The Silver Unicorn Bookstore

Community Event with ODK: Feast of Fiction with Local Novelists

Saturday November 17 | 6:30PM - 9:00PM

We invite you to join three local authors for an unique celebration of food and fiction at Orange Door Kitchen. Novelists Jenna Blum, Crystal King and Louise Miller will sit down with guests for a delicious meal inspired by their recently published works and then linger over coffee for book signing and more conversation.

MENU:

ONE // The Lost Family // Peter Rashkin’s mushroom soup with crème fraîche and brandy

TWO // Feast of Sorrow // Apicius’ chicken in dill sauce with romanesco, pine nuts, golden raisins, and colatura

THREE // The Late Bloomer’s Club // burnt sugar cake with maple icing

Tickets include a copy of each author’s novel plus a three-course meal prepared by Orange Door Kitchen. Beverages are available for purchase.

Click here to purchase tickets at Orange Door Kitchen

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Jenna Blum is the New York Times and number one international bestselling author of the novels Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers. She was also voted one of the favorite contemporary women writers by Oprah.comreaders. Jenna is based in Boston, where she earned her MA from Boston University and has taught fiction and novel workshops for Grub Street Writers for twenty years.

Crystal King is a writer, culinary enthusiast, and marketing expert. Her writing is fueled by a love of history and an obsession with the food, language, and culture of Italy. Her debut novel, Feast of Sorrow, was published in April 2017 and her second novel, The Secret Chef, will be released in early 2019. She has taught writing and social media at Grub Street and several universities including Harvard Extension School and Boston University. Crystal received her master's degree in critical and creative thinking from University of Massachusetts Boston. She lives in the US with her husband and two cats, Nero and Merlin.

Louise Miller is a writer and pastry chef living in Boston, MA. Her debut novel, The City Baker's Guide to Country Living, was selected as an Indie Next pick by the American Booksellers Association, a Library Reads pick by Librarians across the U.S., and was shortlisted by the America Library Association’s Reading List Council for best women’s fiction in 2017. Her 2nd novel, The Late Bloomer's Club, was published in July 2018. In addition to baking and writing, Louise is an art school dropout, an amateur flower gardener, an old-time banjo player, an obsessive moviegoer, and a champion of old dogs.

Author Event: Jabari Asim in conversation with Linda K. Wertheimer

Sunday December 09 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM

Join us for insightful event with Jabari Asim, who is a critically-acclaimed author of both adult and children books. He'll be in conversation with Linda K. Wertheimer, who is an author, freelance journalist and former education editor of The Boston Globe.

Jabari's latest book, We Can’t Breathe, came out in October. In it, he disrupts what Toni Morrison has exposed as the “Master Narrative” and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight wide-ranging and penetrating essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body.

What emerges is a rich portrait of a community and culture that has resisted, survived, and flourished despite centuries of racism, violence, and trauma. These thought-provoking essays present a different side of American history, one that doesn’t depend on a narrative steeped in oppression, but rather reveals black voices telling their own stories.

Jabari Asim is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director for Creative Writing at Emerson College. He was an editor for 11 years at The Washington Post, where he also wrote a syndicated column on politics, popular culture, and social issues.

Jabari is also the editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine, the NAACP's flagship journal of politics, culture, and ideas, and has served as the book editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When he was with the P-D, he was the only African-American to supervise book/publishing coverage at a major metropolitan daily.

As if all of that wasn't enough, Jabari has also written several books, from non-fiction (What Obama Means, The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why) to fiction (A Taste of Honey), to children's books (A Child's Introduction to African-American History, Whose Knees Are These, and Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington, among others).

Linda K. Wertheimer is a veteran journalist and former Boston Globe education editor, is the award-winning author of Faith Ed, Teaching About Religion In An Age of Intolerance. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, USA Today, Time, and many other publications.

Author Event: Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson in conversation with The Boston Globe's Chad Finn

Tuesday December 11 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM

As the NFL season heats up and playoffs approach, take a night to indulge in Patriot History!

The book's authors, Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson, will be joined in store by The Boston Globe's Chad Finn. They'll be discussing the duo's new book, The Pats: An Illustrated History. In it, they tell the complete story of the Patriots, featuring thorough research, archival photos, and essays from notable authors, journalists, and local celebrities.

This is a lavishly illustrated tale full of larger-than-life characters – from founding owner Billy Sullivan, early stars like running back Jim Nance and beloved wide receiver turned broadcaster Gino Cappeletti, to Hall of Famers and stars like John Hannah, Russ Francis, and Steve Grogan through to present-day stars like Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and owner Bob Kraft.

Glenn Stout is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as Series Editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years. Currently he lives in Vermont.

Richard A. Johnson has served as the curator of the Sports Museum of New England since 1982. He has also authored or co-authored 23 books, the lion's share about Boston sports teams or athletes, including the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, The Boston Marathon, Boston Braves, Harry Agannis, Johnny Kelley and others. A native of Worcester, he lives in Braintree.

Chad Finn is one of the most popular sportswriters in Boston. He has written for The Boston Globe and Boston.com for nearly 15 years. He writes a weekly sports media column for the Globe, and his weekly Patriots preview and wrap-up pieces are legendary.

Join us for this awesome night, celebrating the greatest team in football history -- the New England Patriots!