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Events

11 October 2023 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Read and discuss recently released literary fiction, fantasy, and science fiction, hosted by Curious Iguana bookseller Shelby. Featured titles are 20% off at Curious Iguana (just mention New & Notable […]

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12 October 2023 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
C. Burr Artz Public Library, 110 E Patrick St
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Join us as we welcome three phenomenal picture book creators to Frederick! We will be celebrating New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho’s new picture book, Say My Name, and […]

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17 October 2023 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
C. Burr Artz Public Library, 110 E Patrick St
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Join us as we welcome Richard Chizmar to Frederick to celebrate the release of Becoming the Boogeyman, the haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman. This event is presented […]

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19 October 2023 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Attaboy Barrel House, 24 S Wisner St ste 110
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Join Attaboy Beer and Curious Iguana for a witchy book fair for adults! Featuring magical and spooky books, tarot decks, bookish pins, tote bags, drinks on tap, a super scary […]

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22 October 2023 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Curious Iguana, 12 N Market St
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Join us for an in-store signing with author Edie Hemingway as we celebrate the release of her new middle-grade novel, That Smudge of Smoke. This event is free and open […]

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25 October 2023 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Grace United Church of Christ, 25 E 2nd St
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Explore literary fiction by international authors with our Global Voices Book Club, meeting at a new location this month at Grace United Church of Christ, in room three, 25 East […]

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29 October 2023 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
C. Burr Artz Public Library, 110 E Patrick St
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Join us at C. Burr Artz Library as we celebrate local author Kate Albus’ new middle-grade novel, Nothing Else But Miracles. Kate will talk about her hopeful World War II […]

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07 November 2023 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Curious Iguana, 12 N Market St
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Calling all Fourth Wing fans! Swing by Curious Iguana any time between 10 am and 7 pm on release day, Tuesday, November 7, to get exclusive free merch (totes, tattoos, […]

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29 November 2023 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Grace United Church of Christ, 25 E 2nd St
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Explore literary fiction by international authors with our Global Voices Book Club, meeting at a new location this month at Grace United Church of Christ, in room three, 25 East […]

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Our book clubs may lead to making new friends, expanding your library, and seeing the world a little differently.

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Our book clubs may lead to making new friends, traveling, and expanding your library.

What we're

Reading

(and loving)

How to Say Babylon

With echoes of Educated and Born a CrimeHow to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.

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Starling House

Starling House is a gorgeously modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January.

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Gender Queer

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.

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Happiness Falls

“A brilliant novel that has everything I want in fiction—great writing, fascinating characters, suspenseful storytelling, and thought-provoking themes. Readers are going to fall in love with Happiness Falls.” --Imbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of How Beautiful We Were

 

Weyward

"A brave and original debut, Weyward is a spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of witchcraft." --Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary

I am a Weyward, and wild inside.

Molly's Tuxedo

Molly's school picture day is coming up, and she wants to have a perfect portrait taken to hang on their wall. Her mom has picked out a nice dress for her, but Molly knows from experience that dresses are trouble. They have tight places and hard-to-reach zippers, and worst of all, no pockets! Luckily, she has the perfect thing to save picture day--her brother's old tuxedo!

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