# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Back to School Book Bash: Mix and Mingle with Rhode Island Authors
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Mix and Mingle with Rhode Island Authors and help supply new books to local schools and libraries for the upcoming school year!About this EventJoin us at the beautiful Ochre Court Mansion, recently featured in HBO's The Gilded Age, for the Rhode Island Center for the Book's annual Back to School Book Bash!This year's event is a little different. Spend the evening meeting and chatting with some of Rhode Island's amazing authors and illustrators, have your books signed in a relaxed, informal setting, and help us honor Natasha White, Librarian at Alfred Lima Elementary School, recipient of this year's Page Turner AwardEnjoy music, appetizers, drinks, and raffle prizes while supporting literacy across Rhode Island. Every ticket helps us provide brand new books to local schools and libraries, giving students access to the books they need.Come celebrate books, community, and the start of a new school year with us!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newport/back-to-school-book-bash-mix-and-mingle-with-rhode-island-authors/100001993744073193
- **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
  - Location: Ochre Court
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 75, max: 1500, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newport
- **state**: RI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ochre Court
- **lat**: 41.4738172
- **long**: -71.2990619
- **full address**: Ochre Court, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Back to School Book Bash: Mix and Mingle with Rhode Island Authors being held?
  - **A:** Back to School Book Bash: Mix and Mingle with Rhode Island Authors takes place on Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Ochre Court, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Back to School Book Bash: Mix and Mingle with Rhode Island Authors?
  - **A:** Back to School Book Bash: Mix and Mingle with Rhode Island Authors is organized by Rhode Island Center for the Book.

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