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Adult In-Person Craft: Tile Coasters at the Wilderness Branch Library

Wilderness Branch Library 6421 Flat Run Road, Locust Grove

Join us to craft your own set of 4 decoupaged coasters We provide the supplies, including a choice of papers to use in decoupage, and you provide the creativity. This program is open to adults ages 18 and up and is free. Pre-registration is requested as our supplies are limited. Please stop by the Wilderness Branch Library or call (540) 661-5434 to register. This program is meant for individuals and ... Read More

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Virtual author program with R.F. Kuang, author of “Yellowface”

Virtual

We’re looking forward to a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F.Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface on Tuesday, May 21st at 7 PM ET via digital live-stream in partnership with the Orange County Public Library.  Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. In Yellowface, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu ... Read More

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Online author talk with Matt Shindell, curator of the National Air and Space Museum

Virtual

Matt Shindell, For the Love of Mars, Monday, June 3rd  Mars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times. Due to its vivid color and visibility, its geologic kinship with Earth, and its potential as our best hope for settlement, Mars embodies everything that inspires us about space and exploration. For the Love of Mars surveys the red planet's place in the human imagination, beginning with ancient ... Read More

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Summer Beach Sign Craft at Main Library

Main Library 146A Madison Road, Orange, VA, United States

Come Craft With Us - make your own beach inspired sign. Sat. June 8th at 11:00 a.m. in the Main Library meeting room. Free and open to the public. Teens and adults are welcome. All supplies are provided. Pre-registration is requested to ensure we have enough supplies for all attendees. Register in person or by calling (540) 672-3811.

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Virtual author talk with suspense writer Frieda McFadden

Virtual

Get your popcorn and take a seat as we chat with the queen of twists herself, Freida McFadden! McFadden will join us to chat about writing psychological thrillers and her mega-bestselling hit The Housemaid series, in particular her forthcoming (June 11, 2024) third installment, The Housemaid Is Watching. The next installment is full of unbelievable twists and tension as it continues to follow Millie Calloway. She used to clean other ... Read More

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Virtual author talk with Tiffany Jewell, “Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School”, Thursday, June 20th

Virtual

Tiffany Jewell, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School, Thursday, June 20th  Join us as #1 New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Jewell highlights the inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college as she presents lessons and knowledge from her new book Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School.   From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About ... Read More

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Summer Beachy Sign Craft at Wilderness Branch

Wilderness Branch 6421 Flat Run Rd., Locust Grove, VA, United States

Adult Craft Program - make your own beach inspired sign. Wednesday, June 26th at 2 pm in the Wilderness Branch Library meeting room. Free and open to the adults 18 years and older. All supplies are provided. Spots are limited and pre-registration is required to ensure we have enough supplies for all attendees. This program is not meant for organized groups. Register in person or by calling (540) 661-5434.

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A Visit to Deckawoo Drive with Mercy Watson and Kate DiCamillo – Virtual author talk for kids K-2

Virtual

Join us for a visit to Deckawoo Drive with everyone’s favorite adventure loving pig, Mercy Watson! Newbery Medal winning author Kate DiCamillo will be sharing the stories behind the creation of her early chapter book series, the original Mercy Watson, and the follow up series, Tales from Deckawoo Drive. We will also be celebrating the publication of the final book in the Mercy Watson series! Mercy is selfish and impulsive, ... Read More

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Author Talk by Alice Martin: “Pathways to Publishing Writing, Pitching, Selling a Book”

Gordonsville Library 319 N. Main Street, Gordonsville, VA, United States

  The Gordonsville Friends of the Library Present: Author Talk by Alice Martin "Pathways to Publishing" Writing, Pitching, Selling a Book Tuesday July 9th 7:00 p.m. Gordonsville Branch Library 319 N. Main St. Gordonsville, VA 22942 Ms. Martin will discuss the publishing pathways available to fiction and creative nonfiction writers at every stage of their development.  She will cover everything from independent publishing and small presses to how to get ... Read More

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Virtual author talk with Max Brallier, The Last Kids on Earth, Tuesday, July 16th (3rd-6th Grade)

Virtual

Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, thirteen year old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he’s armed to the teeth with catapults and a moat, not to mention video games and an endless supply of Oreos and Mountain Dew scavenged from abandoned stores. Jack alone is no match for the hordes of Zombies and Winged Wretches, and especially not for the eerily intelligent monster known ... Read More

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Virtual author talk: Learning the Power of Poetry with Bestselling Author Elizabeth Acevedo (9th-12th grades)

Virtual

You’re invited to learn about the power of poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo! In this exciting author conversation and Q&A, Acevedo will provide a short reading from her National Book Award winning and New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse, The Poet X serving as the backdrop to this amazing chat! The Poet X is about the Afro-Latina heroine, Xiomara Batista, who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara feels ... Read More

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Virtual author event Graphic Novels are Life! Telling Your Own Story in a Graphic Novel with Dan Santat (5th-8th Grade)

Virtual

Dan Santat, A First Time for Everything, Tuesday, July 30th (5th-8th Grade)   Join this year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Dan Santat, as he inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels. His winning book, A First Time for Everything, is a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his ... Read More

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