COLUMBUS—Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) is announcing its Authors at the Library schedule for the rest of 2025. This new format, which CML introduced earlier this year, connects library customers with authors they love as well as up-and-coming authors working in a wide variety of genres.
Margaret Peterson Haddix & Natalie Richards*
Tuesday, Aug. 5 | 6 p.m.
Hilliard Branch | 4500 Hickory Chase Way
Ally Carter in conversation with Terreece M. Clarke
Sunday, Aug. 10 | 2 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.
Saeed Jones & Maggie Smith
Tuesday, Sept. 9 | 6 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.
Renato Cisneros (en Español)
Saturday, Sept. 13 | 3:30 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.
Jashar Awan*
Saturday, Oct. 4 | 11 a.m.
Karl Road Branch | 5590 Karl Rd.
Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Tuesday, Oct. 14 | 6:30 p.m.
Hilliard Branch | 4500 Hickory Chase Way
R.L. Stine
Thursday, Oct. 23 | 6 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.
Marissa Meyer & Alix E. Harrow
Monday, Nov. 3 | 6 p.m.
Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.
Derrick Barnes*
Saturday, Nov. 15 | 10:30 a.m.
Hilliard Branch | 4500 Hickory Chase Way
Karen McManus
Friday, Dec. 5 | 10 a.m.
Virtual Event
*This program is made possible by Battelle, whose gift to the Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation helps make it possible for CML to host additional author talks for kids and teens.
Additional author programs may be added. Visit columbuslibrary.org/authors-at-the-library for the most current schedule.
Author talks at CML are free and open to the public, however registration is required to reserve seating. CML will share registration details in the weeks leading up to each program on its Authors at the Library page.
Note: Headshots of each author are available upon request.
