Events

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Annual Poetry Awards Ceremony
Monday April 27, 6 p.m.
Community Room in West Roxbury Library

The Library is proud to host our Annual Community Poetry Contest, an opportunity for poets of all ages and experience levels to express themselves through the power of words. Entries must be received by March 6, 2026. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or putting pen to paper for the first time, we invite you to join us in celebrating poetry and community. Please continue to check our Poetry page for more details.

“River East, River West” – A Reading and Q&A with Mass Book Award-Honoree Aube Rey Lescure
May 11, 6:30 p.m.
Community Room in West Roxbury Library

Aube Rey Lescure will read from, River East, River West in a joint event presented by the Friends of the West Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library and Mass Center for the Book. Her debut novel was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins (US) and Duckworth Books (UK) in January 2024. It was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024, the Carol Shields Prize, the Maya Angelou Book Award, and the Stanfords’ Fiction with a Sense of Place Award. It was also longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and the Massachusetts Book Award.

 

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