Meet
KPL welcomes leading and up-and-coming authors and illustrators for discussions, lectures and book signings. Enjoy noted children's authors and illustrators, poets, memoir writers, novelists, local and regional historical writers, award-winning teen authors, and more.
Listen & Learn
Hear authors describe their research and writing process, what inspires them, who influences them, and how they develop their personal style. Enjoy their stories and gain valuable insight into what it takes to write compelling prose.
December 10, 6:30 pm, Central Library
Meet Mark Crilley
Teen Services invites you to meet author and illustrator Mark Crilley! Mark will be talking about all of his books for Tweens and Teens, including the acclaimed Akiko graphic novels and the manga series Miki Falls.
Books for sale and signing.
February 3, 2010, 7 pm, Central Library
Booklist described Kristina Riggle’s delightful debut, Real Life and Liars, as “a moving and accomplished first novel about a dysfunctional family coming to terms with change.”
Books for sale and signing.
February 8, 2010, 7 pm, Central Library
As current artist-in-residence, acclaimed author Wesley Stace curates the Words & Music Festival at at Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ, and reviews for the Times Literary Supplement.
Books for sale and signing.