The Bakers Dozen is a bakery known for its decadent treats and its dozen bakers. Twelve cookie, cake, and pastry makers. One day a new baker, Kristen, walks into the bakery offering her own specialty…doughnuts! Sweet!

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But why should the bakery change? Doesn’t a baker’s dozen mean 12? Written in adorable rhyme, ideal for young readers, the story reminds us that there is always room for one more—whether a doughnut or friend!

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Author Amy Moore is a preschool teacher at who has always loved working with children, and teaches preschool dance classes in her hometown of Ashland, MA.​​

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Join author Miranda Spivack and accidental activist Diane Cotter of Worcester who discovered toxins in firefighter protective gear, to discuss Miranda’s new book.

The book tells the true stories of Diane and other accidental activists who discovered problems in their communities and approached their local governments for help, only to hit blockade after blockade and a web of secrets. The accidental activists learn to build networks of like-minded people, discover how to lobby, get media attention and eventually get some respect from local, state and national leaders to spark change. The experiences and the lessons these newbie activists learn can be useful to anyone who is saying, “what can I do right now to make a difference?”

Publishers Weekly called the book “an enraging expose of a nationwide culture of corruption.

Join award-winning authors Dawn Reno Langley and Janis Robinson Daly in a fascinating discussion about what it takes to write historical fiction.

They’ll spill the tea about the stories behind their stories: the inspiration for Langley’s The Mystic and the way reality inspired fiction in Daly’s two novels about Eliza Edwards, a doctor during the Depression.

Each author will read a selection from their new novels and discuss how historical details weave into fiction, and how their female lead characters developed during their stories. They will leave time to entertain all questions about the business of publishing.

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