Howard County Library System’s author events are a key component of the HCLS curriculum. Notable, best-selling, and local authors provide customers with enlightening experiences throughout the year. Bringing the community together to celebrate the literary arts is a hallmark of HCLS customer service. Join us for these opportunities to meet one of your favorite authors or discover someone new!
Meet the Author: Baltimore's Deaf Heritage with Kathleen Brockway
Date: Monday, September 25, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Miller
Description:
Celebrate Deaf Awareness week and learn about the incredible history of the Deaf community in the Baltimore area with Kathleen Brockway, author of Baltimore's Deaf Heritage. Brockway discusses the lives and accomplishments of prominent figures in the Baltimore Deaf community during the 19th century, including George W. Veditz, an early American Sign Language filmmaker and former president of the National Association of the Deaf; Rev. Daniel E. Moylan, founder of the oldest operational Methodist church for the deaf; and George Michael "Dummy" Leitner, a professional baseball player.
Voice interpretation provided. Books available for sale and purchase. In partnership with Howard County Association of the Deaf.
*Registration is required. Register online or by calling 410-313-1950.
Download to CalendarMeet the Author: Riley Temple - Aunt Ester's Children Redeemed
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Central
Description:
Author Riley Temple discusses the work of celebrated playwright August Wilson, author of the ten-play chronicle The Pittsburgh Cycle, which dramatizes the African-American experience through the twentieth century in the aftermath of slavery. Temple addresses the role of Aunt Ester, who is linked to all ten plays through her children, and how she embodies the culture, history, triumphs, victories, pains, strengths, and weaknesses of the descendants of enslaved people in America.
Riley Keene Temple is an avid American arts advocate and supporter, and has been honored for his leadership of arts organizations. He is a telecommunications attorney in Washington DC, where his Board memberships include the National Archives Foundation and the Trust for the National Endowment for the Humanities. He holds a Masters degree, cum laude, of Theological Studies from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He has written frequently on theology and the creative arts.
"Only the willfully ignorant do not understand the centrality of the African-American experience in the larger framework of American history. Only an ostrich, head buried in the sand, does not know the breadth of August Wilson's stunning body of work. But only Riley Temple could expose that work--and its unifying genius--with scholarship and emotion and genuine Spirit!" -KEN BURNS, filmmaker
"This book should serve as required reading for every artist, student of theater, and every lover of the American Stage. It is stunning in its unique approach to, and understanding of, the great national treasure--August Wilson--that has led us so much in the form of ten extraordinary plays...I say boldly and loudly that Aunt Ester's Children Redeemed is insightful, enduring, and unforgettable." -KENNY LEON, Tony Award winning director
*Registration is preferred. Register online or by calling 410-313-7800.
Download to CalendarAuthor Salon: Laurie Frankel & Goodbye for Now
Date: Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Miller
Description:
During the 2017 Maryland STEM Festival, author Laurie Frankel discusses love and grief, writing and reading, and what it means to spend so much of our lives - and afterwards - in an online world.
Frankel is the author of Goodbye for Now, the 2017-18 Howard County Book Connection selection.
Sam, a software engineer, writes a matchmaking algorithm that introduces him to his soulmate, Meredith. When Meredith's grandmother, Livvie, dies suddenly, Sam creates another algorithm that scans Livvie's online communication and creates a virtual version of her that gives Meredith a chance to say goodbye. The couple begins a controversial business that offers other bereaved people the opportunity to communicate electronically with their lost loved ones. However, they quickly learn that not everyone is able to say goodbye. The ethics of computer science meet the intricacies of a love story in this clever novel.
"It's a book that will grip you, make you laugh and possibly cry, and make you think...Let it just be said that the events unleash enough tears to rival Seattle's annual rainfall. And yet, Goodbye for Now is still hopeful and thoughtful and securely rooted in a belief in the essential goodness of which people are capable." - The Seattle Times
A Howard County Book Connection event. Sponsored by Friends of HCLS.
*Registration is required. Register online or by calling 410-313-1950.
Download to CalendarMystery Author Extravaganza
Date: Saturday, November 04, 2017
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Branch: Miller
Description:
Meet the authors of mystery, crime novels, and short stories as they discuss their new works published in 2017. Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, Sherry Harris, Alan Orloff, Shawn Reilly Simmons, and Art Taylor are just a few of the bestselling and award-winning authors appearing.
Books available for purchase and signing. In partnership with Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime.
*Registration is required. Register online or by calling 410-313-1950.
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