Wednesday, September 27, 2023
7:30 PM

Ann Patchett is a celebrated author, devoted reader, champion of literary culture and independent bookstores. In 2012, TIME magazine named Ann one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for her efforts on behalf of the literary community. Commonwealth, published in 2016, was selected as The New York Times Best Book of the Year. Her popular novel, The Dutch House, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and has sold more than 1 million copies. Ann’s latest novel, Tom Lake, will be released in August of 2023.

Kevin Wilson is known for writing radically inventive books filled with wit, vulnerability and heavy emotions. The Family Fang, published in 2011, was adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman. His bestselling novel, Nothing to See Here, was named Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME magazine and more. His latest book, Now Is Not the Time to Panic, was released in November of 2022.

Thursday, October 19, 2023
7:30 PM

Michelle Zauner is best known as the Grammy nominated lead singer and guitarist for the indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. Her debut memoir, Crying in H Mart, spent over 60 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Crying in H Mart is a powerful memoir about growing up as a Korean American, losing her mother and forging her identity. It is currently being adapted into a film by MGM’s Orion Pictures, with a soundtrack by Zauner.

Thursday, November 9, 2023
7:30 PM

After rising to fame playing the iconic character Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on TV’s Happy Days, Henry Winkler has gone on to a prolific, award-winning career as an actor, producer, director and author. The man behind such memorable characters as Gene Cousineau on the HBO series Barry, will join us to discuss his new memoir, Being Henry: The Fonz ... and Beyond, which hits bookshelves in October 2023.

Thursday, March 7, 2024
7:30 PM

Hernan Diaz’s first novel, In the Distance, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award. Trust, his second novel, received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was a New York Times bestseller. It was also listed as the best book of the year by more than thirty publications. Former President, Barack Obama, listed Trust as one of his favorite books of 2022. Trust is currently being developed into a limited series on HBO.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024
7:30 PM

Bestselling author, Rebecca Makkai is an American novelist and short story writer. Her novel, The Great Believers, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and received an American Library Association Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Makkai’s most recent book, I Have Some Questions for You, released in February of 2023, was named one of “The Most Anticipated Books of 2023” by TIME magazine, NPR, The Washington Post and Oprah Daily.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
7:30 PM

Kiese Laymon is a bestselling author, social critic and essayist known for his savage humor and clear-eyed perceptiveness, which earned him comparisons to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alice Walker and Mark Twain. He is the author of the award-winning memoir, Heavy which won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2019 and was named 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by The New York Times. His genre-defying novel, Long Division, which won the NAACP Image Award, combines elements of science fiction, satire and social commentary.

Imani Perry’s work reflects the deeply complex history of Black thought, art and imagination. Her book Breathe: A Letter to My Sons explores the terror, grace and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and was a finalist for NAACP Image Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. Her latest book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, is an essential journey through the history of the American South. South to America won the National Book Award and was named best book of 2022 by The New Yorker, TIME magazine and Oprah Daily.