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Join All She Wrote Books on Thursday, June 23rd at 7:00pm, as we welcome author Shoshana von Blanckensee! We are SO EXCITED to celebrate the paperback release of Shoshana's novel — Girls Girls Girls! This book is a piercing exploration of the choices we make in the thrilling and often confounding search for ourselves and home.
This book launch event will include a moderated discussion with author Kit Haggard, an audience Q&amp;A, and a signing by Shoshana!
"Inclusivity" isn't just a buzzword to us. We make every effort to ensure our space and events are accessible to and for everyone. If you or someone in your party needs accommodations, please email us at <a target="_blank" href="https://mailto:info@allshewrotebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">info@allshewrotebooks.com</a>.
About Girls Girls Girls
It’s the summer of ’96 and best friends (and secret girlfriends) Hannah and Sam are driving across the country from Long Beach, New York, to the fabled queer paradise of San Francisco, free from the harsh gazes of their neighbors and the stifling demands of Hannah’s devout Orthodox Jewish mother. In San Francisco, they will finally be together as a real couple, out in the open, around other queer people. Even if the move means leaving behind Hannah’s beloved Bubbe. When the financial strains of West Coast living push the girls to start stripping at The Chez Paree—yet another secret Hannah must keep from her family—Hannah feels trapped. Sam wants her at the club, but Hannah hates stripping nearly as much as she hates disappointing Sam. Then Hannah meets Chris, an older butch lesbian, who is immediately taken with her. Desperate to stay in San Francisco, but away from the leering men at the club, Hannah proposes an escort arrangement. But as Hannah falls deeper into Chris’ world and Sam starts to meet new queer friends, a rift forms between them. Without Sam, who is Hannah? And what becomes of San Francisco to Hannah alone—a space rich with queer possibility, or an intimidating, unfamiliar place, just as lonely as the one she’d left behind?
About the Authors
Shoshana von Blanckensee&nbsp;lives in Berkeley, California, with her partner and kids. She is an Oncology Nurse by day, and a writer by any available moment.&nbsp;Girls Girls Girls&nbsp;is her debut novel.
Kit Haggard is a writer and editor. Her debut novel, Rushlights, will publish with Putnam in June of 2027. Haggard has been named a Bread Loaf scholar, Mass Cultural Council artist fellow, and Spruceton Inn resident. Books she’s edited have appeared on "best of" lists by the New York Times, Elle, and <a target="_blank" href="https://tor.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Tor.com</a>, among other accolades.

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Join us at the fourth annual FAT POOL PARTY by Bigger Bodies Boston!
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Join us at the fourth annual FAT POOL PARTY by Bigger Bodies Boston!
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Join us as welcome author Richard Mercado on&nbsp;Sunday, August 2nd at 5:00pm&nbsp;at All She Wrote Books&nbsp;for a conversation with bookseller Ava, as they discuss Coming Out Perfect, a sincere and refreshing queer coming-of-age YA graphic novel about the pressures of coming out perfectly — perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Flamer.
"Inclusivity" isn't just a buzzword to us.&nbsp;We make every effort to ensure our space and events are accessible to and for everyone. If you or someone in your party needs accommodations,&nbsp;please email us at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="mailto:info@allshewrotebooks.com">info@allshewrotebooks.com</a>.
About the Book
When Kevin decides to come out to his Filipino parents at the dinner table, he expects them to create some drama. What he didn't anticipate was for his parents to ignore him entirely. Kevin is tired of feeling overlooked at home and at school when he is presented with the opportunity to reinvent himself with the help of Raymond, the most popular and admired gay kid in school. With Raymond’s guidance (and particular taste in fashion), life is suddenly looking a lot brighter.
But, perfection comes at a cost. Life as Raymond’s pet project has its own demanding expectations, including abandoning his old “uncool” friends and his beloved journalism club. Kevin is forced to confront the hard truth: Is it worth changing who you are if it means becoming something you’re not?
COMING OUT PERFECT emerges as the tender first book in a two book series about identity, self-worth, and the high cost of fitting in if it means leaving parts of yourself behind.
About the Author
Richard Mercado (he/him) is a Filipino cartoonist and graphic designer whose minicomic I Owe It to My Parents to Not Come Out earned him a 2023 Ignatz nomination for Promising New Talent. He has an MFA in sequential art from Savannah College of Art and Design and works as a production artist for Skybound Entertainment. Coming Out Perfect is his debut graphic novel, based on his personal experience coming out to his family. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit him at richardmercz.myportfolio.com.

