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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Like a Wave We Break: Overcoming Burnout to Lead with Resilience and Alignment featuring Jane Chen
DESCRIPTION:Like a Wave We Break: Overcoming Burnout to Lead with Resilience and Alignment featuring Jane Chen\nA Library Speakers Consortium and Smithsonian Institution Collaboration \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nIn her national bestselling memoir\, Like a Wave We Break\, leadership coach Jane Chen pulls back the curtain on the conventional narrative of professional success. As the co-founder and former CEO of Embrace Global\, Jane’s groundbreaking work with a portable incubator impacted over one million premature babies across 25 countries\, earning international acclaim. Yet\, behind the global recognition lay an invisible crisis: a relentless pursuit of purpose that ultimately resulted in total burnout. Her journey through that breakdown and subsequent healing reshaped her entire approach to what it means to guide others through uncertainty and change. \nMany modern leaders find themselves trapped in a similar cycle\, treating leadership as a purely intellectual or strategic exercise while ignoring the immense emotional and physical toll it takes. This disconnect leads to unmanaged stress\, reactive decision-making\, and organizational fatigue. \nThis webinar offers a masterclass in shifting from fear-based performance to sustainable\, aligned leadership. Drawing from her executive background and her training with the Conscious Leadership Group\, Jane bridges the gap between high-level leadership strategy and deep self-actualization. Participants will analyze how the intersection of emotional literacy and physical intuition can transform executive paralysis into clear\, decisive action. Whether you are an executive steering a team through a major pivot or an individual seeking to align your daily work with your core values\, this session provides a science-backed\, deeply human blueprint for resilient leadership. \nAbout the Author: \nJane Chen is an internationally acclaimed inventor\, national bestselling author\, and leadership coach who helps leaders and teams build the emotional intelligence\, self-awareness\, and resilience needed to navigate rapid uncertainty and change. She is the co-founder and former CEO of Embrace Global\, an acclaimed social enterprise whose groundbreaking portable incubator has helped impact over one million premature babies across 25 countries. \nJane’s approach to leadership is deeply shaped by her own profound journey through burnout and healing\, which she chronicles in her national bestselling memoir\, Like a Wave We Break. Today\, she helps organizations cultivate the core capacities that make leadership sustainable\, focusing on emotional resilience\, self-compassion\, and grounded clarity. Her work has been featured extensively in The New York Times\, Forbe
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-like-a-wave-we-break-overcoming-burnout-to-lead-with-resilience-and-alignment-featuring-jane-chen/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: The Legacy of Julia Child's Kitchen with Smithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson
DESCRIPTION:The Legacy of Julia Child’s Kitchen with Smithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson\nA Library Speakers Consortium and Smithsonian Institution Collaboration \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for a conversation that’s sure to warm your heart (and make your stomach rumble)\, as we delve into the legacy of cooking icon Julia Child with Smithsonian curator and public historian Paula J. Johnson\, author of Julia Child’s Kitchen: The Design\, Tools\, Stories\, and Legacy of an Iconic Space. The book includes interviews with chefs who knew Julia well\, commentary on her favorite culinary tools and kitchen gadgets\, and a stunning array of photos. \nJulia Child’s 20’ x 14’ kitchen was a serious workspace and recipe‑testing lab that exuded a sense of mid‑century homey comfort. It has been on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington\, D.C.\, for most of the past twenty-three years\, and museum goers have made it a top destination. \nThe kitchen contains more than one thousand parts and pieces—tools\, appliances\, utensils\, furniture\, artwork\, knick‑knacks\, books\, and bits of whimsy—all reflecting Julia’s status as an accomplished chef\, gastronome\, delightful cooking teacher\, television trailblazer\, women’s advocate\, mentor\, and generous\, jovial friend. \nJulia Child’s Kitchen (and this online conversation) is a must‑have for every serious home cook and Julia Child fan. Register now to enter the discussion and learn more about how Julia Child continues to influence food today! \nAbout the Author:  \nPaula J. Johnson is a curator and public historian at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington\, DC. She conducts research and collects objects relating to the history and culture of American food and serves as the Director of the Smithsonian’s Food History Project. Johnson was one of the curators who collected Julia Child’s home kitchen in 2001 and led the team that created FOOD: Transforming the American Table\, a multi-layered exhibition that explores the major changes in food production\, distribution\, and consumption in the United States since the 1950s. She has shaped and contributed to many public programs on food history and leads the annual “Food History Weekend.” Johnson is the author of many articles and three books\, including Julia Child’s Kitchen: The Design\, Tools Stories\, and Legacy of an Iconic Space (2024). She received the Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar in the Humanities Award in 2020. \nJohnson began her museum career at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons\, Maryland\, and has worked at the Smithsonian since 1991. She is a member of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and Les Dames d’ Escoffier. She serves on the editorial collective for Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-the-legacy-of-julia-childs-kitchen-with-smithsonian-curator-paula-j-johnson/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Reyna Grande
DESCRIPTION:Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with Reyna Grande\nAward-Winning and Bestselling Author of The Distance Between Us and A Dream Called Home \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nIn her ambitious new memoir\, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget\, beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. \nWhat is the true power of stories? Can they heal the jagged edges of a traumatic childhood? Is the cost of telling the story worth the price of the cure? \nWith her signature blend of sophistication and raw honesty\, Grande interrogates how living between two nations\, two languages\, and two identities has shaped the woman\, mother\, and writer she has become. Moving from the legacy of violence in her hometown of Iguala\, Mexico\, to a bittersweet family vacation in Europe spent reconciling her own impoverished past with her children’s world of abundance\, she uncovers startling truths about the nature of survival. \nWhether being racially profiled in the Arizona borderlands or finding unexpected wisdom from the slugs in her garden\, Grande unflinchingly asks: How do we bridge the gap between who we were and who we have become? How do we turn pain into power? When memory threatens to define us\, how can we use story to heal while still honoring our boundaries? \nRegister today for this virtual talk if you identify as a seeker\, a dreamer\, or “anyone who believes in the enduring\, transformative power of finding one’s voice.” \nAbout the Author: \nReyna Grande is an award-winning author\, motivational speaker\, and writing teacher. As a young girl\, she crossed the US–Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles\, a harrowing journey chronicled in The Distance Between Us\, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novels A Ballad of Love and Glory\, Across a Hundred Mountains\, and Dancing with Butterflies\, the memoirs Migrant Heart\, The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition\, and A Dream Called Home\, and the anthology Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration\, Survival\, and New Beginnings. She lives in Woodland\, California\, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com for more information.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-with-reyna-grande/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Karin Slaughter
