Ivy+ Alumni: Books & Brews

Schedule

Sat Nov 15 2025 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Bookends & Beginnings | Evanston, IL

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Join us for Books & Brews hosted at Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston from 4-6pm on Saturday, November 15
About this Event

Join us for our Ivy+ Books & Brews discussion on By Any Other Name by Princeton alumna Jodi Picoult.


How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Please contact Jennifer Chertow at 847-323-0305 or [email protected] if you have questions.


Sourced from Goodreads:

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.
Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.
In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theatre productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how the words of playwrights can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.
Told in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on . . . no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten.

About the Author:

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight novels, including Wish You Were Here, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Picoult lives in New Hampshire.

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Bookends & Beginnings, 1620 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, United States

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