Author events at Norwich Bookstore this week

Subject: [Events-UV] Author Events at the Norwich Bookstore this week!

We're thrilled to present this week's author events at the Norwich Bookstore! As always, these events are free and open to the public, and we hope you'll join us! Sunday, August 2 from 2-4pm Find Waldo Wrap-Up Party! In-Store Event! Outside at the Norwich Bookstore (or inside if it rains!) Calling all Waldo Seekers! Join us for a party and prize drawing to celebrate another great Find Waldo scavenger hunt! There will be snacks and Waldo-themed activities. This year’s party will be held at the Norwich Bookstore rain or shine! Tuesday, August 4 at 7pm Julie Carrick Dalton The Forest Becomes Her In-Store Event! Join author Julie Carrick Dalton in celebrating her new book The Forest Becomes Her! Nature, civilization, and womanhood collide in The Forest Becomes Her, a gorgeous and hopeful new novel from Julie Carrick Dalton (Waiting for the Night Song, The Last Beekeeper). Dalton presents a moving portrait of three women from different generations navigating the complexities of family, the ripple effect of our choices, and the profound connections to the natural world beneath our feet. In historic, bucolic Concord, Massachusetts, a centuries-old forest has been removed to make way for a new, eco- friendly housing development. The locals are upset by the destruction, but out-of-towners like Hazel Stoddard are flocking to put down roots in their new guilt-free dream homes. Soon a tragedy leaves Hazel unmoored in her new life, and she begins to feel the pull of the absent forest. Hazel is not alone—her neighbors, real estate agent Stella Flint and teenage environmentalist Polly Bauer, each have their own traumas and their own relationship to the land. The three women are drawn together to save the last remaining oak tree, or they risk losing themselves to lingering shadows that only they can see. In The Forest Becomes Her, Julie Carrick Dalton brings hope and reverence to this lush celebration of multigenerational female relationships, the ever-evolving female form, humanity’s connection to our changing world, and the mysteries that still exist in nature. As a journalist, JULIE CARRICK DALTON has published more than a thousand articles in The Boston Globe, BusinessWeek, The Hollywood Reporter, Orion Magazine, Electric Literature, and other publications. A former beekeeper and organic farmer, she is a frequent speaker on the topic of writing fiction in the age of climate crisis and is a member of the teaching faculty at Drexel University’s MFA Program. When she isn’t reading, writing, or teaching, you can probably find her skiing, swimming, kayaking, working in her garden, or trying to keep track of her four children and two dogs. Wednesday, August 5 at 7pm Sarah Dickeson Snyder & Laura Foley To Eve & Sister in a Different Movie In-Store Event! Join poets Sarah Dickeson Snyder and Laura Foley for an evening of poetry! They’ll be reading from their latest collections; To Eve and Sister in a Different Movie. In To Eve, Sarah Dickenson Snyder dismantles the mythology of blame and rewrites the story of the first woman as one of agency, hunger, and sacred curiosity. Both intimate and expansive, this book-length poem insists that knowledge is not a fall, but a beginning. In Sister in a Different Movie, four sisters confront a legacy of war trauma, mental illness, and enduring bonds. Through imagistic, musically rich poems, the youngest seeks to understand their father’s past and its impact, discovering that even estrangement cannot sever the deep, complicated ties between siblings that shape lives. After years in the classroom, Sarah Dickenson Snyder now carves in stone, sculls on the Connecticut River, and rides her bike. Travel opens her eyes. She has five poetry collections: The Human Contract (2017), Notes from a Nomad (nominated for the Massachusetts Book Awards 2018), With a Polaroid Camera (2019), and Now These Three Remain (nominated for the Massachusetts Book Awards 2023), and To Eve (Nixes Mate Review 2026). Several poems have bee