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: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- Date & Time: Tuesday, October 22, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: In her remarkable book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training, her most significant credential is that she’s a card-carrying member of the human race. Join us to explore the role of therapy in our lives.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained
- Date & Time: Thursday, November 07, 7:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: You are welcome to join us in conversation with Navajo Ranger, Stanley Milford, Jr. as he chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajoland.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: On Childhood Migration in Central America
- Date & Time: Thursday, November 14, 4:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Tune in for a special conversation with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Native Rights and Culture in Fiction
- Date & Time: Wednesday, November 20, 7:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: You’re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American culture, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Exploring the Smithsonian National Gem Collection
- Date & Time: Wednesday, December 04, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us for an absolutely dazzling presentation with the emeritus curator of the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection, Dr. Jeffrey E. Post as he talks about The Smithsonian National Gem Collection Unearthed: Surprising Stories Behind the Jewels.
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- Event: Virtual Author Talk: On Pulse-Pounding, Family Driven Mysteries
- Date & Time: Wednesday, December 11, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: Join us for a captivating conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave, as she chats with us online about her newest book The Night We Lost Him.
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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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