Events

Readers from across the Mount Washington Valley will gather on Thursday, October 25 at 7 pm at the Lutheran Church of the Nativity in North Conway Village. Lisa Gardner, author of this year’s 1 Book 1 Valley selection, “Love You More,” will speak about her book, her writing, research, and more. All are welcome at this free event, whether or not they have read the book ahead of time.

White Birch Books will have copies of Love You More and other books by Lisa Gardner available for sale and signing after the program.

There is still time to attend a book discussion at a local library before Thursday’s big event: Monday at 7 pm in Madison, Tuesday at 12:30 pm in Effingham, and Wednesday at 5:00 pm in Jackson.

1 Book 1 Valley is funded by grants from the Pequawket Foundation and the Kendal C. and Anna Ham Charitable Foundation, along with financial support from participating libraries’ Friends groups and White Birch Books.

Monday at 7 pm: Thriller, Suspense, Horror, True Crime: Reading Scary Stories, at the Conway Public Library. NH writer Richard Adams Carey will speak about writing and reading stories that both frighten and fascinate us. Carey’s current project is a work-in-progress entitled Their Town, a book about the murders of four people in Colebrook in 1997 at the hands of Carl Drega. Presentation will be followed by a suspense/horror book swap. FMI call 603-447-5552.

Tuesday at 7 pm: Domestic Violence in Carroll County, at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth. Tamworth resident, and County Attorney candidate Robin Gordon, will speak along with Melissa Smith, the Carroll County victim/witness advocate, and Tamworth’s own Sgt Penny Colby, named in Gardner’s book as a resource. FMI call 603-323-8510.

Also, there are three book discussions of Love You More this week: Monday at the Conway Public Library and at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell, and on Wednesday at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth.