Virtual Author Talk Series: Chat with Bestselling Authors via Digital Livestream
Start the new year with a fresh selection of virtual author talks! This month, we are chatting with TJ Klune (“The House in the Cerulean Sea”), Amanda Montell (“Cultish”), and Seth Fishman (Vice President, the Gernert Company). Register, submit questions, and view more Online Author Talks here: https://libraryc.org/stjohnlib
Registration is required to submit questions and watch the talk live. If you are unable to participate at the scheduled event time, you can watch the recording anytime. Recordings are posted 24 hours after the live event is complete.
Check out what’s in store for January:
TJ Klune – Wednesday, January 15 at 6 PM
Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in the series, Somewhere Beyond the Sea.
The first book in the series, “The House in the Cerulean Sea” is this month’s Literary Lounge book club pick! Check out the book from the library, or borrow an electronic version from Hoopla or Libby. Then join us at the Reserve Branch on January 23 to discuss.
Amanda Montell – Thursday, January 23 at 1 PM
Join us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author, Amanda Montell about her newest book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality.
In a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet.
Seth Fishman – Tuesday, January 28 at 12 PM
You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with Seth Fishman, Vice President and Literary Agent at The Gernert Company.
The Gernert Company represents more than 500 authors and is a full-service literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Their client list is as broad as the market and they represent fiction, both literary and commercial (such as Liz Moore, John Grisham, Louise Penny, Cixin Liu), as well as general nonfiction and practical nonfiction genres.
In this presentation, Fishman will deep dive into what happens after you’ve signed with a literary agent.