Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Actress and author Illeana Douglas says it's all Dennis Hopper's fault. She will give a free Book/Mark talk about her memoir, "I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived In a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:30AMThursday, December 31, 2015
Hartford's role in helping the United States and its allies achieve victory in World War I will be discussed at a free program that will begin the sixth season of the Tolland Public Library …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, December 24, 2015
As 2015 comes to an end, readers who also would like to be writers may be interested in taking workshops to improve their skills. Here is a sampling of those that will be offered in 2016. At…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:19AMWednesday, December 16, 2015
Connecticut authors turned out many books this year. Here is a sampling of what they published in 2015. FICTION Matthew Dicks' novel "The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs" (St. Martin's, …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMTuesday, December 8, 2015
A philosopher and scientist, the author of a biography about Joan of Arc, a scholar of literary history and a biographer of actor Bill Murray will give talks, each beginning at 7 p.m., at th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, December 3, 2015
Sweet! David Leff will sign copies of "Maple Sugaring: Keeping It Real in New England" (Wesleyan University Press, $24.95) at The Hickory Stick Bookshop, 2 Green Hill Road, Washington, on Sa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMTuesday, November 24, 2015
To mark (pardon the pun) the 180th anniversary of Mark Twain's birth, there will be a reading of his widely reviled yet intriguing 1833 play, "Colonel Sellers: Reanimator," which he wrote wi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, November 19, 2015
Independent bookstores nationwide will take part in the annual "Indies First" Small Business Saturday, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 28. Launched by novelist Sherman Alexis, Indies First…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, November 12, 2015
The annual Mandell JCC Jewish Book Festival will open its series of talks with lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, author of "Abraham — The World's First (But Certainly Not Last) Jewish Lawyer" (Sc…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:01PMThursday, October 29, 2015
The annual Mark My Words fundraising gala for the Mark Twain House & Museum Center will go intergalactic when "Mark My Words V ... In a Galaxy Far, Far Away" takes place Friday, Nov. 6, at 7…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, October 21, 2015
Gloria Steinem, one of America's foremost feminists, will talk about her new memoir, "My Life on the Road" (Random House, $28) at a "Making Waves: 20 Years of Advancing Women and Girls" prog…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:06AMThursday, October 15, 2015
Bob Woodward, one of America's most famous and influential journalists, will talk about his new book, "The Last of the President's Men" (Simon & Schuster, $28), Monday, Oct. 19, at the Crown…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:46AMWednesday, October 7, 2015
A novelist who has published more than 60 books, many of which were best-sellers, will speak at the Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. S…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:05AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, who won the 2011 Harriet Beecher Stowe Prize for Writing to Advance Social Justice for their best-selling nonfiction book "Half the Sky: Turning Oppres…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:43AMThursday, September 17, 2015
A talk by the author of a new book about the horrific Petit family murders and a discussion of a controversial novel will be among the free events presented by R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Bo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:39AMThursday, September 3, 2015
We've come to the end of the trail - the 2015 Connecticut Authors Trail, that is. The annual series at libraries in eastern Connecticut presented free talks by authors who live in the state …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:28AMThursday, August 27, 2015
The Mark Twain House & Museum will offer four writing classes beginning Wednesday, Sept. 2, and running each Wednesday through Oct. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. Each course costs $265 to attend.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:32PMWednesday, August 19, 2015
The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, will offer a workshop on writing nature poetry on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $40, and participants sh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:54PMTuesday, August 4, 2015
The Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington will present its second Sunday afternoon Sunken Garden Poetry Festival program on Sunday, Aug. 9.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:56AMWednesday, July 29, 2015
For the first time, Capital Community College, the Mark Twain House & Museum and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center will jointly offer a course titled "English 220 Studies in American Literatu…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:51AMThursday, July 23, 2015
The Mark Twain House & Museum Center, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, continues its programs of author talks and writing workshops.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:39AMThursday, July 16, 2015
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, essayist and critic Vijay Seshadri is the featured artist Wednesday, July 22, for the 23rd annual Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, the nationally acclaimed series …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:20AMThursday, July 9, 2015
The 23rd annual Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, the nationally acclaimed series of outdoor readings on the grounds of the Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, is offering somethin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:18AMWednesday, July 1, 2015
The authors of a poignant memoir, a comic novel that spoofs celebrity worship, the newest in a series about a food writer who solves mysteries and a novel about country club society in Conne…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:01PMThursday, June 25, 2015
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the famous sex therapist and advice columnist on intimate issues, is now 87 and has had a lifetime of dramatic events, including escaping from the Holocaust, living in a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:12AMThursday, June 18, 2015
Judy Blume, the beloved best-selling author, will appear Friday, June 26, at 7 p.m. with Carole Baron to discuss Blume's new adult novel, "In The Unlikely Event" (Knopf, $27.95) at First Con…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:34PMThursday, June 11, 2015
With more than 300 million copies of his books in print and more than 10 million e-books sold, James Patterson has been called the world's best-selling author. On Wednesday, June 17, at 7:30…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:45AMFriday, June 5, 2015
James Tillman was in his public housing apartment in Hartford when the police burst in and arrested him for the brutal rape of a young corporate executive. For more than 18 years, through a …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:14PMThursday, May 28, 2015
The Fifth Annual Big Tent Jubilee, celebrating the awarding of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Prize for Writing to Advance Social Justice to Ta-Nehisi Coates, a journalist and blogger for The Atl…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:14PMSunday, May 24, 2015
It'll be back - way back - to the future on Saturday, May 30, from noon to 3 p.m., at The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, at a Steampunk Social tea party featuring …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00AMIt'll be back — way back — to the future on Saturday, May 30, from noon to 3 p.m., at The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, at a Steampunk Social tea party featur…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM 
