Books & Authors

‘How to Be a Sinner’ — Online Talk Tuesday Afternoon with a Professor of Orthodox Theology

Podcasters/Authors Anna Sale, Kelly Corrigan to Talk About Facing Life’s Challenges and Opportunities

Online Talk by Author of a Novel in Which Queen Elizabeth II Solves a Murder Mystery

This Book Club Hits Close to Home: With New Canaan Author’s Novel on Parents,Teens, Drinking

Author Speaks Tuesday About Hummingbirds — Following Them From Alaska to the Tip of South America

Jim Cameron Talks Thursday on Communicating With Any Audience, Mastering Interviews

Author Robert Ellsberg Discusses Saints and Others He’s Written About in Online Lecture Wednesday Night

Legendary NHL Hockey Announcer Mike Emrick Interviewed Live Online Tuesday About His New Book

1st 25 Middle Schoolers Signed Up for Darien Author Carrie Seim’s Event Get Her Book, ‘Horse Girl’

Breakout Author Avni Doshi Interviewed Online April 14 by Darien’s Sharbari Ahmed

Harlan Coben and John Grisham Talk in Darien Library/Barrett Bookstore Online Event

Jeff Immelt, Former CEO of General Electric, Speaks March 9, Get Tickets Now

Author Emily Gray Tedrowe Discusses Her Latest Book Thursday Night at Darien Library Online Event

Author of Book on Bias, Racism To Speak 5 PM Monday in Online Darien Library Event

DCA’s Virtual ‘Quick Reads’ Book Group Features ‘Waiting for Eden’ Discussion, July 29

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Peter Bouteneff author of How to Be a Sinner Grace Farms event 5-11-21

How can identifying as a sinner bring peace of mind, a clear conscience, and love for others? Peter Bouteneff, author and internationally recognized professor of Orthodox theology, will join Dr. Matthew Croasmun to discuss his latest work “How to Be a Sinner,” addressing topics such as guilt, shame, and self-care through his compassionate narrative. This discussion is a free, online Zoom event hosted by Grace Farms Foundation. It takes place from 12 noon to 1 p.m., this Tuesday, May 11. Grace Farms’ “Books on Faith & Meaning” series consists of monthly presentations introducing selections from the Faith & Meaning section of the Grace Farms Library. Spanning multiple religious and philosophical traditions, both ancient and contemporary, these texts encourage us to think critically about the meaning in our lives.

You can join in when Anna Sale, host of public radio’s “Death, Sex and Money” podcast, and Kelly Corrigan, host of both “Tell Me More” on PBS and the podcast “Kelly Corrigan Wonders” will have a virtual conversation Thursday, May 13. — an announcement from Barrett Bookstore

There will be an opportunity for Q and A. The event, from 7 to 8 p.m. and sponsored by Barrett Bookstore, celebrates the release of Sale’s book, Let’s Talk About Hard Things and Corrigan’s new children’s book, Hello World!

TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE

Please note that if you purchase a copy of both books, you will receive a 20% discount on your order (see details on the registration page). Let’s Talk About Hard Things is an invitation to discuss the tough topics that all of us encounter. Readers will hear why Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one.

Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore welcome author SJ Bennett will speak at an online event May 12 to speak about her latest book, a detective novel — The Windsor Knot, in which a royal pain in the palace is dealt with by Her Royal Highness, the Queen of England. — an announcement from Darien Library

This virtual event will take place on Wednesday, May 12 from 3 to 4 p.m. You can register here on Darien Library’s website. Something’s Afoot in the Castle … In The Windsor Knot, Queen Elizabeth is at Windsor Castle in advance of her 90th birthday celebrations. The preparations are interrupted when a guest, a young Russian pianist, is found dead in one of the castle bedrooms.
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The “Our Darien” book club says its second virtual book group title: For All She Knows, a novel involving a teen party, drinking, parents and a community that “explodes.” It’s by New Canaan author Jamie Beck. — an announcement from the Our Darien campaign of the Community Fund of Darien

With the book club, which has online discussions on Facebook, the “Our Darien” campaign continues its conversation about youth mental health, the dangers of substance use and how parents can best support their teens. A former Darien police youth officer and a knowledgeable social worker will participate in an online book club discussion. Participants are invited to read at their own pace, and thought-provoking questions will be posted each week on the Our Darien Facebook page (www.facebook.com/OurDarien, click “Groups”) to enhance the reader’s experience.

