Holiday Book Signing with Rhode Island Author MAGGIE JACKSON of UNCERTAIN on Dec 21 from 1 to 3 PM

Rhode Island author MAGGIE JACKSON, will sign copies of her paradigm-shifting book, uncertaIN: THE WISDOM AND WONDER OF BEING UNSURE.

• Nominated for a National Book Award

• A Selection of the Next Big Idea Club (“A Can’t-Miss Must-Read”)

• An Amazon Top New Release

• A Nautilus Top 10 Summer Read

• A Library Journal Best Book of 2023

• Excerpted, with adaptations, in The Boston Globe, Porchlight, New Philosopher, Nautilus, and CNN

About the Book

Featuring cutting-edge research and in-depth reporting, this paradigm-shifting book shows us how to skillfully confront the unexpected and unknown, and how to seek not-knowing in the service of curiosity, wisdom, and discovery.

A revolutionary guide to flourishing in times of flux and angst by harnessing the overlooked power of our uncertainty.

In an era of terrifying unpredictability, we race to address complex crises with quick, sure algorithms, bullet points, and tweets. How could we find the clarity and vision so urgently needed today by being unsure? Uncertain is about the triumph of doing just that. A scientific adventure tale set on the front lines of a volatile era, this epiphany of a book by award-winning author Maggie Jackson shows us how to skillfully confront the unexpected and the unknown, and how to harness not-knowing in the service of wisdom, invention, mutual understanding, and resilience.

Long neglected as a topic of study and widely treated as a shameful flaw, uncertainty is revealed to be a crucial gadfly of the mind, jolting us from the routine and the assumed into a space for exploring unseen meaning. Far from luring us into inertia, uncertainty is the mindset most needed in times of flux and a remarkable antidote to the narrow-mindedness of our day.

In laboratories, political campaigns, and on the frontiers of artificial intelligence, Jackson meets the pioneers decoding the surprising gifts of being unsure. Each chapter examines a mode of uncertainty-in-action, from creative reverie to the dissent that spurs team success. Step by step, the art and science of uncertainty reveal being unsure as a skill set for incisive thinking and day-to-day flourishing.

Praise

It’s all too easy to seek the comforting simplicity of the certain. With cutting-edge science and insights both surprising and practical, Uncertain shows how cultivating an open and unsettled mindset can help us to spark curiosity, compassion, and creativity.
—Gretchen Rubin, New York Times-bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Life in Five Senses

Maggie Jackson’s incisive and timely book is a provocative exploration of the surprising benefits of not knowing. Richly researched and briskly written, it dismantles the stigma around uncertainty — and shows how this state of mind can jolt us from intellectual complacency and foster creativity, resilience, and mutual understanding. Uncertain is a triumphant ode to the wisdom of being unsure.
—Daniel H. Pink, New York Times-bestselling author of The Power of Regret, Drive, and When

Maggie Jackson’s Uncertain poses a provocative and important question: what can we learn from saying we don’t know? Penned by a science journalist with the heart of a poet, this book is beautifully written and deeply compelling in a culture divided more by false certainties than perhaps ever befor
— Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved

About the Author

Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author and journalist known for her pioneering writings on social trends, particularly technology’s impact on humanity. Winner of the 2020 Dorothy Lee Book Award for excellence in technology criticism, Distracted was compared by FastCompany.com to Silent Spring for its prescient critique of technology’s excesses, named a Best Summer Book by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and was a prime inspiration for Google’s 2018 global initiative to promote digital well-being. Maggie Jackson’s expertise has been featured in The New York Times, Business Week, Vanity Fair, Wired.com, O Magazine, and The Times of London; on MSNBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, Oprah Radio, The Takeaway, and on the Diane Rehm Show and the Brian Lehrer Show; and in multiple TV segments and film documentaries worldwide. Her speaking career includes appearances at Google, Harvard Business School, and the Chautauqua Institute. Jackson lives with her family in New York and Rhode Island.

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UNCERTAIN: THE WISDOM AND WONDER OF BEING UNSURE

DISTRACTED: RECLAIMING OUR FOCUS IN A WORLD OF LOST ATTENTION

Rhody Reader Box Book Signing with Christa Carmen of Beneath the Poet’s House on Saturday, December 14 from 2 to 4 pm

The Rhody Reader Box is a celebration of all things Rhode Island and it’s back for 2024, featuring Christa Carmen’s psychological suspense novel Beneath the Poet’s House, along with locally made products by Juniper Hill Apothecary, Jaffal Chocolates, and The Black Leaf Tea.

Meet the Author and Purchase signed copies! They make a great gift for the reader in your life.

About the Book

Unmoored by her husband’s death and suffering from writer’s block, novelist Saoirse White moves to Providence, and into the historic home of Sarah Helen Whitman, the nineteenth-century poet and spiritualist once courted by Edgar Allan Poe. Saoirse’s certain she’ll find inspiration in the quiet rooms, as well as in the tucked-away rose garden and forgotten cemetery at the back of the property.

