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Events and other news about books, authors and author appearances
James Patterson, who holds the Guinness World Record for the most No. 1 New York Times bestsellers, is visiting Darien Library with his wife, Susan. The two are co-authors of a children’s book, Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses. (more…) Continue Reading →
Celebrate summer reading with novelist Beatriz Williams on Thursday, July 12 at Darien Library as she discusses her new blockbuster novel of the season, The Summer Wives, a postwar fable of love, class, power, and redemption set on a New England island. (more…) Continue Reading →
Where were you on the night of June 23rd? I- I- I was at CrimeCONN at Ferguson Library in Stamford, detective! I swear it! … Oh, a criminal enterprise! Continue Reading →
The daughter of aviator-authors Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, is coming to Barrett Bookstore at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 16 to speak about her new memoir, Two Lives. (more…) Continue Reading →
Three authors who have books coming out just in time for great summer reading will be at Barrett Bookstore’s annual “Ladies of Summer” evening. All three novels are perfect to put in your beach bag or take along on vacation. The fourth annual event,with authors Lauren Weisberger, Karen White and Hannah McKinnon, will start at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 21. (more…) Continue Reading →
Christopher Buckley will be at Barrett Bookstore at on Saturday, May 19 at 6 p.m. to speak about his new novel, “The Judge Hunter.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Barrett Bookstore is joining 20 Connecticut bookstores to celebrate INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! For many of you who have trouble driving past a bookstore, here is a great opportunity to get on the road and visit as many of the unique independents scattered through the state as your time and energy permits. (more…) Continue Reading →
Angela Santomero, author of Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World, will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 at Darien Library. (more…) Continue Reading →
Kevin Peraino, veteran foreign correspondent, will discuss the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong’s Communist forces in 1949 on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. (more…) Continue Reading →
Tickets are now on sale to the public for the OPUS for Person-to-Person Spring Luncheon, to be held on Thursday, March 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Woodway Country Club. (more…) Continue Reading →
Anya Kamenetz, the lead digital education reporter for National Public Radio, will be in Darien on Feb. 1 to talk about her new book, The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media & Real Life.’ (more…) Continue Reading →
Roz Chast, a cartoonist whose works have appeared in the New Yorker and author most recently of Going Into Town, will speak at 7 p.m. (not 2 p.m., as originally announced) on Thursday, Nov. 2 at Darien Library. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien resident Richard L. Chilton Jr.’s love affair with wine began in 1976, when his parents converted an old bomb shelter on their property into a wine cellar. (more…) Continue Reading →
Kyle Cassidy, author and photographer of This is What a Librarian Looks Like, will be the featured speaker at Friends of the Darien Library’s annual meeting on Saturday, Oct. 21. (more…) Continue Reading →
Jeannette Walls, author of the bestselling book “The Glass Castle,” a memoir of resilience and redemption, will be the keynote speaker at Person-to-Person’s “Transforming Lives Luncheon,” a fundraising event for the organization on Oct. 26. (more…) Continue Reading →