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SUMMARY:Mike Tidwell: The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Wednesday\, April 2 from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Frederick Book Arts Center for an evening with author Mike Tidwell. Mike will discuss his new novel The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue\, which shares his perspective of the impacts of climate change on his own street near Washington D.C. Following his presentation\, Mike will answer questions and sign books. Copies of The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis event is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: In 2023\, author and activist Mike Tidwell decided to keep a record for a full year of the growing impacts of climate change on his one urban block right on the border with Washington\, DC. A love letter to the magnificent oaks and other trees dying from record heat waves and bizarre rain\, Tidwell’s story depicts the neighborhood’s battle to save the trees and combat climate change: The midwife who builds a geothermal energy system on the block\, the Congressman who battles cancer and climate change at the same time\, and the Chinese-American climate scientist who wants to bury billions of the world’s dying trees to store their carbon and help stabilize the atmosphere. \nThe story goes beyond ailing trees as Tidwell chronicles people on his block sick with Lyme disease\, a church struggling with floods\, and young people anguishing over whether to have kids\, all in the same neighborhood and all against the global backdrop of 2023’s record heat domes and raging wildfires and hurricanes. Then there’s Tidwell himself who explores the ethical and scientific questions surrounding the idea of “geoengineering” as a last-ditch way to save the world’s trees – and human communities everywhere – by reflecting sunlight away from the planet. No book has told the story of climate change this way: hyper local\, full of surprises\, full of true stories of life and death in one neighborhood. The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue is a harrowing and hopeful proxy for every street in America and every place on Earth. \nAbout the author: Mike is a writer and climate activist. His previous six books include Bayou Farewell (2003) about the disappearing wetlands in south Louisiana. As a contributing writer for The Washington Post\, he has won four Lowell Thomas Awards\, the highest prize in American travel journalism. In 2002 he founded the Chesapeake Climate Action Network\, where he has led local and national campaigns for clean energy. He lives on Willow Avenue in Takoma Park with his wife Beth and their cat Macy Gray.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/mike-tidwell-the-lost-trees-of-willow-avenue/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jenni Howell: Boys with Sharp Teeth
DESCRIPTION:New book alert! Please join us in celebrating the release of Jenni Howell’s debut novel Boys With Sharp Teeth! Jenni will be joined in conversation with fellow author\, Charlene Thomas! The book launch will be held at C. Burr Artz Library in Downtown Frederick on April 8th from 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm. Jenni will share about her work and take questions from the audience; afterwards\, she will sign books. Copies of Boys With Sharp Teeth will also be available for purchase at the event. Preorder a signed and personalized copy ahead of time here. \n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with Frederick County Public Libraries and is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \n\nAbout the authors: \n\n\nJenni Howell tried out archaeology\, linguistics\, mongoose herding (known to some as “teaching”)\, finance\, and espionage\, but always got bored. Now she writes books\, so her entire world changes every six months—and she will never be bored again. Boys with Sharp Teeth is her debut novel. \nCharlene Thomas is an American author of young adult fiction and a writing coach. Her debut novel\, Seton Girls\, released with Penguin Random House in 2022\, and her sophomore novel\, Streetlight People\, released in November 2024. She also has a third novel\, titled It’s You Every Time\, coming from Scholastic in Summer of 2025. \nCharlene was sixteen when she wrote a manuscript that won the National Novel Silver Award from Scholastic Books and went on to minor in creative writing at North Carolina State University. She also has her MBA from Emory University\, and recently completed the Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing post-graduate program at The University of Cambridge. Charlene is also a trained marketer\, with experience working on major brands. \nShe’s a big dreamer and believes a lot in people and what all of us are capable of\, and maybe that’s why she loves creating big characters who are steadfastly determined to change their own little parts of the world. If you ever want to reach out\, or are interested in learning more about her coaching offerings for writers\, never hesitate to contact her via email at charlenethomasbooks@gmail.com. \nAbout the book: We Were Liars meets The Raven Boys in this mind-bending YA debut about dark revenge\, twisted desire\, and the sinister secrets lurking behind the walls of an elite boarding school. \n\n\nSeventeen-year-old Marin James has spent her entire life living in the shadow of the exclusive Huntsworth Academy. And when her cousin’s dead body is found in a creek on school property\, Marin knows exactly who’s to blame: Adrian Hargraves and Henry Wu\, the enigmatic yet dangerously alluring leaders of the school’s social elite. \n\nSwapping her ripped jeans for a crisp prep school skirt\, Marin infiltrates Huntsworth to seek justice. But her quest is quickly muddied by a confusing attraction to her new life\, and to the two dysfunctional and depraved boys who somehow understand her better than anyone ever has.\nWhen Marin uncovers an otherworldly secret the boys are hiding within Huntsworth’s ivied gates\, the lines between right and wrong\, love and hate\, and nightmare and reality begin to crumble — and nothing is as it seems.\nWelcome to Huntsworth Academy.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/jenni-howell-event/