Saoirse is immediately welcomed by an effusive trio of transcendentalists obsessed with Whitman, the house, and Whitman’s mystic beliefs. Saoirse, emerging from grief and loneliness, welcomes the idea of new friends taking her mind off the past—even as they hope to summon it. When she meets Emmit Powell, a charismatic and charming prize-winning author, Saoirse thinks she’s finally turned a corner.

Emboldened by new romance, Saoirse begins to write again and, through her writing, rediscover herself. But as old fears return, she finds that nothing about her new life is what it seems—and a secret she’s tried so hard to bury may not be the only thing that comes back to haunt her.

Praise

Beneath the Poet’s House is creepy and addictive. Carmen uses a gothic New England setting to explore art and magic and left me thinking that the things men do to women are far more terrifying than any conjuring. 
―Jessa Maxwell, author of The Golden Spoon and I Need You to Read This

Haunting and gorgeously told, Beneath the Poet’s House brings new life to the tumultuous romance and compelling lives of Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman, all within a modern psychological suspense with a riveting plot that will enthrall readers. 
―Vanessa Lillie, USA Today bestselling author of Blood Sisters

Bram Stoker Award winner [Christa] Carmen weaves a captivating web of psychological suspense in her latest spine-tingler…For gothic mystery fans, this is a treat. 
―Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Christa Carmen lives in Rhode Island. She is the author of The Daughters of Block Island, winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a Shirley Jackson Award nominee, the Indie Horror Book Award-winning Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated “Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell” (Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror). She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from Boston College, and an MFA from the University of Southern Maine. When she’s not writing, she keeps chickens; uses a Ouija board to ghost-hug her dear, departed beagle; and sets out on adventures with her husband, daughter, and bloodhound–golden retriever mix. Visit her at christacarmen.com.

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Copies will be available for purchase at the event and in store, or purchase from our online shop.

The Rhody Reader Box features:
Beneath the Poet’s House and The Daughter’s of Block Island

Holiday Book Signing with Local Author & Photographer Traer Scott of Rescue Cats on Dec 7 from 1 to 3 PM

Support RI Authors & Makers, Come shop local with us this holiday season!

The perfect gift for cat lovers everywhere, Rescue Cats will delight and inspire with its collection of full-color, close-up portraits of cats and their stories of adoption, from the award-winning author of Finding Home and Forever Home.

About the Book

Celebrated animal photographer Traer Scott invites readers on a heartwarming journey into the lives of courageous rescue cats and kittens, captured in evocative images and remarkable stories. In these pages, you’ll meet:

• Forrest, a majestic Maine Coon who was born with an impairment and found on the street as a twelve-week-old stray. After finding the perfect home, he now goes kayaking and camping with his family.

• Linus, once a severely malnourished kitten weighing less than one ounce and given no chance of survival. After months of careful foster care, he grew to be a healthy and beloved pet.

• A litter of kittens, shown week by week, revealing how quickly they grow and change.

• And twenty more rescue cats whose inspiring stories of survival and resilience offer an irresistible celebration of compassion and second chances.

Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Rescue Cats pays tribute to these amazing felines who have undergone remarkable transformations and found their forever homes while conveying the profound impact of rescue and adoption. For cat lovers, photography enthusiasts, and advocates for animal welfare, this joyful cat book is a poignant reminder that every rescue is a chapter in a larger story of compassion and redemption.

Praise

This joyful cat book is a poignant reminder that every rescue is a chapter in a larger story of compassion and redemption.
—Cattitude Daily

About the Author

Traer Scott is an award-winning photographer and author of fourteen books, including Shelter Dogs and Finding Home, specializing in animal photography, the human/animal bond, and conservation-themed fine art photography. Scott’s work has been exhibited around the world and appeared in National Geographic, Time, Vogue, Le Monde, Life, Der Stern, The New York Times Lens blog, and dozens of other national and international publications. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

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RESCUE CATS

Mystery thriller Authors in Conversation with Vanessa Lillie, Ana Reyes, and Tracy Sierra on Dec 5 from 6 to 7:45 PM

Meet and mingle with the authors, Be Part of a Lively Literary Discussion, and find your next great mystery thriller read at Ink Fish Books!

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, author discussion, and book signing.

Space is limited. PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE.

Books will be for sale at the event, in store, or online.

About the Books

BLOOD SISTERS by Vanessa Lillie

There are secrets in the land.

As an archaeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Syd Walker spends her days in Rhode Island trying to protect the land’s Indigenous past, even as she’s escaping her own.

While Syd is dedicated to her job, she’s haunted by a night of violence she barely escaped in her Oklahoma hometown fifteen years ago. Even though she swore she’d never go back, the past comes calling.

What happens to the land happens to the women.

