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Jason Sole: Author of From Prison to Ph.D.: a memoir of hope, resilience & second chances

April 9, 2019 by Sarah Wethern

Tagged With: adults, author talk, non-fiction, Teen, Teens, writers, writing

Matthew Valan: Author Talk & Book Signing

April 8, 2019 by Sarah Wethern

Tagged With: adults, author talk, free, mental health, non-fiction, writers, writing

Evening Book Group

March 18, 2019 by Sarah Wethern

All are welcome to join this group!  Please contact or stop by the library to request a copy of the upcoming book.

2019 Reading List

January       No meeting due to holiday

February    No meeting due to holiday

March 18    Macbeth by William Shakespeare

April 15       Macbeth by Jo Nesbo

May 20         Black Swan: impact of the highly improbable by Nassim Taleb (KIT)

June 17        Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towle

July 15         Americanah by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie

August 19   Fortress America: how we embraced fear & abandoned democracy                                                            by Elaine Tyler May (KIT)

September 16      A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

October 21           Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

November 18       Sapiens: a brief history of humankind by Yuval N. Harari (KIT)

December 16       Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo

Tagged With: adults, book group, evening monthly, fiction, non-fiction

Bukola Oriola: Author Talk & Book-Signing

March 14, 2019 by Sarah Wethern

Bukola Oriola is a speaker, author, mentor, advocate, entrepreneur, and member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. Appointed by President Barack Obama in December 2015 and re-appointed by President Trump in 2017, Oriola is also an award-winning journalist and a survivor of labor trafficking, who has dedicated her life to sharing her story and offering practical solutions on how to rescue victims of human trafficking. Oriola is a consultant for Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVCTTAC).

This program is sponsored by Douglas County Library and Viking Library System.
This project was funded in part or in whole with monies from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.

Tagged With: adults, author talk, free, human trafficking, non-fiction, Teen, Teens, writers, writing

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