Live Virtual Author Talks through the Library Speakers Consortium: access 2-3 live virtual author events per month featuring a vibrant mix of best-selling authors and Pulitzer Prize winners on a wide range of interesting topics. Books and authors selected will cover a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres including historical fiction, contemporary fiction, romance, OwnVoices, poetry, business, personal growth, social justice, history, art, culture and more. These author talks will be archived and made available for later viewing. Thank you to the West Linn Library Foundation for sponsoring these programs.
Local Authors
Thank you for your interest in speaking at our library. At this time we are not scheduling additional author events or signings. We encourage you to subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when we have a call for authors for our next local writers’ fair. Every attempt is made to acquire titles by local authors and of regional interest that are produced by mainstream publishers and reviewed favorably in library resources. Occasionally, the Library will consider self-published works that have local interest or contain unique content. Visit our library website to learn more about our collection management policy and process. You are welcome to reserve the library’s Community Room for a private author event, although the event will not be featured in our newsletter, library website, or event calendars.
Author Talk archives are available here.
Wednesday, April 17th at 5:00 PM | This is a live virtual author talk that will be recorded and accessible for future use.
We cannot wait for you to join us as we chat with award-winning and bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez about her newest novel Anita de Monte Laughs Last.
Wednesday, May 1st at 12:00 PM | This is a live virtual author talk that will be recorded and accessible for future use.
Join us as we chat with New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brunt, about instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
Wednesday, May 8th at 4:00 PM | This is a live virtual author talk that will be recorded and accessible for future use.
You’re invited to join Nina Simon online as she chats about her lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths, Mother-Daughter Murder Night.
Tuesday, May 21st at 4:00 PM | This is a live virtual author talk that will be recorded and accessible for future use.
We welcome you to register for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.
Monday, June 3rd at 11:00 AM | This is a live virtual author talk that will be recorded and accessible for future use.
You’re invited to come learn alongside Matt Shindell, National Air and Space Museum curator, as he introduces viewers to historical figures across eras and around the world who have made sense of this mysterious planet.
Thursday, June 13th at 5:00 PM | This is a live virtual author talk that will be recorded and accessible for future use.
Get your popcorn and take a seat as we pick the brain of the queen of twists herself, Freida McFadden! McFadden will join us to chat about writing psychological thrillers, her mega-bestselling hit The Housemaid series, in particular her forthcoming (June 11, 2024) third installment, The Housemaid Is Watching.
Thursday, June 20th at 11:00 AM | This is a live virtual author talk that will be recorded and accessible for future use.
Join us as #1 New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Jewell highlights the inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college as she presents lessons and knowledge from her new book Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School.