When a skull is found near the crime scene of her youth, just as her sister, Emma Lou, disappears, Syd knows she must return to Oklahoma. She refuses to let her sister, or the remains, go ignored as so often happens in cases of missing Native women.

But not everyone is glad to have Syd home. The search for Emma Lou puts Syd in the crosshairs of local drug dealers looking to build an empire and vengeful vigilantes policing the abandoned mines, while government officials silence tribal rights.

The truth will be unearthed.

The deeper Syd digs, the more she uncovers about a string of missing Indigenous women cases trailing back decades. To save her sister, she must expose a darkness in town that no one wants to face—not even Syd.

THE HOUSE IN THE PINES by Ana Reyes

Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend’s sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers, deep in the woods, is hardly to be believed. . . .

Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer.

Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can’t account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer—the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealousy that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey.

At her mother’s house, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father’s book that didn’t stand out to her earlier. To save herself, she must understand a story written before she was born, but time keeps running out, and soon, all roads are leading back to Frank’s cabin. . . .

NIGHTWATCHING by Tracy Sierra

A footstep on the stairs. A second to react. What happens next will determine everything.

Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. She hears a noise—old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it’s the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs.

She sees the figure of a man appear down the hallway, shrouded in the shadows. Terrified, she quietly wakes her children and hustles them into the oldest part of the house, a tiny, secret room concealed behind a wall. There they hide as the man searches for them, trying to tempt the children out with promises and scare the mother into surrender.

In the suffocating darkness, the mother struggles to remain calm, to plan. Should she search for a weapon or attempt escape? But then she catches another glimpse of him. That face. That voice. And at once she knows her situation is even more dire than she’d feared, because she knows exactly who he is—and what he wants.

About the Authors

Vanessa Lillie is the author of the bestselling thrillers Little Voices, For the Best, and Blood Sisters. With fifteen years of marketing and communications experience, Vanessa was a columnist for the Providence Journal and hosts an Instagram Live show with crime fiction authors. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma living on Narragansett land in Rhode Island.

Ana Reyes is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick The House in the Pines. She has an MFA from Louisiana State University and teaches creative writing. She lives with her husband in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

Tracy Sierra was born and raised in the Colorado mountains. She is an attorney who currently lives in New England in an antique colonial-era home complete with its own secret room. When not writing, she spends time with her husband and two children. Nightwatching is her debut novel, and was selected as a Fallon Book Club pick.

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Copies will be available for purchase at the event and in store, or purchase from our online shop.

BLOOD SISTERS

THE HOUSE IN THE PINES

NIGHTWATCHING

Small Business Saturday Book Signing with Local Author Sara Shukla of Pink Whales on Nov 30 from 1 to 3 PM + Chocolate Tasting with Jaffal Chocolates from 3 to 5 PM

On Small Business Saturday, Local author Sara Shukla will sign copies of her Fictional Debut, Pink Whales—a hilarious coastal romp you won’t want to miss!

And Jaffal Chocolates will share their comforting yet minimally processed chocolate bars that are vegan, gluten-free, and made in Warren, Rhode Island, from only three simple ingredients.

Come shop local with us!

About the Book

Falling in with the cool moms of her preppy New England town might upend one woman’s life, in a sparkling and sharp-witted novel about marriage, escape, and deceptively tidy little lives.

Charlie is already feeling adrift when she relocates to an exclusive town in coastal New England with her mysteriously distant husband, Dev, and their young twins in tow. She hopes the move will recharge her stalled marriage, and she wants her kids to feel like they belong, even if she’s clearly a fish out of water herself. In a strange new world where summer is a verb and both the harbor and the partygoers are awash in a dizzying constellation of pinks and pastels, she’s never felt so confounded or alone. She’ll need more than a preppy handbook to find her way.

Then a trio of power moms—imposing, beautiful, and monogrammed—comes to the rescue, and Charlie clings to their attention like a life raft. As Dev pulls further away, Charlie dives into her newfound friends’ circle of yacht clubs, rivalries, and bizarre theme parties, hoping to find her sea legs. She even dares to cozy up to a hot, barefoot, and aggressively flirty local. But if she’s running from her problems at home, where exactly is she escaping to? Charlie is beginning to wonder. This ridiculous new normal—and her desire to be part of it—might just eat her alive.

