This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Twenty years ago, almost 3,000 people were killed when two planes were flown into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, along with a third plane … Continue reading 20th Anniversary of September 11, 2001
Today marks the 200th year anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. On August 24, 1821, eleven years after the outbreak of the Mexican War of Independence, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which approved a plan … Continue reading 200th Year Anniversary of Mexican Independence from Spain
The 1455 Literary Arts has announced that Tim Wendel, author of Escape from Castro’s Cuba and Castro’s Curveball, will speak at the 1455 Summer Festival, the organization’s free and accessible virtual event, as part of a session entitled “Tim and … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Tim Wendel to Participate in 1455 Summer Festival
Join the Springfield Public Library’s virtual event on Monday, July 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. EST as Springfield resident David Krell discusses his new book, 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK. Watch the virtual event here! In … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Author David Krell to Discuss His Book
Join SABR and Elliott Bay Book Company for Triple Play: Three Books, Three Authors on Baseball for a virtual event on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. CST. Mark Amour will be hosting Steve Steinberg, Larry Baldassaro, and Don … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Three Books, Three Authors on Baseball
Join the Tulsa City-County Library’s “Blacks on the Oklahoma Frontier” virtual event on Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. to learn about the history of Black cowboys, cowgirls, and rodeo in the Black towns of Oklahoma through an interview … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Blacks on the Oklahoma Frontier with Keith Ryan Cartwright
The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center will be featuring Indigo Moor, author of Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something (Backwaters Press, 2021), and Jennifer K. Sweeney, author of Foxlogic, Fireweed (Backwaters Press, 2020), in their Second Tuesday Poetry reading event. The remote event is … Continue reading Indigo Moor and Jennifer K. Sweeney featured in Second Tuesday Poetry
Join the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association’s sponsored Lunch & Learn on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 via Zoom where three outstanding Coast Guard women authors will be discussing their recently published books. CAPT Martha LaGuardia-Kotite USCGR (ret) ’89 will … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Lunch & Learn with Martha LaGuardia-Kotite
C’RONA Pandemic Comics is a collection of short comics and essays developed to help youth understand the complexities of living through a viral pandemic. The stories focus on three themes: the biology and social context of the COVID-19 virus; the relationship … Continue reading C’RONA Pandemic Comics Display at the Nebraska State Capitol
Join Francie and Finch Bookstore for the virtual event “Writing and Reporting Nowhere into Somewhere with Robert McNally and Ray March in conversation with University of Nebraska Press Editor Matt Bokovoy” via Zoom on May 18, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Robert McNally & Ray March in Conversation with UNP Editor Matt Bokovoy