Jon Dunn author of The Glitter in the Green about Hummingbirds

Natural history writer Jon Dunn will speak about his latest book, The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds on Tuesday morning in a Darien Library online event. — an announcement from Darien Library

Hummingbirds are a glittering, sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable species. For centuries, they have been revered by indigenous Americans, coveted by European collectors, and admired worldwide for their unsurpassed metallic plumage and immense character. Yet they exist on a knife-edge, fighting for survival in boreal woodlands, dripping cloud forests, and subpolar islands. They are, perhaps, the ultimate embodiment of evolution’s power to carve a niche for a delicate creature in even the harshest of places.

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Darien TV79’s Jim Cameron, author of Off the Record: Confessions of a Media Consultant, will speak at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 8 in a Darien Library webinar about communication. — an announcement from Darien Library

In “Off the Record,” Jim will use his 35 years of expertise as a media trainer and share his tips and techniques for communicating with any audience, from mastering tough interviews to creating a motivational presentation. You can register for this event, here, on Darien Library’s website. Off the Record: Confessions of a Media Consultant is Jim Cameron’s first book, based on his career as a media trainer prepping C-level executives for challenging media encounters and earlier years as an award-winning journalist at NBC. About Jim Cameron
Jim Cameron is best known in Connecticut for his decades of advocacy for rail commuters.

In an online lecture Wednesday, Author Robert Ellsberg will reflect on his life and work as a “saint-watcher,” how this came to shape his own vocation and spiritual discipline, and what he hopes it might achieve. From St. Francis to Dorothy Day, Ellsberg’s many books on “saints, prophets, and witnesses” for our time — as well as his acclaimed daily “Blessed Among Us” column for Give Us This Day — have helped expand the conception of holiness and the meaning of saints. His lecture, titled “Walking With the Saints: My Writing Life,” starts at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 7. — an announcement from Fairfield University

Robert Ellsberg is the long-time editor-in-chief and publisher of Orbis Books.

We’re talking hockey with legendary announcer Mike Emrick! Join co-author Kevin Allen online as he sits down with Mike from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, for a conversation about Allen’s and Emrick’s new book, Off Mike, and his life in hockey.

— an announcement from Westport Library

Please note: This is a virtual event. REGISTER HERE

After nearly 50 years behind the microphone, the voice of hockey in America opens up in a must-read memoir. Mike “Doc” Emrick has seen everything there is to see in a hockey game. Sizzling slap shots. Commitment, courage, and camaraderie.

The Children’s Library is pleased to announce that Darien resident Carrie Seim will join Darien Library for a virtual event that can be enjoyed from the comfort of home on Tuesday, April 6 at 5:30 p.m.

— this announcement combines wording from the Darien Library website and a mailing from the Children’s Library. Horse Girl is a funny and heart-warming novel that will delight middle school readers from fans of Black Beauty to anyone who appreciates a story about finding yourself (and your true friends) along the way. Author Carrie Seim will read an excerpt of her brand-new novel at our virtual visit, followed by a Q&A session and a crafty opportunity for any equestrian enthusiasts in the virtual audience who would like to pick up the project materials in advance. We will be giving away free signed copies of Horse Girl to the first 25 attendees of the event. About Carrie Seim
Carrie is the author of the new acclaimed middle-grade novel HORSE GIRL (Penguin Random House) and the bestselling Audible adventure series THE FLYING FLAMINGO SISTERS (hailed by the New York Times as a Best Audiobook for Road Trips with Kids).

