Two Nerdy History Girls Return Engagement

Some of you may remember the Two Nerdy History Girls blog, which ran from 2009 through 2018. The blog is still up and available. However, author Susan Holloway Scott and I stopped posting in December 2018. This means, among other things, we can’t promise all links will work.

However, ending the blog didn’t end our mutual enthusiasm about history, primarily social history, and—let’s be honest here—fashion. We still share finds and talk about them. Susan regularly sends me all kinds of visual inspiration as well as amusing and intriguing discoveries. There’s a good deal of “Did you ever see this before?” “Did you know this?” In other words, privately, we’ve continued as friends and history nerds.

Publicly, the duo returns at the Ashland Public Library. Since this will happen via Zoom, you don’t need a mask or travel arrangements. You can enjoy a snack and a tasty beverage in the privacy of your own preferred space.

I hope you’ll join us and our terrific host, Meena Jain, for non-stop historically nerdy excitement.

13 January 2022 from 7-8 PM

You can find out more about it here.

You can register here (or via the link above).

Questions? You can contact the Ashland Public Library here.

Sponsored by Friends of the Ashland Public Library and in partnership with the Medway Public Library

Virtual Q&A & Book Sale & Signing 14 April

One thing I’ve deeply missed during the year of self-quarantine is the opportunity to get out and talk to readers. That, however, has not stopped me from talking, usually in a small rectangular box on a screen. On the plus side, these virtual events have offered opportunities for us to get together from the comfort of our homes or favorite hangouts.

Coming up is a virtual Q&A at the Cary Memorial Library.

When: Wednesday 14 April at 7PM

How: You can register via this link.

Or, if for any reason the link disobeys you or sulks or otherwise refuses to cooperate, you can click on this link, which will take you the the Cary Memorial Library Calendar, and follow these steps:

  1. Click on the program

  2. Click on Sign Up

  3. Fill in the info

  4. Click Submit

  5. Look for the email in your inbox or spam folder

You’ll receive an email confirmation with the program link, as well as reminder notices.

The program will be livestreamed via Facebook and recorded and uploaded to the library’s YouTube channel.

Signs of spring

Signs of spring

There’s also an opportunity to buy my books, with signed bookplates (while they last) via Bank Square Books, by clicking on this link.

Questions? Please contact the Cary Memorial Library at caryprograms@minilib.net.

I hope you’ll join us. It’ll be fun.

Historical Romance Panel now on YouTube

Four authors and an editor + our Super Librarian Meena Jain of the Cary Memorial Library (this was her great idea) had a lively discussion about historical romance and the ways it’s evolved. We got serious. We got nostalgic. We got to laughing quite a bit. And we produced various perspectives on the books that started it all, back in the early 70s—and how they’ve influenced us (or not) today.

In case you missed it—or would like to see it again, the discussion is now available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube.

Romance Panel: Bodice Rippers in the Era of Me, Too @ Cary Library (Oct 14, 2020)

This event was sponsored by the New England Romance Writers.