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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Reading Resident Dave Williams to Share Birding Expertise
DESCRIPTION:Whitelam Books is pleased to welcome Reading resident and avid birder Dave Williams on Wednesday\, April 8 at 7:00PM. Dave will be presenting a talk entitled “Words on Birds”. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nA former elementary and middle school science teacher in Reading\, Dave is a graduate of Mass Audubon’s “Birders Certificate Program”\, a year-long study of birds. He also attended Maine Audubon’s Hog Island Field Ornithology program. Dave has been birding for more than 45 years in Alaska\, Texas\, SE Arizona\, Florida and throughout New England. \nPresently\, Dave works part-time at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats sanctuary in Newburyport where he leads bird walks. Dave loves to share his passion and enthusiasm for birds with others. Come join him and learn all about what’s happening with birds in and around Reading!
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-reading-resident-dave-williams-to-share-birding-expertise/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Book Launch with Children’s Author Cynthia Platt
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is delighted to welcome back Children’s Book Author Cynthia Platt as she celebrates her new book Bunny in Disguise\, Saturday\, February 21\, @ 3:00 PM. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Join us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nJoin us as we welcome back Cynthia Platt to celebrate her new book\, Bunny in Disguise. The Easter Bunny is late! Can a group of creative kids help this iconic rabbit get to the town’s egg hunt in time all while keeping the famous bunny incognito and out of sight? The kids need to work together and hop to it if they’re going to pull this off and save the holiday. \nThis is a perfectly funny and sweet read-aloud tale to share in every Easter basket!
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-book-launch-with-childrens-author-cynthia-platt/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Author Kristin Bair at Monthly Fiction Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is excited to welcome author Kristin Bair to our fiction book club on Thursday\, February 19 at 7:00pm. Our monthly drop-in fiction book club will be discussing Kristin’s book\, Clementine Crane Prefers Not To. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nJoin us for a special fiction book club meeting as we host author Kristin Bair and discuss her book\, Clementine Crane Prefers Not To. Clementine Crane has a few things on her plate: She keeps the peace\, picks up the slack\, and always puts everyone else first. But when her first hot flash strikes\, perimenopause sends her into a tailspin. Between a husband who can’t navigate a revolving door without her\, three kids who treat her as their fixer\, and a career stuck in neutral\, Clementine begins to wonder: When is enough enough? \nOverwhelmed and fed up\, Clementine takes a stand—one small refusal at a time. She goes on strike\, ditching obligations\, setting boundaries\, and venting her frustrations on social media. When her raw\, hilarious\, and unexpectedly poignant videos go viral\, Clementine finds herself at the heart of a movement she never saw coming. \nClementine can’t stay on strike forever\, but can she let a few things fall through the cracks—before she cracks again? Speaking to the emotional\, and often invisible\, labor that so many women bear\, Clementine Crane finally asks: When does it become too much?
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-author-kristin-bair-at-monthly-fiction-book-club/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Story Time with Children’s Author & Illustrator AJ Smith
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is delighted to welcome Children’s Book Author and Illustrator AJ Smith to our weekly story time as he shares his book Catnip Mouse\, Wednesday\, February 18 at 10:30am. Join us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nJoin us as we welcome special guest\, author and illustrator AJ Smith to Whitelam Books to share his book Catnip Mouse at our weekly story time! Vera (the cat) is happily playing alone with her catnip mouse when Gipp (the dog) desperately tries to join the fun. When she doesn’t respond\, Gipp decides he’ll impress her with his magic wand but instead accidentally destroys Vera’s toy! Attempting to cheer her up\, Gipp offers to use his wand to replace the catnip mouse\, suggesting a series of fantastical rhyming alternatives. Would Vera like a ketchup joust? No. A cattle blouse? No! How about a cactus house? NO! Vera’s had enough. And soon neither of them has their favorite toy. Is there some way the friends can patch things up?
