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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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
Novelist 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Much has been published about Donald J. Trump and his quest for the presidency. Now, bestselling author and comedian Michael Ian Black, who lives in Connecticut, has one for those who love p…
The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival on the grounds of Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Main St., Farmington, continues Wednesday, July 20, with a program by poets Edward Hirsch and Clare Rossini. Hirsch,…
Stewart O'Nan, a best-selling novelist who set some of his stories in Connecticut, will speak at noon on Thursday, July 14, at DoubleTree by Hilton, 42 Century Drive, Bristol, at the 2016 Fr…
The eighth annual Connecticut Authors Trail begins Thursday, July 7, at Calvert Library, 5 Tyler Drive, Franklin, with a free talk by Adam von Gootkin, whose book is "Living Proof: Onyx Moon…
