Reinventing Portsmouth Book Launch

Reinventing Portsmouth Book Launch

Book Launch for "Reinventing Portsmouth" by Robert Thoresen on Wednesday, December 10 at 5:30 pm. Free. RSVP requested

Celebrate the launch of Reinventing Portsmouth

About the Author:

 
Robert Thoresen served as Portsmouth’s Planning Director from 1971 thru 1977. During that time he contributed to the City’s revitalization effort and many other planning efforts. He later consulted nationally on downtown revitalization, historic preservation, and other planning issues. He became a development consultant and has rehabilitated historic properties. He has served in leadership positions on many non-profit boards. He holds an AB in Sociology and a Master of Regional Planning degree from Syracuse University and a Master of Public Administration degree from UNH.

Ten Piscataqua Writers 2026 Book Event

Ten Piscataqua Writers 2026 Book Event

Ten Piscataqua Writers book event 11/20 at 5:30 pm

Enjoy an evening celebrating the works from 2026: 10 Piscataqua Writers.

Join us on Thursday, November 20 for the book launch of 10 Piscataqua Writers. Join the authors for a fun evening celebrating their accomplishment as they sign copies and discuss the work alongside light refreshments. 

This free event is open to the public, no registration required.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

Contributing Authors:

James Gatto Clara Beller and Larry Andrews, fiction, novel excerpt, chapter opening
Peter Welch Boyhood, Belonging, Becoming, nonfiction, memoir excerpt
Abbie Kiefer Better Homes, Better Gardens, poetry, 11 poems
Jason Allard Some Kind of Hero and Shugyōsha, fiction, short stories
Matt Miller Midway Through This Journey, nonfiction, Short essays
John Perrault Whatever You Got Going On, 21 Poems
Bob Gielow The Culling, fiction, short story
Jane C. Elkin The Colors of Mourning, nonfiction, memoir
Paul Goodwin The Long Perspective, 30 Poems
Madeline Kearin Witch Hole Pond, fiction, short story

Book Signing: EM Ippolito The Tears of Other People

Book Signing: EM Ippolito The Tears of Other People

Ippolito Book Signing 8.25

Join us for a book signing with author E.M. Ippolito.

Get a chance to hear from and speak with the author of The Tears of Other People.

Books will be available for sale in the gift shop. Admission is free, no RSVP required.

EM Ippolito Author Image

About the Author:

Evie (E. M. Ippolito) was raised a settler on unceded Abenaki-Pennacook land in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She is a trans writer of fiction and nonfiction living in Brooklyn, Lenapehoking, where she pursues a degree in library information science.

About the Book:

The Tears of Other People is an attempt by author E. M. Ippolito to make sense of her alienation from her hometown of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Both local history and personal memoir, the book explores the history of discriminatory programs on the New Hampshire seacoast, from gentrification to European colonization, charting personal and political connections across decades of urban change. Dispossession has an infamous history on the beautiful Portsmouth waterfront, where in the 1960s a colonial museum called Strawbery Banke displaced the working-class neighborhood of Puddle Dock.

Art Round Town

Art Round Town featuring PNH400

Join us for Art Round Town as we spotlight our friends at PortsmouthNH400 with the debut of two commemorative books! “History Lights Our Way” delves into the rich history of Portsmouth’s past and present while “400 x 400” captures iconic pictures from a historic celebratory year. Mix and mingle with the authors, photographers, and contributors and reminisce on the historic celebrations that were had in 2023. Don’t miss your chance to own a piece of history– books will be available for sale!

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Free admission all day long.

Visit our most recent exhibition “The Matter of Memory” and view highlights from our permanent collection in our “Past & Present” exhibition.