Praise

“Pink Whales is a delicious, hilarious, voicey romp of a novel about Charlie, a wife and mother who doesn’t feel she belongs in her new home in preppy New England. Sara Shukla has an absolutely killer sense of humor, and the voice is pitch perfect. I adored it.”
—Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals and Rabbit Cake

“Pink Whales is a can’t-miss coastal romp where Charlie navigates the choppy waters of her new preppy town on a quest to save her marriage and bring her family together. I loved every page. Shukla has a gift for writing humor that hits deep while also exposing truth and the raw emotion that makes the story both relatable and unforgettable.”
―Rachel Barenbaum, author of Atomic Anna and A Bend in the Stars

“My house is a mess and my laundry piled to the ceiling, and it’s all Sara Shukla’s fault! I couldn’t put it down. Pink Whales lets you go places you’re not invited, drink more than you should, and escape to the beach on nearly every page—what’s not to like?”
—Christine Simon, author of Patron Saint of Second Chances

About the Author

Sara Shukla is an editor for WBUR’s Cognoscenti. You can find her writing at WBUR as well as the Los Angeles Review of Books, McSweeneys, and elsewhere. An alum of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator and the University of Virginia, she lives in Rhode Island with her family. Pink Whales is her debut novel.

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During Small Business Saturday, Ink Fish Books will celebrate with free giveaways, light refreshments, a food pop-up from 3 to 5 PM, and a book signing from 1 to 3 PM.

Copies will be available for purchase at the event and in store, or purchase from our online shop.

PINK WHALES

Photo Credit: Melissa Sepulveda.

Welcome the holiday season at Ink Fish Books with extended hours on Thursday, November 21 from 5-7 PM. Enjoy some early shopping with Vanessa Lillie who will be on hand to talk about her books and help you select your next great read or a book gift by dealing you a special Tarot card, plus enjoy mingling and light refreshments.

From the Shelf Book Group Discusses Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude—a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.

Join us on the last Sunday of each month at 11 AM to discuss the monthly pick.

Email us at info@inkfishbook.com for more information and to register.

Copies are available in store or online here.

Children’s Book Signing featuring Christopher Denise & Brie Rowey on Oct 27 from 1 to 5 PM During the Warren Walkabout

Ink Fish Books brings together two local children’s book creators—#1 New York Times best-selling author Christopher Denise with Knight Owl and Early Bird, and debut picture book author Brie Rowey with The Unmagical Little Witch. Both authors will meet their young fans and sign books on Sunday, October 27 at Ink Fish Books during the Warren Walkabout.

Rowey will appear from 1 to 3 PM. Denise will appear from 3 to 5 PM. Individually signed collectors prints will be given away to the first 15 people that purchase a copy of Knight Owl and Early Bird.

“Denise gives youngsters an old-fashioned story with an amusing twist and a cute-as-a-button protagonist that charms on every level. This will satisfy a wide range of readers, from Dragons Love Tacos fans to wannabe knights.” —Booklist, starred review

About the books

Knight Owl and Early Bird—Early Bird wants to be brave and protect the castle, just like Knight Owl. But she falls asleep on the job and then keeps her hero up during the day with her enthusiastic chattiness, well-meaning questions, and cheerful owl impersonations. But there are strange happenings in the forest, and soon Knight Owl and Early Bird find themselves in the throes of danger. Will these two learn to work together to keep themselves and the kingdom safe?  Caldecott Honor winner and New York Times bestselling creator Christopher Denise delivers another endearing medieval tale that shines with warmth and goodwill, and shows just how important teamwork is to saving the day. Recommended for young readers ages 4-7.

The Unmagical Little Witch—The charming picture book about a little witch who can't do magic—teaching young children the power in creating your own magic. Luna looks like a typical little witch. But one thing is missing . . . she reads spell books, brews potions, and collects crystals, but can’t do magic. Just as she’s starting to feel hopeless, she meets some creatures who ask for help from the little witch. Without a powerful spell or a magic wand, Luna must figure out another idea quick. She learns that sometimes hard work, creativity, and a bit of clever thinking is all the magic you need. Recommended for young readers ages 3-8.

About the Authors

Christopher Denise is the award-winning creator of Knight Owl, which was a Caldecott Honor Award winner, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and an ALA-ALSC Notable Book for Children, among many other honors. Christopher is also the illustrator of many critically acclaimed books for young readers, including Groundhug Day and Firefly Hollow.

Brie Rowey is a designer, engineer, and entrepreneur from Rhode Island. She graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship. The Unmagical Little Witch is Rowey's first children's book. She remembers the spark of imagination she felt when reading her favorite books as a child. She is inspired to recreate that magical feeling for others through her storytelling and illustrations.

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Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store.

Or purchase from our online store:
Knight Owl (first book in the series)
Knight Owl and Early Bird (available Oct 15).

About the Warren Walkabout

Spend a fall Sunday exploring the historic waterfront town of Warren, Rhode Island, at this year's annual Warren Walkabout—a street-style festival that runs two consecutive Sundays on October 20, and 27 from 12 to 5 PM. Locals and visitors-alike are invited to enjoy all that Warren has to offer, from unique independent shops and boutiques featuring sidewalk sales, to cafes and eateries with food pop-ups, along with live music performances around town, and open artist studios featuring workshops with live demonstrations. On each Sunday afternoon from Main Street to Water Street and beyond, explore the unique local architecture, waterfront views, and the cozy charm of autumn’s colors while supporting local businesses and the community. Whichever transportation you choose—car, bike, bus or boat—there’s plenty of parking and pedestrian access. For more information visit discoverwarren.com.

