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Author Talk: Darrell Hartman's "Battle of Ink and Ice"

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
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Seats Remaining: 500
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THIS PROGRAM IS A VIRTUAL-ONLY EVENT. REGISTER BELOW BY LEAVING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO RECEIVE LOGIN AND CALL-IN INSTRUCTIONS (SENT TO YOU ONE DAY BEFORE THE PROGRAM).  In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitter contests capture...

Virtual Author Talk With Academy Award Nominated Jena Friedman (Virtual)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
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Seats Remaining: 500
Description:
Growing up, Jena Friedman didn’t care about being likable. And she never wanted to be a comedian, either. A child of the 90s, she wouldn’t discover her knack for the funny business until research for her college thesis led her to take an improv class...

Chronicling Bucknoll: An Author Talk with Mary Lowengard (In-Person)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
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Seats Remaining: 85
Description:
In The Bucknoll Cottage Chronicles, author Mary Lowengard reveals herself to be a long-time West Hartford resident on the first page. On January 24, 2024 she returns to the West Hartford Public Library to introduce her publishing debut. At this Autho...

Author Talk: So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls and Why We're Still So Obsessed With it (Virtual)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 499
Description:
It’s been 20 years since Mean Girls hit theaters, winning over critics and audiences alike with its razor-sharp wit, star-making turns for its then-unknown cast, and obsessively quotable screenplay by Tina Fey. Fast forward two decades and&...

Author Talk: "Jews In The Garden" with Judy Rakowsky

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 90
Description:
In a beautifully written and affecting personal memoir, award-winning journalist Judy Rakowsky joins forces with her Holocaust survivor cousin, now 98, on countless trips to his Polish hometown to uncover the grim fates of their missing family member...

Author Talk: Wanda Brunstetter and "Letters of Wisdom" (Virtual)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 500
Description:
Join beloved author, Wanda E. Brunstetter, for a virtual chat about her life as an Amish fiction writer. Wanda will be discussing her upcoming novel, Letters of Wisdom, as well as her journey to becoming a writer and ultimately a NY Times bestselling...

Frances Glessner Lee: "Mother of Forensic Science” in the Nutshell Murder Mystery Series (Virtual)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Noah Webster Library
Room: Noah Webster Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 498
Description:
How did a Chicago heiress become famous for miniature crime scenes she created to train police detectives? In the Nutshell Murder Mystery series, Fanny Lee teams up with real Boston medical examiner Dr. Jake Magrath to solve fictional crimes based on...