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-story-time-with-childrens-author-illustrator-aj-smith/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Authors Jane Ward & Nancy Bernhard
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is thrilled to welcome author Jane Ward in conversation with author Nancy Bernhard on Wednesday\, February 11\, at 6:00pm. Jane will be reading from her new book\, Should Have Told You Sooner\, while Nancy will share her book\, The Double Standard Sporting House\, at the event. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event:\nJoin us for a special double-author event as we host a book launch for Jane Ward (Should Have Told You Sooner) in conversation with Nancy Bernhard (The Double Standard Sporting House). \nShould Have Told You Sooner:\nWhile studying art history at a London university\, Noel Enfield falls passionately in love with aspiring artist and art school student Bryn Jones. Shortly after Bryn leaves for a five-month painting trip through Italy\, Noel discovers she is pregnant. She is ecstatic and believes Bryn will be too—they have plans to marry\, after all. But mishaps part the two lovers\, and a desperate Noel makes a split-second choice to move forward in a way that will change not only her life but also the lives of everyone she loves. \nThree decades later\, when she is offered a six-month secondment to a London museum\, Noel decides it’s time to prove she really has moved on from that difficult period by returning to the city where she met and lost Bryn. But rather than proving she has persevered\, the move lands Noel in the thick of London’s insular art world\, with only one or two degrees of separation from her past and the people she once loved. After she reconnects with an old\, dear friend and learns finally what kept Bryn from returning to her all those years ago\, the very underpinnings of her life are rocked to their core. Some decisions made in the past can never be put behind her\, she realizes\, and armed with this new understanding\, she sets out on a journey to reclaim what—and who—she left behind. \nThe Double Standard Sporting House:\nA high-class brothel that entertains New York’s most powerful men\, the Double Standard Sporting House funds a free clinic for women. When the Tammany Hall criminal syndicate takes over the city in 1868 and starts kidnapping girls\, the house’s owner\, Nell “Doc” Hastings\, cannot stay quiet—especially after sixteen-year-old Vivie arrives at the clinic bruised and bleeding. \nResolving to seek justice for Vivie and girls like her\, Doc builds an unlikely alliance with religious reformers\, a rare honest ward cop\, and an alluring newspaper publisher she can’t seem to keep away from. Even with their help\, Doc will have to use her sharpest tools—secrets\, guile\, and a surgical blade—to prevent a dark turn in the sex trade.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-authors-jane-ward-nancy-bernhard/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Book Signing & Conversation with Author Julie Dobrow
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is pleased to welcome author Julie Dobrow for a book signing and conversation on Sunday\, February 8 @ 3:00PM. Julie will be discussing her bookLove and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nJoin us for a conversation with Julie Dobrow as she shares her book Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage\, a dual biography of two activists whose marriage challenged the gender and racial norms of their time. Love and Loss After Wounded Knee offers a dual biography of Elaine Goodale and Ohíye’Sa\, (Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman)\, exploring their individual lives as well as their highly publicized interracial marriage. Both well-known in their own time- Elaine as a poet\, journalist\, and advocate for Indian education and Charles as writer\, public speaker\, and ardent activist for Indian rights- their marriage started with a shared vision to work on behalf of Indians. In the face of extreme prejudice\, financial burden\, and personal tragedy however\, the marriage began to unravel. Dobrow paints an intimate\, emotional portrait of the Eastmans’ lives drawn from Elaine and Charles’s letters\, papers\, and hundreds of accounts of the Eastmans’ lives from newspapers. The result is a compelling new history that weds the private and the political\, and Native America and the United States of America- entwined yet separated\, inextricable yet never fully joined\, just like Elaine and Charles themselves.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-book-signing-conversation-with-author-julie-dobrow-2/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T170000
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Stuffie Story Time and Sleep Over
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is excited to host our Third Annual Stuffie Story Time and Sleep Over on Friday\, February 6 at 5:00 PM! We’ll kick off the sleepover with a PJ stuffed toy story time\, and then the stuffed toys will stay behind to enjoy a sleepover in the bookstore! \nFollow us on social media (facebook.com/whitelambooks and instagram.com/whitelambooks) to see what fun and silliness the stuffies get into before falling asleep. Stuffed animals will be picked up the next morning\, Saturday\, February 7\, beginning at 10:00AM. \nThis event is capped at 30 stuffie friends\, and registration is required. Stuffies can be registered on our store event calendar: whitelambooks.com/news-events. Limit one stuffie participant per person. \nJoin us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome!