DESCRIPTION:Small Towns and Big Secrets: In Conversation with Bestselling Author Karin Slaughter\nInternational and New York Times Bestselling Author of Pretty Girls\, the Will Trent series\, and The Good Daughter \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for a thrilling evening with acclaimed author Karin Slaughter as we chat about her North Falls series\, consisting of We Are All Guilty Here\, in which two teenage girls vanish in rural Georgia\, and her upcoming sequel\, The Secrets We Hide. \nIn The Secrets We Hide\, Slaughter welcomes readers back to North Falls. A small town with big secrets… \n1601 Iris Drive looks like any other house on the quiet\, residential street. But rumors are rampant about the Vickery family\, and what goes on behind closed doors. \nWhen gunshots ring out\, Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister\, ex-federal agent Jude Archer\, discover a devastating crime scene. Allison Vickery has been murdered in her own kitchen\, and her teenage daughter is bleeding upstairs\, left for dead. \nEveryone thinks they know what happened. But secrets are buried everywhere in this small town. \nAnd it’s up to Emmy Clifton to uncover the truth… \nRegister now to take part in the discussion and for an exclusive sneak peek of The Secrets We Hide\, coming out August 11\, 2026!
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-karin-slaughter/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Renowned Therapy Expert Mark Wolynn
DESCRIPTION:How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are (and How to End the Cycle) with Renowned Therapy Expert Mark Wolynn\nInternational Bestselling Author and Winner of the 2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award in Psychology \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nHow do the experiences of our ancestors influence our thoughts and behaviors today? In his award-winning book\, It Didn’t Start with You\, author Mark Wolynn shares compelling evidence that the roots of our anxiety\, phobias\, and chronic pain may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents\, grandparents\, and even great-grandparents. And now\, The Official It Didn’t Start with You Workbook is available with practical exercises to take your understanding even further. \nThe latest scientific research supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experiences can be passed down through generations. Even if the person who suffered the original trauma has died\, or the story has been forgotten or silenced\, memory and feelings can live on. These emotional legacies are often hidden\, encoded in everything from gene expression to everyday language\, and they play a far greater role in our emotional and physical health than has ever before been understood. \nAs a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma\, Mark Wolynn has worked with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for over twenty years. It Didn’t Start with You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases\, traditional therapy\, drugs\, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch. \nRegister today to join our virtual conversation and learn more about how inherited family trauma impacts your health–and how to break the cycle. \nAbout the Author: \nMark Wolynn (accent on “l‎‎ynn”) is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. He’s the director of The Family Constellation Institute in the US and is renowned for his work that bridges epigenetics\, neuroscience\, and somatic healing\, and shows how the traumas of our parents\, grandparents\, and even great grandparents\, can live in our bodies as unexplained depression\, anxiety\, obsessive thoughts\, and chronic health conditions. His book It Didn’t Start with You is an international bestseller\, which has sold more than three million copies worldwide. It won the Silver Nautilus Book Award for Psychology and has been translated into 40 languages. Mark has just released the 2025 revised edition of It Didn’t Start with You and The Official It Didn’t Start with You Workbook.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-renowned-therapy-expert-mark-wolynn/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Simple\, Sustainable\, and Powerfully Delicious Meals with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us as we chat with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy about The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook\, which celebrates beautiful\, simple\, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes adapted from India and Sri Lanka’s best family spice farms. \nDiaspora Spice Co. sources the most flavorful\, fresh spices in the world from 150 regenerative farms across South Asia—from elders\, indigenous communities\, young changemakers\, and brilliant multi-generational farming families across India and Sri Lanka who are leading the way in sustainable and climate change–resistant agriculture. Filled with culinary storytelling\, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook highlights these farmers and their spices with profiles and evocative photography\, plus 85 recipes for simple\, seasonal\, and powerfully delicious meals. \nCEO and founder Sana Javeri Kadri and recipe writer Asha Loupy realized that eating with the people who grow our spices unveils a whole new dimension in our cooking. Adapted for a global pantry\, these recipes share the warmth of true South Asian home cooking at its truest and tastiest. \nSana and Asha also note which recipes are the most beginner friendly\, freezer friendly\, good for a dinner party menu (like a Diwali feast!)\, and which lend themselves to be pantry building blocks\, all for a super easy-to-navigate cookbook. \nRegister now to learn more about Diaspora Spice Co.\, the progressive spice company rooted in flavor and equity. \nJoin us LIVE for a chance to win a copy of The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook! The giveaway link will be in the Resources area under the broadcast screen during the live event. Please ensure you are watching on your library’s webpage for the chance to participate.  \nAbout the Authors: \nSana Javeri Kadri is the founder and CEO of Diaspora Co.\, a farm-to-table spice company that puts equity\, transparency\, and high-quality products at its forefront. Sana founded the company in 2017 with just a turmeric blend; now her company sources 30 single origin spices from across 150 farms across India and Sri Lanka. A third-generation native of Mumbai\, she now lives in Oakland\, California. \nAsha Loupy is a recipe developer and writer with more than a decade of experience in the specialty food industry\, from cheese monger to grocery buyer and e-commerce manager. She’s written for Bon Appétit\, Food52\, Epicurious\, and more. She’s based in Oakland\, California.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-simple-sustainable-and-powerfully-delicious-meals-with-sana-javeri-kadri-and-asha-loupy/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Apocalyptic Mayhem\, Lava-Spitting Llamas\, and One Very Sassy Cat: Surviving the Universe’s Most Twisted RPG with Matt Dinniman
