We know how busy your team is, and we make it easy to expand your academic library programming, giving your campus access to the world's best authors. Whether you need to complement courses, inspire student book clubs, offer insight alongside the career center, or warmly engage with alumni, we help you collaborate with nearly every corner of campus by delivering top-notch content that sparks curiosity and builds fun, impactful community events.
We make it easy to connect the library to nearly every unit on campus through a rich variety of virtual author events.
Whether it’s political science classes featuring a talk with Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai or the Health Center highlighting an event on Thriving with Anxiety, we make it possible for everyone on campus to hear directly from some of the best minds of our time.
With new events every month, there are always new and interesting ways to partner across campus while advancing the library’s mission.
Imagine offering a program that seamlessly engages students, faculty, staff, and alumni across your campus community—from Student Affairs and Academic Units to the Career Center and Alumni Association.
Authors give a behind-the-scenes look at their research process, an aspect that makes these events powerful academic tie-ins. Our talks complement history courses, book clubs, and heritage month celebrations.
We feature a range of scientists, engineers, artists, and doctors. These events are tailor-made to support professors with high-caliber content for use in liberal arts classes and broadly for the whole campus community.
Our roster includes experts with practical advice on networking and job markets. These talks are great resources for Career Center programming, campus-wide job readiness, and student and alumni workshops.
Personal narratives share varied perspectives and cultivate soft skills like empathy. These talks are valuable tools for building community across campus clubs and student organizations.
Our program offers impactful talks with professional thought leaders in the world of business. These events supplement management class lectures, foster financial skills, and are relevant to alumni groups.
We host authors across genres who share the "story behind the story," and give a glimpse into their writing process. These virtual events align wonderfully with English, Creative Writing, and Humanities courses.
We spotlight authors whose talks provide valuable support for campus wellness and counseling services. These livestreams go hand-in-hand with mental health awareness and stress reduction initiatives during Finals Week.
Virtual bestselling novelist events offer ready-made programming for book clubs, residence halls, Greek life, Student Affairs, and affinity groups campus-wide.
Schedule a call with our team to learn more about bringing online author talks to your campus and your community.
We hand-pick authors whose work is relevant, thought-provoking, and genuinely interesting to your community. Less time searching, more time celebrating great books!
Use virtual author talks as the basis for vibrant, in-person activities—like watch parties, discussion groups, book clubs, or departmental meet-ups. We even give you starter guides to make planning a breeze!
Students, faculty, staff and other campus community members can participate in the live events or watch recordings right in the library, their offices, or wherever they have internet access.
We provide a brand ready platform for author talk registration and viewing as well as a collection of archival recordings from past talks. Your events are carefully curated with a mixture of fiction, nonfiction, professional development, health & wellness, financial literacy, and many other genres designed to suit an academic community and its supporters. Customizable automated emails and newsletters as well discussion and activity guides keep your campus community informed and engaged.
These are just a small sample of the author talk programs we run for more than 500 library systems.
We provide author talk programming for organizations of all shapes and sizes.
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