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Join All She Wrote Books for an in-person children's story hour with drag performer Lee Le Putian&nbsp;and author Eric Rosswood, for a story time of A Place To Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change To The Ballroom&nbsp;on Saturday, August 8th&nbsp;at 10:00 am.
Please note:&nbsp;For safety reasons,&nbsp;adults must be accompanied by a child&nbsp;to attend story hour.&nbsp;Feel free to email <a target="_blank" href="mailto:info@allshewrotebooks.com">info@allshewrotebooks.com</a>&nbsp;with any questions.&nbsp;
"Inclusivity" isn't just a buzzword to us.&nbsp;We make every effort to ensure our space and events are accessible to and for everyone. If you or someone in your party needs accommodations,&nbsp;please email us at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="mailto:info@allshewrotebooks.com">info@allshewrotebooks.com</a>.
About A Place To Dance:
Who says only girls can twirl and boys must take the lead on the dance floor?
Celebrate same-gender ballroom dancing with renowned dancer Richard Lamberty as he breaks traditional gender roles, while promoting diversity and inclusivity in dance.
When dancer Richard Lamberty was a child, he loved dancing—especially ballroom dancing. But he was always jealous of the moves female dancers got to do. Intrigued by the female dancers’ different steps, Richard developed the skills to dance either role in order to compete with a male partner in the Gay Games in Europe. He then came back to the United States and cofounded April Follies, the longest-running and largest queer partner dance competition in North America.
Richard Lamberty is a two-time world champion ballroom dancer whose story inspires the LGBTQIA+ community to put on their dance shoes and do what they love.
About Eric Rosswood:
Eric Rosswood&nbsp;(he/him) is an author and commentator on LGBTQ issues, including civil rights, parenting, marriage, and politics. He has led panels on LGBTQ parenting issues for organizations such as the Family Equality Council and the Modern Family Alliance. Eric is the coauthor of Strong, a Stonewall Honor book, and the author of My Uncle's Wedding, and Queer Cheer.

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Join us on Sunday,&nbsp;August 9th at 10:30am at All She Wrote Books&nbsp;for a discussion of This Is How You Lose The Time War&nbsp;by Amal El-Mohtar &amp; Max Gladstone, an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Seats are&nbsp;limited, so snag yours quick!
Worried about finding the book?&nbsp;We've got you covered! Grab a physical copy through registration for the event, at <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop.org</a>, or <a target="_blank" href="https://libro.fm/" rel="nofollow noopener">Libro.fm</a>.
Can't make it?&nbsp;No worries! Let us know ASAP so we can release your spot to someone eagerly waiting on the waitlist. Don't miss out-register now!
Remember:&nbsp;This event has limited capacity, so grab your ticket and claim your seat before it's too late! We can't wait to see you there!
About the Book
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.
Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right?
Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.
About the Authors
Amal El-Mohtar (she/her) is an award-winning author, editor, and critic. Her short story “Seasons of Glass and Iron” won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards and was a finalist for the World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Aurora, and Eugie Foster awards. She is the author of The Honey Month, a collection of poetry and prose written to the taste of twenty-eight different kinds of honey, and contributes criticism to NPR Books and The New York Times. Her fiction has most recently appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://tor.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Tor.com</a> and Uncanny Magazine, and in anthologies such as The Djinn Falls in Love &amp; Other Stories and The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. She is presently pursuing a PhD at Carleton University and teaches creative writing at the University of Ottawa. She can be found online at @Tithenai.
Max Gladstone (he/him) is the author of the Hugo-nominated Craft Sequence, which Patrick Rothfuss called “stupefyingly good.” The sixth book, Ruin of Angels, was released this September. Max’s interactive mobile game Choice of the Deathless was nominated for the XYZZY Award, and his critically acclaimed short fiction has appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://tor.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Tor.com</a> and in Uncanny Magazine, and in anthologies such as XO Orpheus: Fifty New Myths and The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. John Crowley described Max as “a true star of twenty first century fantasy.” Max has sung in Carnegie Hall and was once thrown from a horse in Mongolia.
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Join us for tarot readings by Heronkind in store!
From Heronkind's Lauren Walleser:
Join me for a tarot reading at All She Wrote Books in Somerville! Tune in to the wisdom of your intuition, spirit guides, and higher knowing. Together, we'll ask Spirit for three cards with general guidance and support for your life right now. My readings are gentle, fun and inclusive. All cards offer gifts and healing! I'll also pull an oracle card for additional guidance. I look forward to connecting with you soon!