The India Cultural Center and Greenwich Library will welcome breakout literary star Avni Doshi on Wednesday, April 14 at 7 p.m., who will be interviewed online by fellow author Sharbari Ahmed of Darien. — an announcement from the India Cultural Center and Greenwich Library

The online discussion takes place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 14. Doshi will discuss her stunning and unforgettable debut novel, Burnt Sugar, a love story and a story about betrayal, but not between lovers — between mother and daughter, which has been shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction. In Burnt Sugar, Doshi tells the story of Tara, who, in her youth, was wild. She abandoned her marriage to join an ashram, and while Tara is busy as a partner to the ashram’s spiritual leader, little Antara, her daughter, is cared for by an older devotee, Kali Mata, an American who came to the ashram after a devastating loss.

Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore welcome Harlan Coben, a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading storytellers, for an evening of conversation about his latest book, Win. Joining Coben on Monday evening is John Grisham, bestselling author of A Time to Kill, The Firm, and the upcoming novel, Sooley. — an announcement from Darien Library

This virtual event will take place on Monday, March 22 at 7 p.m. To attend you can register here, on the library’s website. Win centers around an American blueblood, Windsor Horne Lockwood III—“Win”—who is determined to solve a set of cold cases that have baffled the FBI for decades.

Jeff Immelt, the former CEO of General Electric, will speak at an event organized by the Darien Community Association and Barrett Bookstore on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. for an online presentation. Immelt will have a public discussion with Peter Maglathlin of Darien, the chairman and CEO of MBI Inc. in Norwalk. — an announcement from the DCA and Barrett Bookstore

Immelt was named one of the “World’s Best CEOs” three times by Barron’s, and he will share the hard-won lessons he learned from his experience leading GE immediately after 9/11, through the economic devastation of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and into an increasingly globalized world. In his new memoir Hot Seat, Immelt offers a rigorous, candid interrogation of himself and his tenure, detailing for the first time his proudest moments and his biggest mistakes. As the business world continues to be rocked by stunning economic upheaval, Hot Seat is an urgently needed, and unusually raw, source of authoritative guidance for decisive leadership in uncertain times.

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It is with great pleasure that Darien Library welcomes back author, Emily Gray Tedrowe at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1. After an introduction by her father, Alan Kirk Gray, the former Director of Darien Library, Ms. Tedrowe will discuss her new book, “The Talented Miss Farewell” in conversation with Katherine Nintzel, executive editor of Custom House, An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. — an announcement from Darien Library

The event will happen online via the Zoom platform. Register online at darienlibrary.org to receive the link to the program.

Darien Library and the YWCA Darien/Norwalk invite you to join author and racial justice educator Debby Irving for “Waking Up White: A Conversation on Bias, Privilege, and Racism.” — an announcement from Darien Library

Meet Irving and learn about her journey on Monday, July 13th at 5 p.m. Register online, here, for this online event. Debby Irving’s landmark book, “Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race,” tells her story of unpacking her white privilege. Her sheltered, upper-middle class childhood in Massachusetts obscured the socially turbulent 60s and 70s from her view. She’d later contrast her experiences with that of her Darien-raised husband.

Waiting for Eden cover book DCA virtual book discussion

The next topic for the Darien Community Association’s virtual summer book group is a discussion on July 29 of Elliot Ackerman’s “Waiting for Eden.” From the DCA announcement:

Part mystery, part thriller, part unconventional love story, this novel explores with gravity and sensitivity the profound questions of love and fidelity, duty and honor, and how one creates a life worth living. This short book is less than 200 pages. On Wednesday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. a certified bioethicist will co-moderate with Esther Bushell, and offer her perspective about the issues raised. Bushell taught English at Greenwich High School, and when she retired in 2003, she created Literary Matters and began a second career as a book group facilitator.

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