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nHold onto your heart-patterned boxers! Matt Dinniman\, New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild) Dungeon Crawler Carl series\, joins us to chat about his latest book\, A Parade of Horribles. \nAs chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars\, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor\, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well\, normal for the dungeon. \nRaces. Get from point A to point B\, and don’t come in last. After each race\, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal\, a little too simple. \nIgnore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor\, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody\, not even the showrunners\, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.” \nEverything is fine\, Crawler. I repeat\, everything is fine. \nCarl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do. \nSo Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous\, so insane\, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong\, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been. \nRegister now for a fun-filled discussion you won’t want to miss! \nAbout the Author: \nMatt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor\, Washington. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series along with several other books about the end of the world. \nHe doesn’t really hate Cocker Spaniels\, and he plays bass in one band.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-apocalyptic-mayhem-lava-spitting-llamas-and-one-very-sassy-cat-surviving-the-universes-most-twisted-rpg-with-matt-dinniman/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Eat Your Ice Cream: A Compassionate and Humorous Roadmap to Wellbeing with Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for an empowering conversation with health expert Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel as he shares his vision for living well and aging with purpose. In Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life\, he explores how to embrace health\, happiness\, and longevity without falling for quick fixes or unrealistic promises. \nEveryone wants to live a full and healthy life―and every day brings a tidal wave of attention-grabbing misinformation\, faddish ideas from “wellness” influencers\, and bizarre advice from news outlets. The “Wellness Industrial Complex” prescribes conflicting and complicated regimens while promising us more time to enjoy in the future―though it sure is demanding a lot of time right now. But what actually matters most to our health and longevity? \nIn Eat Your Ice Cream\, renowned physician Ezekiel J. Emanuel argues that life is not a competition to live the longest and that “wellness” shouldn’t be difficult; it should be an invisible part of one’s lifestyle that yields maximum health benefits with the least work. Dr. Emanuel cuts through the noise with wit and good humor\, giving readers just what they need: simple\, high-impact\, evidence-based guidelines on such issues as alcohol consumption\, food and nutrition\, exercise\, sleep\, and social engagement. \nResisting the tide of the latest trends to extend life at all costs\, Eat Your Ice Cream reveals that many of the tools for a long\, healthy and meaningful life are already within reach. \nRegister now to hear incredible tips on living a full and healthy life. \nAbout the Author: \nEzekiel J. Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives\, the Co-Director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute\, and a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. \nEmanuel is an oncologist and world leader in health policy and bioethics. He is a Special Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization\, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress\, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  He was the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health and held that position until August of 2011. \nDr. Emanuel is the most widely cited bioethicist in history.  He has over 350 publications and has authored or edited 15 books. He regularly contributes to the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, and The Atlantic.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-eat-your-ice-cream-a-compassionate-and-humorous-roadmap-to-wellbeing-with-dr-ezekiel-j-emanuel/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Your Ticket to the Best State Fair Crafts with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for a fascinating discussion with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows\, and so much more! \nA Dolly Parton crop art portrait. Size-96 cowboy boots. A button quilt. State Fairs: Growing American Craft features more than 100 photos of extraordinary and unconventional crafts from state and tribal fairs\, including needlework\, basketry\, jewelry\, ceramics\, crop art\, butter sculpture\, and saddles. The catalog highlights personal stories and regional and cultural traditions\, creating a vibrant portrait of American life. Come one\, come all! State Fairs has a little something for everyone. \nRegister now to hear about the fascinating (and often surprising) world of American state fair crafts! \nAbout the Author: \nMary Savig is The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery. She holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland\, College Park.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-discussion-your-ticket-to-the-best-state-fair-crafts-with-smithsonian-curator-mary-savig/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Reshape Your Beliefs and Unlock Your True Potential with Nir Eyal
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE\nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nWhat if the only thing standing between you and the seemingly impossible…was belief? This is the question posed by bestselling author Nir Eyal in his new work\, Beyond Belief. \nMost of your limits aren’t physical. They’re psychological. In Beyond Belief\, Nir Eyal reveals how the hidden assumptions you carry shape what you see\, how you feel\, and what you do—and how to replace them with beliefs that unlock your true potential. \nGrounded in neuroscience\, psychology\, and unforgettable case studies\, Eyal introduces the Three Powers of Belief: Attention\, Anticipation\, and Agency. Mastering these powers transforms how you see challenges\, feel about the future\, and act when it matters most. \nYou’ll learn how to: \n\nSpot hidden opportunities and solutions others overlook.\n\n\nReclaim your mood\, energy\, and confidence by reshaping your beliefs.\n\n\nStay calm\, decisive\, and in control when life feels uncertain.\n\n\nBreak free from beliefs that sabotage your health\, relationships\, and career.\n\n\nPush further\, last longer\, and achieve beyond your limits.\n\nIf you’ve ever quit too soon\, stalled in your career\, or sabotaged your own goals\, this book gives you the science and the system to go further than you thought possible. \nSurgeries without anesthesia. Placebos that heal. Resilience multiplied 240 times longer. Beyond Belief reveals the science behind these breakthroughs and shows why your limits aren’t fixed—they’re learned. And with the right beliefs\, you can achieve breakthrough results. \nRegister now to learn more about how we can unlock our true potential. \nAbout the Author: \nNir Eyal writes\, consults\, and teaches about the intersection of psychology\, technology\, and human potential. He previously taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the international bestsellers Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life\, which have sold over 1 million copies in more than 30 languages. As an active angel investor\, Nir has backed multi-billion-dollar companies that implement his methodologies\, including Canva\, Kahoot!\, and others. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com\, his writing has been featured in The New York Times and Harvard Business Review\, and he is a regular contributor to Psychology Today.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-reshape-your-beliefs-and-unlock-your-true-potential-with-nir-eyal/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Dr. Patrick K. Porter and Ruchika Sikri
