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Virtual: Author Talk - Juliet Menéndez
LOC National Book Festival
No Registration Required
Tuesday
August
16
8:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
PBS Books will partner with The Library of Congress to host a conversation with acclaimed author Juliet Menéndez. “Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers” is Menéndez’s first children's book.
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Virtual: Mayor Buddy's Book Club
Registration Required
Wednesday
August
17
4:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Engage in a lively discussion and fun activities with Mayor Buddy's Book Club. Recommended for ages 8-12.
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Virtual: Author Talk: Kate Clifford Larson
LOC National Book Festival
No Registration Required
Wednesday
August
17
8:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
PBS Books will partner with The Library of Congress to host a conversation with acclaimed author Kate Clifford Larson. Author of “Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer".
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Virtual: Author Talk: Geraldine Brooks
LOC National Book Festival
No Registration Required
Thursday
August
18
6:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
PBS Books will partner with The Library of Congress to host a conversation with acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks. Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction in 2006 for her second novel, “March.”
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Virtual: Worldbuilding for Writers
Registration Required
Saturday
August
20
4:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Cass Morris, author and host of the Worldbuilding for Masochists podcast, will teach you how to develop a fictional world that will make sense and immerse your readers.
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Virtual: Author Talk with Michele Harper
Registration Required
Monday
August
22
9:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
This author talk with Michele Harper will cover many of the lessons she’s learned on her inspiring personal journey and the success of her New York Times bestselling memoir, The Beauty in Breaking.
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Virtual: Southwest Book Club
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Registration Required
Tuesday
August
23
7:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - Southwest)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join Southwest Book Club to discuss Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. America's funniest science writer, Mary Roach investigates the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. 18+
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Virtual: Author Talk with Liz Wiseman
Impact Players
Registration Required
Thursday
August
25
12:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us as we sit down in conversation with Liz Wiseman, New York Times Best Selling author, researcher, and executive adviser to talk about her latest book, Impact Players.
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In-Person: DIY Thursday
Registration Required
Thursday
August
25
3:00​pm
Orlando Public Library
(Club Central)
Event Categories: Games & Activities; Education & Learning
Choose your own creative adventure at a variety of do-it-yourself craft stations. Try your hand at different art forms from origami to collages, poetry and more! Ages 11-18.
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Virtual: Tween Book Club
Scouts
Registration Required
Thursday
August
25
5:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - South Trail)
Event Categories: Games & Activities; Education & Learning
Engage in a dynamic discussion and a themed activity based on "Scouts" by Shannon Greenland. Recommended for ages 9-12. Registration required.
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