Local Author Festival
American Flygirl: Author Event with Susan Ankeny (virtual)
Online (Zoom)Join us for a virtual author event to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander month; we'll be celebrating the release of Susan Ankeny's new book, Fly Girl. A uniquely hidden figure, Hazel Ying Lee was a pioneering trailblazer in the history of WWII, aviation, women, the military, and America, yet her inspiring story and extraordinary accomplishments […]
Off the Tracks: A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel/Virtual Event with Pamela Mulloy
Online (Zoom)Off the Tracks: A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel Train travel is having a renaissance. Grand old routes that had been canceled, or were moldering in neglect, have been refurbished as destinations in themselves. The Rocky Mountaineer, the Orient Express, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad run again in all their glory. […]
Author Event with Mindy McGinnis
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesWhen: Thursday, May 9th from 6:00 - 7:00 pm Where: First Floor, Community Room Join us in welcome award-winning author Mindy McGinnis to discuss her latest novel Under This Red Rock. We will be selling copies of Under This Red Rock as well as copies of some of Mindy's other Young Adult novels. Mindy […]
The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood…Virtual Author Event with Karen Valby
Online (Zoom)Join us for a virtual, moderated conversation with Karen Valby to celebrate the release of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and the Reclamation of Their Groundbreaking History. Karen Valby’s The Swans of Harlem brings to life the stories of Black dancers whose contributions to the world of ballet were silenced, marginalized, and otherwise […]
Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic/Virtual Author Event with Tabitha Stanmore
Online (Zoom)Join us for a virtual conversation with Tabitha Stanmore to celebrate the release of her new book, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (May 28). It’s a spritely and deeply researched history of magical problem-solving in a distant, unsettled, and strangely familiar time. Imagine: it’s 1600, and you’ve lost your keys. You’ve scoured your house. They’re […]