Author Talk: Boston History with Stephanie Schorow

Library : Boylston Public Library

Location : Boylston Public Library

Start : Tuesday 7th of January 2025 6:00 PM

End : Tuesday 7th of January 2025 7:00 PM

Description :

Join us at the library for a discussion with journalist, author, and writing instructor Stephanie Schorow. Stephanie has authored and edited many books on the history of Boston and its diverse communities. Her notable works include A Boston Harbor Island Adventure; The Great Boston Fire: The Inferno that Nearly Incinerated the City; Inside the Combat Zone: The Stripped Down Story of Boston's Most Notorious Neighborhood; A New Look at the Cocoanut Grove Fire; and Drinking Boston: A History of the City and Its Spirits. Stephanie explores some of Boston's intriguing history while providing snapshots of the everyday lives of the people who have lived in the city and its surrounding neighborhoods. Stephanie Schorow is a journalist, freelance writer, communications instructor at Boston University, and the author of nine books on Boston history and a novel set in the 1980s. She has worked as an editor and reporter for the Boston Herald, the Associated Press, and newspapers in Connecticut, Idaho, and Utah. She teaches at the Summer Journalism Institute for high school students at BU and has coordinated a Citizen Journalism Program for Malden’s Urban Media Arts.  She has also taught workshops on writing nonfiction at the Cape Cod Writers Conference in Hyannis. Find out more about Stephanie and her works at www.stephanieschorow.com Registration: engagedpatrons.org/EventsRegister.cfm?SiteID=1914&BranchID=1000002642&Branch=Boylston%20Public%20Library&EventID=543978&PK=