Maryville Talks Books features lectures by noted authors. Admission is free and open to the public.
Seating is open on a first come, first served basis.
For more information, contact Chris Hollenbeck; 314.529.6854.
Upcoming Presentations
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March 12 - Lisa See - Dreams of Joy 7:00 p.m. - Lecture/Q&A/Book Signing In her most powerful novel yet, a #1 New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl's strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father--the artist Z.G. Li. Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers, and Pearl is determined to rescue her.
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April 16 - Alexander McCall Smith - The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (#13) 7:00 p.m. - Lecture/Q&A/Book Signing In the latest episode in the beloved, best-selling series, a repeated dream haunts Precious Ramotswe, the best apprentice at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors is in trouble with the law, the builder working on the new house of Grace Makutsi and Phuti Radiphuti is not on the up and up, and Mma Potokwane, defender of Botswana's weak and downtrodden, has been dismissed from her post as matron at the orphan farm. Can the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency help? *This is a ticketed event. Each ticket admits two people to the talk/Q&A/signing and comes with one hardcover copy of "The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection," which you will receive at the event. Tickets available for purchase at Brown Paper Tickets ($27.32 each). Tickets are also available at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave.
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2011-12 Author Visits
Howard Markel
Charlene Bry
Stacy Schiff *
Daniel H. Wilson *
2010-11 Author Visits
Justin Cronin *
Sister Madonna Buder, '52
Helen Simonson *
Wes Moore
Michele Norris
Ron Chernow
Steven Johnson
Twesigye Jackson Kaguri
Past authors in the Series:
Anna Quindlen
Daniel Pink
John Grogan
Ken Robinson
* More videos of the author can be seen in the HEC-TV series, A Conversation With.
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