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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Hannah Nicole Maehrer
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nEmbrace your dark side (and your best evil laugh) and join us in conversation with Hannah Nicole Maehrer\, creator of the New York Times bestselling Assistant to the Villain series. \nEvie Sage didn’t mean to become the right-hand woman to the kingdom’s most terrifying villain. One minute\, she was applying for an entry-level position that promised “light paperwork and occasional beheadings\,” and the next\, she was knee-deep in magical mayhem\, murder plots\, and an entirely inappropriate crush on her brooding\, sharp-jawed\, walking disaster of a boss. \nNow\, with a magical prophecy unraveling\, assassins showing up in the break room\, and a suspicious amount of frogs wearing crowns\, Evie has to figure out how to survive her job without setting the kingdom on fire―or her dignity\, which is hanging by a very sarcastic thread. \nBeing evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again…neither was falling for The Villain. \nFull of humor and heart\, this magical office comedy about a sunshine assistant and her grumpy evil boss is one you won’t want to miss out on. With the third book in the series\, Accomplice to the Villain\, out August 5\, 2025\, you need to register today to learn what tricks are up this author’s sleeve! \nAbout the Author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer—or as TikTok Knows her\, @hannahnicolemae—is a fantasy romance author and BookToker with a propensity for villains. When she’s not creating bookish comedy skits about Villains and Assistants\, she’s writing to Taylor Swift songs. Her biggest passions in life include romance\, magic\, laughter\, and finding ways to include them all in everything she creates. Most days you can find her with her head in the clouds and a pen in her hand.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-with-hannah-nicole-maehrer/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Argue Less and Talk More with Communication Expert Jefferson Fisher
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us (and be ready to take notes) for an afternoon virtual conversation with communication expert Jefferson Fisher\, as we chat about his book\, The Next Conversation: Argue Less\, Talk More.  \nNo matter who you’re talking to\, The Next Conversation gives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate. Jefferson Fisher\, trial lawyer and one of the leading voices on real-world communication\, offers a tried-and-true framework that will show you how to transform your life and your relationships by improving your next conversation. \nWhether it’s handling a heated conversation\, dealing with a difficult personality\, or standing your ground with confidence\, his down-to-earth teachings have helped countless people navigate life’s toughest situations. Now for the first time\, in his book The Next Conversation\, Fisher has distilled his three-part communication system (Say it with control\, Say it with confidence\, Say it to connect) that can easily be applied to any situation. \nThe Next Conversation gives you practical phrases that will lead to powerful results\, from breaking down defensiveness in a hard talk with a family member to finding your own assertive voice at the boardroom conference table. Your every word matters\, and by controlling how you communicate every day\, you will create waves of positive impact that will resonate throughout your relationships to last a lifetime. \nEverything you want to say\, and how you want to say it\, can be found in The Next Conversation\, the definitive book on making your next conversation the one that changes everything. Register now! \nAbout the Author: Jefferson Fisher is a board-certified Texas trial lawyer and founder of Fisher Firm. With his extensive experience as a trial lawyer\, Jefferson understands the art of persuading and communicating effectively in high-conflict situations. He is one of the most sought-after names in functional thinking for modern-day communication. Known for his practical videos and authentic presence\, Jefferson has amassed over 9 million social media followers-making him the most followed litigation attorney in the world in less than a year\, all from inside his vehicle. Jefferson’s followers include high-profile names such as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson\, Jesse Williams\, Dr. Andrew Huberman\, Sarah Silverman\, Lewis Howes\, and many more. Jefferson is on a mission to be a messenger of positivity in the world and help people learn to talk to each other again – one conversation at a time.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-argue-less-and-talk-more-with-communication-expert-jefferson-fisher/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Gabe Henry
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nHave you ever wondered why the English spelling of words is sometimes… well… just weird? Come on a surprisingly hilarious journey with us and author Gabe Henry through the history of the English language\, while we discuss troublemakers like Mark Twain who broke all the rules. \nAnyone who has the misfortune to write in English will\, every now and then\, struggle with its spelling. In our erratic system\, choir and liar rhyme\, daughter and laughter don’t\, and somehow you and ewe can’t agree on a single letter. So why do we still use it? If our spelling is so inconsistent\, why haven’t we tried to fix it? \nIn the comic annals of linguistic history\, legions of rebel wordsmiths have died on the hill of spelling reform\, risking their reputations to simplify English spelling. This book is about them: Mark Twain\, Eliza Burnz\, Noah Webster\, Upton Sinclair\, Emma Dearborn\, Theodore Roosevelt\, Benjamin Franklin\, and the countless other “simplified spellers” who\, for a time in their lives\, became fanatic about writing kof instead of cough\, tung for tongue\, and fyzics for physics (and tried futilely to get everyone around them to do it too). \nIn Enough is Enuf\, Gabe Henry humorously traces the “simplified spelling movement” from medieval England to Revolutionary America\, from the birth of standup comedy to contemporary pop music\, and explores its lasting influence in words like color (without a U)\, plow (without -ugh)\, and the iconic ’90s ballad “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Finally\, Henry brings us to the digital age\, where the swift pace of online exchanges now pushes us all 2ward simplification. \nRegister now for this informative and entertaining conversation to find out why Gabe Henry thinks UR not a bad speller\, the English language is. \nAbout the Author: Gabe Henry is the author of three books including the poetry anthology Eating Salad Drunk\, a humor collaboration with Jerry Seinfeld\, Bob Odenkirk\, Mike Birbiglia\, Margaret Cho\, and other titans of comedy. Eating Salad Drunk was featured in The New Yorker in February 2022 (“A Smattering of Haiku for the Burnout Age”) and ranked one of Vulture’s Best Comedy Books of 2022. Henry’s work has been published in TIME\, New York Magazine\, The New Yorker\, the Weekly Humorist\, US News & World Report\, and more. He has spent more than a decade exploring the strange and forgotten history of simplified spelling\, which\, by his own admission\, has only made him a worse speller. He lives and works in New York. Learn more at www.gabehenry.com. \nger of positivity in the world and help people learn to talk to each other again – one conversation at a time.
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