Book Sale, Signing Saturday in Belmont

The first sale this year at the Benton; Co-housing author signs at ALCHEMY 9.2.5

Book lovers will have two events  The Benton Library is holding its first of its monthly Book Sales today from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Library at the corner of Oakley and Old Middlesex. The reasonably priced books range from literature to non-fiction to coffee table books. In addition, a small selection of antiquarian books will be available for sale.  Proceeds benefit the Benton, Belmont's independent and volunteer-run library. Over in Belmont Center, Jean Mason, the pioneer of the American cohousing movement, will be at ALCHEMY 9.2.5, to sign copies of her latest book, "The View from #410 - When Home is Cohousing," beginning at 3 p.m. Mason will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about her experience with the Cambridge …

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Books I Could Write

Grief, murder, suicide, and other light topics ...

As a writer, I often get asked if I have intentions to write a book. If by “write” one means to create, publish, and hopefully sell a book, then my honest reply falls along the lines of "I don’t know." Writing fiction has never been all that interesting to me. For starters, I can’t seem to find a storyline that hasn’t been touched upon many times over.  And then there’s the challenge of finding an agent and then a publisher. An agent will not work with you if you are unpublished, and yet you need an agent to get published. Go figure. As for non-fiction, I do have a book inside of me that, when life allows, I would love to write. Readers of this column will not be surprised to hear that this book would deal with the topic of grief.  Most – …

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