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Good day Watertown! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which genres these agents want—and Watertown's surprising role in publishing

Also on today's calendar: Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 69, low: 65.
  • Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 10 New Agents Seeking Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story Collections, LGBT, and more (blogspot.com) — One of the featured agents previously worked at Charlesbridge, a children's book publisher based in Watertown, highlighting a local link in the wider publishing world. The piece mainly serves writers everywhere, outlining what ten different literary agents are seeking and how to query them, from literary fiction and speculative work to romance, horror, and narrative nonfiction.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday August 21
  • Insect Safari with Professor Bugman (for kids ages 5 to 12)
    Belmont Public Library Library Patio - 336 Concord Ave, 336 Conco
    10:00 am
  • Tech Time Drop-In
    Newton Free Library Computer Lab
    10:00 am
  • [CLASS FULL] ELL - Let's Talk About Food
    Newton Free Library Virtual
    10:00 am
  • Concert for Littles - Matt Heaton
    Belmont Public Library Morrissey Hall - 119 - 336 Concord Ave, 33
    10:00 am
  • Baby Storytime
    Waltham Public Library Lecture Hall , 735 Main Street, Waltham
    10:00 am
  • All Ages Story Time (Ages 0-5)
    Boston Public Library - Central Library in Copley Square 700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02116
    10:00 am
  • Music at the Blissful with Mr. Evan
    Needham Free Public Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue\
    10:00 am
  • Little Beats
    Newton Free Library Druker Auditorium
    10:30 am
  • ESOL Conversation Group for Ukrainian Speakers
    Boston Public Library - Central Library in Copley Square 700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02116
    10:30 am
  • All-Ages Story Time
    South Boston Branch Library 646 East Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127
    10:30 am

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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