DESCRIPTION:Ancient Wisdom and Modern Technologies for Peak Brain Performance with Dr. Patrick K. Porter and Ruchika Sikri\nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE\nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us in conversation with Ruchika Sikri and Dr. Patrick Porter as we chat about their book\, Brain Fitness Blueprint\, in which they present a 30-day action plan to supercharge your brain and achieve peak performance. \nYour brain wasn’t built for the world we live in. Poor sleep\, excessive screen time\, and modern stressors have disrupted brain function\, leading to mental fatigue\, decreased focus\, and emotional imbalance. So how are we going to thrive? \nDr. Patrick Porter\, founder of BrainTap\, and Ruchika Sikri\, founding partner of Wisdom Ventures and former Head of Well-being Learning at Google\, will help you restore your cognitive clarity\, find emotional balance\, and achieve lasting vitality with an integrative framework that harnesses the tools of holistic spiritual practices alongside the insights of cutting-edge research. \nTheir groundbreaking blueprint will reveal: \n\nWhy modern life is hijacking your brain—and how to reclaim control\nHow meditation\, breathwork\, and nature-based rituals reset your nervous system\nHow emerging technologies can enhance focus\, sleep\, and emotional regulation\nDaily habits to support mental sharpness\, resilience\, and purpose\nA 30-day action plan to rewire your brain for energy\, clarity\, and joy\n\nRegister now to find out why these two visionary researchers believe you can easily attain the vibrant\, focused\, and flourishing mind you were meant to have. \nAbout the Authors: \nRuchika Sikri is a visionary investor and entrepreneur. She founded Wisdom Ventures Fund\, Mandala Ventures\, and Ready Platform to support human flourishing through innovation and purpose-driven communities. With over 25 years of leadership experience at Microsoft\, Cisco\, and Google\, she now follows her life’s mission to help build a more connected and compassionate world through globally accessible well-being solutions. \nPatrick K. Porter\, Ph.D.\, is an award-winning author\, educator\, researcher\, and speaker. During a career spanning more than three decades\, Dr. Porter has been on the cutting edge of brainwave entrainment technology. His newest brain-training platform\, BrainTap\, is distinctively designed to activate the brain’s neuroplasticity to achieve brain fitness\, overcome stress\, accelerate learning\, enjoy superb sleep\, and other lifestyle improvements.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-dr-patrick-k-porter-and-ruchika-sikri/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: On Courage\, Turmoil\, and the Transformative Power of Love with Marjan Kamali
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for an exciting conversation with internationally acclaimed author Marjan Kamali as we delve into the timeless wonder of her New York Times bestselling novel\, The Lion Women of Tehran. \nIn 1950s Tehran\, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father\, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances\, Ellie dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation. \nLuckily\, on the first day of school\, she meets Homa\, a kind girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together\, the two girls play games\, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home\, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar\, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.” \nBut their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best girls’ high school in Iran\, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later\, however\, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives. \nTogether\, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point\, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences. \nRegister now to hear directly from the author about the crafting of her tender\, yet immensely powerful work. \nAbout the Author: \nMarjan Kamali\, born in Turkey to Iranian parents\, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion Women of Tehran\, The Stationery Shop\, and Together Tea. She is the 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages. Marjan lives with her family in the Boston area.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-on-courage-turmoil-and-the-transformative-power-of-love-with-marjan-kamali/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Vitual Talk for Middle Grades: On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience in Virtual Conversation with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us in an online conversation with bestselling author Jason Reynolds as we discuss his latest work\, Coach\, the fifth–and last–entry in the highly popular Track series. Following the immersive stories of Ghost\, Lu\, Patina\, and Sunny\, it’s finally time for Coach to shine in his own book as we discover: Who was Coach before he became an inspiring leader? \nBefore Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed guidance to Ghost\, Lu\, Patina\, and Sunny on the Defenders track team\, he was little Otie Brody\, who was obsessed with Mr. 9.99 (a.k.a. Carl Lewis) and Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Like Mr. 9.99—and his own dad—Otie is a sprinter. Sprint free or die is practically his motto. \nThen his dad\, who is always away on business trips\, comes home with a pair of Jordans. JORDANS. Fine as fine can be. Otie puts them on and feels like he can leap to the moon…maybe even leap like Mr. 9.99 when he won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump. But one morning he wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks are missing—right off his feet! And Otie just might have a fuzzy memory of his dad easing them off as Otie was sleeping\, but that can’t be right\, can it? \nUnless all the reasons for his dad’s “gone’s” are very different from what he’s been told… Because now\, not only are the Jordans missing\, but so is his father. \nRegister now to join in on the online conversation about the final installment to Jason Reynold’s Track series! \nAbout the Author: Jason Reynolds is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Jason’s many books include Miles Morales: Spider Man\, the Track series (Ghost\, Patina\, Sunny\, and Lu)\, Long Way Down\, which received a Newbery Honor\, a Printz Honor\, and a Correta Scott King Honor\, and Look Both Ways\, which was a National Book Award Finalist. Recently named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature\, Jason has appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\, Late Night with Seth Meyers\, and CBS This Morning. He is on faculty at Lesley University\, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington\, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/vitual-talk-for-middle-grades-on-writing-beloved-characters-and-powerful-portrayals-of-resilience-in-virtual-conversation-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Teen Program,Youth Programs
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SUMMARY:Virtual Talk: How Exploration\, Uncertainty\, and Risk Help Us Find Meaning with Author Alex Hutchinson
