{"id":111661,"date":"2025-08-02T00:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111661\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T00:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:49:15","slug":"local-authors-take-the-spotlight-at-holyoke-bookstore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111661\/","title":{"rendered":"Local authors take the spotlight at Holyoke bookstore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Local authors take the spotlight in Holyoke\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PRBEGNILD5HMVNYO7KPORX7TH4.jpeg\" \/>Local authors are coming together at Barnes &amp; Noble in Holyoke for a special event where they\u2019ll share their books and meet readers on Aug. 2. Mychal Connolly Jr. will attend the expo with his children&#8217;s book. (The Launch and Stand Out Agency Photo)courtesy<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NQJXMMMZQZBE5NKCNLERJU43MM\">HOLYOKE \u2014 23 local authors will meet readers and sign books at the Holyoke Barnes &amp; Noble on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., during the store\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062167322-70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062167322-70\">Summer Author Expo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BWZ5B2ITGNBWLGIW675QBAWSV4\">Writers from many genres \u2014 including children\u2019s books and business guides \u2014 will be featured. All have ties to the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local authors are coming together at Barnes &amp; Noble in Holyoke for a special event where they\u2019ll share&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1022,171,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-111661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114956426608865115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}