Literary Events - Talks - Debates - Book Launch

BreakBread Literacy Project Creative Writing Workshops Fall 2021 BreakBread Literacy Project offers a series of virtual writing workshops for young creatives. Sessions are held via Zoom. Workshops are free, but registration is required. Open to students age 13-19, in grad ..

We're back, with two years of donated books from our generous and well-read community! Twice as much current Fiction, Biography, Politics, History, Oversized Art and Photography, Travel and Gardening, Self-Help, Cookbooks and Children's books; 30 categories in all. Specially ..

Keith and Emily's romantic story will bring you to your knees. If you are looking for a romantic beach read this is it ... --The Mary Reader. If you need a beach vacation but can't take the time off, bring the beach to you. Lori Hayes will not disappoint. Her specialty is ..

MONTHLY SPOKEN WORD SESSIONS CONTINUE!! Thu Aug 12 - Word Of Mouth (Live), telling stories through the lens of London's leading spoken word artists. Integrating live performances with online videos to tell a collective story about British culture, free entry at The CLF A ..

Los Olivos Authors Tour @ "The Maker's Son" 346 Bell St Los Alamos CA 93440 on Aug 7th (Sat 9 am - 2 pm) - Confirmed: Los Osos Artist, Nancy Billings Solvang Artist, Anne Bunch Santa Ynez Artist, Kelly Hine Lake Elsinore Artist, Kelly Rodriguez --- Los Alamos Autho ..

In the digital age of social media posts and emails, is there still value to putting pen to paper to effect change? This virtual program explores this question through the perspectives of those who decided that a mailed letter has a unique ability to do just that. Hear from ..

An emotional portrait, a social critique, and a passionate plea for human equality, JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET is now considered a classic. Without using narration, the film allows Baldwin to tell his own story: exploring what it means to be born black, impov ..

Albert Pinkham Ryder was a distinguished poet as well as a profoundly influential artist. His art is the subject of the Whaling Museum exhibition "A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art." Now you can explore Ryder’s imagination and vision ..

The Greenfield Summer Institute is an adult summer institute that showcases the research of UW–Madison faculty and acclaimed Jewish studies scholars from around the country. The Institute has been running since 2000, with each year's lectures being centered around a unique t ..

Jackie Higgins reveals how humans sense and make sense of the world, and the untold scientific revolution stirring in the field of our perception through the senses of animals. The harlequin mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls but, more im ..

The Teen Talk Book Club is a new program at the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County that discusses issues in contemporary life through the lens of Young Adult Fiction. The series will run May-September 2021 and feature the following books: Heroine by Mindy McGu ..

The urge to censor is as old as the urge to speak. Journalist Eric Berkowitz reveals why and how humanity has, from the beginning, sought to silence itself. ---------------------- ** This is an ONLINE only event. Please register for an online ticket here: https://conw ..

40th Annual Northern California Book Awards Sunday, July 11, 2021, 2:00pm PDT This event will be live on Zoom Webinar and on the San Francisco Public Library’s YouTube channel: Zoom Registration - http://bit.ly/NoCalBook7-11-21 For updates, including judges’ reviews, ..

Join Iowa's biggest book expo, brought to you by Des Moines Best Nonprofit of 2019, as we celebrate the heros and villains within our pages. Admission is always FREE Get FREE GOODY BAG full of heroic treats. Kids get free coloring pages and crayons to take Find a reason ..

MONTHLY SPOKEN WORD SESSIONS CONTINUE!! Thu Jul 08 - Word Of Mouth (Live), telling stories through the lens of London's leading spoken word artists. Integrating live performances with online videos to tell a collective story about British culture, free entry at The CLF A ..

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County presents a community book discussion on Dan Rather's bestselling memoir/essay collection, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism. Rather's topics are wide-ranging, and his ruminations on what it means to be an American in ..

The idea of 29th LISBON-PORTUGAL International Conference on “Literature, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences” (L2HES2-21) scheduled on July 5-7, 2021 at Lisbon (Portugal) is for the researchers, academicians, managers, social scientists, scholars, engineers and parcti ..

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County presents a community book discussion on Dan Rather's bestselling memoir/essay collection, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism. Rather's topics are wide-ranging, and his ruminations on what it means to be an American in ..

Two writers of different generations - Carla Malden and Arin Keshishian - will join in a far-ranging virtual conversation on Thursday, June 24, at 7pm PDT about the counterculture and free speech movement from 1967's Summer of Love to 1972. "Something's Happening Here" wi ..

Human twins have many meanings and different histories. In this online talk, William Viney - himself a twin - shows how the use and abuse of twins has helped to shape the world in which we live. ---------------------------- ** This is an ONLINE only event. Please regis ..