Lovers of books and authors will want to check out Gibson’s Bookstore this week, as there are two events that should appeal to a wide swath of the population.
On Thursday at 5:30 p.m., CATCH Neighborhood Housing will be on hand to talk about its involvement with Neighborworks Works: Practical Solutions from America’s Community Development Network, a collection of more than 150 inspirational success stories in redevelopment across the country.
CATCH’s chapter describes the work they did redeveloping the Endicott Hotel property in downtown Concord.
This event highlights CATCH’s participation in the national week of neighborhood change and awareness known as NeighborWorks Week. In recognition of NeighborWorks Week 2017, CATCH will be celebrating its developments in New Hampshire, as well as other NeighborWorks-affiliated organizations’ projects across the nation, through the stories in the book.
This event is free and open to the public, and a portion of book sales will benefit CATCH.
On Friday at 5:30 p.m., Maine author Linda Greenlaw, America’s only female swordfishing captain, will present her newest Jane Bunker mystery, Shiver Hitch.
Greenlaw is the author of bestsellers The Hungry Ocean, All Fishermen are Liars, The Lobster Chronicles and Recipes from a Small Island, as well as the Jane Bunker mysteries, including Slipknot and Fisherman’s Bend. Before becoming a writer, she was the captain of a swordboat, the career that earned her a prominent role in Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm and a portrayal in the subsequent film. She is the winner of the U.S. Maritime Literature Award in 2003 and the New England Book Award for nonfiction in 2004. She now lives on Isle au Haut, Maine, where she captains a lobster boat. So in other words, she’s kind of a big deal.
Here’s a little about her latest book:
Jane Bunker thought she’d escaped the pollution, noise and dead bodies of the big city when she left her job as a Miami homicide detective and moved back to the idyllic town of Green Haven, Maine. But through her work as a marine insurance investigator, it appears she’s left behind the bustle of the city, but not the murder.
When Jane is called to the remote Acadia Island to assess the damages from a house fire, she also finds a badly burned body in the charred rubble, and it turns out that the victim is the owner of the house, a wealthy woman who just happens to be one of the most hated women in town.
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Insider staff
