All CT Reads 2025 Adult Author Talk with Monica Wood

All CT Reads 2025 Adult Author Talk with Monica Wood

Join us! We are thrilled to welcome you to an extra-special virtual All CT Reads Adult Author Talk with Monica Wood, author of How to Read a Book, the 2025 All CT Reads primary adult pick. We are thrilled Monica will be virtually joining us to share insight into her work and life as a writer and her particular experience with How to Read a Book. Following her talk, Monica will engage in facilitated Q+A and conversation with CT librarian and All CT Reads 2025 Adult Committee member Cindy Haiken of the Wallingford Public Library. 

Presenter: 

Monica Wood is a novelist, memoirist, and playwright; the 2024 recipient of the Sara Josepha Hale award for excellence in New England literary arts; the 2019 recipient of the Maine Humanities Council Carlson Prize for contributions to the public humanities; and the 2016 recipient of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Distinguished Achievement Award for contributions to the literary arts. She lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband, Dan Abbott, and their cat, Susie.

Recording and Slides:

Recordings will be available on the All CT Reads website.

Who Should Come?

Everyone! Please share this with your patrons and student - they're invited to join the event too! You can add it to your library calendar and newsletter.

Accessibility

This webinar will be captioned. If you require another access service to participate fully, please use the Accommodation Request Form at least 14 days prior to the event.

Date:
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
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Event Accessibility for Guests with Disabilities

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If you require access services to participate fully, please use the Accommodation Request Form at least 7 days prior to the event.

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Gail Hurley at gail.hurley@ct.gov or (860) 704-2223.

You can also see our Library and Accessibility LibGuide for more information.

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For all in-person workshops offered by the CT State Library, Division of Library Development:

If the public schools in the town where the workshop is to be held close due to weather, the workshop will be canceled. If the schools have a delay, the workshop will go on as scheduled.

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