Meet author Jai Chakrabarti as he discusses his debut novel A Play for the End of the World with Westport Country Playhouse assistant artistic director, Liam Lonegan. A dazzling debut novel—set […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. Discuss War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret […]
In this year's Westport Reads novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, a young woman's Faustian bargain allows her immortality, but leaves her in oblivion until one person remembers her. Centuries ago, Dr. Faustus signed away his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal life, power, and perfection, thus creating the […]
Deepa Purushothaman will discuss her research about women of color in workplace culture when she speaks about her new book, The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color […]
Westport author Lisa Cloherty shares the journey of her two new picture books with fellow author Michaela MacColl. Find out who Katie Spector the Art Collector and Terrance the Hothead are and how […]
The Westport Writers’ Workshop will hold its first annual Westport Writers Pitch and Publish Your Book Conference on Saturday, April 2. The conference events will be held at the Westport Library with WestportWRITES, […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. Discuss Bill Bryson's One Summer: America, 1927 with Bruce […]
Authors Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese will discuss their radical plan to address climate disaster and their book, Half-Earth Socialism with Kevin Gallagher, host of WPKN's "Digging in the Dirt." Rather than allow the forces of the free market to destroy the planet, we must strive for a post-capitalist society able to guarantee the good life […]
Westporters write books on a wide variety of subjects in all sorts of genres. Authors Gabi Coatsworth and Ted Aldrich will share their new books - a memoir and a history with our community. Saugatuck Scribes is a series that showcases Westport writers and their newest books. If you missed the event, you may watch […]
Miles Rapoport and state senator Will Haskell will discuss whether it is time for the United States to take the leap and recognize voting as both a fundamental civil right […]
Rescheduled from January! The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be celebrated with a very special event featuring renowned author Heather McGhee. Her book, THE SUM OF US: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted […]
Join us for a truly exceptional event as the world’s bestselling author, James Patterson, comes to the Westport Library to discuss his highly anticipated memoir, James Patterson by James Patterson with Nina Sankovitch. PLEASE REGISTER HERE and pre-order your copy here! TO WATCH FROM HOME, REGISTER HERE How did a boy from small-town New York become […]
Corban Addison comes to Westport to discuss his new nonfiction book, Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, with Sustainable Westport's Johanna Martell. As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America’s farmland and into the lives of the people who found […]
NOW A VIRTUAL EVENT! Howard Blum returns to the Westport Library to discuss his newest history, The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal with Maggie Mudd. A retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a CIA officer who […]
New Poet Laureate for Westport Join us in the Trefz Forum at noon on June 29th when First Selectwomen Jen Tooker announces and introduces Westport's 2nd Poet Laureate to the community! The inaugural Poet Laureate, Diane Meyer Lowman, will have served a 3-year term on June 30, extended a year due to the pandemic. During […]