East Coasting: The Ultimate Roadtripper’s Guide to New England Book Signing with Christine Chitnis on Oct 20 from 1 to 3 PM During the Warren Walkabout & the store’s 6th Anniversary Celebration

Discover the ultimate illustrated guide to roadtripping through historic New England, and the must-visit spots along the way, in this beautiful and useful travel book about our beloved region which is also one of the most visited areas in the country. A USA Today bestseller.

About the Book

This beautifully illustrated guide to roadtripping through New England spans Connecticut to Maine and explores inland destinations in Vermont, New Hampshire, weekend trips to the Berkshires, and even crosses over the Canadian border to Nova Scotia.

In the spirit of Danielle Kroll’s Pacific Coasting, East Coasting is a fun ride. All across New England, there’s so much to see and do—Mystic, Providence, Salem, Portland, must-visit museums, bookstores, fooderies, and more. Go antiquing in Stonington, CT. Take a quick ferry ride to Martha’s Vineyard. Visit Horseneck Beach, MA, on a glorious summer morning. A weekend getaway to Portland, ME, is a must, where you can feast your way through the city.

And is there any better time than autumn, when the whole of New England is alight with changing leaves. Unless it’s a beautiful snowy winter day in New Hampshire or Vermont, with its pristine beauty and opportunities for winter sporting. East Coasting is for those who reside in New England, who want to visit New England, who need a gift for someone who loves New England, and for armchair travelers alike.

About the Author

Christine Chitnis is a writer and photographer based in Providence, Rhode Island. As the bestselling author of East Coasting, Patterns of Portugal, and Patterns of India, and a contributor to publications including the New York Times, Elle, Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler, Christine has not only earned a reputation as a multi-talented storyteller, but also as a trusted strategist in the lifestyle publishing sector.

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Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store. Or order online below.

East Coasting: The Ultimate Roadtripper’s Guide to New England

About the Warren Walkabout

Spend a fall Sunday exploring the historic waterfront town of Warren, Rhode Island, at this year's annual Warren Walkabout—a street-style festival that runs two consecutive Sundays on October 20, and 27 from 12 to 5 PM. Locals and visitors-alike are invited to enjoy all that Warren has to offer, from unique independent shops and boutiques featuring sidewalk sales, to cafes and eateries with food pop-ups, along with live music performances around town, and open artist studios featuring workshops with live demonstrations.

On each Sunday afternoon from Main Street to Water Street and beyond, explore the unique local architecture, waterfront views, and the cozy charm of autumn’s colors while supporting local businesses and the community. Whichever transportation you choose—car, bike, bus or boat—there’s plenty of parking and pedestrian access.

For more information visit discoverwarren.com or email info@inkfishbooks.com.

Ink Fish Books 6th Anniversary Celebration

The independent, woman-owned bookstore Ink Fish Books is celebrating its sixth year anniversary with book giveaways, a food pop-up with Empanada Assassin and book signing with local author Christine Chitnis, and of course—cake! Join us during the Warren Walkabout on October 20 during the hours of 1-3 PM to meet the author, eat gluten-free empanadas, and celebrate your neighborhood bookstore! We will be open from 12 to 5 PM.

Nashville-Based Author Rea Frey—IN EVERY LIFE—in Conversation with Vanessa Lillie on Oct 1 at 6 PM

An earnest exploration of a husband's dying wish for his wife to find a new love before he's even gone.

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, authors in conversation, and a book signing.

Space is limited. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Books will be for sale at the event, in store, or online.

About the Book

Ben and Harper have had a rough start to their marriage. After a surprise late-stage cancer diagnosis, Ben comes up with one final wish for his wife: he wants Harper to find a new partner before he dies. Harper is resistant to this wacky plan. If she can't have Ben, then she doesn't want anyone. Finally, he lets it drop, but not before the New York Times sends a journalist to do a feature story about Ben's life . . . and his idea. When Harper opens the door, she is stunned to find the one man who got away. Or, the man she spent one perfect week with a decade ago and never saw again: Liam Hale.

Suddenly, Harper is faced with her ultimate what-if: What if Harper had ended up with Liam instead of Ben? What if she'd pursued life as an artist instead of teaching? What if it had all turned out differently? After making a wish, Harper wakes up to find herself in a parallel universe where her what-ifs become a reality. Is the grass really greener, or is she standing right where she should be, even as she inevitably faces the pain of losing the one she loves? Faced with two profoundly different paths, Harper must decide where her heart truly belongs.

IN EVERY LIFE is a compelling exploration of love, loyalty and life’s grand possibilities.

