Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder. Everyone wants to meet Odder, the Queen of Play. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s…
You’re invited to an exclusive preview event with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell as she introduces readers to her forthcoming title Don’t Let Him In (Out June 24, 2025!). Along with an introduction to her newest bone-chilling, psychological thriller, Jewell will chat about her life as a writer and her critically-acclaimed body of…
Extinctopedia tells a complex story, not just of those who are extinct but also of those in greatest peril, with explanations of what threatens their survival. It is also a story of hope—hopes for animals that have been rediscovered, hope in the form of newly-discovered animals, and hope that we might hear the warning call…
Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner will chat about the signature emotional depth of her books that have been inspiring readers toward self-discovery for decades. Her latest, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits, is set in the world of pop music and is about sisters, motherhood, young love, and the dreams we chase. March 26th 6 pm Virtual…
Clara Bingham’s The Movement is the first oral history of the decade that built the modern feminist movement. Through the voices of the people who lived it, The Movement tells the inside story of what it felt like to be working at Shirley Chisholm’s presidential campaign, at Billie Jean King’s Battle of the Sexes, and…
Journalist and author Lee Hawkins will share the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave. To their suburban Minnesotan neighbors, the Hawkinses were an ideal American family, embodying success. However, behind closed doors, they faced the legacy of enslavement and apartheid. This event will…
In Reset, Dan Heath explores a framework for getting unstuck and making the changes that matter. The secret is to find “leverage points”: places where a little bit of effort can yield a disproportionate return. This event will be recorded and people who register will be emailed a link to the recording. Register now. This…
