Tickets for Fall 2013 Author Events at the Free Library of Philadelphia go on sale Friday, August 23 at 10:00 AM!
Look at this great lineup! We're pleased to continue to offer Flexible Subscription Packages. Purchasing a subscription package is a great way to show your support for this award-winning program. Please note that your event selection is subject to ticket availability. Call 215-567-4341 to place your subscription order. Single Ticket Orders Order single tickets online at freelibrary.org/authorevents or by phone at 1-800-595-4TIX (4849). Free Events No tickets or reservations are required for free Author Events. Seating is first come, first seated. Visit us online for details about all of these events and more. See you at the Library! |
Event Rescheduled!
Salman Rushdie | Joseph Anton
with Martin Amis | Lionel Asbo Tuesday, October 1, 2013 Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture We will honor tickets purchased for the original event, which was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy, and issue refunds to ticket holders who cannot attend on the new date. Martin Amis skewers English tabloid culture in his 13th novel. Joseph Anton is Salman Rushdie's long-awaited memoir of his time in hiding after the publication of The Satanic Verses. |
Ticketed Author Event Series Highlights
Terry McMillan | Who Asked You with Jesmyn Ward | Men We ReapedThursday, September 19, 2013 Family bonds are tested in the new novel from Terry McMillan, author of Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Men We Reaped is a piercing memoir about poverty and loss from Jesmyn Ward, the National Book Award-winning author ofSalvage the Bones. |
Jhumpa Lahiri | The Lowland
Monday, September 30, 2013 The Lowland is an intimate portrayal of unraveling family ties by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies. |
Pat Conroy | The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Bestselling author Pat Conroy recounts the tender final days of the abusive father he first laid bare in The Great Santini. |
Deepak Chopra | What Are You Hungry For?: The Chopra Solution to Permanent Weight Loss, Well-Being, and Lightness of Soul Monday, November 18, 2013
"The poet-prophet of alternative medicine" (Time) outlines an approach to eating that will lead to permanent weight loss and spiritual well-being. |
Doris Kearns Goodwin | The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Monday, December 2, 2013 Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin examines the first decade of the Progressive Era through the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his successor, William Howard Taft. |
Free Author Event Series Highlights
James McBride | The Good Lord BirdThursday, September 12, 2013 In former One Book, One Philadelphia author James McBride's new novel, a boy born into slavery joins abolitionist John Brown's crusade. |
Alice Hoffman | Survival Lessons
Monday, October 21, 2013 In her first work of nonfiction, Alice Hoffman shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world during a crisis of illness or loss. |
Donald Fagen | Eminent Hipsters
In conversation with David Dye Thursday, October 24, 2013 Eminent Hipsters is a revealing memoir about music and life on the road from the cofounder of Steely Dan. |
Donna Tartt | The Goldfinch
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 The acclaimed author of The Secret Historyshares her long-awaited third novel. |
Lester Brown | Breaking New Ground: A Personal History
Thursday, December 12, 2013 The founder of the Earth Policy and Worldwatch Institutes presents a memoir tracing his rise from small-farm childhood to leadership as a global environmental activist. |
Free Library Author Events Andy Kahan, Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Director, Author Events Laura Kovacs, Associate Director Jason Freeman, Program Assistant phone: 215-567-4341 email: authorevents@freelibrary.org |
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General Information Author Events are held in the Montgomery Auditorium at theParkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, unless noted. Events generally consist of a talk by the author and a Q & A period with the audience followed by a book signing. Books are sold on-site. Seating begins 45 minutes prior to event start times. No tickets orreservations are required for Free Author Events. Live American Sign Language translation of Author Events is provided upon request. Please call the Author Events Office at least two weeks in advance to request this service. |
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