Join our virtual author talks to enjoy conversation with the authors behind your favorite books from the comfort of home. What questions have you always wanted to ask? Submit your questions online. We will also take questions during the event and will cover as many questions as time allows! Browse our archive of past virtual author talks for even more insightful discussions.
- Event: Virtual Author Talk: The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply with David Brooks
- Date & Time: Tuesday, January 13, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us for a discussion with writer David Brooks on his newest book, in which he helps us ask essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine with Journalist Julia Hotz
- Date & Time: Tuesday, January 20, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Be sure to jump start your new year with us as we chat virtually with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Secrets and Second Chances with Liz Moore
- Date & Time: Wednesday, January 28, 7:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: We are thrilled to welcome Liz Moore to discuss her latest work, The God of the Woods, an instant New York Times bestseller and one of NPR’s 2024 “Books We Love” highlights.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Swashbuckling Heroines and High Seas Adventures with Novelist Vanessa Riley
- Date & Time: Thursday, February 05, 7:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us for an unforgettable experience as we chat online with Vanessa Riley about her newest book, Fire Sword and Sea, based on the folk story of the female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic with Dr. Lindsey Stewart
- Date & Time: Thursday, February 12, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us to take part in the magic and celebrate the legacy of America’s founding Black women. Register for free today!
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Smithson’s Gamble – The Incredible History Behind the World’s Largest Museum
- Date & Time: Tuesday, February 24, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Tom D. Crouch, a Smithsonian veteran of almost 45 years, paints a robust picture of a unique American establishment and its lasting legacies in his book Smithson’s Gamble.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories
- Date & Time: Wednesday, March 04, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the experiences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the everyday people who reside in them.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic
- Date & Time: Thursday, March 12, 7:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: You’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work, The Astral Library, which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter
- Date & Time: Tuesday, March 24, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal.
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In-Person & Online Book Discussions
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Online Reading Recommendations
NovelList and NovelList K-8 are online services that offer reading recommendations. Browse both fiction and nonfiction, read-alike suggestions, series information, reviews, and lists of recommended and award-winning books for adults, teens and kids. Learn how to start on this video tutorial. Also try Book Connections which includes a “find the right book for you” feature.
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