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Saturday July 19, 2025

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2:30 – 3:15 pm

MOCAKIDS Author Meet & Greet with Livia Blackburne

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Museum of Chinese in AmericaChinatown

Tuesday July 22

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6 pm

Author Talk| A Protest History of the United States

Parkway Central LibraryPhiladelphia

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6 – 7:30 pm

Jo Piazza celebrates “Everyone is Lying to You”

Books & Readings

Barnes & Noble PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia PA 19103

Saturday July 26

4 – 7 pm

The Art of Healing

One art Community CenterPhiladelphia

Thursday July 31

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6 – 7:30 pm

Emily Van Duyne discusses “Loving Sylvia Plath”

Barnes & Noble PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia PA 19103

Saturday Aug. 9

10 am – 3 pm

2025 Indie Author Book Fair

Pennsylvania Convention CenterPhiladelphia

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