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Central Library
Tuesday, April 1
7:00 PM
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Hoyt Sherman Place Theater
Tuesday, April 8
7:00 PM |
Meet award-winning mystery author Laura Lippman who will discuss her new book, Another Thing to Fall; A Novel. A former journalist for the Baltimore Sun, Lippman bases her stories around her own personal experience in the city, usually featuring reporter turned private investigator Tess Monaghan.
She became a New York Times bestselling author following the release of her novel, What the Dead Know. Lippman has also won numerous awards for her mystery fiction, including the Agatha, Anthony, Edgar, Nero Wolfe, and Shamus. |
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Retired professor and author Mildred Kalish will share excerpts from her memoir, Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression. Reflecting upon her experiences growing up in Garrison, Iowa, Kalish shares how her family coped and survived during the Great Depression. From running barefoot across the fields of her family's farm to learning how to prepare the world's best head cheese, she beautifully describes life's simple pleasures and how her grandparents kept a spirit of hope and joy alive in her five-year-old self for years to come. Kalish has served as a professor of English at a host of different colleges, including the University of Iowa, Adelphi University, and Suffolk Community College. |
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Central Library
Thursday, April 107:00 PM |
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Hoyt Sherman Place Theater
Monday, April 21
7:00 PM
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Ever wonder who reads the many books offered on tape and CD? Plan to attend a fascinating talk by reader George Guidall on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 PM in the Grand Meeting Room of the Central Library. One of the best things about this work, says George, is to read books that he'd never read in a million years.
He has recorded more than 850 books - probably more books than a lot of people read in a lifetime--much less perform. Reading everything from Cheaper by the Dozen to Crime and Punishment, George's facility with the spoken-art form is celebrated by his fans. While much of his work is published by Recorded Books, he also works for Penguin, Harper and Random House AudioBooks. He records six hours, three days a week - at the end of three hours, he says he's just getting warmed up.
Listen to audio clips of George Guidall at the Recorded Books Library Site go »
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Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith will stop in Des Moines to discuss his life and literature. Well-known for both his The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and The Sunday Philosophy Club series, McCall Smith has authored more than sixty books, ranging from the academic to short story collections and popular children's books.
Greatly influenced by his birth and childhood in Zimbabwe, as well as his professorship in Botswana, his literature captures the life and culture found within the two African nations. His bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series has garnered international acclaim, having been translated into thirty-nine languages and selling more than seven million copies nationwide. In addition to being an internationally known author, he has been a professor of law and medical law at the University of Botswana and the University of Edinburgh, respectively, as well as having been a visiting professor at various universities within Italy and the United States. Currently, he resides in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife
Elizabeth and their two daughters, Lucy and Emily. |
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Central Library
Thursday, May 1
7:00 PM |
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Central Library
Wednesday,
June 117:00 PM |
Joanne Harris will be here on book tour for her sequel to Chocolat, entitled The Girl with No Shadow, which will be published on April 8, 2008. She is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Jigs & Reels, Sleep, Pale Sister, Gentlemen and Players and, with Fran Warde, The French Kitchen: A Cookbook, and The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen. She lives in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with her husband and daughter.
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Author and professional basketball player Paul Shirley will share his experiences writing his book, Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond. Listen to his personal and humor-filled insight into the highly competitive world of professional basketball in the United States and abroad. Graduating from Iowa State University in 2002 with three Academic All-Big 12 selections, a place of second-team Academic All-American, a 4.0 GPA, and a degree in mechanical engineering, Shirley set his sights on professional basketball, starting out as a player for the Atlanta Hawks. Since then, he has played for professional teams across the United States and Europe, chronicling his adventure through his book, online journals, and a television pilot, The Twelfth Man. He currently plays for the Menorca Basquet of the Spanish ACB. Off the court, Shirley writes his "My So-Called Career" column for ESPN.com.
Paul Shirley interview - WOI Radio |
Funding for the 2008 AViD Author Series is provided by the Des Moines Public Library Foundation with support from Wells Fargo, Pioneer, Nationwide, Bankers Trust, Barnes & Noble, Douglas and Deborah West, Iowa History Center at Simpson Colege, and Hoyt Sherman Place.
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