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…
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 …
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…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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" (Scho…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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.
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…
The Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington will present its second Sunday afternoon Sunken Garden Poetry Festival program on Sunday, Aug. 9.
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…
The Mark Twain House & Museum Center, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, continues its programs of author talks and writing workshops.
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 …
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…
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…
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…