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Authors! with Anna Rasche

2024-10-09 19:00:00 2024-10-09 20:00:00 America/New_York Authors! with Anna Rasche Join us for Authors! with Anna Rashe and her debut novel, "The Stone Witch of Florence." Main Library - McMaster Center and Lobby

Wednesday, October 09
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-10-09 19:00:00 2024-10-09 20:00:00 America/New_York Authors! with Anna Rasche Join us for Authors! with Anna Rashe and her debut novel, "The Stone Witch of Florence." Main Library - McMaster Center and Lobby

Main Library

McMaster Center and Lobby

Join us for Authors! with Anna Rashe and her debut novel, "The Stone Witch of Florence."

The Stone Witch of Florence is a spellbinding debut from author Anna Rasche, that follows a young woman who harnesses the strange, ancient magic of gemstones to investigate a series of shocking crimes in plague-stricken Florence, all the while procing she is more physician than witch, perfect for fans of The Lost Apothecary. 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

A women's secret. A deadly Plague.  Unleash the hidden magic...

1348.  As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift - harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick.  But when word spread of her unusual abilities, she was condemned as a witch and banished. Now the same men who expelled Ginevra are begging for her return. 

Ginevra obliges, assuming the city's leaders are finally ready to accept her unorthodox cures amid a pandemic. But upon arrival, she is tasked with a much different mission: she must use her collection of jewels to track down a ruthless thief who is ransacking Florence's churches for priceless relics - the city's only hope for protection.  If she succeeds, she'll be a recognized physician and never accused of witchcraft again. 

But as her investigation progresses, Ginevra discovers she's merely a pawn in a much larger scheme that the one she's been hired to solve. And the dangerous men behind this conspiracy won't think twice about killing a stone witch to get what they want...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Anna Rasche is a historian and gemologist who has previously worked in the jewelry collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a curatorial fellow at the Copper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Rasche's debut is based on original research she conducted on the uses of gemstones in medieval medicine at the Cooper Hewitt Museum and on site in Italy. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and infant daughter. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: At each program, authors speak for about forty-five minutes, followed by a short question and answer session. A hardcover copy of the book is included with the purchase of your ticket.

AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Performances/Special Events |

TAGS: | devauthors |

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Wed, Oct 09, 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Atrium

Wed, Oct 09, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
McMaster Center and Lobby

Thu, Oct 10, 10:00am - 12:00pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Thu, Oct 10, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Thu, Oct 10, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Fri, Oct 11, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Sat, Oct 12, 9:30am - 4:45pm
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Sat, Oct 12, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Sat, Oct 12, 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Sat, Oct 12, 11:15am - 12:15pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Sat, Oct 12, 11:15am - 12:15pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Sat, Oct 12, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Annex

Sat, Oct 12, 12:30pm - 2:15pm

Sat, Oct 12, 12:40pm - 1:40pm
Local History Space

Sat, Oct 12, 2:00pm - 3:45pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Sat, Oct 12, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Sat, Oct 12, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Sat, Oct 12, 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Sat, Oct 12, 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Mon, Oct 14, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Mon, Oct 14, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Tue, Oct 15, 10:00am - 11:30am
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Tue, Oct 15, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Teen Space

Tue, Oct 15, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Studio Editing room 2

Wed, Oct 16, 10:30am - 12:00pm
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Wed, Oct 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teaching Lab (Computers and Media)

Thu, Oct 17, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Atrium

Thu, Oct 17, 5:15pm - 7:15pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Thu, Oct 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Thu, Oct 17, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery

Fri, Oct 18, 10:00am - 11:00am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Sat, Oct 19, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Sat, Oct 19, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
McMaster Center and Lobby

Sat, Oct 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Mon, Oct 21, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Tue, Oct 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Thu, Oct 24, 10:00am - 11:30am
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Thu, Oct 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Thu, Oct 24, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Space

Thu, Oct 24, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
McMaster Center and Lobby

Fri, Oct 25, 10:00am - 11:00am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Sat, Oct 26, 10:00am - 2:00pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)
This event is full

Sat, Oct 26, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Mon, Oct 28, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Mon, Oct 28, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Tue, Oct 29, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Space

Tue, Oct 29, 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Wed, Oct 30, 5:00pm - 8:30pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Fri, Nov 01, 10:00am - 11:00am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Sat, Nov 02, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Studio Lab Making Lab

Sat, Nov 02, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Studio Editing room 2

Sat, Nov 02, 11:00am - 12:15pm
McMaster Center and Lobby
This event is full

Sat, Nov 02, 11:15am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Sat, Nov 02, 11:15am - 12:00pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Sat, Nov 02, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Sat, Nov 02, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Small Business and Nonprofit Workspace

Sat, Nov 02, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Sat, Nov 02, 1:30pm - 2:45pm
McMaster Center and Lobby
This event is full

Sat, Nov 02, 1:45pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Sat, Nov 02, 1:45pm - 2:30pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Sat, Nov 02, 2:45pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48)

Sat, Nov 02, 2:45pm - 3:30pm
Small Business and Nonprofit Workspace

Sat, Nov 02, 3:15pm - 4:30pm
McMaster Center and Lobby
This event is full

Mon, Nov 04, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Tue, Nov 05, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Wed, Nov 06, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30)

Wed, Nov 06, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Space

Wed, Nov 06, 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Thu, Nov 07, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass)

Thu, Nov 07, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teaching Lab (Computers and Media)

Fri, Nov 08, 10:00am - 11:00am
Program Room (Children's Library)