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Join All She Wrote Books on Thursday, August 12th at 7:00pm, as we welcome author Chloe Lauter to celebrate the release of her novel — The Flayed Man! A complex mother-daughter relationship is taken to a new level in this fresh and propulsive novel of family curses, blood-thirsty ghouls, and budding romance set against the Mojave Desert and Las Vegas.
This book launch event will include a moderated discussion with author Makana Yamamoto, an audience Q&amp;A, and a signing by Chloe!
"Inclusivity" isn't just a buzzword to us. We make every effort to ensure our space and events are accessible to and for everyone. If you or someone in your party needs accommodations, please email us at <a target="_blank" href="https://mailto:info@allshewrotebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">info@allshewrotebooks.com</a>.
About The Flayed Man
Ellis Karsten spends nights working triage in the ER and days having the same conversation with her mom. The early onset dementia is exhausting, but the real challenge is their curse—Ellis’s family must feed daily on blood, or risk becoming mindless, skinless killing machines. When Ellis’s uncle, who supplies their blood, vanishes, she takes it upon herself to find a new source, aided by a prickly paramedic who’s equal parts unpredictable and intoxicating. But as Ellis fights to balance her bloodthirsty nature with a new relationship, her mom’s impossible demands transform into panicked warnings that a fabled monster, “The Flayed Man,” is stalking them.
As she traverses the desert in search of blood, Ellis risks her safety and her family’s secret, until it becomes clear that her mom is right: something ancient and hungry is hunting them, and it has come for her mom. Blood hunger begins to overtake Ellis, transforming her body into something ghoulish and frightening—exactly what The Flayed Man wants. In the end, she must decide who to trust, what she’s willing to sacrifice, and whether she is worthy of a life, and love, beyond her curse—or if she’s going to succumb to instinct and ravage the world.
About the Authors
CHLOE LAUTER’s debut novel The Flayed Man&nbsp;has been praised by Kirkus, Booklist and&nbsp;Library Journal, is one of Debutiful’s&nbsp;Most Anticipated Books of the Year, and an August 2026 Indie Next pick. Chicago Review of Books called it “everything you want in a literary horror novel.”
Her work explores monstrosity, autonomy and embodiment through a horror lens. Originally from Seattle, she now lives in Los Angeles.
Makana Yamamoto was born on the island of Maui. Splitting their time between the Mainland and Hawaiʻi, Makana grew up on beaches and in snowbanks. Always a scientist at heart, Makana fell in love with sci-fi as a teen. A writer from childhood, fiction became the perfect medium for them to explore their interests as well as reconnect with their culture. Makana’s debut novel, HAMMAJANG LUCK, is a 2024 Locus Award Finalist. In their free time, Makana likes to hoard dice for their Dungeons &amp; Dragons games, defeat bosses with their guildmates, and get way too invested in reality competition shows. They currently live in Boston with their wife and two cats.