Praise

"A perfect tale of 'what if.' Frey broke my heart into a million pieces then tenderly put it back together with her deeply moving message that sometimes the truest way we can love someone is by letting them go." —Kate Robb, author of This Spells Love

"Seamlessly weaving together three timelines of ‘what is,’ ‘what was,’ and ‘what if,’ Rea Frey’s In Every Life is an incredibly relatable story for every woman who has ever faced an impossible situation and wondered what if she had made a different choice. Perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life and the film Sliding Doors, Harper’s journey is an exquisite reminder that there are no coincidences and that life unfolds exactly as it is meant to." —Sara Goodman Confino, bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write

About the Authors

Rea Frey is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of several nonfiction books, domestic suspense, thriller, and contemporary fiction novels. Known as The Book Doula, Rea helps writers birth their stories into the world and has worked with numerous celebrities to ghostwrite their bestselling books. She is a Silver Falchion finalist, voted Chicago Reader’s Best Nonfiction Writer, and Pipeline's Book Adaptation winner. Her last novel, The Other Year, was a top 5 finalist for Target’s Book of the Year pick. Rea is a well-known book doula and has helped hundreds of first-time authors land agents, book deals, and become bestselling authors. She has been featured in US Weekly, Glamour, Hello Sunshine, Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Shape, Writer’s Digest, Crime Reads, WGN, Fox News.

Vanessa Lillie is the author of the USA Today bestselling suspense novel, Blood Sisters. Her previous bestselling thrillers are Little Voices and For the Best. She also co-authored the #1 bestselling and ITW award nominated Audible Original Young Rich Widows, now in print, and the sequel, Desperate Deadly Widows. With fifteen years of marketing and communications experience, Vanessa was a columnist for the Providence Journal and hosts an Instagram Live show with crime fiction authors. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma living on Narragansett land in Rhode Island.

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Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store. Or order online below.

Books by Rea Frey

IN EVERY LIFE
THE OTHER YEAR

Books by Vanessa Lillie

BLOOD SISTERS—paperback release is Oct 1!
YOUNG RICH WIDOWS

From the Shelf Book Group Discusses The LIfe Impossible by Matt Haig

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide.

“What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet…”

When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.

Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.

Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

Join us on the last Sunday of each month at 11 AM to discuss the monthly pick.

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Copies are available in store or online here.

Actor and Author Marianne Leone—FIVE-DOG EPIPHANY: HOW A QUINTET OF BADASS BICHONS RETRIEVED OUR JOY—in Conversation with Ann Hood on Sep 27 at 6 PM

A new installment in best-selling author Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint, actor Marianne Leone’s (The Sopranos) memoir explores how a bereaved couple and a pack of rescue dogs rediscovered joy.

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, authors in conversation, and a book signing.

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Books will be for sale at the event, in store, or online. A portion of the book sale proceeds will be donated to benefit The Jesse Cooper Foundation.

About the Book

In Five-Dog Epiphany, Marianne Leone writes about the joy that can be summoned after a great loss, “when you look into the eyes of another damaged creature and know that your happiness is a mirror and an echo and a prayer, and that the little soul reflecting all that energy is happy too, at last.” This memoir is a moving and sometimes surprisingly funny exploration of grief and the mutual healing that can occur between rescue dogs and people who have experienced a soul-crushing loss. Leone and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, lost their only child suddenly in 2005. Jesse was seventeen, a straight-A student, and a brilliant poet, who was also quadriplegic and nonverbal except with the assistance of a computer.

When six-year-old Jesse miraculously blurted “dog” to Santa, Goody appeared on his bed on Christmas morning. Goody was followed by Lucky, Frenchy, Titi, and Sugar, all rescues adopted after Jesse’s passing. After Jesse’s death, Leone grew a tumor the size of her premature son at birth, her husband disappeared into dark acting roles (Breach, Married Life), and Leone fainted during the filming of a scene in The Sopranos where she is standing in front of her television son’s coffin.

This is the story of a bereaved couple and a pack of rescue dogs finding their way to a new life, everyone licking their wounds, both corporal and spiritual, and the rediscovery of joy.

Praise

“Five-Dog Epiphany is a marvel—a poignant and revelatory memoir about the profound relationship between humans and their canine companions. Marianne Leone writes about grief and dogs and love and healing in a voice that’s raw and lyrical, and utterly her own.” —Tom Perrotta, author of Tracy Flick Can’t Win 

“While reading this heartrending, often funny, and ultimately life-affirming memoir, I found myself thinking of the nonfiction masters Joan Didion and Patti Smith, for these are Marianne Leone’s peers. Written in lyrical, evocative prose that is as erudite as it is streetwise, this unforgettable memoir takes us unflinchingly into fathomless loss where the only lifeline may just be compassion for the suffering of other living creatures with whom we share this imperiled planet, dogs especially; Five-Dog Epiphany nourishes the soul as only genuine art can, by illuminating the simple yet elusive truth that love of all kinds holds the power to sustain and maybe even save us.” —Andre Dubus III, author of Such Kindness

About the Authors

Marianne Leone is an actor, screenwriter, and essayist. Her essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, Lit Hub, Ploughshares, Post Road, Bark Magazine, Coastal Living, Solstice, and elsewhere. She is the author of two memoirs, Jesse and Ma Speaks Up. She had a recurring role on HBO’s The Sopranos as Joanne Moltisanti, Christopher’s mother. She has also appeared in films by David O. Russell, Larry David, John Sayles, Nancy Savoca, and Martin Scorsese.

