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Books & Authors
Saturday, June 4, 2011
2:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library hosts the Latino Children’s Book Festival on Saturday, June 4, 2011, and...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Noted humorist Roy Blount Jr. discusses Alphabetter Juice, the follow up to the critically acclaimed...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
As much an American success story as a story about America itself, the saga of Fred Harvey and the Harvey Houses is a captivating tale of entrepre...
Monday, May 16, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning author Mariko Nagai shares the sources of inspiration for her new book, Georgic: Stories...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning author Leo Damrosch discusses his new biography, Tocqueville’s Discovery of America....
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded a friend’s yacht, sailed into the waters of Long Island Sound, and disappeared. What happened was...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Manuel Munoz sets his first novel, What You See in the Dark, in 1950s Bakersfield, California, where life begins to imitate art once a fam...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
7:00pm
In Person
Three authors with more than 50 published books between them sit down for a candid discussion of the publishing industry on Wednesday...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Acclaimed Purdue University historian and biographer Randy Roberts discusses the life and career of boxing icon Joe Louis...
Thursday, March 17, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Jasper Fforde helps celebrate the 2011 Winter Reading season with a discussion of One o...