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-stuffie-story-time-and-sleep-over/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Book Signing & Conversation with Author Julie Dobrow
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is pleased to welcome author Julie Dobrow for a book signing and conversation on Sunday\, January 25 at 3:00PM. Julie will be discussing her book Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nJoin us for a conversation with Julie Dobrow as she shares her book Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage\, a dual biography of two activists whose marriage challenged the gender and racial norms of their time. Love and Loss After Wounded Knee offers a dual biography of Elaine Goodale and Ohíye’Sa\, (Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman)\, exploring their individual lives as well as their highly publicized interracial marriage. Both well-known in their own time- Elaine as a poet\, journalist\, and advocate for Indian education and Charles as writer\, public speaker\, and ardent activist for Indian rights- their marriage started with a shared vision to work on behalf of Indians. In the face of extreme prejudice\, financial burden\, and personal tragedy however\, the marriage began to unravel. Dobrow paints an intimate\, emotional portrait of the Eastmans’ lives drawn from Elaine and Charles’s letters\, papers\, and hundreds of accounts of the Eastmans’ lives from newspapers. The result is a compelling new history that weds the private and the political\, and Native America and the United States of America- entwined yet separated\, inextricable yet never fully joined\, just like Elaine and Charles themselves.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-book-signing-conversation-with-author-julie-dobrow/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hanukkah Story Time at Whitelam Books!
DESCRIPTION:Whitelam Books is excited to host a Hanukkah Storytime on Sunday\, December 14 at 3:00PM reading Eight Sweet Nights\, A Festival of Lights: A Hanukkah Story by Charlotte Offsay\, and Lost and Found Hanukkah by Joy Preble. Join us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages which will be held prior to the 4th Annual Community Menorah Lighting on the Reading Town Common. \nWhitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. This event is free and open to the public – all are welcome!
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/hanukkah-story-time-at-whitelam-books/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Storytime at Whitelam Books!
DESCRIPTION:Whitelam Books is excited to host a Holiday Storytime on Sunday\, November 30 at 3:00 PM. Join us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages\, which will be held during the downtown Reading Tree Lighting Celebration. Come celebrate the holiday season and get in the festive spirit! \nWhitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. This event is free and open to the public – all are welcome!
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/holiday-storytime-at-whitelam-books/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Double Author Story Time with Josh Funk & Nancy Goulet
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is delighted to welcome author Josh Funk\, reading from his new Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast installment\, WHODONUT? A Holiday Mystery\, as well as illustrator and author Nancy Goulet\, sharing her new board book\, Vroom\, Baby Driver\, Zoom\, on Saturday\, November 8 at 3:00pm. Join us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nBooks will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \n\nAbout the Event: \nJoin us for a special double author story time with Josh Funk (WHODONUT? A Holiday Mystery) and Nancy Goulet (Vroom\, Baby Driver\, Zoom). \nWHODONUT? A Holiday Mystery: The newest Agatha Crispy book is here\, and Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast have been invited to the very first reading on Holiday Eve! But when the lights go out and the book goes missing\, everyone becomes a suspect. As the party splits up to search the mansion\, Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast team up once again. Will they be able to follow the clues and save the ending to the Miss Maple series\, or will the culprit be at large forever? \nVroom\, Baby Driver\, Zoom: BEEP BEEP! Explore the world of things that go vroom with one speedy baby as he navigates his daily routine. His route even comes complete with pit stops for bottles and diaper changes. From a car-themed baby room\, to toy vehicles\, to strollers and more\, readers are passengers on a fun ride through one cute baby’s daily routine. This colorful board book is perfect for any family obsessed with things that go.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-double-author-story-time-with-josh-funk-nancy-goulet/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Book Signing with Authors Nancy Parsons & Claudette Sabbag
DESCRIPTION:Reading\, MA – Whitelam Books is excited to welcome author and North Reading resident Nancy Parsons\, as well as author and Reading resident Claudette Sabbag\, for a joint book signing on Tuesday\, June 10 at 7:00 pm. Nancy will be highlighting her book Old Crow\, while Claudette will feature her book\, Deer in the Road\, at the event. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nJoin us as we welcome Nancy Parsons (Old Crow) and Claudette Sabbag (Deer in the Road) to Whitelam Books for a joint book signing. Claudette’s novel starts when a troubled young man hits a deer in the road\, setting off a series of events that force him to make life-changing decisions that will reverberate into the future. Set on Cape Cod\, this generational story is told through the interwoven perspectives of an elderly man and his adult granddaughter. \nNancy’s book introduces us to Crow\, a nice man who is outliving his life. This is a simple story about what can happen when we outlive most\, or all\, of the people we care about. When the only place to go is someplace we don’t want to be.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-book-signing-with-authors-nancy-parsons-claudette-sabbag/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Book Signing with Author & Reading Resident Amanda Rotondo
