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Charlotte’s Growing Literacy Scene: At the Southern Women’s Show

Charlotte Convention Center 501 S. College St., Charlotte, NC, United States

Join us at the Southern Women's Show for a panel discussion of Charlotte's literary landscape. Jenni Gaisbauer, the Library Foundation's executive director, will moderate a conversation featuring four longtime friends of the Library: Kimmery Martin, author of Queen of Hearts, Kathy Izard, author of The Hundred Story Home, Helen Kimbrough, author and publisher of multiple children's books,...

An Evening with Kathy Izard

Morrison Regional Library 7015 Morrison Blvd., Charlotte, NC, United States

Moderated by Sonja Gantt Join us to celebrate the release of a new edition of Kathy Izard’s inspirational memoir about building a home for Charlotte’s homeless. The Hundred Story Home reminds us that not only can we help change the world, but in doing so we change ourselves.   About the Book: Believing in the whisper was...

An Evening with Tommy Tomlinson

ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center 300 E 7th St,, Charlotte, NC, United States

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation and WFAE are pleased to celebrate the release of Tommy Tomlinson's inspirational memoir The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America. Tommy will speak and take questions about his experience and his writing. Park Road Books will be onsite with books for sale before and...

Carnegie Circle Donor Appreciation Dinner

Foundation For The Carolinas 220 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, United States

An annual event celebrating members of the Carnegie Circle, over 200 Library supporters who make annual gifts of $1,000 or more. This year's event features Marie Benedict, author of The Other Einstein and Carnegie's Maid. Her new novel, The Only Woman in the Room, is based on the incredible true story of Hedy Lamarr -...

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