Want to get to know your favorite authors even more? Check out KDL Author Talks, online conversations in which authors of interesting, popular, informative and compelling books share more about their work, their writing process, the things that inspire them and more. These conversations are led by passionate readers from the Library Speakers Consortium, and they offer a chance for attendees to ask questions about their favorite authors and topics. Books and authors cover a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres; between writers of contemporary fiction, business, history, culture, historical fiction, romance, science and more, there’s an Author Talk available for everyone.
This month's talks:
KDL Author Talks | Sabrina Sholts
Tuesday, February 4, 2:00 – 3:00 PM, Online event
Enjoy an engaging online conversation with Smithsonian curator and author of The Human Disease, Sabrina Sholts, as she discusses what makes humans vulnerable to pandemics and gives us the power to save ourselves from them. Click here to register.
KDL Author Talks | Waubgeshig Rice
Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 – 8:00 PM, Online event
Enjoy an engaging online conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice as he discusses the exhilarating and highly anticipated sequel to his dystopian novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, Moon of the Turning Leaves. Click here to register.
KDL Author Talks | Lee Hawkins
Tuesday, February 18, 2:00 – 3:00 PM, Online event
Enjoy an engaging online conversation with Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he shares about his personal examination of his family's legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in his memoir I Am Nobody's Slave. Click here to register.
Want more? Check out the archive of all of the Author Talks we have hosted since 2022. They include talks with amazing authors including Nicole Eustace, Bonnie Garmus and Kate Quinn.
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