Above: A look at the next two month of the virtual events featuring bestselling authors. (images edited from library flyers and promos on library website)
The Southborough Library is continuing to offer the virtual author talk series. Most are targeted to adults, but a talk this Thursday evening is geared to kids in grades K–3, and one next month features a young adult author.
Any Southborough resident with a Southborough Library card can register to join the free live author talks. The series features:
bestselling, award-winning, and highly acclaimed authors from around the world. The featured writers and thought leaders will cover a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres.
The series features 2-3 live events per month. When you register to join the live zoom, you can also pre-submit questions for the Q&A. As with all library events, participation is free to the public. Anyone can take advantage of the opportunity, but registration is required for the live talks.
If you can’t make the live event, the library’s subscription allows patrons to view the recording later. Each talk is added to the existing library of streaming videos available through the library’s website.
Here’s what’s on tap for the next two months:
For K-3rd graders — Explore Secret Worlds in the Earth, Sea, and Sky with Kate Messner
Thursday, March 26th at 7:00 – 8:00 pm
This special author talk for children features the bestselling author, will focus on her non-fiction picture book series Over and Under. The books explore “precious ecosystems, landscapes, and the animals that call these places ‘home’ all over the world.”
(Messner has also written fictional picture books, novels, chapter books, and, the graphic non-fiction series History Smashers.)
To learn more and register, click here.
On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor
Tuesday, April 14th at 7:00 – 8:00 pm
The former member of Army Special Forces will discuss writing the forthcoming 20th book in his Pike Logan spy/action series — Shadow Strike.
To learn more and register, click here.
How Exploration, Uncertainty, and Risk Help Us Find Meaning with Author Alex Hutchinson
Thursday, April 16th at 2:00 – 3:00 pm
The Bestselling author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance will discuss his latest book, The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map. The scientific author “combines riveting stories of exploration with cutting-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience. The end result offers a singular approach to finding meaning in our past struggles, embracing the possibility of failure in our future, and crucially, recognizing when our present is good enough.”
To learn more and register, click here.
Young Adult author — On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience in Virtual Conversation with Jason Reynolds
Thursday, April 30th at 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Reynolds is the award winning and bestselling author of the Track series of young adult books. The fifth and final book in the series is a prequel, focusing on the track team’s Coach when he was a child. (He has also authored many other popular YA books.)
To learn more and register, click here.
Plus, three more are scheduled for May:
- Thursday, May 7th at 7:00 pm – On Courage, Turmoil, and the Transformative Power of Love with Marjan Kamali
- Thursday, May 14th at 2:00 pm – Ancient Wisdom and Modern Technologies for Peak Brain Performance with Dr. Patrick K. Porter and Ruchika Sikri
- Wednesday, May 20th at 7:00 pm – Dangerous Magic, Enchanting Romance, and Painting the Future with Elizabeth Lim
For more information or to register for any of the author talks, visit bit.ly/sbliblsc. There you can also find links for the following talks that took place since July 2022. They cover a diverse array of subjects and genres including children’s author talks appropriate for kids
