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Upcoming Book Event: Scott Turow

Information was taken from Montclair Literary Festival

Scott Turow ‘Presumed Guilty’

In-person – Thursday, April 17th, 7pm

Join us to welcome the wildly popular author Scott Turow in his only appearance in our area. Turow, the bestselling author of Presumed Innocent-the phenomenon that redefined the legal thriller and is the basis for Apple TV+’s most-watched drama series ever, is in conversation withSarah Lyall about Presumed Guilty, his scintillating new courtroom drama.

InPresumed Guilty, a retired judge returns to the courtroom one last time and starts to question whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.

Scott Turow, a writer and former practicing lawyer, is the author of thirteen bestselling works of fiction. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted for movies and television. Mr. Turow has also published two nonfiction books, including One L, about

his experience as a law student.

Sarah Lyall is a writer at large at The New York Times, where she writes news, features and reviews, and has a monthly column on thrillers.

This event will be held at Temple Ner Tamid 936 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets to hear Scott Turow in person cost $35 and include a copy of Presumed Guilty.

If you require any special accommodations to attend, please email montclairliteraryfestival@gmail.com  before the event.

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Virtual Author Event: Gregg Hurwitz

Details were taken from the Mahwah Library.

Thursday, April 24th at 7:00 PM EDT

Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? You’re invited to a riveting conversation with New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series and his life as a writer of suspenseful storytelling.

Orphan X, the series opener, introduces the world to the Nowhere Man. He is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them.

But he’s not merely a legend.

Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Taken from a group home at twelve, Evan was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets—i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man.

Now ten books in, fans cannot get enough of the Orphan X world and Hurwitz can’t wait to tell us all about it. Register now for a conversation you just cannot miss!

About the Author: GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 24 thrillers including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). Additionally, he’s written screenplays and television scripts for many of the major studios and networks, comics for AWA (including the critically acclaimed anthology NewThink), DC, and Marvel, and poetry. Currently, Gregg is actively working against polarization in politics and culture. To that end, he’s penned op-eds for The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Bulwark, Salon, and others, and has produced several hundred commercials and creative content which have gotten several hundred million views on digital TV platforms. He also helped write the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Cup.

RSVP here: https://libraryc.org/mahwahlibrary/71468?uMarketingSource=_LSC_IEN_03_3

Virtual Event: Jennifer Weiner

Dreams We Chase: An Author Talk with Novelist Jennifer Weiner
Wednesday, March 26th at 7:00 PM EDT

Information was taken from the Mahwah Library.

You’re invited to a glimmering conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner as we chat about the signature emotional depth of her books that have been inspiring readers toward self-discovery for decades. Hearing from the queen of fun herself, we’ll chat with the author about her New York Times bestselling novels, Good In Bed, In Her Shoes, Big Summer, The Breakaway and many more. 

Additionally, in a special preview, Weiner will briefly discuss her forthcoming novel (due out on April 8, 2025) The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits. Set in the world of pop music, The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits is about sisters, motherhood, young love, and the dreams we chase.

Sisters Cassie and Zoe Grossberg were born just a year apart but could not have been more different. Zoe, blessed with charm and beauty, yearned for fame from the moment she could sing into a hairbrush. Cassie was a musical prodigy who never felt at home in her own skin and preferred the safety of the shadows.

On the brink of adulthood in the early 2000s, destiny intervened, catapulting the sisters into the spotlight as the pop sensation the Griffin Sisters, hitting all the touchstones of early aughts fame—SNL, MTV, Rolling Stone magazine—along the way.

But after a whirlwind year in the public eye, the band abruptly broke up.

Two decades later, Zoe’s a housewife; Cassie’s off the grid. The sisters aren’t speaking, and the real reason for the Griffin Sisters’ breakup is still a mystery. Zoe’s teenage daughter, Cherry, who’s determined to be a star in spite of Zoe’s warnings, is on a quest to learn the truth about what happened to the band all those years ago.

As secrets emerge, all three women must face the consequences of their choices: the ones they made and the ones the music industry made for them. Can they forgive each other—and themselves? And will the Griffin Sisters ever make music again? Register now for what will most certainly be a dazzling conversation! 

About the Author: Jennifer Weiner is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have spent over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, with more than 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. She is the author of the novels Good in Bed (2001) and In Her Shoes (2002), which was turned into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. And the author of That Summer (2021); The Breakaway (2024); and The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits (forthcoming 2025) . She is also the author of The Littlest Bigfoot middle-grade trilogy, Her nonfiction collection Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing (2016), was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.

