Authors at the Library
Main Library Auditorium
Join us for bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, on tour with her new thriller, Missing Sam, in conversation with thriller author Jessica Strawser.
Main Library Reading Room
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds joins us in a conversation about Twenty-Four Seconds From Now, a YA love story.
Main Library Auditorium
Join award-winning author Pam Muñoz Ryan in a talk about her beloved historical fiction novel Echo.
Presented in collaboration with and funded by the Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission.
Main Library Auditorium
Celebrate Black History Month with award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian Candacy Taylor. She’ll present her book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America.
Main Library Auditorium
Acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris joins us on a national tour with her bittersweet new book, Where the Wildflowers Grow.
Hilltop Branch
Award-winning author Jasmine Warga joins us on tour with her new book, The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan, a moving story about a friendship between a rescue dog and a cheetah.
Reynoldsburg Branch
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with Japanese Manga artist Misako Rocks! at her drawing workshop and author talk for kids and families!
New Albany Branch
Local author Andrew Welsh-Huggins joins us to talk about his brand-new book in the Mercury Carter thriller series, The Delivery.
Main Library Reading Room
Join us for award-winning author Beth Macy, in conversation with Brian Alexander, to hear about her books that examine rural communities left behind by corporate greed and political indifference.
Hilliard Branch
* Battelle’s generous gift to the Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation helps make it possible for the library to host additional author talks for kids and teens.
