Sheri Dursin, a freelance writer and blogger, is an (almost!) lifelong resident of Connecticut. Her husband, Mark, a high school English teacher, has called CT home since 2000. For many years, the Dursins wrote independently. But raising their twin sons helped them discover an important truth: All Good Things Come in Twos. Read more [...]

New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is hailed “a national treasure” by Michael Cunningham and “one of America’s unique and most gifted literary voices” by Colum McCann. She is the author of four novels, three story collections, a nonfiction book and a children’s book. White Houses (February 2018) is a triumphant historical Read more [...]

The Litchfield Historical Society is hosting a talk with the former Connecticut State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni about his new book The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk, on Sunday, September 23 at 3 p.m. Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia and Itankusun Wanbli lived almost a century Read more [...]

Do you enjoy flipping through cookbooks to decide what to make? Do you search through recipes for inspiration? Come join our newest monthly book club, featuring cookbooks! Just register for “Cooking by the Book,” pick a recipe from the specified book, make the dish on your own, and then gather Read more [...]

Over the summer, patrons of West Hartford Libraries submitted 247 unique words that Poet Laureate Julie Choffel will use to write a poem. Julie will unveil the poem on Sept. 25 at Noah Webster Library — and attendees will get a chance to write their own “collage poem” using the submitted words. Read more [...]

Do you have an idea for a novel, but don’t know where to start? Or have you begun writing, but are stuck moving forward? This is the perfect class for you. In this eight-week course, we will explore what genre of novel is best for you, how to outline a Read more [...]

Connecticut College selected Exit West as its summer read for all incoming first-year students. Set in a world being irrevocably transformed by migration, Exit West follows a young couple in an unnamed country, as their city collapses and they are forced to join a wave of migrants feeling for their Read more [...]

Eternal Life by Dara Horn (2018) Rachel is a woman with a problem:  she can’t die.  Discussion led by Faye Ringel, Professor Emirata of Humanities, U. S. Coast Guard Academy.

Join us in a discussion of The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. Book Description: Set in modern-day India, it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of an abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate Read more [...]

Author Karen C.L. Anderson will discuss her book Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A guide for Separation, Liberation & Inspiration  The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn’t have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a Read more [...]

West Hartford Libraries will host former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins at West Hartford Town Hall on Oct. 4 for this year’s West Hartford READS! author event. Collins is a world-renowned poet who has managed to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal. He is famous for “conversational, witty Read more [...]

Central Station by Lavie Tidhar (2016) A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station.  Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality.  The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked.  Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. Pam Read more [...]

Dreamtime is an ongoing paranormal fantasy series, set in southeastern Connecticut. It is based on the premise that there is a parallel dimension between our physical world and whatever lies beyond – called Dreamtime. The series consists of Darke House, Summerland, Island of the Shadow Woman, Elixir, and Light of the Read more [...]

The inaugural Saugatuck StoryFest is a three-day celebration of writing that combines a town-wide multidisciplinary literary festival with a craft-focused, workshop-based writers conference. It is a partnership between a public library—the Westport Library—and a public school system—the Westport Public Schools. October 12-14, 2018 Please visit the Saugatuck StoryFest site for Read more [...]

The inaugural Saugatuck StoryFest is a three-day celebration of writing that combines a town-wide multidisciplinary literary festival with a craft-focused, workshop-based writers conference. It is a partnership between a public library—the Westport Library—and a public school system—the Westport Public Schools. October 12-14, 2018 Please visit the Saugatuck StoryFest site for Read more [...]

The inaugural Saugatuck StoryFest is a three-day celebration of writing that combines a town-wide multidisciplinary literary festival with a craft-focused, workshop-based writers conference. It is a partnership between a public library—the Westport Library—and a public school system—the Westport Public Schools. October 12-14, 2018 Please visit the Saugatuck StoryFest site for Read more [...]

The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (1981). This book is both a history and critique of the statistical methods and cultural motivations underlying biological determinism, the belief that “the social and economic differences between human groups—primarily races, classes, and sexes—arise from inherited, inborn distinctions and that society, in Read more [...]

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan (2017)  Lyrical and heartbreaking, Salt Houses follows three generations of a Palestinian family and asks us to confront that most devastating of all truths: you can’t go home again.  Lynne Rogers, Professor of English at UConn, will lead this discussion.

Four authors in the mystery/suspense genre will read from their novels, ask questions, and sign their books.