Speaker Series
Milton Public Library Speaker Series
Author Talk and Book Signing with Dennis Lehane
Thursday, February 6th | Milton High School
Join us as for an evening with award-winning, bestselling author Dennis Lehane, who will talk about his newest novel Small Mercies.
This Event is free and open to the public, and will take place at Milton High School Auditorium, 25 Gile Road, Milton, Massachusetts.
Doors open at 6 PM, and the author will give a talk at 6:30 PM, followed by a book signing.
Registration through our Events Calendar is encouraged.
Dennis Lehane grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he has published thirteen more novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and become international bestsellers: Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Given Day; Moonlight Mile; Live by Night; World Gone By; Since We Fell, and Small Mercies.
Four of his novels – Live by Night, Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island – have been adapted into films. He lives in California with his family.
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River–an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history.
Family Presentation and Book Signing with Author Grace Lin
Thursday, March 6th | Pierce Middle School
Join us as for an evening with award-winning, bestselling children’s author Grace Lin, who will give a presentation on How a Book Is Made.
This event is free and open to the public, and will take place at Pierce Middle School, 451 Central Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts. The event is appropriate for kids in grades K-5, with caregiver.
Doors open at 5:30 PM, and the author will give a talk at 6:00 PM, followed by a book signing.
Registration through our Events Calendar is encouraged.
Before Grace Lin was an award-winning and NY Times bestselling author/illustrator of picture books, early readers and middle grade novels, she was the only Asian girl (except for her sisters) going to her elementary school in Upstate NY. That experience, good and bad, has influenced her books—including her Newbery Honor WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON, her Geisel Honor LING & TING, her National Book Finalist WHEN THE SEA TURNED TO SILVER and her Caldecott Honor A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR.
But, it also causes Grace to persevere for diversity as an occasional New England Public Radio commentator and when she gave her TEDx talk “The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf,” as well as her PBS NewsHour video essay “What to do when you realize classic books from your childhood are racist?.”
In 2016, Grace’s art was displayed at the White House and Grace, herself, was recognized by President Obama’s office as a Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling. In 2022, Grace was awarded the Children’s Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association. Grace is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Northampton, Massachusetts with her husband, daughter and a fluctuating amount of chickens.
The Milton Public Library was excited to host Geraldine Brooks as the inaugural author in our Speaker Series.
Brooks, a bestselling and award winning author, joined us at Milton High School on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. There was a book signing at 5:30, followed by a lecture at 6:30.
Her novels include People of the Book, Caleb’s Crossing, Year of Wonders, and the Pulitzer Prize winning March. Her newest book, Horse, follows three intertwined stories spanning three centuries from the 1850s to today.
The Library also hosted children’s author, and creator of Pete the Cat, Eric Litwin in February 2024.
Coming Up:
The Milton Public Library will be hosting children’s author Grace Lin on the evening of Thursday, March 6 at Pierce Middle School. See below for more information about this event and Grace Lin.