Offsite Events

Noted scholar and activist Adolph L. Reed, Jr will be in conversation with Professor Preston Smith about his new book entitled The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives.

The Odyssey Bookshop is pleased to be a partner for this event, which is open to the general public at Gamble Auditorium in the Art Building on the Mount Holyoke campus. Doors will open at 6:30 and the presentation will begin at 7 PM.

Quoting Women: Chronicling and sharing women's voices to engage today's historymakers 

Increasingly women's stories are being shared, but their own distinct voices remain missing or difficult to access.

Join us on Wednesday, May 27 at 6:30pm on Zoom for a virtual event with Catherine Newman, author of How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, super-Important Skills to Learn Before You're Grown Up.

This virtual event is open to all ages! You can join the webinar on Zoom here.

Join us on Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00pm at the South Hadley Public Library for a book talk and signing with Janice Kaplan, author of The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World.

This event is co-sponsored by the South Hadley Public Library. It is free and open to the public.

Join us on Friday, March 6 at 7:00pm at the Majestic Saloon in Northampton to celebrate the paperback release of Jacob Tobia's nationally bestselling memoir, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story.

Jacob will be joined by singer, songwriter and spoken word artist Mary Lambert, author of the poetry collection Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across.

Join us on Tuesday, January 28 at 7:00pm in Dwight 101 at Mount Holyoke College for a book talk and panel discussion about CoJourn with Mount Holyoke College faculty, staff, and alumna. Come learn about an innovative framework for staying accountable to your goals, and building a closer relationship in your life!

Join us on Tuesday, January 14 at Gateway City Arts for a book talk and cooking demo with Nava Atlas, author of 5-Ingredient Vegan.

This is a ticketed event. To purchase your ticets, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nava-atlas-5-ingredient-vegan-book-talk-cooking-demo-tickets-87238563893

Join us on Monday, November 11 at 7:00pm for a book talk and signing with Karine Jean-Pierre, Chief Public Affairs Officer for MoveOn, political analyst at MSNBC, and faculty member of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. Jean-Pierre will be will be in Gamble Auditorium at Mount Holyoke College to discuss her new book, Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America.

Join us on Thursday, November 21 at 6:00pm in Gamble Auditorium at Mount Holyoke College for the 2019 Valentine Giamatti Lecture from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri, editor of The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories.

This event is organized by the Mount Holyoke College Italian Department and co-sponsored by Odyssey Bookshop. It is free and open to the public.