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PRESENTERS: Maggie Stiefvater & Dolen Perkins-Valdez
BOOKS: The Listeners & Happy Land
MODERATOR: Beth Quarles
Maggie Stiefvater is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shiver trilogy, the Raven Cycle, and The Scorpio Races, among dozens of other YA fantasy novels. Her books have sold over five million copies around the world. She lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband and their two children.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel Take My Hand, which was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and a Fiction award from the Black Caucus American Library Association, and was long-listed for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.
New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater dazzles in The Listeners, a mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril. After the attack on Pearl Harbor thrusts America into World War II, June Hudson, manager of the grand Avallon Hotel & Spa, must host several hundred Axis diplomats until their return can be arranged. As dark alliances and clashing agenda crack the polished veneer of the Avallon, June must calculate the true cost of luxury.
In the novel Happy Land, Nikki hasn’t seen her grandmother in years, due to a mysterious estrangement inherited from her mother. So when the elder calls out of the blue with an urgent request for Nikki to visit her in the hills of western North Carolina, Nikki hesitates only for a moment. After years of silence in her family, she’s determined to learn the truth while she still can. Inspired by true events, Happy Land is a transporting multi-generational novel about the stories that shape us and the dazzling courage it takes to dream.
Sponsored by The Rebsamen Fund
AGE GROUP: | Teens ages 12-19 | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Society & Culture | Literature & Language |
TAGS: | SixBridgesBookFestival | RonRobinsonTheater |
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The Ron Robinson Theater is a 315-seat multi-purpose event venue. Part of the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Main Library campus, it is designed to provide programs for all ages including films, music performances, plays, readings, lectures, speakers, and children’s activities. The theater is equipped with a state-of-the-art DCI-compliant Barco digital cinema projection system and 32′ wide retractable screen; and, a versatile sound system capable of Dolby 5.1 surround audio for movies, with a CL3 digital mixing console with ample inputs for traditional music concerts.
