An Unlikely Story bookstore in Plainville, MA is so excited to announce that we will be hosting three Shop & Sip nights this December! On December 14th and 21st, the store will be open until 9:30pm to make sure everyone has time to get their holiday shopping done. We will have beer, wine, and cafe...
Two-time Olympic Medalist Nancy Kerrigan joins us to share her first ever picture book, Stronger than She Thinks, which shares scenes from her childhood as she learns how to work hard, to believe in herself, and to land her first axel jump. Nancy will discuss her book, answer questions, and sign copies! If you're not able to...
Alex Aster recently celebrated 52 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list for her debut YA fantasy novel, Lightlark, and this November, she'll join us to celebrate its sequel, Nightbane! In this seductive and action-packed follow-up, we find Isla being forced to weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all:...
Jennifer Dugan is a writer, a geek, and a romantic who writes the kinds of stories she wishes she’d had growing up. She’s the author of the graphic novel Coven, as well as the young adult novels Melt With You, Some Girls Do, Verona Comics, and Hot Dog Girl, which was called “a great, fizzy rom-com” by Entertainment Weekly and “one of...
Lyndall Clipstone is the critically acclaimed author of eerily vivid (Marissa Meyer, internationally bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles), bloodied but gorgeous (Victoria Mier, bookseller at The Spiral Bookcase) gothic romance, with prose that reads like a hypnotic incantation (Kirkus). A former youth librarian who grew up running wild in the Barossa Ranges of South Australia,...
Alix E. Harrow is the NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, and various short fiction, including a duology of retold fairy tales (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended). Her work has won a Hugo and a British Fantasy Award, and been shortlisted for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, Southern Book...
We're so excited to host bestselling, Emmy-nominated creator Jorge Cham to celebrate the release of OLIVER'S GREAT BIG UNIVERSE! Through comics and humor, Oliver explains the cosmos – from the Big Bang to supernovas – to readers, while navigating the highs and lows of middle grade. It's perfect for Wimpy Kid fans, reluctant readers, and science...
We are so excited to host Alecia Dow to celebrate the release of her new book, JUST A PINCH OF MAGIC! It's a heartwarming tale of friendship filled with magic and delicious food, sure to be enjoyed by any fantasy lovers aged 8 and up! Alechia will be discussing and signing her new book, as...
A graduate of Harvard University and Stanford Law School, Michele Campbell worked at a prestigious Manhattan law firm before spending eight years fighting crime as a federal prosecutor in New York City. Michele is the author of She Was the Quiet One and It's Always the Husband. Hank Phillippi Ryan is USA Today bestselling and five-time Agatha Award-winning author of...
An Unlikely Story is thrilled to be hosting Kristen Simmons to celebrate the release of her new book, FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD! It's a masterful breakout horror novel for young adult readers that's "Jumanji but Japanese-inspired" (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a deadly game in a nightmarish folkloric underworld. Kristen will be discussing FIND...
Kerri Maher is the USA Today bestselling author of The Paris Bookseller, The Girl in White Gloves, The Kennedy Debutante, and, under the name Kerri Majors, This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World. She's also the founder of an award-winning journal of YA literature, YARN. Kerri holds an MFA from Columbia University and lives in...
Husband and wife duo Lisa and Matt McMann join us to discuss their newest middle grade books! Rebel Undercover, the third installment of Lisa's The Forgotten Five series, is like X-Men meets Spy Kids, with lots of hijinks, humor, and family drama. Matt’s Terror in Shadow Canyon, book three of the Monsterious series, combines monsters with mystery, perfect for fans of Goosebumps. Lisa...