Ann Hood is the author of a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the novels The Stolen Child, The Book That Matters Most, and The Knitting Circle, and editor of the anthologies Providence Noir, Knitting Yarns and Knitting Pearls. Hood is the imprint curator for Gracie Belle Books and lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York. Five-Dog Epiphany is the newest release on Gracie Belle Books.

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Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store. Or order online below.

Books by Marianne Leone

FIVE-DOG EPIPHANY Available for preorder. Pub date is Sep 3.

JESSE: A MOTHER’S STORY

MA SPEAKS UP

Books by Ann Hood

THE STOLEN CHILD

FLY GIRL

From the Shelf Book Group Discusses The WEDDING PEOPLE by ALISON ESPACH

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew.

It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamt of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe—which makes it that much more surprising when the women can’t stop confiding in each other.

In turns uproariously, absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is a look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined—and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.

Join us on the last Sunday of each month at 11 AM to discuss the monthly pick.

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BREATHE. WRITE. BREATHE. Author Talk for Creative Flow with Lisa Tener on Aug 13 at 6 PM

easy and fun practices to induce and sustain creative flow with Rhode Island’s Own Creativity Catalyst, Lisa Tener.

In this creative engagement talk with live demonstration, award-winning author, book coach, and creativity catalyst Lisa Tener will share how she uses mindful movement, visualization, and breathing practices to support her creativity, her overall well-being, and that of her clients—all from her newest book Breathe. Write. Breathe. : 18 Energizing Practices to Spark Your Writing and Free Your Voice.

This is a free event. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

About the Book

In this ground-breaking guide, award-winning author Lisa Tener revolutionizes the writing experience. New, seasoned, and aspiring writers will find a unique blend of practical exercises and innovative techniques to tap into your inner wellspring of creativity.

As Lisa leads you on a journey of self-discovery and transformation, you’ll harness the power of mindful movement and breath to free your authentic voice, silence your inner critic, and ignite your imagination like never before. Enjoy instant access to video training and audio meditations—via the convenience of QR codes—making the experience especially engaging.

Going beyond writing prompts, Breathe. Write. Breathe. promises to revitalize your writing process. Immerse yourself in its pages and prepare to witness your writing flow with unparalleled ease, your creativity soar to new heights, and your journey as a writer evolve into an enlivening adventure.

Praise

“Lisa Tener's Breathe. Write. Breathe. beautifully explains the essential connection between mindful breathing and regular writing. All writers, and especially the millions of blocked and resistant writers, will benefit from the simple, easy-to-follow practices eloquently described in Breathe. Write. Breathe. Highly recommended!” —Eric Maisel, author of dozens of creativity books, including Unleashing the Artist Within

“In . . . Breathe. Write. Breathe. . . . Lisa Tener offers a unique combination of breathwork and writing exercises aimed at enhancing creativity and promoting a sense of well-being. Inspired by her experiences in Qigong classes, where deep, mindful breathing led to profound creative insights, Tener integrates these practices to help writers overcome blocks and tap into their inner muse. For writers struggling with writer's block or self-doubt, these practices offer a playful [way to]...disrupt linear thinking patterns and unlock new creative pathways.” —Providence Monthly

About the Author

Award-winning author Lisa Tener is known for helping writers easily access creative flow and bring forth their best work. Lisa served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course for over a dozen years. Lisa holds two degrees from MIT and is certified by RP Qigong to teach Empowerments and Happiness Qigong. Her book The Joy of Writing Journal won five book awards.

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THE JOY OF WRITING JOURNAL 

BREATHE. WRITE. BREATHE. Available for purchase at the event, and hopefully soon online.

Coastal Summer Reads Author Panel with Jamie Brenner, Brooke Lea Foster, and Sara Shukla on July 23 from 5:30 to 7:45 PM

Meet and mingle with the authors and find your next great beach read!

It wouldn’t be summer in New England without the classic beach read, and on Tuesday, July 23 from 5:30 to 7:45 PM, Ink Fish Books will host a Coastal Summer Reads Author Panel with Jamie Brenner (A NOVEL SUMMER), Brooke Lea Foster (ALL THE SUMMERS IN BETWEEN), and Sara Shukla (PINK WHALES) to discuss themes of love, place, belonging, and the complex female relationships that each of their books share.

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, and book signing.

