March: Book Three, the third installment of Rep. John Lewis’ acclaimed graphic novel trilogy recounting the mid-60s civil rights movement, hit the shelves last Tuesday. March: Book Two, released in January 2015, won a 2016 Eisner Award, and the series will be used in New York City Public Schools to teach eighth-grade students about the civil rights movement.
Public speaker events are a perfect tool to help guide political conversations and encourage thoughtful and informed voting decisions. Here are our Top 5 Authors on Politics & Society for your upcoming Fall events.
Madison, Wisconsin’s organization Centro Hispano of Dane County will be hosting Reyna Grande on July 12th starting at 5:30pm. She will be sharing about her memoir THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US. The relevant topic of immigration will be the center of the conversation for the evening. This is our first time working with Centro Hispano and […]
June is Children’s Awareness Month and this month, on Wednesday, June 22, the Family and Children’s Association will host their scholarship fund reception. NYT Bestselling author, Regina Calcaterra will be the keynote speaker for the event. Her memoir, ETCHED IN SAND, tells the story of Regina and her four siblings who survived an abusive childhood, only […]
This Sunday, June 12, at Cleveland Bradley Library for a Meet the Author event in Cleveland, Tennessee, Andrew Maraniss will be speaking about his book, STRONG INSIDE. The event will start at 2:30 p.m. and give the audience a chance to hear more about Perry Wallace, the first African American basketball player for the SEC. […]
We are thrilled to announce the Cedar Rapids public library is hosting their summer event Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series for 2016. Every summer, they host this series and bring in bestselling authors. This year will be hosted at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids on Fridays, starting at 7 […]
Christina Baker Kline will be speaking at the Avalon Free Public Library on July 20th at 7 p.m. Stop by and here her share about ORPHAN TRAIN. Christina’s the best-selling author of ORPHAN TRAIN and will be speaking at Avalon Free Public Library as part of their annual author lecture series. This series brings in […]
Congratulations to Heather Hansen on winning a 2016 Colorado Authors’ League Writing Award for PROPHETS AND MOGULS, RANGERS AND ROGUES, BISON AND BEARS: 100 YEARS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Heather is a reporter based in Boulder, Colorado and has had her work published in many national publications. For her book, PROPHETS AND MOGULS, RANGERS […]
Come see Ellen Urbani and hear about her novel, LANDFALL, at the Eugene Public Library on Saturday, June 4. Ellen Urbani is the author of the memoir, WHEN I WAS ELENA, and released her newest book, LANDFALL, a work of modern historical fiction, in 2015. LANDFALL, set in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, captures the […]
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, one of Books in Common’s first authors, has released a new novel, BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS. BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS is a powerful novel about three generations of women. Her novel carries the reader from the countryside of Bengal, India to Houston, Texas. Chitra masterfully captures the complex relationships between […]