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nIn The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges\, New Flavors\, and the Blank Spots on the Map\, Alex Hutchinson dives headfirst into a fascinating and provocative new field of research\, examining how exploration is a fundamental part of what makes us human. \nOff the beaten path\, on unmarked trails\, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside\, the search for the unknown is a specific\, primal urge that has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behavior in ways we are just beginning to understand. In fact\, the latest neuroscience suggests that exploration is an essential ingredient of human life. Exploration\, it turns out\, isn’t merely a hobby—it’s our story. \nAnd yet\, it has never been easier to live an exploration-free life\, without the struggle and uncertainty that true exploration—of places\, experiences\, and ideas—requires. With the digital world designed to exploit the neural circuitry behind our drive to explore\, we receive the illusion of novelty without accompanying growth. \nFrom paddling the lost rivers of the northern Canadian wilderness to the ocean-spanning voyages of the Polynesians\, The Explorer’s Gene combines riveting stories of exploration with cutting-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience. The end result offers a singular approach to finding meaning in our past struggles\, embracing the possibility of failure in our future\, and crucially\, recognizing when our present is good enough. \nRegister now to participate in this timelessly relevant discussion. \nAbout the Author: Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning science journalist with a big-picture focus on human performance and particular interests in fitness\, endurance sports\, and the outdoors. He is Outside magazine’s longtime Sweat Science columnist\, and his writing also appears in The Atlantic\, The New Yorker\, and elsewhere. Before journalism\, he was a postdoctoral physicist at the National Security Agency and a long-distance runner for the Canadian national team. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughters. \n 
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-talk-how-exploration-uncertainty-and-risk-help-us-find-meaning-with-author-alex-hutchinson/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Talk: On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work\, Shadow Strike\, book 20 (yes\, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. \nAfter its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability pummeled in the latest war in the Middle East\, a rogue group of Iranian regime officials create a brazen plot to strike back at their hated enemies once and for all. They envision a series of operational dominos culminating in a devastating attack\, and the first step is the assassination of the Israeli prime minister.  And there’s only one assassin with the skills to pull it off: Abdul Rahman\, known in the shadows as the Ghost. \nWhen a routine prison transfer is ambushed\, the Ghost escapes and is given the assignment. The only Operator who can hunt him down is the man who stopped him before: Pike Logan. \nPike and his team soon learn that the mission involves something bigger than just the escape of his old enemy. Working with Mossad agents\, the pursuit leads the Taskforce to Argentina. They work to unravel the scope of the attack\, and the chase leads them through the tempestuous waterfalls of Iguazu and the Triple Frontier\, to the vibrant streets of Buenos Aires\, and the tiny village of Ushuaia at the “End of the World.” \nAs the team races against the clock\, Pike learns the stakes are much greater than a single life – the consequences extend into the heartland of America itself. The Ghost may hold the key to an escalation that will upend the worldwide balance of power\, and if Pike fails\, the fallout won’t just be personal – it’ll be global. \nRegister today to learn why the Pike Logan series has everyone buzzing! \nAbout the Author: Brad Taylor is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series. He served for more than twenty years in the U.S. Army\, including eight years in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta\, commonly known as Delta Force. He retired as a Special Forces lieutenant colonel and now lives in Charleston\, South Carolina.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-talk-on-writing-action-packed-and-suspenseful-spycraft-with-brad-taylor/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: On a Mission: The History of US Women Astronauts with Smithsonian Curator Emerita Valerie Neal
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal\, emerita curator from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight. \nSally Ride became a household name as the first American woman in space\, but scores of equally impressive women have also left their mark in space. On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of US Women Astronauts spans 45 years and 61 astronauts to share the epic journeys of women who made space for themselves in a male-dominated field. \nValerie Neal interviewed many of the US women astronauts to bring their experiences to life. She offers a culturally insightful history of their achievements\, the challenges they’ve faced\, and their distinctive stories. Collectively\, they’ve completed more than 100 space shuttle missions\, and more than 30 long-duration stays on the International Space Station and Russian Space Station Mir\, and they continue to prove themselves in present-day space exploration efforts. \nThe book includes 50 black-and-white photographs to complement the historical account. With its sweeping look from the first women astronauts to Christina Hammock Koch\, assigned to the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon\, there is no comparably thorough book on America’s women astronauts. On a Mission is an inspiring tribute to unsung women’s history. \nRegister now to take part in this inspirational discussion! \nAbout the Author: Valerie Neal is a space historian and Curator Emerita at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Her specialty is human spaceflight\, space technology\, and space science in the Space Shuttle era and beyond. At the Museum\, she collected more than 1500 artifacts of the shuttle era\, curated three exhibitions and eight documentary programs for the Smithsonian Channel (cable TV)\, published books and articles growing from her research\, lectured in the USA and abroad\, and gave many interviews for US and international media. \nBefore joining the Museum\, she was a writer and editor for some 25 NASA publications on Space Shuttle and Spacelab missions\, the Hubble Space Telescope and other Great Observatories\, space science\, and NASA History. She participated in underwater astronaut training in Alabama and mission support in Houston for four Space Shuttle missions. She has taught American Studies and writing courses at multiple universities. Valerie Neal holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in American Studies and a B.A. degree in English and History.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-on-a-mission-the-history-of-us-women-astronauts-with-smithsonian-curator-emerita-valerie-neal/
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SUMMARY:America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. In this work\, Walter\, a Pulitzer finalist\, exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis\, and the malfeasance\, corruption\, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry. \nToday\, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn’t it working? The answer is that in America—where anyone can get addicted—only certain people get a real chance to recover. Despite record numbers of overdose deaths\, our default response is still to punish\, while rehabs across the United States fail to incorporate scientifically proven strategies and exploit patients. \nIn this book\, you’ll find the stories of four people who represent the failures of the rehab-industrial complex\, and the ways our treatment system often prevents recovery. April is a black mom in Philadelphia\, who witnessed firsthand how the government’s punitive response to the crack epidemic impeded her mother’s recovery—and then her own. Chris\, a young middle-class white man from Louisiana\, received more opportunities in his addiction than April\, including the chance to go to treatment instead of prison. Yet the only program the judge permitted was one that forced him to perform unpaid back-breaking labor at for-profit companies. Wendy is a mother from a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles\, whose son died in a sober living home. She began investigating for-profit treatment programs—yet law enforcement and regulators routinely ignored her warnings\, allowing rehab patients to die\, again and again. Larry is a surgeon who himself struggled with addiction\, and would eventually become one of the first Suboxone prescribers in the nation\, drawing the scrutiny of the Drug