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Join All She Wrote Books for its newest book club — Quiet Queer Book Club! On Sunday, August 16th at 10:30am — come and connect with your queer community — no pressure, just good vibes, great books, and maybe a new friend or two! Bring your favorite book and settle in for a peaceful, inclusive reading experience. 

Space is limited, so make sure you RSVP!

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Join All She Wrote Books on Tuesday, August 25th at 6:30pm, as we welcome author Rylan Hynes to celebrate the release of their novel — Grafting! A luminous debut novel about second chances, forbidden love, and the courage to cultivate beauty in unforgiving soil.
This book launch event will include a moderated discussion with author Nina MacLaughlin, an audience Q&amp;A, and a signing by Rylan!
"Inclusivity" isn't just a buzzword to us. We make every effort to ensure our space and events are accessible to and for everyone. If you or someone in your party needs accommodations, please email us at <a target="_blank" href="https://mailto:info@allshewrotebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">info@allshewrotebooks.com</a>.
About Grafting
When Eben Turner returns to his family's apple orchard in rural Maine after his parents' death, he faces more than just the weight of inheritance—he confronts the love he left behind. A decade has passed since he and Chris Hartley, the Methodist minister's son, were torn apart in their final year of high school, their secret relationship severed by the forces of faith and small-town judgment. Now, as adults navigating the crossroads of identity and belonging, they must reckon with both their buried past and an uncertain future.
Set against the Edenic beauty of New England, Grafting unfolds through dual perspectives in a lyrical narrative that mirrors the delicate art of joining two trees to create something stronger. As Eben and Chris work to understand how they came to be parted, they discover that healing requires more than forgiveness—it demands the courage to cultivate love in hostile ground.
This exquisite debut explores the cost of forbidden desire and the resilience required to claim one's authentic self. With prose as rooted and enduring as the heritage apple trees that anchor the story, Grafting asks whether two people can truly come home to each other after being forced apart by the very communities that shaped them.
A voice-driven and unforgettable tale of queer love and rural identity, Grafting will resonate with readers who were moved by the sweeping emotion of Brokeback Mountain, the luminous prose of Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, and stories that find the sacred in the profane, the universal in the deeply personal.
About the Authors
Rylan&nbsp;Hynes is a trans author and artist. An alum of the Tin House Writers Workshop and a Maine Literary Award Winner, their work has been supported by the Maine Writers &amp; Publishers Alliance and Monson Arts. Currently Hynes serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Maine Writers &amp; Publishers Alliance, is a guest editor for Foglifter, and is the Communications &amp; Editorial Director at The Telling Room, a nationally recognized youth-serving creative writing nonprofit based in Portland, Maine. They&nbsp;live with their husband in central Maine with far too many heritage apple trees.
Nina MacLaughlin is the award-winning author of Wake, Siren&nbsp;as well as Summer Solstice&nbsp;and Winter Solstice.&nbsp;Her most recent book is the monograph&nbsp;Burning in the Eyes of the Maker. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Smart Moves: The Basics of Real Estate Investing Understand your options, evaluate opportunities, and buy with confidence.
Is owning an investment property a goal for your future? Do you own investment property now and want to be sure it’s the right property for you and your goals? Are you confused by mixed messages in the media about being a landlord, inventory, interest rates and affordability?&nbsp;

Then this workshop is for you!

This engaging session, led by local Realtor Jennifer Keenan, is specifically designed to give you the tools and information you need to buy an investment property - whether you are a first-time buyer looking for a multi-family home to offset your expenses, or are a seasoned homeowner - or current landlord - looking to expand your real estate portfolio.




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This workshop is cost free and open to all. There is no obligation and no sales pitch. Presented by: Jennifer M. Keenan, Realtor, 4Squares Residential Group at Keller Williams Realty Boston-NW | MA Real Estate Sales License #009513152 | Keller Williams Realty Brokerage License #7995 and Katy Schmier, Loan Officer | Guild Mortgage NMLS #406280 | Lender NMLS #3274

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