DESCRIPTION:Whitelam Books is excited to welcome Author & Reading resident Amanda Rotondo as she celebrates her new book\, Place Names in Boston & Beyond: \nTongue-Twisted Town Tales\, Sunday\, June 8 from 2:00-4:00pm. Join us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nLeo-Minster? Who’s Leo? Quin-zee? There’s no Z in there! As it turns out\, these towns with funny names are full of wonderful\, surprisingly untold stories. Come learn more at a book signing with author and Reading resident Amanda Rotondo! Some town names are hilarious: a landlocked sailing-themed amusement park run by a man who built himself a house that looks exactly like a boat. Some are inspiring: a city’s outpouring of support for enslaved people fighting for their freedom. Others are simply delightful: two women rejecting oppressive Victorian social standards and embarking on a joyful\, long-distance adventure. \nAmanda’s book offers an amusing collection of place names and stories\, providing a window into the worlds of the fascinating people who helped make these towns the unique places they are today.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-book-signing-with-author-reading-resident-amanda-rotondo/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books Bookmark Design Contest
DESCRIPTION:Artists of all ages invited to submit original bookmarks inspired by their favorite books — entries accepted May 5–24\n\nReading\, MA – Whitelam Books is excited to announce a bookmark design contest beginning Monday\, May 5 and running through Saturday\, May 24. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nCreativity is celebrated as Whitelam Books launches its first-ever bookmark design contest! All are encouraged to submit a colorful bookmark that is inspired by the artist’s favorite book! One winning bookmark will be selected from each of five categories: Pre-K – 2nd\, 3rd – 5th\, 6th – 8th\, 9th – 12th\, and Adult. Each winner will have their bookmark distributed at Whitelam Books during the summer\, and will receive 25 bookmarks of their winning design to share with friends. Additionally each winner will receive a $25 Whitelam Books gift card. Entry forms are available in store and at WhitelamBooks.com.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-bookmark-design-contest/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books to Host Story Time with Children’s Author Phaea Crede
DESCRIPTION:Beloved local author returns to Reading for a fun-filled reading of her new book Oh Deer! — a heartwarming tale about friendship\, cleverness\, and turnip-loving deer\n\nReading\, MA – Whitelam Books is delighted to welcome Children’s Book Author Phaea Crede as she celebrates her new book\, Oh Deer!\, Saturday\, April 19 at 3:00pm. Join us for this family-friendly event for readers of all ages. Whitelam Books is located in downtown Reading at 610 Main Street\, near the intersection of Haven Street and Main Street. \nThis event is free and open to the public – all are welcome! \nAbout the Event: \nJoin us for a special author story time with Whitelam favorite Phaea Crede as she shares her NEW book\, Oh Deer!\, with us! \nJasper the sasquatch keeps to himself\, and life is good\, even if some days are a bit lonely. To keep himself busy\, Jasper decides to grow a turnip garden. It’s hard work but it’s very satisfying. With caretaking\, the garden should yield a bountiful crop of yummy turnips. But one morning\, just as the turnips are almost ready for harvest . . . disaster! Hungry deer have swooped in to eat Jasper’s garden! Clever Jasper comes up with a way to thwart these turnip thieves. But as it turns out\, the deer are even more clever. Though Jasper tries more and more ways to keep his veggies safe\, nothing seems to work. Then the situation changes\, and someone special needs some help. Maybe a little company isn’t such a bad thing.
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-to-host-story-time-with-childrens-author-phaea-crede/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Open Mic at Whitelam Books
DESCRIPTION:Whitelam Books is delighted to announce a monthly Poetry Open Mic Night Series beginning on Thursday\, September 26 from 7:00 – 8:00 PM. \nWhitelam Books has been holding Poetry Open Mic Nights for years. Over the past twelve\nmonths\, attendance has grown as a core group of local poets have begun to regularly\nparticipate. According to Liz Whitelam\, owner of Whitelam Books\, “It became clear there was a\ndesire for a space in the community to regularly share poetry. Part of our core mission is to\nsupport writers and create a space that celebrates language. I’m delighted to announce a\nmonthly series of Poetry Open Mic Nights at Whitelam Books beginning on September 26.”
URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/poetry-open-mic-at-whitelam-books/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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SUMMARY:Whitelam Books Celebrates National Independent Bookstore Day
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URL:http://thereadingpost.com/event/whitelam-books-nibsd/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, MA\, 01867\, United States
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