author of BLACK SHEEP, SUCH SHARP TEETH, CACKLE, and THE RETURN, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, as an Audible Original, and in her debut story collection BAD DOLLS. Her next novel, SO THIRSTY, is out September 10th from Berkley.

Emily C. Hughes wants to scare you. Formerly the editor of Unbound Worlds and TorNightfire.com, she writes about horror and curates a list of the year’s new scary books. Her first book, Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch, will hit shelves in September 2024 from Quirk Books. You can find her writing elsewhere in The New York Times, Vulture, Tor.com, Electric Literature, Thrillist, and more. Emily lives in crunchy western Massachusetts with her husband and four idiot cats.

This hybrid program is brought to you by Sargent Memorial Library in partnership with Ashland Public Library and Framingham Public Library, and several other Massachusetts and New Hampshire libraries.  

This program is part of Summer Scares, an annual reading program from The Horror Writers Association, in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, Booklist, and NoveList, which provides titles selected by a panel of authors and library workers and is designed to promote Horror as a great reading option for all ages, during any time of the year.

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