Author Talk - Mike Leary

Library : Hopkinton Public Library

Location : Betty Strong Room (Large Event Room) Hopkinton Public Library, 13 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA, 01748

Start : Thursday 18th of September 2025 6:30 PM

End : Thursday 18th of September 2025 7:30 PM

Description :

Join us as local author Mike Leary reads from his newly released novella, Smoking Cigarettes.  About the book: After an unexpected inheritance from an estranged uncle, our narrator retreats to a remote cabin in the woods of Enfield, New Hampshire. Seeking solitude and clarity, he instead finds uneaseâencountering wary locals, a disembodied voice on a long-dead phone line, and a decades-old carton of Kent Light 100s that stares back like a ghost of memory. Blurring the lines between fiction and memoir, this haunting, intimate novella explores the weight of trauma, the elusive nature of creativity, and the quiet ways we make sense of ourselves and the world around us. About the author: Mike Leary is a fiction writer whose work blends grit, nostalgia, and dry humor. His stories explore the spaces between whatâs said and whatâs feltâwhere memory lingers and meaning drifts. He lives with his wife and two sons, somewhere between a half-finished sentence and an open browser tab. hopkintonlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/author-talk-mike-leary/