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 Magic of Found Family
- Date & Time: Wednesday, January 15, 7:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in the series, “Somewhere Beyond the Sea.”
- Register Here
- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Notes on Modern Irrationality
- Date & Time: Thursday, January 23, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author, Amanda Montell about her newest book, “The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality.”
- Register Here
- Event: Virtual Author Talk: An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent
- Date & Time: Tuesday, January 28, 1:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with Seth Fishman, Vice President and Literary Agent at The Gernert Company.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs
- Date & Time: Tuesday, February 04, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective
- Date & Time: Tuesday, February 11, 7:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book “Moon of the Turning Leaves,” the highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel “Moon of the Crusted Snow.”
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: I Am Nobody’s Slave
- Date & Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, “I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free.”
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: The Power of Reset and How to Change What’s Not Working
- Date & Time: Wednesday, March 12, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Are you ready for a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives? Join us for an enlightening conversation with bestselling author Dan Heath as he talks with us about his newest book, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America
- Date & Time: Thursday, March 20, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973.
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Sunday Nights on Facebook
Join us on Sunday nights at 8:30pm on Facebook for Currently Reading. Enjoy this hour during which book enthusiasts share favorite books and offer suggestion about what to read next. Find out about the books that have everyone talkin
Wednesday Mornings – Indy Now Book Club
The Library helps host a ‘book club’ on the Indy Now Morning Show with Ryan and Jillian on Fox59. Tune in at 10 a.m. every other Wednesday. Catch book recommendations and IndyPL program highlights from your own local librarians. Re-watch segments you have missed and see book lists of the books mentioned in each segment.
In-Person & Online Book Discussions
Do you love talking about books? Join one of our book discussions or book clubs available both in-person and online
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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