Join Baker & Taylor and Penguin Young Readers for a LIVE summer reading event with author Lauren Wolk!

Tune in to watch a moderated conversation with Newbery Honoree Lauren Wolk, author of Beyond the Bright Sea, Wolf Hollow, Echo Mountain, and My Own Lightning. The author will also be giving a special reading and will answer audience questions.


Thursday, July 21, 2022
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Author Talk with Lauren Wolk
August 2, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Award winning author, Lauren Wolk (Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea, and Echo Mountain), comes to Sturgis Library to discuss her newest novel, My Own Lightning. All ages are welcome to attend this event! Copies of My Own Lighting will be available to purchase at the event thanks to local bookshop, Bread and Roses. Registration is required. Email Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org to register

PAST EVENTS

24 Years Celebrating the Power of Reading!
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Fort Myers Regional Library
2450 First Street, Fort Myers, FL

August 24, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
At the Marion Music Hall
164 Front St, Marion, MA 02738


Join us for a presentation and discussion about Lauren's work with a focus on “Beyond the Bright Sea,” which won the 2018 Scott O’Dell Award for historical fiction. An enjoyable exploration of life as it used to be on the Elizabeth Islands. Bring your questions to the Music Hall. Young and old welcome. Reception and book signing follows.

Copies of “Beyond the Bright Sea” are available for sale at the Sippican Historical Society. Copies will be available at the event.

READING WITH YOUR KIDS

Monday, June 6, 2022

11:45 AM-12:15 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)


Join Lauren and three other stellar Middle Grade authors on Crowdcast to discuss Historical Fiction at its best. July 16th at 3pm. Click here for more event information from Books of Wonder.


To order MY OWN LIGHTNING or any of Lauren's novels through Books of Wonder, click here.

Lauren will deliver a speech and lead a workshop at the conference. Registration closes September 8.


Featured talk: Confessions of an Underground English Teacher: One Woman’s Quest to Spread Her Love of Reading and Writing … Despite the Odds


Friday's Workshop: How Creative Writing Can Instill Confidence, Competence, Courage, and a Sense of Community


For more information, visit  eventleaf.com/e/dearteacherconference

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2022

4 – 5 PM    Presentation, Reading from My Own Lightning, and Book Signing
Sandwich Public Library
142 Main St, Sandwich, MA 02563
https://www.titcombsbookshop.com/event/my-own-lightning-launch-party-lauren-wolk
 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022
9 – 10 AM    Live Interview with Call-in Q&A: WCAI-FM’s “The Point with Mindy Todd”

https://www.capeandislands.org/



WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022
5:30 – 6:30 PM    Presentation, Reading from My Own Lightning, and Book Signing
Centerville Public Library
585 Main St, Centerville, MA 02632
https://www.centervillelibrary.org/
          

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022
3:30 – 4:30 PM   Book Signing at Buttonwood Books & Toys
747 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy, Cohasset, MA 02025

https://www.buttonwoodbooksandtoys.com/
 

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2022
12 – 1 PM    Reading from My Own Lightning and Book Signing
Barrington Books 
184 County Rd, Barrington, RI 02806

https://www.barringtonbooks.com/