MARY L STEPHENS BRANCH LIBARY. Briana Loewinsohn author of Ephemera: a memoir and Raised by ghosts and Thien Pham author of Family style : memories of an American from Vietnam will be in conversation about making comics. 2p - 3p. Free.
AVID READER. Avid Reader is honored to host Brian Selznick in conversation with David Levithan in celebration of the release of Selznick's latest novel: Run Away With Me. Run Away With Me is a stunning creation, weaving words & illustration to tell the story of a transformative love. Danny is sixteen & spending his summer in Rome. As his mother works all day in a mysterious museum, he wanders the city's ancient, streets. Then one day a voice calls to him, & a strange, beautiful boy steps into his life. Angelo. Soon Danny is in love for the first time, but he's also painfully aware that when the summer ends, he'll have to return to America. Angelo seems to know all of Rome's twisting corners & hidden histories . . . even as he holds his own secrets just out of Danny's reach. 7p - 8p. $10.Â
MARY L. STEPHENS DAVIS BRANCH LIBRAY. The Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library announces author Claudia Krich will deliver a book talk, “Those Who Stayed: A Vietnam Diary,” at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Blanchard Room. The event is free and open to the public.
THE AVID READER. Alice Rothchild will speak about her remarkable autobiography, Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician. Written entirely in free verse, it tells of her journey from 1950's good girl to irreverent, feisty, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist forging her own direction in the contradictory, sexist world of medicine. 6p—7p. Free
DAVIS VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. Come join us for the launch of Jessica Guerrieri's debut novel, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Winner of the UC Davis Maurice Prize for Fiction, Guerrieri will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author and Oprah's Book Club Pick, Lara Love Hardin. Together, they will discuss the novel's themes of motherhood, family, and addiction. Each ticket includes a signed copy of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. 7p - 9p. $25
MARY L. STEPHENS LIBRARY. Join us for a discussion of Manvir Singh's debut release, Shamanism: The Timeless Religion. From a brilliant, young, Harvard-trained anthropologist and contributor to The New Yorker comes a fascinating investigation into the spiritual practice of shamanism, from its beginnings to the present moment, for readers disaffected with organized religion who seek a more personal approach to spirituality. 6:30p—7:30p. Free
MARY L. STEPHENS LIBRARY. Meet and listen to local author Lisa Montanaro discuss her novel, "Everything we Thought was True," a story of family and identity, and the corrosive nature of secrets—those we keep from ourselves, from each other, and from society. Lisa will do a reading from her novel, and be in-conversation with writer and editor, Cerrissa Kim. Copies of the novel will be available for sale and signing. 6p—8p. Free
THE AVID READER. Bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver’s adult romance debut follows a journalist in a dead-end job who agrees to teach his disastrous blind date how to be a better boyfriend. Readers will delight in this sweet and steamy queer romance with trans representation! 6:30p—7:30p. Free
PATIO29, WINTERS. Join for an exclusive "Don't Call Me Jupiter" event, featuring a book reading and signing by Tom Bross. Enjoy a signature martini, "The Jupiter," specially developed for the evening. 4p—5p. Free
