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SUMMARY:Shannon Sanders: The Great Wherever
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Frederick Book Arts Center on Thursday\, July 9 from 6:00-7:00 pm to celebrate author Shannon Sanders and her latest release\, The Great Wherever. Shannon will be in-conversation with book influencer Morgan Menzies. Following their conversation\, Shannon will answer questions and sign books. Copies of The Great Wherever will be available for purchase at the event.  \nLocation: Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S. Carroll Street\, Frederick MD\, 21701 \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event. \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: The dead are relentless gossips\, or at least these dead are. \nAn impulsive and heartbroken woman inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm that is rich in family secrets and occupied with busybody ghosts in this sweeping family portrait. \nAt thirty-two\, Aubrey Lamb is stumbling through adulthood. An underpaid gig worker in Washington\, DC\, she’s grieving the end of a serious relationship and the recent loss of her father. When Aubrey learns she has inherited his stake in a sizable Tennessee farm she sees an opportunity to get out of the city—and to erase a mounting pile of debt. \nWatching her arrival with great interest are four ghosts—Aubrey’s ancestors\, who’ve staked their own claims to the farm and who never hesitate to pass judgment on the mistakes made by the living\, whether romantic\, financial\, or sartorial. As Aubrey reconnects with her living family\, another story unfolds in parallel: the history of the land\, beginning with its purchase by Thomas\, Aubrey’s great-grandfather and one of the first Black landowners in his community. Though Thomas hopes to give his children a homestead on which they could flourish\, the land proves to be a burdensome inheritance. Over the years\, it turns the Lambs against one another\, culminating in a catastrophic tragedy that splinters the family and echoes through the decades. \nNow\, as the clock ticks on a potential sale of the farm\, the ghosts fear expulsion from the home they’ve made\, and Aubrey must weigh the hopes and burdens of her forebears with the very real needs of her future. \nAbout the author: Shannon Sanders is the author of the linked short story collection Company\, which won the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes’ Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction\, was named one of the best books of 2023 by Publishers Weekly and Debutiful\, and was shortlisted for the 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications\, including One Story\, The Sewanee Review\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, and Electric Literature\, and has received a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She lives in Silver Spring\, Maryland\, with her husband and three sons. \nAbout the moderator: Morgan Menzies is a literary event curator and community builder who turns reading into impact. She has interviewed powerhouse authors who are shaping today’s literary landscape and curates literary events that bring stories to life. Featured in The Washington Post\, Elle and Essence. Morgan is based in the Washington\, D.C. area.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/shannon-sanders-the-great-wherever/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Gilded Blade (Tickets Required)
DESCRIPTION:It’s official! Our event with Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Jenni Howell is sold out and at capacity! You can join the waitlist (here )on our Eventbrite page in case any spots open up.\n  \n  \n  \n  \nJoin Curious Iguana at ERUCC’s Downtown Community Room on Wednesday\, July 15 from 6:00-7:00 pm (doors will open at 5:15 pm) for an exciting evening with NYT bestselling YA author Jennifer Lynn Barnes to celebrate the release of the final book in the Inheritance Games Saga\, The Gilded Blade!  \nTickets are required for this event and can be purchased on Eventbrite only here. There are 2 ticket options\, each including a copy of The Gilded Blade with admission. Books purchased as part of a ticketed bundle and books purchased at events are non-returnable. \nJennifer will be in conversation with Jenni Howell\, NYT bestselling author of Boys With Sharp Teeth. Following their discussion\, Jennifer will answer questions and sign books. Copies of The Gilded Blade will be available for purchase at the event.  \nLocation: Downtown Community Room at ERUCC\, 15 W Church St\, Frederick\, MD 21701 \nNote on book signing: The author will sign + personalize one copy per customer of The Gilded Blade. Additionally\, she will only sign her signature (no personalization) for up to three additional titles (purchased at the event or brought from home). \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: In the stunning finale to the global phenomenon of the Inheritance Games Saga (over 6 million copies sold!)\, discover danger\, riches\, romance—and the staggering answers to long-brewing mysteries. \nEveryone is a player. \nIn the grandest of games\, there is everything to win—money\, love\, power\, revenge—and even more to lose. From Texas to Prague to London and beyond\, the Hawthorne family\, the players from the Grandest Game\, and allies old and new are drawn into a web of centuries-old secrets and mind-bending puzzles. Every clue pulls them deeper; every answer demands a price. \nTo survive\, they must unravel the mysteries that bind them together…but some truths are deadly. \nDiscover danger\, riches\, romance—and the long-awaited revelations at the heart of Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s most intricate and explosive puzzle yet. \nAll games must come to an end.  \nAbout the author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five acclaimed young adult novels\, including the Inheritance Games Saga\, the Debutantes series\, The Lovely and the Lost\, and the Naturals series. Jen is also a Fulbright Scholar with advanced degrees in psychology\, psychiatry\, and cognitive science. She received her PhD from Yale University in 2012 and was a professor of psychology and professional writing for many years. She invites you to visit her online at jenniferlynnbarnes.com or follow her on Instagram @‌authorjenlynnbarnes. \nAbout the moderator: Jenni Howell is the Instant New York Times bestselling author of Boys With Sharp Teeth and Teach Me to Prey (Coming Dec. 2026). She 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.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/jennifer-lynn-barnes/
