#TBT: A Dog Day Afternoon at MashHQ

Mashable’s NY office celebrated Take Your Dog To Work Day on Friday, June 23rd. 

Understandably, nothing was accomplished that day.

Mashable Celebrate PRIDE!

Across our offices, Mashable employees dressed as the colors of the rainbow to celebrate PRIDE! From New York to LA. 

We believe that a diverse company is a strong company, bringing a wide range of viewpoints, experiences and new ideas to the table.

During Pride Month in particular, we celebrate the contributions of our LGBTQ+ employees: Both our stories and our culture benefit immeasurably from their work, and we’re proud to call them our colleagues and our friends.

Happy Pride!

#MashReads Meetup: ‘The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley’

Join MashReads for a night of food, friends and books as we discuss ‘The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley’ by Hannah Tinti with Hannah Tinti herself on Thursday, June 29 at 6:30 p.m EST at MashableHQ in New York City. Click here to learn more & RSVP!

‘The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley’ tells the story of Samuel and Loo Hawley, a father/daughter duo who, after moving from location to location following the death of Loo’s mother, finally settle down in Olympus, Massachusetts. But the Hawleys aren’t like the other families that live in Olympus. Loo is a loner who develops a reputation after standing up to her school bullies. And Samuel remains an enigma that even his closest neighbors don’t trust or understand.

But the Hawleys have more to worry about than just fitting in their new town. Marked on Samuel’s body are 12 bullet wounds, each telling a story from the mysterious former life that Hawley is trying to escape. But the past never stays behind us. As Loo begins investigating the death of her mother, the demons that Hawley so desperately tried to protect Loo from starts to catch up with him, threatening to shake the core of his family.

Part coming of age novel, part thriller, ‘The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley’ is a moving look at the lengths we will go to keep our family safe.

On June 30, 2010, Mashable launched Social Media Day as a way to recognize and celebrate social media’s impact on global communication. Today, social media is the heart of global communication; and since its inception, Mashable’s been using social media to connect between cultures, movements and super-fandom.

While every day is essentially Social Media Day, June 30th, 2017 marks the eighth-annual official global celebration. No matter where you live, you can celebrate with us! Thanks to Mashable’s Social Media Day Hub, we’re making it easier than ever for people to find meetups happening nearest them, while helping meetup organizers share their #SMDay events with Mashable’s global community. Submit your event at https://mashsmday.splashthat.com/!

Learn more at mashable.com/smday, and be sure to follow @MashSMDay on Twitter for #SMDay updates.

‘Things We Lost In The Fire,’ our next MashReads book, explores the surreal ways history shapes the present

This month, Mashable’s social book club MashReads is reading Things We Lost In The Fire. Throughout its 12 stories, Things We Lost In The Fire explores a host of characters and scenarios shaped by Argentina’s fraught and violent history. 

You can join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter; and be sure to use the hashtag #MashReads to let us know what you think of the book.

We’ll also be discussing the book with Enriquez via Facebook Live on Wednesday, May 3 at 1 p.m. ET. Be sure to follow MashReads on Facebook and tune in.

Also, MashReads will be talking about Things We Lost In The Fire IRL in partnership with Strand Book Store in New York City. Join us at Strand Book Store (directions here) on Thursday, May 11 at 6 p.m. ET for a night of books, friends, and fun at our informal book club discussion of Things We Lost In The Fire. Strand is also giving MashReaders a 15 percent discount off the book for anybody who purchases the book online with the discount code MASHREADS here.

RSVP here and join us for a night of books, friends and fun.

Mashable House 2017: For the superfan in all of us

#TBT to Mashable’s weekend at SXSW Interactive!

Join MashReads for a night of books, friends and food as we discuss our latest book club book ‘A Separation’ with author Katie Kitamura on Tuesday, March 28 at 6:30pm ET at Mashable’s New York HQ.

In 'A Separation,’ Kitamura tells a minimalist tale about a woman seeking out her estranged husband in a small Grecian town, who seems to have gone missing while researching a book about grief. Taking place in a blighted landscape of fire, crime, lethargy and unease, the story investigates the intricacies of intimacy when love has long since diminished.

While the narration and the action are calm and icily collected, the story boils just under the surface with regret, intrigue, communication across different experiences and desperately trying to understand the scope of what we lose when someone exits from our world.

We hope you’ll join us in discussing this book! RSVP at https://mashreadsaseparation.splashthat.com/