RSVP here: https://libraryc.org/mahwahlibrary/69107/register

Virtual Event: Wordsmith and Wonder: An Author Talk with Jodi Picoult

Information posted from the Mahwah Library

Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM EDT

Event will begin in 14 days and 2 hours

Step into Spring with us as we chat with the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about her newest novel, By Any Other Name.

In 1581, Emilia Bassano—like most young women of her day—is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain’s mistress, she has access to all theaters in England and finds a way to secretly bring her work to the stage. And yet, creating some of the world’s greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at great cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history.

In the present, playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. Although the challenges are different four hundred years later, the playing field is still not level for women in theater. Would Melina—like Emilia—be willing to forfeit her credit as author, just for a chance to see her work performed?

Told in intertwining narratives, By Any Other Name is a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire that asks what price each woman is willing to pay to see their work live on—even if it means they will be forgotten. Register now to join the wondrous conversation!


About the Author: Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, including By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband

Register here: https://libraryc.org/mahwahlibrary/70486/register

Author Mary Beth Keane at Suffern Library

Mary Beth is a local author. The event took place at the Suffern Free Library, which is absolutely beautiful. It was great learning more about her career and how she came up with the different book ideas.

Goodreads Blurb

Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, two rookie cops in the NYPD, live next door to each other outside the city. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis’s wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian’s wife, Anne—sets the stage for explosive events to come.

Ask Again, Yes is a moving novel about two families, the bond between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, the daily intimacies of marriage, and the power of forgiveness.

Author Biography

Mary Beth Keane attended Barnard College and the University of Virginia, where she received an MFA. She was awarded a John S. Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing, and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. She is the author of The Walking People, Fever, and Ask Again, Yes, which was a New York Times Best Seller and was translated into twenty-two languages.

Random House Virtual Open House July 14th 7-9pm

About this event

**This is a virtual event that will be hosted on Zoom – you will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing and sufficient Internet access. If you have not used Zoom before, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom.**

Join us for Summer Open House on Wednesday, July 14 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM on Zoom to discover your future favorite reads, and hear from the endlessly creative authors behind them.

The Romance panel, with Mary Bly (Lizzie & Dante), Jackie Fraser (The Bookshop of Second Chances), Sara Jafari (The Mismatch), and Sophie Kinsella (Love Your Life), will introduce us to the books that will tug on our heartstrings and make us swoon.

And at the Mystery/Thriller panel, Caroline Kepnes (You Love Me), Catherine Steadman (The Disappearing Act), Laura McHugh (What’s Done in Darkness), and Andrea Bartz (We Were Never Here) will let us into the dark basements of their minds where they develop the twists, turns, and characters that keep us up at night.

At the Literary Fiction panel, authors Pik-Shuen Fung (Ghost Forest), Violet Kupersmith (Build Your House Around My Body), Maurice Carlos Ruffin (We Cast a Shadow / The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You), and Anuk Arudpragasam (A Passage North) will discuss the novels that will feed your mind and nourish your soul.

Finally, the Hot Summer Reads panel, featuring Lauren Weisberger (Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty), Beck Dorey-Stein (Rock the Boat), and Chuck Wendig (The Book of Accidents), will inspire all the beach, pool, and hammock reading you won’t be able to put down.

With your $27 ticket, you will receive admission to the virtual event and a book of your choice by one of our featured authors, an e-galley of Jodi Picoult’s new book Wish You Were Here, as well as a virtual “gift bag” of treats and discounts from our partners.

Register for this event on Eventbrite. We can’t wait to see you there!

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Between The Covers: Live Interview with Meg Cabot 3/4/21 at 5:30pm

Between The Covers welcomes Award-Winning author Meg Cabot

About this Event

South Florida PBS’ Between The Covers invites you to participate in our virtual taping with host, Ann Bocock, as she interviews award-winning author, Meg Cabot on her new book: No Offense. Join us on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday, March 4th at 5:30 PM EST.

No Offense is a charming romance between a children’s librarian and the town sheriff. This is book #2 in the Little Bridge Island series and is set in one of the smallest, most beautiful islands in the Florida Keys, home to sandy white beaches, salt-rimmed margaritas, and stunning sunsets—a place where nothing goes under the radar and love has a way of sneaking up when least expected…

Meg Cabot is an NYTimes Bestselling Young Adult author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teenagers and adults. She has written and published over fifty books and is best known for Princess Diaries, which was later adapted by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films.

This is a FREE event! Please submit your RSVP through Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-the-covers-virtual-interview-with-meg-cabot-tickets-142981295905?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_editorial&utm_content=loc.85977539.r2021_9&utm_term=ebemnsuserinsight&ref=ebemnsuserinsight&afu=33156726701&rank=4&recommended_events_quantity=15&aff=ebemnsuserinsight

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