Local author to hold book discussion and signing at CO in Rhinebeck

RHINEBECK — CO is pleased to announce a book signing and reading with award-winning Hudson Valley author and journalist Yardena Schwartz from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1.

From 6-8 p.m., a Yardena Schwartz will hold a book signing and launch party at CO. Her new book, Ghosts of a Holy War, tells the story of the 1929 massacre in Palestine that ignited the Arab-Israeli conflict, its aftermath, and the chilling echoes of that century-old massacre on Oct. 7, 2023. Ghosts of a Holy War debuts on Oct. 1, and has already garnered early praise from several award-winning authors.

According to Yossi Klein Halevi, author of the New York Times bestseller Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, “If you are going to read one book to help you understand the current Middle East tragedy, this is it."

As part of the event, Yardena will be interviewed by fellow local author Evan Hughes, whose latest book is Pain Hustlers (originally published as The Hard Sell), a narrative nonfiction account of the dramatic rise and fall of an opioid maker. A feature film based on the book, starring Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy Garcia and Catherine O’Hara, debuted in theaters and on Netflix in October 2023.

There will also be an audience Q&A followed by socializing and refreshments. To RSVP for this event, please click here. For more about Yardena and her book, visit her website.

CO Co-owner and Community Manager Dugan Radwin said she was very excited CO was hosting the event.

“We are so thrilled to have Yardena Schwartz and Evan Hughes at CO to talk about her book and the events she describes in it,” she said. “I’m sure it will be an amazing conversation.”

About Yardena Schwartz

Yardena Schwartz is an award-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated producer who worked at NBC News, including stints at the Today show, Nightly News with Brian Williams, and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports. Her reporting has appeared in the New York Times, New York Review of Books, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, TIME, National Geographic, and Rolling Stone, among other publications. She graduated with honors from Columbia Journalism School in 2011 and received an Emmy nomination for her work at MSNBC in 2013. She then spent a decade reporting from Israel, earning the 2016 RNA award for excellence in magazine reporting. She now lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband and children.

About CO

CO, located at 6571 Spring Brook Ave. (Route 9) across from the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, opened in 2018 after a two-year re-design and renovation led by local architect Frank Mazzarella. Since its inception, CO has co-hosted numerous innovation sessions and community-related events, ranging from professional meetings, workshops and training, to parties, mixers and nonprofit galas. Local businesses and organizations that have utilized the space include Corcoran Real Estate, Data Stories, Hudson Community Incubator, Hudson Valley Women in Business, Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce, Rhinebeck Rotary Club, Stockade Works and Winnakee Land Trust. It has served as a meeting space for student groups such as Rhinebeck Interact Club and the 4H Club as well as a space for local artists to share their work, including Tom Cale, Dan Goldman Helena Palazzi, Kelli Bickman, Ryan Cronin, Shea Lord and Janine Gentile.