Enforcement Administration. \nBe sure to register now to participate in this urgent conversation and learn insight on how we might fix the system to save lives. \nAbout the Author:  \nShoshana Walter is a reporter for the Marshall Project covering the criminal justice system. Her reporting has been honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Selden Ring\, and she has won the Knight Award for Public Service\, the Edward R. Murrow Award\, and the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. She started her work on the treatment system at The Center for Investigative Reporting\, where her work appeared in The New York Times Magazine\, in newspapers\, and on NPR stations across the country. She is based in Oakland\, California. \nAbout the Guest Host: \nBarbara Ellen Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist\, essayist\, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible\, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo\, and Animal\, Vegetable\, Miracle\, a nonfiction account of her family’s attempts to eat locally. In 2023\, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice\, biodiversity\, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/americas-failed-response-to-the-opioid-crisis-with-author-shoshana-walter/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic with Kate Quinn
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nYou’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work\, The Astral Library\, which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library\, where books are not just objects\, but doors to new worlds\, new lives\, and new futures. \nAlexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people\, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream\, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library\, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless\, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives…inside their favorite books. \nThe Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing\, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life\, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner\, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—Alix\, the Librarian\, or the Library itself? \nRegister now to hear more about The Astral Library\, crafted for all bookworms and lovers of literature. \nAbout the Author: Kate Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of Southern California\, she attended Boston University\, where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in classical voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network\, The Huntress\, The Rose Code\, The Diamond Eye\, and The Briar Club. The Astral Library is her first foray into magic realism. She and her husband now live in Maryland with their rescue dogs.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/book-portals-and-journeys-of-literary-magic-with-kate-quinn/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Unlock the Hidden Power of Dreams with Sleep Expert Michelle Carr
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nLearn how to harness your dreams to improve your sleep and health with dream engineer Dr. Michelle Carr. In Nightmare Obscura\, Dr. Carr unlocks the science behind the sleeping body. Drawing on her expertise in nightmares\, lucid dreaming\, and the cutting-edge field of dream engineering\, she reveals how we can revolutionize our sleeping—and waking—health. \nTo most\, dreams are things that slip away when we reemerge into the waking world\, their remnants jumbled up and only half recalled. At their best\, they are populated by pleasant recollections and surreal experiences. But at their worst\, they can be traumatizing and prevent us from receiving the necessary benefits of sleep. \nSo why do we dream at all? What makes a person prone to nightmares? How do our bodies interface with our brains when we’re not awake? And how can we harness our sleeping minds to improve our waking lives? \nRegister now for a conversation you don’t want to miss! \nAbout the Author: Michelle Carr is the director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in the Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine\, an assistant professor at the University of Montreal\, and a former president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Alongside her research and work as a dream engineer\, she has published numerous scientific papers\, a popular Psychology Today blog\, and articles for New Scientist\, Aeon\, and Scientific American. Her book\, Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer’s Guide Through the Sleeping Mind\, was published by Henry Holt\, in 2025.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/unlock-the-hidden-power-of-dreams-with-sleep-expert-michelle-carr/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Smithson’s Gamble: The Incredible History Behind the World’s Largest Museum with Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch
DESCRIPTION:A Library Speakers Consortium and Smithsonian Institution Collaboration\nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nTom D. Crouch\, a Smithsonian veteran of almost 45 years\, paints a robust picture of a unique American establishment and its lasting legacies in his book Smithson’s Gamble. \nFollow the fascinating growth and development of the world’s largest museum and research complex during its first 60 years. Told in rich detail\, Smithson’s Gamble reveals how\, as it defined a role rooted in curiosity and exploration\, the Smithsonian helped to shape the nation’s developing identity. \nThe Smithsonian evolved from a small\, narrowly focused organization into an institution leading the way in fields from astrophysics to zoology. Smithsonian researchers\, and the hundreds of citizen scientists who they recruited\, created a collection that documented the natural and human history of a continent. The American conservation movement and a national weather service are rooted at the Smithsonian. Smithson’s Gamble is filled with fascinating characters\, twists and turns\, and moments of triumph and tragedy\, complete with political machinations\, a bit of backstabbing\, accusations of murder\, and the occasional scandal. \nRegister now to take part in the conversation and learn about the trials\, errors\, and incredible legacy of the Smithsonian’s foundation. \nAbout the Author: Tom Crouch joined the Smithsonian in 1974 and has served both the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of American History in a variety of curatorial and administrative posts. \nDr. Crouch has won several major writing awards\, including a 1989 Christopher Award\, a literary prize recognizing “significant artistic achievement in support of the highest values of the human spirit\,” for The Bishop’s Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. His book\, Wings: A History of Aviation From Kites to the Space Age\, won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Literature Prize for 2005. \nIn the fall of 2000\, President Clinton appointed Dr. Crouch to the Chairmanship of the First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board\, an organization created to advise the Centennial of Flight Commission on activities planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powered flight.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-smithsons-gamble-the-incredible-history-behind-the-worlds-largest-museum-with-smithsonian-curator-emeritus-tom-crouch/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Mojos\, Mermaids\, Medicine\, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic with Dr. Lindsey Stewart
