2017 Local author festival line up, Avon free public library This year’s Local Author Festival theme is “Conversations.” Hear what these authors have to say about writing, creating, and editing. Find out what their characters have to say to each other! Learn how they create meaningful conversations for readers in read more

The next session of the Connecticut Authors Reading Series will feature new books by local authors E.V. Legters and Harmony Verna. The event, which regularly introduces readers and writers to the work of authors who live in the Nutmeg State, will take place Saturday, June 24, from 2 to 4 read more

Please join us for our Delicious Discussion Author Event featuring Leah DeCesare, author of Forks, Knives and Spoons. The luncheon will take place on Tuesday, June 27th at Michael Jordan’s Steak House at Mohegan Sun from 12 – 1:30pm. Cost is $40 and includes lunch, dessert, a copy of Forks, read more

Hear what these authors have to say about writing, creating, and editing. Find out what their characters have to say to each other! Learn how they create meaningful conversations for readers in a modern world of constant distractions. Events are free and open the public. Books will be for sale read more

For a special treat, the Bristol Public Library will host the author of our book bites book Diana Y. Paul–via skype! The meeting will be held in the second floor computer lab. Light refreshments will follow the discussion. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk for check read more

Please join us as we welcome Mary Simses for an author talk & book signing for her latest novel, The Rules of Love & Grammar! James Patterson calls the book “a smart, well-told story of memory, family, and, of course, love.”

Hear what these authors have to say about writing, creating, and editing. Find out what their characters have to say to each other! Learn how they create meaningful conversations for readers in a modern world of constant distractions. Events are free and open the public. Books will be for sale read more

WITH BROKEN WINGS is a riveting and engrossing memoir about one woman’s courage and perseverance in battling through, first, childhood sexual abuse and, later on, horrific physical and sexual abuse as an adult. It is a true story told in raw and honest details; a story of heart-wrenching losses, discovery, read more

Diana Ross McCain is an independent historian and author who has been researching, writing, and speaking about Connecticut and New England’s past for more than thirty years. She is the author of several non-fiction books, including It Happened in Connecticut, Mysteries and Legends of New England, and Connecticut Coast. She read more

As part of the Connecticut Authors Trail, Lisa Saunders will be at the Bill Memorial Library on Monday, July 10th at 6:00 p.m. to share her book, After the Loss of a Spouse: From Henry VIII to Julia Child. She will take us through her research of out-of-print books and read more

DeeDee Filiatreault began writing a humor column about the misadventures of family life for the Lyme Times in Shoreline Connecticut in 2007 and now for her blog, www.TalesFromTheCribBlog.com. She has spent her adult life writing words for many different entities, including former South Carolina Governor David Beasley as his chief speechwriter and now as read more

In February, we will discuss The Cracked Looking-Glass by Katherine Anne Porter from the collection 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories. Discussions are based on the Great Books Foundation method in which readers talk in open gatherings, under a leader, about the great issues that have shaped civilization as read more

Local author Sarah Prager [Simsbury native and Wallingford resident] will discuss her new book, Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World. Published by HarperCollins on May 23, Queer, There, and Everywhere is a first-of-its-kind young adult book that tells the once-hidden stories of LGBTQ history. Come hear read more

Tom Army studied history as an undergraduate at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After graduating from Wesleyan with both a bachelors and masters degree, Army began a distinguished career in education that included nineteen years as headmaster of a New England boarding school. He went back to school and earned read more

Jane Herr Desrosiers’ love of outdoors life coupled with her sense of humor have brought her first book of the Gone Fishing trilogy to the public eye.  Gone Fishing started as a series of newsletters, FishingWeekly which became wildly popular with friends and fellow fishermen who demanded more. Jane is retired from a forty read more

Hailing from Norwich, Zachary Lamothe grew up in a house built in 1752 and from an early age was always intrigued by local lore and history. Zack studied New England history and folklore while a student at Boston University, attaining a degree in American Studies.  He is a frequent contributor to Norwich read more

Please join us as we welcome Bill Roorbach, who will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, The Girl of the Lake – Stories (Algonquin, June 2017).

Please join us for our Delicious Discussion Author Event featuring Allegra Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of The Chalk Artist. The luncheon will take place on Tuesday, July 25th at Michael Jordan’s Steak House at Mohegan Sun from 12 – 1:30pm. Cost is $40 and includes lunch, dessert, a read more

Co-authors Dory Herman-Sample and Kate Zapadka are sisters in real life. Raised in Connecticut, both are avid travelers and mystery lovers. Dory lives in northern Virginia and is a nursery school director. Kate lives on a farm in eastern Connecticut and is retired from social service and teaching positions. Both read more

Hear what these authors have to say about writing, creating, and editing. Find out what their characters have to say to each other! Learn how they create meaningful conversations for readers in a modern world of constant distractions. Events are free and open the public. Books will be for sale read more

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who loves the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it.  Facilitator is Marsha Bansavage.  Multiple copies of this title are available in the library.  

