• America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter

    The Burnham Library 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, United States
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    REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE via Digital Livestream or on Demand Join 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…

  • Virtual Author Talk: On a Mission: The History of US Women Astronauts with Smithsonian Curator Emerita Valerie Neal

    The Burnham Library 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, United States
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    REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE via Digital Livestream or on Demand Join 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. Sally Ride became a household name as the first American woman in space,…

  • Virtual Talk: On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor

    The Burnham Library 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, United States
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    REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE via Digital Livestream or on Demand Join 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. After its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability pummeled in the latest war in the Middle East, a…

  • Virtual Talk: How Exploration, Uncertainty, and Risk Help Us Find Meaning with Author Alex Hutchinson

    The Burnham Library 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, United States
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    REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE via Digital Livestream or on Demand In 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. Off the…

  • Vitual Talk for Middle Grades: On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience in Virtual Conversation with Jason Reynolds

    The Burnham Library 62 Main Street South, Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT, United States
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    REGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE via Digital Livestream or on Demand Join 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…