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Sadeqa Johnson | The House of Eve
Thu, February 9, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Jennifer Weiner Acclaimed for their explorations of marital fidelity, friendship, and the difficulties of connecting in modern life, Sadeqa Johnson ’s novels include And Then There Was Me , Second House from the Corner , and Yellow…
Third Thursday Teen Book Club
Thu, February 16, 2023
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
at
Parkway Central Library
The Field Teen Center's *NEW* monthly book club meets on the third Thursday of every month! Teens who register at the Field Teen Center can pick up their free copy of Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay during January and February and return on Thursday, February 16 for discussion,…
Jamila Minnicks | Moonrise Over New Jessup
Wed, February 22, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER Jamila Minnicks’ debut novel Moonrise Over New Jessup tells the story of a 1950s-era, all-Black Alabama town that is resistant to desegregation and the opposing political viewpoints that threaten a young couple’s burgeoning romance. Praised by Barbara Kingsolver for its dive…
Paul Harding | This Other Eden with Hanna Pylväinen | The End of Drum-Time
Thu, February 23, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER Paul Harding won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Tinkers , “an astringent meditation on loss, family ties, and the presence of the past” ( The Guardian ) in which a dying elderly man wanders through the rooms of his life’s large and quiet moments.…
Happy Hour: A Play Reading by Paul Hood
Sat, February 25, 2023
2:00 P.M.
Literature Department
at
Parkway Central Library
One man's path to inner peace does not go smoothly. Enter beer, hypocrisy, betrayal and sexual enhancements to keep life interesting. This lively play reading will bring together actors from Harrisburg and Philadelphia together. Please register for this free event at…
Connie Briscoe | You Never Know: A Novel of Domestic Suspense
Mon, March 20, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
REGISTER Acclaimed for her literary portrayals of Black women’s relationships, Connie Briscoe's historical and romance novels have found acclaim and a wide readership for nearly three decades. Sisters and Lovers , her first novel, sold 500,000 copies and her second novel, Big Girls…
Emily St. John Mandel | Sea of Tranquility
Tue, March 28, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50
TICKETS In conversation with Laura McGrath, Assistant Professor of English at Temple University A “soul-quaking” ( Los Angeles Review of Books ) meditation on the everyday miracles we take for granted set amongst the travels and travails of a Shakespearean acting troupe in the…
Vanessa Hua | Forbidden City
Mon, April 3, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
REGISTER A former longtime columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle , Vanessa Hua has written about Asia and the diaspora from countries such as China, Burma, and South Korea, and has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic . She is the author of the…
Daniel Torday | The 12th Commandment with Nana Kwame Adjie-Brenyah | Chain Gang All-Stars
Mon, May 8, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free or add The 12th Commandment $27.99 and/or Chain Gang All-Stars $27
REGISTER/TICKETS With characters situated in surreal, Twilight Zone -esque, yet all-too-familiar positions of oppression within our most venerable institutions, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ’s 2018 debut fiction collection, Friday Black , was praised as a…