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nFeminist philosopher Dr. Lindsey Stewart’s book\, The Conjuring of America: Mojos\, Mermaids\, Medicine\, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic\, tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery; the Voodoo Queens and Blues Women of Reconstruction; and the Granny Midwives and textile weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women\, in secrecy and subterfuge\, courageously and devotedly continued their practices and worship for centuries and passed down their traditions. \nConjure informs our lives in ways remarkable and ordinary—from traditional medicines that informed the creation of Vicks VapoRub and the rise of Aunt Jemima’s Pancake Mix\, to the original magic of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2023)\, and the true origins of the all-American classic blue jean. \nFrom the moment enslaved Africans first arrived on these shores\, conjure was heavily regulated and even outlawed. Now\, Stewart uncovers new contours of American history\, sourcing letters from the enslaved\, dispatches from the lore of Oshun and other African mystics. The Conjuring of America is a love letter to the real magic Black women used\, their herbs\, food\, textiles\, song\, and dance\, used to sow rebellion\, freedom\, and hope. \nJoin us to take part in the magic and celebrate the legacy of America’s founding Black women. Register for free today! \nAbout the Author: Lindsey Stewart is a Black feminist philosopher and an Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis. She is the author of The Politics of Black Joy. Her work has been featured in Blavity\, Signs\, Hypatia\, and the British Journal for the History of Philosophy\, and she holds a 2021 Michael Beaney Prize. She lives in Memphis\, Tennessee.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-mojos-mermaids-medicine-and-400-years-of-black-womens-magic-with-dr-lindsey-stewart/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Swashbuckling Heroines and High Seas Adventures with Novelist Vanessa Riley
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for an unforgettable experience as we chat online with Vanessa Riley about her newest book\, Fire Sword and Sea\, based on the folk story of the female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye. \nThe Caribbean Sea\, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of Tortuga. Instead of marriage\, Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers and smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around Tortuga. In Haiti she becomes Jacques\, a dockworker\, earning the respect of those around her while hiding her gender. \nJacquotte discovers that secret identities are fairly common in the chaotic world of seafaring\, which is full of outsiders and misfits. As Jacques\, Jacquotte falls in love with Lizzôa d’Erville\, a beautiful courtesan who deals in secrets and sex. While others see their work clothes as a disguise\, Lizzôa’s true self is as a woman. \nFor the next twenty years\, Jacquotte raids the Caribbean\, making enemies and amassing a fortune in stolen gold. When her fellow pirates decide to increase their profits by entering the slave trade\, Jacquotte turns away from piracy and the pursuit of riches. Risking her life in one deadly skirmish after another\, she instead begins to plot a war of liberation. \nDon’t miss out on this exciting discussion! Register now to embark on a seafaring journey of self discovery and reclamation of personal power. \nAbout the Author: Vanessa Riley is an award-winning author and proud recipient of the 2024 Georgia Mystery/Detective Fiction Author of the Year. She writes Sagas and Book Club Fiction that brings to life the hidden narratives of Black women and women of color in novels like Island Queen and Queen of Exiles. Her stories celebrate strong sisterhoods\, diverse communities\, and resilience across historical fiction\, romance\, and mystery genres.Her work has been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, Washington Post\, Entertainment Weekly\, NPR\, Publishers Weekly\, and The New York Times.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-swashbuckling-heroines-and-high-seas-adventures-with-novelist-vanessa-riley/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Secrets and Second Chances with Liz Moore
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nWe are thrilled to welcome Liz Moore to discuss her latest work\, The God of the Woods\, an instant New York Times bestseller and one of NPR’s 2024 “Books We Love” highlights. \nEarly morning\, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant\, Barbara Van Laar\, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago\, never to be found. \nAs a panicked search begins\, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow\, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. \nJoin us in conversation with Liz as we embark on a tale of thrilling twists and disturbing disappearances. Register today to “enter the woods\,” if you dare! \nAbout the Author: Liz Moore is the author of five novels: The Words of Every Song\, Heft\, The Unseen World\, the New York Times bestselling Long Bright River\, and The God of the Woods. A winner of the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature\, she lives in Philadelphia and teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Temple University.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-secrets-and-second-chances-with-liz-moore/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Nature\, Art\, and Service as Medicine with Journalist Julia Hotz
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nBe sure to jump start your new year with us as we chat virtually with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement\, Nature\, Art\, Service\, and Belonging. \nThe Connection Cure combines diligent science reporting\, moving patient success stories\, and surprising self-discovery to help us discover the lasting and life-changing power of social prescribing. Traditionally\, when we get sick\, health care professionals ask\, “What’s the matter with you?” But around the world\, teams of doctors\, nurses\, therapists\, and social workers have started to flip the script\, asking “What matters to you?” \nScience shows that social prescribing is effective for treating symptoms of the modern world’s most common ailments—depression\, ADHD\, addiction\, trauma\, anxiety\, chronic pain\, dementia\, diabetes\, and loneliness. By integrating age-old medicines like art\, nature\, movement\, and volunteer service into patient’s daily lives\, social prescriptions are radically changing health and healthcare in more than thirty countries. Julia Hotz travels around the world to survey them —sea-swimming lessons for depression\, “culture vitamins” for anxiety\,  a fishing club for ADHD\, a farm-based day-care for dementia\, a phone-buddy program for social isolation\, and many more. \nAs the first book on social prescribing\, The Connection Cure empowers you to find\, experience\, and implement this revolutionary medicine in your own community. The success stories Julia finds bring a long-known theory to life: if we can change our environment\, we can change our health. By reconnecting to what matters to us\, we can all start to feel better. \nRegister today to find out how you can use the wisdom of social prescribing to live your best life! \nAbout the Author: Julia Hotz is a solutions-focused journalist based in New York. Her stories have appeared in The New York Times\, WIRED\, Scientific American\, The Boston Globe\, Time\, and more. She helps other journalists report on the big new ideas changing the world at the Solutions Journalism Network. The Connection Cure is her first book.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-nature-art-and-service-as-medicine-with-journalist-julia-hotz/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply with David Brooks
