Dan Cirucci: Great Fall Author Events, Free Library Of Philadelphia

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Great Fall Author Events, Free Library Of Philadelphia

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!

Subscription Orders
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 Bird
Thursday, 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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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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