Library Events

Join the library for an in-person author event with award-winning journalist McKay Coppins, who will discuss his new book Romney: A Reckoning. This in-depth portrait shows a public servant authentically wrestling with the choices he has made over his career. Publisher’s Weekly opines, “[A] probing biography...a penetrating analysis of the ongoing Republican civil war through the eyes of one of its last embattled centrists.” 

On Tuesday, April 30, at 7 pm, The Hudson Library’s Goblins & Galaxies, a Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss, This is How you Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Red and Blue begin on opposite sides of a time war, but fall in love with each other. Continuing their romance will lead to the complete destruction of the other warring side.

Legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade will discuss her new book Attack from Within, which shows readers how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. Publisher’s Weekly opines, “A concise introduction to the threat to American democracy...for those curious about the past and future of political disinformation.” 

Legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade will discuss her new book Attack from Within, which shows readers how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. Publisher’s Weekly opines, “A concise introduction to the threat to American democracy...for those curious about the past and future of political disinformation.” 

Pulitzer Prize finalist and author, Tommy Tomlinson, was watching a dog show on television a few years ago when he had a sudden thought: Are those dogs happy? How about pet dogs—are they happy? Those questions sparked a quest in search of a deeper understanding of the relationship between dogs and humans that has endured for thousands of years. Venture inside the dog-show world with the library on Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m. where Tomlinson will discuss his newest book, Dogland. Kirkus Reviews opines, “This book wants to lick your face. Let it.”

Join us for an in-person event with bestselling author Erik Larson, who will discuss his latest book The Demon of Unrest. His book brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.  

Join us for an in-person event with bestselling author Erik Larson, who will discuss his latest book The Demon of Unrest. His book brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.  

Join the library for an in-person author event with bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, who will discuss her latest book The Musuem of Lost Quilts. Booklist opines, “This is an outstanding series of novels about a fascinating craft. Quilting, in the hands of Chiaverini, allows us to explore human relationships in all their complexity.” 

Discover the story of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard—a long-ignored artist and feminist of eighteenth-century France—with the library on Wednesday, May 15 at 7 p.m. Award-winning author Bridget Quinn will discuss her new book Portrait of a Woman at this virtual author event. The book is a compelling and inspiring look at an artist too long overlooked. 

Join us on Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. for an in-person author event with journalist and author David Ignatius, who will discuss his new book Phantom Orbit. His book addresses our moment of renewed interest in space exploration amid geopolitical tumult. 

Please note this is not an author program but rather a (fun) book club discussion with other book worms.  
The virtual book club will discuss Shannon Reed’s new memoir Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out. In a moving series of essays, Reed humorously and acutely explores our relationship with books and why we read as well as her personal connection to books. Shelf Awareness described Why We Read as “a joyous meander through the world of book love.” 

Join us on Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. for a live, in-person author event with Edward O’Keefe, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation, who will discuss his new book, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt. This spirited and poignant family love story reveals how an icon of rugged American masculinity was profoundly shaped by the women in his life, especially his mother, sisters, and wives. Kirkus opines, “A fascinating celebration of women who helped make an iconic president.” 

Uncover the true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812 with bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin, hosted by the library on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Dolin’s latest book, Left for Dead, tells the tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation, and the desperate struggle for survival. 

Bestselling author and Cleveland resident Thrity Umrigar will discuss her newest book The Museum of Failures, which has been named Amazon’s Best Book of the Month. Publisher’s Weekly opines, “[A] rich and emotionally gripping story about familial love and the destructive power of secrets...Umrigar continues to impress.” This author event is in recognition of the Celebrating Ohio Book Awards & Authors (COBAA) LSTA grant program.   

Discover the surprising influence that gardens and gardening have had on mystery novels and their authors with us when horticulturist Marta McDowell discusses her new book Gardening Can Be Murder. This program has been generously funded by the Hudson Garden Club.