Wednesday, February 15, 2017
The nationally acclaimed Sunken Garden Poetry Festival will begin its 25th anniversary season June 21 on the grounds of Hill-Stead Museum, a National Historic Landmark at 35 Mountain Road, F…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, February 8, 2017
Gina Barreca, the best-selling author, humorist and UConn professor of English and feminist theory, will visit the Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, on Thursday, Feb.…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMTuesday, January 31, 2017
R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison will host free programs with local authors and a prize-winning writer of thrillers who lives in Salem, Mass. A Local Author Night Memoir…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, January 26, 2017
Abby Fabiaschi, an author who splits her time between West Hartford and Utah, will give a free talk about her debut novel, "I Liked My Life" (St. Martin's Press, $25.99), on Tuesday, Jan. 31…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, January 18, 2017
A Delicious Discussions talk and luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at noon, with Connecticut author Beatriz Williams, whose latest novel is "The Wicked City" (William Morrow, $26.99), will be …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMFriday, January 13, 2017
Several authors will give free talks about their latest books at R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison. All events require reservations: 203-245-3959 or rjjulia.com. On Monda…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, January 5, 2017
Why do we read? To learn? To entertain ourselves? To confirm our beliefs or to challenge them? Author Will Schwalbe ponders these questions and more in "Books for Living" (Knopf Publishing G…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, December 28, 2016
They're back! The Connecticut Book Awards, last presented in 2011, celebrate the work of Connecticut authors and illustrators who have created the best books in or about the state. They will…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMMonday, December 19, 2016
Happy holidays, book lovers! Here is a sampling of the many books published in 2016 by Connecticut authors. Nonfiction, Biography and Memoir Gina Barreca provocatively asks "If You Lean In,…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMTuesday, December 13, 2016
Read any good books lately, or any awful ones? If you'd like to share your opinions about good and bad books, you can do so on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m., at a free program at Prosser Pub…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, December 7, 2016
Connecticut novelist Wally Lamb will give several talks this month about his new novel, "I'll Take You There" (Harper, $25.99). The story follows Felix Funicello, who was a 10-year-old in La…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, December 1, 2016
Author, editor and journalist Okey Ndibe will give a free talk about his latest book, "Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nig…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, November 23, 2016
Connecticut novelist Wally Lamb will launch his new novel, "I'll Take You There" (Harper, $25.99), at a Beyond Words fundraiser for Hartford Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. at …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, November 16, 2016
Marilyn Nelson, a former Connecticut Poet Laureate and recipient of many literary awards, has added a new honor: She is the winner of the 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for children's literature. T…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:30AMWednesday, November 9, 2016
Roy Blount Jr., who is a master of the humorous essay, will give a "Mark My Words" talk at the Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. It…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:08PMThursday, November 3, 2016
A free "Trouble Begins at 5:30" talk at the Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, will take place Thursday, Nov. 10, at 5:30 p.m., following a reception at 5 p.m. The tal…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMTuesday, October 25, 2016
Two events will explore the work of Wallace Stevens, the great modernist poet who lived in Hartford, was a vice president at Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. and won major honors for his …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:08PMThursday, October 20, 2016
Halloween is nearly here, and several events will feature local authors who write tales and poems ranging from the spooky to the downright horrifying. Simsbury Public Library will host a fre…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Jennifer Weiner, the Simsbury native who had a smash debut with "Good In Bed" and has published 14 best-selling books, will speak Sunday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m. at the Jewish Book Festival at Ma…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:42AMWednesday, October 5, 2016
Patti Smith, who merged poetry and punk rock in the 1970s to create hit albums and a National Book Award-winning memoir, will appear in conversation with WNPR personality Colin McEnroe in a …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:34PMWednesday, September 28, 2016
Humorist and memoirist David Sedaris will appear at the Shubert Theatre, 247 College St., New Haven on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m., in a program presented by WSHU National Public Radio. S…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:53PMWednesday, September 21, 2016
Luke Dittrich, the grandson of a Hartford doctor who made history by performing experimental surgery to end epileptic seizures, has written a book about this controversial and still debated …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:52PMFriday, September 16, 2016
Talks by famous authors and a mystery writers conference are on the calendar this fall. Here are some events: Religion And Science The Connecticut Forum will present programs on religion and…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMNovelist T.C. Boyle will be honored for his 2015 book, "The Harder They Come" (Ecco, $27.99), at the first Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award Ceremony at Lincoln Center in New Yor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, September 7, 2016
The 8th Annual Connecticut Authors Trail, a series of free talks at 20 Eastern Connecticut libraries from Mansfield to Mystic, will lead to a finale on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 6:15 to 9 p.m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:15PMWednesday, August 31, 2016
An Author's Showcase party featuring writers with ties to New Britain, music by Ken Griffen and a light supper from Angelo's Market and Café Beauregard will be held Friday, Sept. 9, at Trin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:22PMWednesday, August 24, 2016
Reservations are being taken now for Booklover's Dream Day, a chartered bus trip to New York City for a Hachette Book Group's Book Club Brunch on Oct. 22. R.J. Julia Booksellers of Madison i…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:46PMTuesday, August 16, 2016
Local authors of mysteries, crime novels and thrillers will speak at a free program Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m., at R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison. The writers are: Ge…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:19PMWednesday, August 10, 2016
The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival will hold its last event of the season on Wednesday, Aug. 17, with a celebration of Connecticut Young Poets Day, a reading by poet Kwame Dawes and reggae mu…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:25AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
The 21st poet laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera, will headline a program of Latino poetry and music as the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival continues Sunday, Aug. 7, on the gro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:43PMTuesday, July 26, 2016
Who wrote the Book of Love? We don't know, but we do know that Moira Weigel has written "Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26), and that she will give free…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:32PM 