LOCATION:C. Burr Artz Public Library\, 110 E Patrick St\, Frederick\, MD\, United States
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SUMMARY:Storytime + Craft with Melinda Beatty at Heritage Frederick
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, April 12\, from 11 am-12 pm for a storytime and craft with Melinda Beatty for her latest release\, The Witch’s Table! This children’s book tells of the wobbly relationship between a young witch and the unique table she inherited and of how they come to understand one another. Mel will lead the audience in storytime followed by a personalized craft activity. Books will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis event is hosted in partnership with Heritage Frederick at their location: 24 E Church St\, Frederick\, MD 21701. It is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: When a young witch inherits a rather cantankerous family heirloom; she has to figure out how to outwit her cursed companion. \nThe Table had been in the Witch’s family for a very long time. No one remembered who had cursed it to stay with them forever\, but none of them liked it much. The young witch initially tries to thwart the Table’s shenanigans. But after some time living with the Table\, she begins to notice how cold the kitchen floor is on a brisk winter’s day\, how many nicks and scratches the Table has endured\, and how hard it is to stand on all four legs for so many hours\, and she comes to realize compassion will get her further than cleverness. This charming and hilarious picture book is about empathy and trying to find common ground with the people–or furniture–around you. \nAbout the author: Melinda Beatty has had years of practice trying to explain to others why she was just having an imaginary conversation between two people that don’t exist\, so becoming a writer seemed like the best way to stop everyone from looking at her funny. After years of narrowboat living on the English canals\, she and her British husband are now back on dry land in Maryland\, where by day\, she’s a mild-mannered indie bookseller\, and by night\, she wrangles words\, crafts projects\, and raises a Labrador and two fierce mini-women.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/storytime-craft/
LOCATION:Heritage Frederick\, 24 E Church St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nicole Cuffy: O Sinners!
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, April 25 at 6:30 pm to dive deep into cult culture with author Nicole Cuffy as she discusses her new novel O Sinners! with local author Hailey Piper. Following the experiences of a young\, grieving journalist who investigates an enigmatic cult leader\, this novel draws the reader in to explore what it really means to belong to something greater. After the discussion\, Nicole will answer questions and sign books. Copies of O Sinners! will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis is free\, public event will be hosted in partnership with Give Rise Studio at their location\, 125 S Carroll St #101\, Frederick\, MD 21701. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: Faruq Zaidi\, a young journalist reeling from the recent death of his father\, a devout Muslim\, takes the opportunity to embed in a cult called The Nameless. Based in the California redwoods and shepherded by an enigmatic Vietnam War veteran named Odo\, The Nameless adhere to the 18 Utterances\, including teachings such as “all suffering is distortion\,” and “see only beauty.” Faruq\, skeptical but committed to unraveling the mystery of The Nameless\, extends his stay over months\, as he gets deeper into the cult’s inner workings and compassionate teachings. But as he gets closer to Odo\, Faruq himself begins to unravel\, forced to come to terms with the memories he has been running from while trying to resist Odo’s spell. \nTold in three seamlessly interwoven threads between Faruq’s present-day investigation\, Odo’s time before the formation of the movement as a an infantryman during the Vietnam War alongside three other Black soldiers\, and a documentary script that recounts The Nameless’s clash with a Texas fundamentalist church\, O Sinners! examines both longing and belonging. Ultimately the novel asks: What is it that we seek from the people we admire and\, inevitably\, from each other? \nAbout the author: Nicole Cuffy is the author of Dances\, longlisted for the Carol Shields prize for fiction and the Pen/Hemingway award. Cuffy has a MFA from The New School. She is a lecturer at the University of Maryland and American University. Her work can be found in Mason’s Road\, The Master’s Review Volume VI (curated by Roxane Gay)\, Chautauqua\, and Blue Mesa Review\, and her chapbook\, _Atlas of the Bod_y\, won the Chautauqua Janus Prize and was a finalist for the Black River Chapbook Competition. She is based in D.C. \nAbout the moderator: Hailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Queen of Teeth\, A Light Most Hateful\, The Worm and His Kings series\, and other books of dark fiction. She is also the author of over 100 short stories appearing in Weird Tales\, Pseudopod\, Cosmic Horror Monthly\, Cast of Wonders\, and various other publications. Her nonfiction appears in Writer’s Digest\, Library Journal\, CrimeReads\, and elsewhere. She lives with her wife in Maryland\, where their occult rituals are secret. Find Hailey at HaileyPiper.com.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/nicole-cuffy/
LOCATION:Give Rise Studio\, 125 S Carroll St #101\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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