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An Evening with Ali Watkins and Bradford Pearson: The Next One Is For You

The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is honored to welcome New York Times reporter and Pulitzer finalist Ali Watkins for a conversation and signing on her new book, The Next One Is For You: A True Story of Guns, Country, and the IRA's Secret American Army. Watkins will be in conversation with bestselling author Bradford Pearson. Copies of this book are available from the Midtown Scholar Bookstore while supplies last, at https://www.midtownscholar.com/signed... The Next One is For You tells the long-buried story of how a group of Philadelphia gunrunners armed the IRA at the height of the Troubles—a true-crime saga that illuminates Irish America’s central role in the conflict and its legacy. As celebrated New York Times reporter Ali Watkins reveals in this exquisitely reported nonfiction thriller, the conflict in Northern Ireland might have gone very differently had it not been for a small, ragtag band of carpenters, family men, and fugitives in the United States. The Philadelphia Five, as they came to be known, supplied the Irish Republican Army at its moment of greatest need, bolstering the fight for a united Ireland but fueling the Troubles at an untold cost. This small group of Irish nationalists smuggled hundreds of rifles, rocket launchers, explosives, and armor-piercing bullets across the Atlantic Ocean and into Northern Ireland. A gripping tale of crime, rebellion, and the hazy line between them, The Next One Is for You is the definitive account of America’s hand in the Troubles—a conflict whose resonance is still felt today, in the United States and Ireland alike. Ali Watkins is a journalist for The New York Times, based out of the London bureau. Previously, she covered crime and law enforcement on the Metro desk and national security in Washington, also at The New York Times. She has also worked for BuzzFeed and at McClatchy Newspapers, where she was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in national reporting for coverage of the Senate’s report on the C.I.A.’s post-9/11 torture program. Watkins is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, where she began her journalism career as an intern at the Philadelphia Daily News. She grew up in Fleetwood, PA and now lives between Northern Ireland and Galway. Bradford Pearson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and author whose work examines everything from magicians to Japanese American incarceration to his own kidnapping. He’s written for The New York Times, and Esquire, Time, and Men’s Health magazines, among many other publications. He is currently the features editor for Philadelphia magazine and a contributing writer for the New York Times’ Special Projects team. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two children. ________________ To stay in-the-know about upcoming author talks, consider subscribing to our YouTube channel. Connect with the MidtownScholarBookstore online: Instagram:   / midtownscholar   Facebook:   / midtownscholar   Twitter:   / midtownscholar   Web: http://www.MidtownScholar.com Crowdcast: http://www.crowdcast.io/MidtownScholar Youtube:    / midtownscholarbookstore