Harvard Book Store

RSVP is required for this event. Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ben Wikler—political organizer and strategist who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025—for a discussion of his new book, This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy. He will […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and author of Justice by Means of Democracy, Cuz, and Our Declaration—for a discussion of her new book, Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-and the American Revolution-Transformed Britain.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Dr. Julia Skinner—award-winning author of Our Fermented Lives, culinary business owner, writing coach, and food historian—for a discussion of her new book, Essential Food Preserving: The Comprehensive Guide to Canning, Freezing, Drying, and Fermenting Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Nuts, Beans, Meat, Dairy, and Eggs. She will be joined in conversation by Andrew Janjigian—head baker at the IACP-nominated Wordloaf […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes P.C. Verrone—award-winning writer whose work has appeared in FIYAH and PodCastle—for a discussion of his debut novel, Rabbit, Fox, Tar, a Debutiful "Most Anticipated Book of the Year". He will be joined in conversation by Linda Schlossberg—Associate Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Harvard University and author of the novel Life in Miniature.    

Harvard Book Store welcomes Carson Markland—acclaimed writer and filmmaker from South Carolina featured in the Best Microfiction Anthology—for a discussion of her debut novel, Men Like Us. She will be joined in conversation by Brian Castleberry—acclaimed author of Nine Shiny Objects and The Californians.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Howard A. Rodman—a vice president of the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and one of seventeen members of the Screenwriters Hall of Fame—for a discussion of his novels Destiny Express and The Great Eastern. He will be joined in conversation by Sam Marks—award-winning playwright, television writer, and Senior Lecturer on Playwriting at Harvard University.

Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome Rowan Jacobsen—acclaimed author of nine books, including A Geography of Oysters, Fruitless Fall, and Truffle Hound—for a discussion of his latest book In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure. 

Harvard Book Store welcomes Chloe Chapin—American historian, costume designer, and fashion scholar—for a discussion of her new book, Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men. She will be joined in conversation by Michelle Finamore—fashion & design Curator, author, and historian who was previously Curator of Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Roshan Sethi—award-winning writer, director, and practicing oncologist—for a discussion of his debut book The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero, about the rise and fall of an unemployed actor who lands the greatest role of his life when he's hired as a personal assistant to a demanding, highly absurd Hollywood family.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Mark Peterson—Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University and the Faculty Director of Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library—for a discussion of his book, The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History. He will be joined in conversation by Emilie Connolly—Assistant Professor of History at Yale University and the award-winning author of Vested Interests.