ALL EVENTS LISTED WERE CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS.
POSTSCRIPT (AUGUST 2020): We had a great 2020 spring author lineup kicking off with our National Library Week lecture with Jeff Sharlet, a reading and dessert reception with Elisa Albert, and a book launch for Lydia Davis. Will our NLW lecture be back for 2021? We don't know yet.
The Albany Public Library Foundation funds innovation at the Albany Public Library. The Friends of Albany Public Library is a 70-year-old organization dedicated to books and literary culture. In February, these two organizations merged to create one strong unified voice to support our beloved Albany Public Library. Now that we’re working together, we will be presenting amazing book talks as a team! Beginning this April will be the start of our first special author event! Following this event, we will have another author event in May and June! Don’t miss out on these incredible and unforgettable events to meet and interact with the authors!
On April 22nd (which also happens to be Earth Day) Jeff Sharlet, will join us for the National Library Week Distinguished Author Lecture and Reception.
Born in Schenectady, Jeff Sharlet is an acclaimed journalist and author. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for Reporting and the OutRight Outspoken Award. Jeff Sharlet is the author of This Brilliant Darkness and The Family.
Copies of his books will be available for sale at the event from The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza. There will also be a reception dinner with Mr. Sharlet at the University Club before his lecture. Tickets for the reception are now on sale and may be purchased online.
The second amazing event is happening on May 7th, An Evening with the Author– Elisa Albert. This is our annual Wine and Dessert reception with the new Literary Legend.
Elisa Albert is the author of the novels After Birth and The Book of Dahlia, the short story collection How This Night Is Different, and editor of the anthology Freud’s Blind Spot. She is also working on a new novel. She lives in Albany with her husband, Edward Schwarzschild, and their 11-year-old son.
Lastly, our 3rd author event will occur on June 2nd, Lydia Davis will visit the Friends of APL Tuesday book talk.
Lydia Davis is an incomparable short story writer, essayist, translator, and novelist. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship and the Man Booker International Prize. Born in Northampton, MA, she lives in East Nassau, NY and, was a professor at U-Albany from 2002-2016. Davis is best known for her powerful short stories and translations; Essays One gathers, for the first time, her nonfiction.
This will be a book launch for Essays One. Copies will be available for sale from The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza.
Come on in and meet the authors! The future is very bright, with more events like this to come! We are very excited about these upcoming events and we can’t wait to see you there!
