Listen, Learn, Enjoy At Whitelam Books Wed-Thurs.

READING – Whitelam Books has a busy week ahead.

Whitelam is hosting Rickey Gard Diamond, author of Screwnomics, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Accessible, inspiring, and wholeheartedly personal, Screwnomics offers female readers hope for a better, more inclusive future, and the tools to make that hope a reality.

The next night, Whitelam is hosting Jessie Janowitz, author of The Doughnut Fix, at 7 p.m. Superfudge meets The Lemonade War in this series debut about change, adventure, family, and, of course, doughnuts…

Both events are free and open to the public and children are encouraged to attend Thursday's event.

About Screwnomics

Over the past 50 years, the US has seen a major shift in dominant economic ideas, yet few women can identify or talk about their source or influence. Screwnomics issues a wake-up call for today’s women to join what has been an almost exclusively male conversation for the past 2,500 years. It explains the sexual history of economics, and the unspoken but widely applied economic theory – that females should always work for less, or better, for free. Written “for those who only keep the whole show going, making sure everyone eats and has clean socks,” Screwnomics highlights women’s empowered changes, already underway.

"Diamond's wit and charm, combined with Todd's quirky art, succeed in creating an economic primer that's both informative and fun...A smart, comprehensive economics guide with a feminist twist...her experience as a novelist, journalist, and professor are all brought to bear to demystify difficult concepts..." -- Kirkus Reviews

A journalist and fiction writer, Rickey Gard Diamond has long focused on money, politics, and cultural change. Writing about people in poverty and government policy, she became founding editor of Vermont Woman in 1985, where she continues today as a contributing editor.

About The Doughnut Fix

Tristan isn’t Gifted or Talented like his sister Jeanine, and he’s always been okay with that because he can make a perfect chocolate chip cookie and he lives in the greatest city with the greatest food. But his life takes a turn for the worse when his parents decide to move him and his two sisters to middle-of-nowhere Petersville, a place that definitely can’t be that great since it only has one road and no restaurants.

His suspicions about his new town are confirmed when he’s tricked into believing the local general store has life-changing chocolate cream doughnuts, which the cranky owner hasn’t made in years. And so begins his quest for the only thing that will make life in Petersville okay: getting the secret recipe and bringing the doughnuts back. But Tristan will soon discover that starting a business is going to be hard work, and he may have bitten off more than he can chew.

With kid-friendly info on starting a business and delicious doughnut recipes included in the back matter, this laugh-out-loud novel is also a conversation starter for kids who are interested in entrepreneurship and baking.

Jessie Janowitz is a graduate of Princeton University's undergraduate creative writing program and holds a J.D. from University of Pennsylvania law school. She's currently enrolled in the Writing for Children MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The Doughnut Fix is her debut novel.

Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street.