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Political
Commentator Cokie Roberts Appearance on September 3
By Rhonda B. Sewell, Library Media Relations
Coordinator
The Truth Contributor
The Blade and
the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library are proud to announce
the 20th season of its Authors! Authors! series with
a power-packed lineup of authors, which kicks off with news
correspondent Cokie Roberts (September 3), graphic
novelist Marjane Satrapi (October 22) and New York
Times mega-bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert (November 19).
Fall 2014 lineup:
• Wednesday, September 3 – Cokie Roberts (Stranahan
Theater): The deeply respected and influential New York
Times bestselling author and popular ABC and NPR
correspondent will discuss her distinguished career,
politics, the upcoming election, and her books, including
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation and
We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters.
• Wednesday, October 22 – Marjane Satrapi (McMaster
Center, Main Library): This Iranian-born,
internationally-acclaimed graphic novelist, children’s book
author, and filmmaker based her modern classic Persepolis
on her childhood and early adult years in Iran during and
after the Islamic revolution and their war with Iraq. She is
scheduled to discuss her experience and inspiration, as well
as her upcoming career turn as the writer/director of the
upcoming film The Voices, starring Ryan Reynolds
and Anna Kendrick.
• Wednesday, November 19 – Elizabeth Gilbert (Stranahan
Theater): The New York Times mega-bestselling author is best
known for her work Eat, Pray, Love which spent over
200 weeks on the bestseller list and was made into the
equally popular film starring Julia Roberts. Her
additional works further confirm her status as a literary
powerhouse. Her short story collection Pilgrims won
the Pushcart Prize, the biography The Last American Man
was a finalist for the National Book Award and National
Book Critic’s Circle Award, and her most recent book The
Signature of All Things has received rave reviews as it
continues to hold forth on the bestsellers list.
Tickets are on sale at all Library locations during normal hours of
operation. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students.
At each program, authors will speak for about an hour, followed by
a short question and answer session. Following the program,
the featured author will be available to sign copies of
their works. Books will be available for purchase at the
program from Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
An anticipated treat for the community, Authors! Authors! has
welcomed some of the biggest names, straight off the
bestsellers lists, for an evening of discussion, Q&A and
book signings. Some of the exciting names from past series
appearances include David McCullough, Anna Quindlen,
Isabel Allende, Neil Gaiman, Sebastian Junger, Nicholas
Sparks, Bob Woodward, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Nikki
Giovanni, John Updike, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., P.J.
O’Rourke, Donna Brazil, and Sue Grafton to name a
few.
For media inquiries please contact Ben Malczewski, Library
Humanities Coordinator, and Authors! Authors!/Open Book
series Coordinator at
Benjamin.Malczewski@toledolibrary.org
or 419.259.5193.
For information on tickets, please contact Patti Meyer in
Library Marketing at 419.259.5266. |
