Authors at the Library
Join us for New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins on tour with her thrilling new gothic suspense novel, The Storm.
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
Main Library Auditorium
Join award-winning author Pam Muñoz Ryan in a talk about her beloved historical fiction novel Echo.
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.
Hilliard Branch
Margaret Peterson Haddix & Natalie Richards | Tuesday, Aug. 5
Kirk Hammett | Saturday, May 10
Katherine Applegate | Saturday, May 10
Ruth Awad, Sara Abou Rashed and Mandy Shunnarah | Tuesday, April 22
Loung Ung | Tuesday, April 15
Nora Neus | Friday, April 11
Vashti Harrison | Saturday, April 5
Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi | Sunday, March 23
An Evening with Rick Steves | Thursday, Feb. 20 (Wexner Mershon Auditorium)
Amber McBride | Friday, Jan. 31
Lisa Genova | Sunday, Jan. 26
Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries | Saturday, Jan. 25
* 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.