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About the Books

A Novel Summer by Jamie Brenner

"With A Novel Summer, Jamie Brenner truly captures the essence of one of the world’s most beautiful beach towns—and I loved the bookstore setting. My only wish was that it was longer as I already miss the great characters she created. A triumphant new novel!" —Jeff Peters, Owner of East End Books

Author Shelby Albert found inspiration for her first novel while living in the picturesque shores of Provincetown on Cape Cod. When she comes to the town to celebrate her new bestseller, she is expecting a warm homecoming. But instead she is blindsided by the cold shoulders of friends and neighbors who feel exposed and betrayed.

Heartbroken, Shelby tries to move on and focus on her next novel. But then an unexpected opportunity arises: Her dear friend who owns the beloved Lands End bookshop needs help for the summer. Shelby reluctantly returns to the Cape to manage the store.

Back at the beach, Shelby sets her focus on the tiny seaside shop, getting lost in the stacks of steamy romance novels and dusty classics, and trying to right the wrongs of her past. With every page turned and every customer served, Shelby comes closer to gaining back the trust of those she hurt. But as her manuscript deadline nears, she is again forced to choose between her own success and a second chance at love and belonging.

All the summers in between by brooke lea foster

“A mesmerizing story of the complexities of female friendship and the yearning of women to live full lives. Foster depicts the 1970s with sensitivity and a rich command of detail, and as the pace picks up toward a perfectly executed denouement, you won’t be able to turn away.” —Beatriz Williams

When wealthy, impulsive summer girl Margot meets hardworking and steady local girl Thea in the summer of 1967, the unlikely pair become fast friends, working alongside one another in a record store and spending every spare moment together. But after an unspeakable incident on one devastating August night, they don’t see one another for ten years...until Margot suddenly reappears in Thea’s life, begging for help and harboring more than one dangerous secret. Thea can’t bring herself to refuse her beloved friend—but she also knows she can’t fully trust her either.

Unfulfilled as a housewife, Thea enjoys the dazzling sense of adventure Margot brings to her life, but will the truth of what happened to them that fateful summer ruin everything? Testing the boundaries of how far she’ll go for a friend, Thea is forced to reckon with her uncertain future while trying to decide if some friends are meant to remain in the past.

Set in the dual timelines of 1967 and 1977, All the Summers In Between is at once a mesmerizing portrait of a complex friendship, a delicious glimpse into a bygone Hamptons, and a powerful coming-of-age for two young women during a transformative era.

Pink whales by Sara shukla

“Pink Whales is a delicious, hilarious, voicey romp of a novel about Charlie, a wife and mother who doesn’t feel she belongs in her new home in preppy New England. Sara Shukla has an absolutely killer sense of humor, and the voice is pitch perfect. I adored it.” —Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals and Rabbit Cake

Charlie is already feeling adrift when she relocates to an exclusive town in coastal New England with her mysteriously distant husband, Dev, and their young twins in tow. She hopes the move will recharge her stalled marriage, and she wants her kids to feel like they belong, even if she’s clearly a fish out of water herself. In a strange new world where summer is a verb and both the harbor and the partygoers are awash in a dizzying constellation of pinks and pastels, she’s never felt so confounded or alone. She’ll need more than a preppy handbook to find her way.

Then a trio of power moms—imposing, beautiful, and monogrammed—comes to the rescue, and Charlie clings to their attention like a life raft. As Dev pulls further away, Charlie dives into her newfound friends’ circle of yacht clubs, rivalries, and bizarre theme parties, hoping to find her sea legs. She even dares to cozy up to a hot, barefoot, and aggressively flirty local. But if she’s running from her problems at home, where exactly is she escaping to? Charlie is beginning to wonder. This ridiculous new normal—and her desire to be part of it—might just eat her alive.

About the Authors

Jamie Brenner is the bestselling author of seven novels including The Forever Summer and Blush. She spends her winters writing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and her summers visiting the beach towns that inspire her books.

Brooke Lea Foster is an award-winning author and journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Huffington Post and the Washingtonian magazine. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Parents, PARADE,  The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, Psychology Today, among others. Her novels, Summer Darlings and On Gin Lane, were featured as top summer reads in People, named a top summer pick by Entertainment Weekly, and named one of Parade’s best books of summer. She writes the popular Dear Fiction newsletter and she's the author of three nonfiction books. All the Summers in Between is her third novel.

Sara Shukla is an editor for WBUR’s Cognoscenti. You can find her writing at WBUR as well as the Los Angeles Review of Books, McSweeneys, and elsewhere. An alum of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator and the University of Virginia, she lives in Rhode Island with her family.

At the Event

Space is limited and we want YOU to be there. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased in advance HERE.

Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store.

Or order/preorder online below.

A NOVEL SUMMER Available in paperback beginning July 16.

ALL THE SUMMERS IN BETWEEN Available beginning June 4.

PINK WHALES Available beginning June 4.