According to the Macmillan Dictionary, a beach read is “a book you can take on holiday, which is good enough to keep you engaged, but not so serious it will spoil your holiday.” It seems the term first came into play around 1990, a marketing move by publishers to draw attention to their summer offerings. […]
I am delighted to turn over this week’s Writers’ Table to Mathew Tombers, manager of Edgartown Books. When I asked him for book recommendations to help get readers through the long haul of an Island winter, he came back with a thoughtful essay filled with books by Vineyard authors. As I was going through his […]
Pre-dawn, over 100 people gathered at Edgartown’s Bend in the Road on Saturday for the 5th annual Darkness into the Vineyard LIght Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk. Co-founded by John Murray and Maria Ventura in 2008, and brought to fruition by Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Island Intervention Center, the symbolic walk aims to draw attention […]