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On June 8, at its seventh annual Big Tent Jubilee, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center will award the 2017 Stowe Prize for Writing to Advance Social Justice to Bryan Stevenson, author of the me…
Scott Turow, the author of best-selling thrillers that began with 1987's "Presumed Innocent," will speak May 30 at 7 p.m. at a program at Madison Beach Hotel, 94 West Wharf Road, Madison, pr…
R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, will present free talks by authors of fiction, memoir and poetry. On May 21 at 10:30 a.m., Shoshana Banana will talk about her fact-bas…
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hall of Fame basketball star and all-time leading NBA scorer, humanitarian, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and best-selling author, will give a talk May 17 at 6 p.…
Diane Rehm, the popular NPR host, will speak Thursday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts, 5151 Park Ave., Fairfield. Rehm will discuss her memoir "On My Own" (Knop…
Poetry, politics, rescue and romance will be discussed by authors at free events at R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison. All require reservations: 203-245-3959 or rjjulia.c…
The annual Booked for Lunch author luncheon presented by the Friends of the Simsbury Library and featuring a talk by Christina Baker Kline, author of the best-selling "Orphan Train" and "A P…
Was Henry David Thoreau, the 19th century New England philosopher and essayist, more a boatman than a woodsman? Robert M. Thorson, a geology professor at UConn's Center for Integrative Geosc…
Ballerina Misty Copeland, a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre and author of the best-selling memoir "Life in Motion" and the children's book, "Firebird," will discuss her new book,…
R.J. Julia Bookseller, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, will host a book signing by Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Hillary and former President Bill Clinton, on April 5 at 7 p.m. Chelsea Clinton…
R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, will present free talks about nonfiction books and the store's podcasts. On March 26, at 2 p.m., Dan Slater will talk about his nonfict…
Anne Garrels, NPR journalist and author of "Putin Country: A Journey Into The Real Russia" (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, $26), will give a free talk presented by the Friends of the Simsbury P…
Local and independent authors and the celebrity known as the Long Island medium will appear at R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison. Reservations are required: 203-245-3959 …
R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, will offer free talks by novelists. On Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m., Durham author Kristan Higgins will discuss "On Second Thought" (Harl…
Readers of a certain age may have fond memories of the Little Golden Books for children. Launched during World War II, they became popular with kids worldwide. Titles included "The Poky Litt…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