LOCATION:Downtown Community Room at ERUCC\, 15 W Church St\, Frederick\, MD\, United States
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SUMMARY:Derek Baxter: The Forgotten World War
DESCRIPTION:In light of America’s 250th anniversary\, Curious Iguana is excited to welcome historian and author Derek Baxter to Frederick on Wednesday\, July 22 from 6:00-7:00 pm to speak about his new book\, The Forgotten World War. Focusing on the broader impacts of the American Revolution\, Derek invites readers to consider how this infamous war spanned beyond American soil across the globe. Following his talk\, Derek will answer questions and sign books. Copies of The Forgotten World War will be available for purchase at the event.  \nLocation: C. Burr Artz Public Library\, 110 E. Patrick Street\, Frederick\, MD 21701 \nThis event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick County Public Libraries for this event. \nFor accessibility requests\, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: How well do you truly know the American Revolution? On the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States\, author Derek Baxter reveals just how global an effort it was to create a new country. \nForget the Liberty Bell: if you want to truly understand the American Revolution\, get a passport and visit the hills of Andalucia\, the lagoons of the Yucatan\, and the palaces of south India. In The Forgotten World War\, Derek Baxter embarks on an adventure-filled quest across four continents to uncover the story of how Americans really won our independence. He discovers how the fighting in the U.S. was only one theater of a much broader conflict\, in which an unlikely group of nations banded together to take on the mighty British Empire. \nOn the windswept island of Jersey in the English Channel\, he finds out how France attempted a full-scale invasion. At an unlikely Fourth of July party in Spain\, he helps the descendent of a renowned Spanish general make a giant paella. In India\, he investigates one of the greatest victories of the Revolutionary War\, when an army five times as large as any that Washington ever put in the field (and with considerably more elephants) annihilated the Redcoats. Baxter finds the human stories behind this long-ago conflict—sometimes with surprising results.  \nThe Forgotten World War delivers a powerful message\, right in time for our nation’s 250th anniversary. America began only when peoples of different races\, languages\, and religions overcame mistrust and came together.   \nAbout the author: Derek Baxter is a historian\, writer\, and travel storyteller whose work explores the intersection of place\, history\, and personal journey. He is the author of The Forgotten World War: Exploring the Secret History of the American Revolution\, from Spain to India and Back Again and In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father\, in which he recounts his journeys through six countries\, armed with a guide written by Jefferson in 1788. He lives with his family in northern Virginia. \n 
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/derek-baxter/
LOCATION:C. Burr Artz Public Library\, 110 E Patrick St\, Frederick\, MD\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! Book Release Party with Sarah Adler and Leslie René (TICKETS REQUIRED)
DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out and at capacity!\n  \n  \nThere’s summer romance in the air\, and we are here for it! Join us on Monday\, July 27 at Tenth Ward Distilling Company from 6:00-7:00 pm for a special evening celebrating the latest releases from romance authors Sarah Adler\, Wild Goose Chase\, and Leslie René\, Maggie and Arthur’s Magic Moment. Sarah and Leslie will discuss all things romance\, answer questions\, and sign books. Copies of Wild Good Chase and Maggie & Arthur’s Magic Moment will be available for purchase at this event. Tickets are required and can only be purchased on our website by clicking here. (1) One ticket equals admission for (1) one person to attend Curious Iguana’s book release party for Sarah Adler and Leslie René on Monday\, July 27 at Tenth Ward Distilling Company. Books are not included with the ticket. You can preorder both titles and select ‘pickup’ at checkout to get your book at the event. Preorders will close on July 12.  \nLocation: Tenth Ward Distilling Company\, 55 E Patrick St\, Frederick\, MD 21701 \nAbout the books:  \nWild Goose Chase \nAn antique dealer and his inconvenient(ly irresistible) new colleague must contend with an illicit stuffed goose and their sizzling attraction\, from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler. \nAntique store owner Callahan Leitner has an illegal taxidermy goose in his living room. \nWhy? It’s…complicated. \nBut it may end his career unless he finds a legitimate way to dispose of the bird ASAP. Unfortunately\, there’s an unexpected wrench in his plans—the frustrating\, effervescent Annie O’Neill. \nAnnie is happy to fill in for her uncle at his antique store; it’s the perfect opportunity to gain more experience before opening a shop of her own\, and to finally meet his handsome young business partner. Unfortunately\, Cal is nothing like the charming man she expected. She’s tempted to take his apparent dislike personally\, until she stumbles upon the source of his moods: the contraband waterfowl hiding upstairs. \nWhen the goose goes missing\, it puts both of their professional reputations on the line. As Cal and Annie attempt to track down the bird before it can be traced back to the store\, their tentative alliance turns into something much deeper. Will the hunt for their felonious fowl lead to true love\, or end in ruin? \n  \nMaggie & Arthur’s Magic Moment \nA dangerous spell gone wrong forces the passionate professor of incantations to share tight quarters with her magical college’s leading—and most brooding—alchemist. \nDespite the college’s budget cuts that slashed her syllabus\, Linguistics and Incantation Translation professor Maggie Linden has almost made it to the end of the spring semester. To celebrate\, Maggie attends a magical masquerade on Beltane. Maybe the end-of-year frenzy explains why she kissed a masked stranger at the festival\, though her celebration may have come too soon…. \nAn accident in the lab of famous (and famously broody) alchemist Arthur Taliesin sets loose a dangerous\, haunting magic called a pall that renders the nicer parts of their academic building uninhabitable. Maggie is assigned to share her tiny basement office with none other than Taliesin himself. With his insufferable attitude and unfortunate good looks\, Arthur makes it impossible for Maggie to concentrate on anything—her research\, her students’ final exams\, or tracking down her mysterious Beltane suitor. \nShe’ll do anything to get Arthur out of her office\, including offering to help him reverse the magic that threatens the school. But Maggie is starting to realize her officemate may not be the conceited grump he pretends to be. In fact\, much of what she thinks is true about Arthur is merely a mask…. \nAbout the authors:  \nUSA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler writes romantic comedies about lovable weirdos finding their happily ever afters. She lives in Maryland with her husband\, daughter\, and very mischievous cat. When not working\, you can find her attempting to course-correct an ill-advised late afternoon nap with an equally ill-advised late afternoon coffee\, as she is incapable of ever learning a lesson. \nLeslie René is a Virginia-based writer who weaves stories full of magic and yearning. During the day\, she is a science writer and editor. When she isn’t writing\, you can find her going to concerts\, turning yarn and thread into something pretty\, and playing in the garden with her family. \n 
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/sarah-leslie/
LOCATION:Tenth Ward Distilling Company\, 55 E Patrick St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Aggie Blum Thompson: The Neighbors Are Watching
DESCRIPTION:Join Curious Iguana on Friday\, July 31 at Frederick Book Arts Center from 6:00-7:00 pm for a thrilling evening with author Aggie Blum Thompson to celebrate her latest release\, The Neighbors Are Watching. This story focuses on the “perfect” neighbors in the idyllic suburb of Eastbrook\, Bethesda as they work together to expose a killer in their midst. Aggie will be joined in conversation by fellow thriller writer K.T. Nguyen. Following their discussion\, Aggie will answer questions and sign books. Copies of The Neighbors Are Watching 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: From the “master of suburban scandal” (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous twisty thriller about obsession\, betrayal\, and the price of perfection. \nJust outside Washington\, DC\, sits Eastbrook\, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools\, pristine landscapes\, and perfect neighbors. It’s not the kind of place where nannies are shot during robberies gone wrong. And in this picture-perfect neighborhood\, someone is desperate to plaster over the cracks in that façade. \nA year after the unsolved neighborhood murder\, Caren\, nearing fifty and staring down an empty nest\, has one too many drinks at a graduation party and blacks out on her way home. At least\, that’s what everyone says happened. Caren suspects she was drugged by someone. But who? \nWhen Caren teams up with a new neighbor who is desperate to figure out who murdered his best friend last year\, they start to uncover what Eastbrook has tried to forget. But in a place where appearances are everything\, their search for the truth means not only shattering carefully curated perfection — but putting themselves squarely in the crosshairs of a killer. \nAbout the author: Before turning to fiction\, Aggie Blum Thompson covered real-life crime as a newspaper reporter for a number of papers\, including The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. Aggie is a member of Mystery Writers of America. She lives with her husband and two children in the suburbs of Washington DC. \nAbout the moderator: K.T. Nguyen is a former editor at Glamour magazine. Her psychological thriller YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID received the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. In a starred review\, Booklist described Nguyen’s novel as “a twisty horror-filled thriller” and an “incredibly compelling debut.” When she’s not writing\, you’ll find K.T. practicing Krav Maga\, watching the Mets\, or playing with her terrier Alice. A graduate of Brown University\, K.T. lives just outside Washington\, D.C.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/aggie-blum-thompson/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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