Variety and Lifestyle Author Talks

Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories with Michael Perry

Wednesday, March 4th 2026 at 1:00 PM CST
New York Times Bestselling Author of Population: 485 and The Jesus Cow

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Smithson’s Gamble: The Incredible History Behind the World’s Largest Museum with Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch

Tuesday, February 24th 2026 at 1:00 PM CST
A Library Speakers Consortium and Smithsonian Institution Collaboration

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The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply with David Brooks

Tuesday, January 13th 2026 at 1:00 PM CST
Leading Cultural and Political Commentator and Bestselling Author of The Road to Character

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Unlock the Secret Language of Connection with Supercommunicator Charles Duhigg

Tuesday, November 18th 2025 at 1:00 PM CST
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Power of Habit

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Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell with Author Gabe Henry

Wednesday, September 17th 2025 at 1:00 PM CDT
Simplified Spelling Historian and Author of Enough is Enuf and Eating Salad Drunk

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How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin

Wednesday, May 7th 2025 at 1:00 PM CDT
Harvard Psychologist, Author, and Keynote Speaker

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How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts

Tuesday, February 4th 2025 at 1:00 PM CST
A Library Speakers Consortium and Smithsonian Institution Collaboration

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An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman

Tuesday, January 28th 2025 at 12:00 PM CST
Vice President and Agent at The Gernert Company

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Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestselling Author Amanda Montell

Thursday, January 23rd 2025 at 1:00 PM CST
New York Times Bestselling Author of Cultish and The Age of Magical Overthinking

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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: Examining the Truths and Fictions we Tell Ourselves with Lori Gottlieb

Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 at 1:00 PM CDT
Instant New York Times Bestseller of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

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Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World–with Nate Klemp, PhD

Wednesday, September 18th 2024 at 1:00 PM CDT
New York Times Bestselling Co-Author of Start Here: Master the Lifelong Skill of Well-Being

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The Golden Ticket to College Admissions Is Not What You Think: Redefining Success for Parents of Teens with Irena Smith, PhD

Thursday, August 15th 2024 at 1:00 PM CDT
Story Circle Network’s Gilda Award-Winner and Former Lecturer and Stanford Admissions Officer

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Unpacking a History of Systemic Racism in the American Education System with Tiffany Jewell

Thursday, June 20th 2024 at 1:00 PM CDT
New York Times Bestselling Author of This Book is Anti-Racist and Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

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Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: An Author Talk with Kim Scott

Wednesday, February 28th 2024 at 1:00 PM CST
New York Times Bestselling Author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better

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The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine: An Author Talk with Dr. Robert Lustig

Tuesday, January 30th 2024 at 1:00 PM CST
Physician and New York Times Bestselling Author of Fat Chance

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Your Retirement: Dream or Disaster? How to Avoid the Hidden Traps in Retirement Planning Advice

Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 at 1:00 PM CST
Rajiv Nagaich, Expert in U.S. Elder Law and Host of Two Popular Public Television Shows

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Get Good with Money and Reach Your Financial Goals with Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche

Thursday, November 9th 2023 at 1:00 PM CST
New York Times Bestselling Author and Award-Winning Podcast Host of Brown Ambition

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European Travel Tips and Tools with Guidebook Author Rick Steves

Tuesday, October 10th 2023 at 3:00 PM CDT
Popular Public Television Host and Best-Selling Guidebook Author

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How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most: An Author Talk with Adam Alter

Wednesday, September 20th 2023 at 1:00 PM CDT
New York Times Bestselling Author of Drunk Tank Pink and Irresistible

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A Year Inside College Admissions: An Author Talk with Jeff Selingo

Wednesday, August 30th 2023 at 1:00 PM CDT
New York Times Bestselling Author of There is Life After College and College (Un)Bound

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An American In Provence: Author Talk with Award-Winning Photographer Jamie Beck

Thursday, June 15th 2023 at 1:00 PM CDT
New York Times Bestselling Author of An American in Provence

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The Fun Habit: An Author Talk with Mike Rucker, Ph.D.

Wednesday, June 7th 2023 at 3:00 PM CDT
How the Disciplined Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life: Lessons from Organizational Psychologist Mike Rucker, Ph.D.

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Southern Inspired: Author Talk with Celebrity Chef Jernard A. Wells

Tuesday, March 21st 2023 at 3:00 PM CDT
Award Winning TV Host, Celebrity Chef, and Bestselling Cookbook Author of Southern Modified and Southern Inspired

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Author Talk with David Epstein: Bestselling author of RANGE and THE SPORTS GENE

Monday, March 13th 2023 at 12:00 PM CDT
New York Times Bestselling Author of Range and The Sports Gene

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xkcd Webcomic and What if? Series Creator : Author Talk with Randall Munroe

Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 1:00 PM CST
New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To and the hugely popular webcomic xkcd

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Decluttering to Start Your New Year: Author Talk with Dana K. White

Tuesday, January 17th 2023 at 1:00 PM CST
Bestselling Author of Organizing for the Rest of Us and Decluttering at the Speed of Life

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How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race: Practical Tools for Necessary Change in the Workplace and Beyond with Kwame Christian

Tuesday, November 15th 2022 at 11:00 AM CST
Bestselling Author and Founder of the American Negotiation Institute

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Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty - Author Talk with Dr. Aziz Gazipura

Thursday, October 13th 2022 at 3:00 PM CDT
Dr. Aziz Gazipura - Best Selling Author and Leading Expert on Social Confidence

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Raising Thrivers: Parenting Tips & Tools to Help Kids Thrive in an Uncertain World - Author Talk with Dr. Michele Borba

Thursday, September 8th 2022 at 1:00 PM CDT
Bestselling Author and Internationally Renowned Educational Psychologist

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Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact - Author Talk with Liz Wiseman

Thursday, August 25th 2022 at 11:00 AM CDT
New York Times Best Selling Author

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity - Author Talk with David Allen

Thursday, July 14th 2022 at 11:00 AM CDT
David Allen - NYT Bestselling Author and World's Leading Expert on Stress Free Productivity

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