Gift Idea: Meet the Author
2020 event tickets, for you and yours
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The bookstore is bustling with holiday shoppers, and come January, our award-winning author events series will return! Check out the updated calendar at harvard.com/events. And for a truly unique gift, consider Harvard Book Store event tickets (including a newly announced events, including Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman).
Looking for more suggestions? We've got 'em: for sci-fi lovers and aspiring podcasters, sports fans and bird watchers, gardeners and fashion icons, and much more. And you can always come by Harvard Book Store in Harvard Square for many, many more gift ideas. Today (Sunday, December 22) is the final Harvard Book Store Gives Back Sunday of the year—your purchases with us today help support local charitable organizations 826 Boston, Community Cooks, and On The Rise.
Still shopping? Browse our Holiday Hundred (100 notable and giftable books, 20% off this month with your Frequent Buyer Card), send a harvard.com gift code, or give a gift subscription to our Signed First Edition Club or our Signed New Voices in Fiction Club. Thanks for shopping with us this holiday season! |
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For the history buff and the NPR listener
Steve Inskeep presents Imperfect Union
in conversation with Juliette Kayyem
Wednesday, January 22 at 6:00 PM
at the Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA
The acclaimed reporter and cohost of NPR's Morning Edition discusses his latest book, Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War. He will be joined in conversation by author and national security analyst Juliette Kayyem. Learn more here.
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"Surprising and illuminating, Steve Inskeep’s Imperfect Union does what great history should do: it tells a story of consequence with verve and with an appreciation of the role of human agency in the broad affairs of a people." —Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of America
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For the sci-fi fan
William Gibson presents Agency
Monday, January 27 at 7:00 PM
at First Parish Church
1446 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
Celebrated author William Gibson—author of the Hugo, Nebula, and Phillip K. Dick Award–winning cyberpunk classic, Neuromancer—discusses his latest novel, Agency. Learn more here.
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"One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working." —The Boston Globe
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For readers of Educated
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn present Tightrope
Monday, January 27 at 7:30 PM
at Back Bay Events Center
180 Berkeley St, Boston, MA
Pulitzer Prize–winning authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn present their latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope. Learn more here.
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"A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most important books I've read on the state of our disunion." —Tara Westover, author of Educated
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For the Vox reader
Ezra Klein presents Why We're Polarized
Friday January 31 at 7:30 PM
at Back Bay Events Center
180 Berkeley St, Boston, MA
Writer, podcaster, and producer Ezra Klein—Vox co-founder and editor-at-large—discusses his highly anticipated book, Why We're Polarized. Learn more here.
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"Brilliant and wide-ranging. A book about what just might be our central, perhaps fatal problem. . . . Absolutely crucial for understanding this perilous moment." —Chris Hayes, host of All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC
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For the concerned historian
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes present Unmaking the Presidency
in conversation with Jack Goldsmith
Tuesday, February 4 at 6:00 PM
at the Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA
Brookings Institution fellows and Lawfare co-founders Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes discuss their co-authored book, Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump's War on the World's Most Powerful Office. They will be joined in conversation by author and Harvard Law professor JACK GOLDSMITH. Learn more here.
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"Liberals and independent-minded readers of presidential histories will savor this thorough, lucidly written account." —Publisher's Weekly
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For all those invested in today's major policy issues
Paul Krugman presents Arguing with Zombies
in conversation with Paul Solman
Thursday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
at Back Bay Events Center
180 Berkeley St, Boston, MA
Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman discusses his latest book, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future. He will be joined in conversation by PBS NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman. Learn more here.
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“In an era when facts are too often disdained and discarded, Paul Krugman wields them like a rapier. A brilliant scholar and polemicist, Krugman's incisive columns are a beacon for anyone who cares about public policy and progressive change.” —David Axelrod
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For the indie rock fan
Mikel Jollett presents Hollywood Park
Friday, May 8 at 7:00 PM
at WBUR CitySpace
890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Mikel Jollett—frontman of beloved indie rock band The Airborne Toxic Event—discusses his debut memoir, Hollywood Park. Learn more here.
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"This is a memoir, but it’s also a song―a lyrical labyrinth that weaves and mesmerizes, all the while proving there’s nothing more dangerous or powerful than a parent’s love. Hollywood Park is a magical debut.” ―Brad Meltzer, author of The Escape Artist
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Visit Harvard Book Store to browse our Holiday Hundred—100 notable and giftable titles from 2019, 20% off with our Frequent Buyer Card.
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Give an online only gift code for HARVARD.COM
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Email a harvard.com gift code directly to the gift recipient! It's a quick and easy gift idea that supports a local independent bookstore, perfect for any bibliophile.
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