Catherine Con Morse, author of The Notes, in conversation with Mia Tong

Porter Square Books&nbsp;is delighted to welcome&nbsp;Catherine Con Morse, one of the inaugural Writers in Residence at PSB,&nbsp;for the release of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593711385" target="_blank">The Notes</a>! She will be in conversation with one of PSB's current Writer's in Residence,&nbsp;Mia Tong.&nbsp;This event will take place on&nbsp;Tuesday, April 30 at 7pm at Porter Square Books&nbsp;(25 White St. Cambridge, MA 02140). <a href="https://www.portersquarebooks.com/rsvp-attend-our-event-catherine-con-morse" target="_blank">RSVP here</a> to let us know you're coming and to receive event updates! A reserved Chinese American teen at a Southern performing arts boarding school comes into her own under the tutelage of a glamorous new piano teacher. A moving coming-of-age-novel from a debut novelist about&nbsp;first love, adolescent angst, and academic pressures. “Compellingly readable. Make room in the boarding-school book canon for a new classic.”&nbsp;- Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of&nbsp;In the Wild Light&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Serpent King "A&nbsp;moving, highly virtuosic, and heart-rending portrait of an aspiring teen pianist trying to find her way...it&nbsp;made me feel seen." - Patricia Park, author of&nbsp;Imposter Syndrome and Other Confession of Alejandra Kim&nbsp;and&nbsp;What’s Eating Jackie Oh? Claire Wu isn’t sure that she has what it takes to become a successful concert pianist. It’s the fear of every student at Greenwood School for the Performing Arts: becoming a washed-out performer who couldn't make it big. And Claire's no Rocky Wong,&nbsp;the&nbsp;ace pianist at their boarding school. Then Dr. Li shows up.&nbsp;She’s like no other teacher at Greenwood: mysterious, sophisticated, fascinating. Under Dr. Li’s tutelage, Claire works harder and dreams bigger than ever. And her crush Rocky finally seems interested. Maybe she’ll even be "Chinese enough" to join the elusive Asian Student Society. Everything is falling into place until eerily personal notes about Claire’s bond with Dr. Li appear. Claire starts to feel the pressure. But she isn't the only one. Everyone is feeling the strain. Especially Rocky, whose extreme perfectionism hides something more troubling. As the Showcase tension crescendos, Claire must decide if she’s ready to sink or swim. Only then can she discover who she&nbsp;really&nbsp;is and learn&nbsp;if she’s ready to give her all for a shot at greatness. The Notes&nbsp;is a powerful and poignant debut YA novel from award-winning writer&nbsp;Catherine Con Morse&nbsp;about dealing with academic pressures, falling in love for the first time, and finding yourself. &nbsp; Catherine Con Morse&nbsp;was one of the inaugural Writers in Residence at Porter Square Books. A Kundiman fellow, she received her MFA from Boston University, where she taught undergraduate creative writing for several years. Her work appears in&nbsp;Joyland,&nbsp;Letters,&nbsp;HOOT,&nbsp;Bostonia, the Racist Sandwich podcast, and elsewhere.&nbsp;The Notes&nbsp;was shortlisted for the CRAFT first chapters contest and is her first novel. In high school, Catherine attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, a public arts boarding school, where she was as intrigued with her teacher as Claire is with Dr. Li. Catherine continues to play and teach piano today. Most recently, she taught English at Choate Rosemary Hall, and lives in the Connecticut River Valley with her husband and daughter. Mia Tong&nbsp;is a fiction writer of YA and immigrant stories. Internationally published online and forthcoming in print, she is finishing a master's in Creative Writing and Literature. Her work-in-progress&nbsp;Fireborn&nbsp;is a YA pan-Asian, mythology-inspired fantasy adventure novel about a deity who searches for an antidote to her caretaker's malady, battling a slew of fantastical foes and discovering her own true identity. When not writing or reading, Mia tries her hand at ikebana, thinking about the impact of generative AI to the writing community, and exploring the world, starting with her beloved Camberville. Find her online at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.miatongwriter.com/" target="_blank">www.miatongwriter.com</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/miatongwriter.bsky.social" target="_blank">@miatongwriter.bsky.social</a>.

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