Before writing fiction full-time, Susan Kietzman wrote in several other capacities – as newspaper reporter, as corporate client wordsmith, as museum fundraiser. She also taught English and public speaking at two community colleges. Every Other Wednesday is her fourth novel, to be released by Kensington Publishing on April 25th. Her previous three novels, also read more

Katherine Hauswirth’s writing, focused on connection and contemplation inspired by the natural world, arises largely from long walks in Connecticut. She has been published in the Christian Science Monitor, Orion online, Connecticut Woodlands, etc. Katherine’s writing has been awarded with residencies at Trail Wood in Connecticut and Acadia National Park read more

During her career, Nancy Butler helped thousands of people manage their financial life through the aging process. Nancy also looked after her mother for 12 years, enabling her to see the challenges of aging and the opportunities to make it the best it can be. Her book helps people take greater control read more

Michaelle Pearson holds a B.A. in Journalism and Photography from Creighton University, and a J.D. from New York Law School.  Michaelle sits on the Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Board and is a Trustee of the Old Lyme Historical Society. She has written articles of local and historic interest for read more

Having an innate respect for nature and its inhabitants and composing his own version of The Oregon Trail at age 11, Felix F. Giordano, aspired to write about the American west and its indigenous people. His first novel in the Jim Buchanan series, Montana Harvest was a 2016 Independent Publishers of New England read more

Marty Podskoch, a retired reading teacher, is the author of six other books on the Adirondacks. While gathering stories of the forest rangers and fire tower observers, he became fascinated with other aspects of the Adirondacks such as the logging and mining industries, the individualistic men who guided sportsmen, the hotels they read more

Susan Strecker has a B.A. in Psychology and a Master of Marriage and Family Therapy. Her first novel, Night Blindness, went to auction where five publishing houses bid on it. Night Blindness was an IndieNext pick. Nowhere Girl won the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Award and was shortlisted for the Chanticleer Book Reviews Award. It was number read more

This year’s Local Author Festival theme is “Conversations.” Hear what these authors have to say about writing, creating, and editing. Find out what their characters have to say to each other! Learn how they create meaningful conversations for readers in a modern world of constant distractions. Events are free and read more

Waterford Public Library is again participating in the CT Authors Trail and will host Christine Whitehead. She will talk about her new book, Hemingway’s Daughter, how she came up with the idea, writing it, publishing it, and working with Amazon. Don’t forget to have your passport stamped!

Karen E. Olson is the award-winning author of the Black Hat Thriller series and the Annie Seymour and Tattoo Shop mystery series. She lives in North Haven, Connecticut. Synopsis: Nicole Jones lives off the grid on Block Island. She doesn’t have a license, passport, or bank account. She doesn’t own read more

This summer, the Connecticut Authors Trail takes place from July 6th through September 14th. The author who will visit our Andover Public Library this year is Stephen Spignesi, a retired professor of English at the University of New Haven who has published more than 50 books on pop culture and read more

Debra Lynn Alt is a lifelong songstress and writer focused on adding her voice to areas of life that could benefit from her art and expression. The former lead singer for The Rolling Stone Magazine House band, back in the late 70’s, now contributes songs and workshops and presentations for the read more

Jean Baur and her therapy dog Bella, volunteer in Connecticut, and have wonderful adventures together.They visit special needs children in local schools, go to rehab facilities, hospitals and a local cancer center. As Jean writes in her new book, “Joy Unleashed:  The Story of Bella, the Unlikely Therapy Dogs,” these read more

This year’s Local Author Festival theme is “Conversations.” Hear what these authors have to say about writing, creating, and editing. Find out what their characters have to say to each other! Learn how they create meaningful conversations for readers in a modern world of constant distractions. Events are free and read more

Abby Stokes has taken on the role of the Johnny Appleseed of Technology crisscrossing the country to help Digital Immigrants conquer their fear of technology. Abby has single-handedly helped over 300,000 Digitally Challenged people cross the Digital Divide and get online. She’s visited more than 25 states, 180 public libraries, over 175 senior read more

Cuyler Overholt worked as a lawyer and freelance business writer before turning to fiction. She lives in the northwest corner of Connecticut where, when she isn’t reading or writing, she can usually be found on a bike, in the cobra pose, or enjoying a good movie. A Promise of Ruin is the second book in read more

Jamie Beck is a Romance Writers of America Honor Roll author with a passion for writing stories about love and redemption. She earned a joint law/M.B.A. degree and practiced commercial real estate and lending law in her hometown of Pittsburgh (Go Steelers!). She was never passionate about the work, so when her husband’s career read more

This year’s Local Author Festival theme is “Conversations.” Hear what these authors have to say about writing, creating, and editing. Find out what their characters have to say to each other! Learn how they create meaningful conversations for readers in a modern world of constant distractions. Events are free and read more

J.L. Harris was born and raised in Southeastern CT. She loves spending time with her husband and two children. When she is not writing, she likes to hike, run, and read. D. Rankin was born and raised in Southeastern CT. She is a dog and horse trainer, who is profoundly proud of read more

Hali Keeler, Leslie Evans, and David Rose are residents of the Groton Bank neighborhood and are active in its various historical groups. Hali is retired from the Bill Memorial Library in Groton and is an Adjunct Professor at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich; she has written two textbooks for read more

A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA from Columbia, Beatriz Williams spent several years in New York and London hiding her early attempts at fiction, first on company laptops as a communications strategy consultant, and then as an at-home producer of small persons before her career as a writer read more

Yaa Gyasi will speak about her historical novel “Homegoing” at Connecticut College’s Palmer Auditorium on September 27 at 7:00 p.m. as part of the school’s One Book, One Region program. “Homegoing” follows the parallel paths of two sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the read more