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book\, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply\, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a person\, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to? \nDriven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person\, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater\, philosophy\, history\, and education to present a welcoming\, hopeful\, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others\, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation\, hostility\, and misperception. \nThe act of seeing another person\, Brooks argues\, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and\, in turn\, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection\, and yearning to be understood. \nRegister now to take part in a riveting and timeless conversation on how to connect with people from all walks of life\, and why doing so is paramount to our individual and communal growth. \nAbout the Author: David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times\, a writer for The Atlantic\, and appears regularly on PBS Newshour. He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain\, The Road to Character\, The Social Animal\, Bobos in Paradise\, and On Paradise Drive.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-the-creative-and-compassionate-art-of-seeing-others-deeply-with-david-brooks/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Unlock the Secret Language of Connection with Supercommunicator Charles Duhigg
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nGet yourself primed for the holiday season and join us for an online conversation you won’t want to miss! Charles Duhigg\, author of the bestselling books The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better\, presents the ultimate guide on how to communicate and connect with anyone at work\, home\, and in life in his latest work\, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection. \nRegister now to take part in the online discussion\, learn how to enhance your everyday conversations\, and add a new title to the holiday wishlist! \nAbout the Author: Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and the author of Supercommunicators\, The Power of Habit\, and Smarter Faster Better. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale University\, he is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences\, National Journalism\, and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine\, and was the founding host of the Slate podcast How To! with Charles Duhigg.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-unlock-the-secret-language-of-connection-with-supercommunicator-charles-duhigg/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: The Search for Truth and the Persistence of Love Across Time with Novelist Amanda Peters
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nJoin us in an online conversation with acclaimed writer Amanda Peters as we discuss her instant bestselling novel\, The Berry Pickers\, as well as her tender short fiction collection\, Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories. \nInfluenced by Peters’ own Mi’kmaq heritage\, The Berry Pickers is a riveting exploration of family\, grief\, and the bonds we share. \nJuly 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later\, four-year-old Ruthie\, the family’s youngest child\, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother\, Joe\, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come. \nAbout the Author: Amanda Peters is a mixed-race woman of Mi’kmaq and European ancestry\, born and raised in the Annapolis Valley\, Nova Scotia. Her short fiction and non-fiction have been published in The Antigonish Review\, Grain Magazine\, The Alaska Quarterly Review\, The Dalhousie Review\, and Filling Station Magazine. \nAmanda’s first novel\, The Berry Pickers\, was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize in Canada\, and won the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction in the US. The Berry Pickers won the Dartmouth Book Award and the Crime Writers of Canada First Crime Novel Award\, and has been translated into sixteen languages around the world. Her most recent book of short fiction\, Waiting for the Long Night Moon\, was published August\, 2024\, to critical acclaim.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-the-search-for-truth-and-the-persistence-of-love-across-time-with-novelist-amanda-peters/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Courtly Intrigue and Whispers as Weapons with Historical Fiction Queen Philippa Gregory
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nCoined as the “queen of British historical fiction\,” Philippa Gregory returns to the infamous Tudor Court with a tale that is both timely and timeless. We invite you to sit down with us for an intriguing conversation with Gregory about her newest novel Boleyn Traitor (forthcoming October 14\, 2025). \nJane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor Court\, where secrets are currency\, every choice is dangerous\, and even the faintest whisper can seal the fate of queens. \nFor Jane\, survival demands playing every role required of her: a loving wife who conceals her doubts\, a devoted sister to Anne Boleyn at the height of her power\, and an obedient spy who carefully wields her words. But in a court ruled by ambition and a tyrant’s sword\, Jane must rely on her sharp wit and skillful maneuvering to outthink those around her\, knowing that one wrong move could cost her everything.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-courtly-intrigue-and-whispers-as-weapons-with-historical-fiction-queen-philippa-gregory/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Finding My Way with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nYou are invited to join us online and be one of the first to hear from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai about her astonishing memoir\, Finding My Way. Malala reintroduces herself to the world\, sharing how she navigated life as someone whose darkest moments threatened to define her narrative—while seeking the freedom to find out who she truly is. \nThrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban’s brutal attack on her life\, Malala Yousafzai quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds\, she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar world. Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love\, of anxiety and self-discovery\, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are. In it\, Malala traces her path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her past. Through candid\, often messy moments like nearly failing exams\, getting ghosted\, and meeting the love of her life\, Malala reminds us that real role models aren’t perfect—they’re human. \nFinding My Way is a vulnerable\, surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity\, sharp humor\, and tenderness. It is an intimate look at the life of a young woman taking charge of her destiny and is a deeply personal testament to the strength it takes to be unapologetically yourself. Register now for an online conversation you cannot miss! \nAbout the Author: Malala Yousafzai is an education activist\, the youngest-ever Nobel laureate\, bestselling author\, and award-winning film producer. She was born in Mingora\, Pakistan\, in 1997 and graduated from Oxford University in 2020.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/virtual-author-talk-finding-my-way-with-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-malala-yousafzai/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Leigh Bardugo
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nvia Digital Livestream or on Demand \nSince publishing in 2015\, Leigh Bardugo’s highly popular Six of Crows has taken the world of YA literature by storm–and it’s not hard to see why. The complex fantasy setting\, thoughtfully-structured magic system\, and deliciously morally gray characters all collide in a world you won’t want to leave and you don’t have to! Join us as we pick the brain of the New York Times bestselling author herself\, celebrating the release of her Six of Crows (The Dregs Edition). \nKetterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. . . . \nAbout the Author: Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Familiar\, Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy\, the Six of Crows duology\, the King of Scars duology—and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/26595/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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