Lori Gold & Stephanie Burns- Conversation with the Authors

Join us for a Conversation with the Authors featuring triple the South Shore appeal! Author Lori Gold will introduce her upcoming release, , a magical and witty tale that examines what would happen if reality were just a bit different. Debut author Stephanie Burns will share , a coming-of-age debut featuring a former child star searching for meaning after the spotlight has faded. And Robbin Mangano, South Shore resident and founder of Instagram's Sunday Reading Book Club (@sundayreadingbookclub), will lead the conversation.

Tickets ($5) are required for this event.

Lori Gold is the author of , one of Zibby Media's "Most Anticipated Books of 2025," a Zibby Media 2025 Summer Read Pick, and an NPR Book of the Day. Lori is also the author of an adult historical and four novels for young adults (all under Lori Goldstein). She currently lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts, where she fosters a writing community through her creative writing classes, book coaching, and writing retreats. She has been an instructor at Grub Street in Boston for the past ten years. She can be found online at www.lorigoldsteinbooks.com and on Instagram at lorigoldsteinbooks.

Stephanie Burns holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a BA in Theater Studies, both from Emerson College. When she’s not dreaming up stories of her own, she is championing women authors as the COO of the award-winning Tall Poppy Writers. She lives on the south shore of Massachusetts where she plots by the ocean with her almost-famous beagle, Ollie Twist. is her debut novel.

Robbin Mangano created Sunday Reading Book Club after realizing something simple but life-changing: when she read more and doom-scrolled less. She felt happier, calmer, & more like herself. What started as a BookTok/Bookstagram hobby became her favorite kind of community: readers who love a five-star binge, an honest take, and the magic of finishing the last sentence and immediately flipping to the Author Notes. She is a New Englander and a devoted mood reader—epic fantasy one week, historical fiction the next, then a contemporary romance you finish in 48 hours because you “just need to know.” She's also a mom of two, a believer that books build empathy, and an advocate for stories that make you feel everything.

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