Programs in Numbers

Virtual Authors Series: Nina Totenberg Nina Totenberg | Wednesday, March 6th at 4:00 PM EST | For Adults

The Power of Friendships with NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about this event and upcoming or previous events in the series.

Virtual Authors Series: Kim Scott | Wednesday, February 28th at 2:00 PM EST | For Adults

Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: An Author Talk with Kim Scott, New York Times Bestselling Author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better.

The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about this event and upcoming or previous events in the series.

Virtual Authors Series: Jason Mott | Tuesday, February 20th at 4:00 PM EST | For Adults

Exploring Identity, Love, and Being Black in America in Fiction Writing: A Conversation with Award-Winning Author Jason Mott, New York Times Bestselling Author and National Book Award Winner.

The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about this event and upcoming or previous events in the series.

Join us in welcoming bestselling author, Lynette Eason, to the Main Library in Hillsborough! She will be reading from Double Take, the first book in a brand new, Christian suspense series with mystery and mild romance. Book sales and signing will be available. This event is free and open to all. Registration is required.

About the Book:

Lainie Jackson survived her fiancé’s murder plot and her attacker is dead—isn’t he? Now, with the help of former Army Ranger, James Holton, it’s time to find out if the past has come back to haunt her or if the recent attempts on her life come from a new threat.

Double Take, the first book in the Lake City Heroes series, is due out on January 9, 2024. It is a Christian suspense thriller with mystery and mild romance.

About the Author:

Lynette Eason is the USA Today bestselling author of acclaimed series such as Extreme Measures, Women of Justice, and Elite Guardians. She is the winner of three ACFW Carol Awards, the Selah Award, and the

Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award, among others. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has a master’s degree in education from Converse College. Eason lives in South Carolina with her husband. They have two adult children. Find more information about her work and updates at lynetteeason.com

Virtual Authors Series: Tessa Bailey | Thursday, February 8th at 8:00 PM EST| For Adults

Spice, Spirit, and Swoon–A Guaranteed Happily Ever After with Rom-Com Author Tessa Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer, and Hook, Line, and Sinker.

The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about this event and upcoming or previous events in the series.

Virtual Authors Series: Dr. Robert Lustig | Tuesday, January 30th at 2:00 PM EST | For Adults

The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine: An Author Talk with Dr. Robert Lustig. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about upcoming events in the series.

Virtual Authors Series: Rajiv Nagaich | Tuesday, January 23rd at 2:00 PM EST | For Adults

Your Retirement: Dream or Disaster? How to Avoid the Hidden Traps in Retirement Planning, Advice with Rajiv Nagaich, Expert in U.S. Elder Law. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about upcoming events in the series.

Join Orange County Public Library and Purple Crow Books for an evening with acclaimed bestselling author, Jill McCorkle, at the Main Library in Hillsborough! The Life After Life author will be reading from her new book, Old Crimes, available everywhere on January 9th. Book sales and signing will be available at the event with a percentage of the sales benefiting the Friends of the Library. Registration is required.

Registration & Seating Note: Registration for this event will be capped at 60 with an additional 40 overflow seats going to the first waitlisted registrants. Persons holding overflow tickets will watch the event on screen from a space upstairs in the library rather than the meeting room but also have the opportunity to meet the author, purchase volumes, and have a book signed.

About the Book:

Beloved author Jill McCorkle delivers a collection of masterful stories that are as complex as novels—deeply perceptive, funny, and tragic in equal measure—about crimes large and small. Old Crimes delves into the lives of characters who hold their secrets and misdeeds close, even as the past continues to reverberate over time and across generations. And despite the characters’ yearnings for connection, they can’t seem to tell the whole truth. Profoundly moving and unforgettable, for fans of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and Lily King. (From Hachette Book Group)

About the Author:

Jill McCorkle’s first two novels were released simultaneously when she was just out of college, and the New York Times called her “a born novelist.” Since then, she has published five other novels and four collections of short stories, and her work has appeared in Best American Short Stories several times, as well as The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Five of her books have been New York Times Notable books, and her novel, Life After Life, was a New York Times bestseller. She has received the New England Booksellers Award, the John Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature, and the North Carolina Award for Literature. She has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Garden and Gun, The Atlantic, and other publications. She was a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer in Fiction at Harvard, where she also chaired the department of creative writing. She is currently a faculty member of the Bennington College Writing Seminars and is affiliated with the MFA program at North Carolina State University. Learn more a jillmccorkle.com

Virtual Authors Series: Rebecca Serle | Wednesday, January 10th at 8:00 PM EST | For Adults

Embrace Love in the New Year: A Heartfelt Conversation with Rebecca Serle. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about upcoming events in the series.

Virtual Authors Series: Stephanie Land | Tuesday, December 12th at 2:00 PM EST | For Adults

Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education: An Author Talk with Stephanie Land. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about upcoming events in the series.

Virtual Authors Series: Victoria Aveyard | Tuesday, December 5th at 7:00 PM EST | For Adults

Let's Talk World Building with YA Fantasy Fiction Superstar Author Victoria Aveyard. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about upcoming events in the series.

Join us at the Main Library in Hillsborough for Q & A, book signing, and mingling, with award-winning local author, Lori Hayes! Lori is author of the well-loved Crystal Coast series and a new novel, Saving Nevada, a feel-good, horse rescue narrative based on a true story. This event is free and open to all. Registration is preferred but not required.

About the Book:

Saving Nevada - One woman, one wild mustang, and a hundred days to save each other.

Haley Wilson’s heart is as big as her dreams. Driven by a childhood passion, she signs up for the Mustang Makeover, a highly competitive equestrian contest to train horses from wild to mild in one hundred days. But training a wild beast is not as easy as Haley thought. Her partnered horse in the competition, Nevada, seems too big, too bold, and too dangerous.

Saving Nevada is a novel based on a true story that will tug at your heartstrings and leave you cheering for the underdog. Join Haley on this captivating journey, where a wild mustang becomes not only her toughest challenge but also the catalyst for exploring love, self-discovery, and extraordinary strength found in the unlikeliest of friendships. Fans of Black Beauty will love this poignant story.

About the Author:

Award-winning author, Lori Hayes, lives in North Carolina with her family, horse, and two overly affectionate cats. Having ridden horses since the third grade, she now owns her own once wild horse named Triton, from one of the uninhabited islands off the coast of the Outer Banks. Lori writes books with heart, as well as touching stories including feral animals, complicated family dynamics, friendships, and self-discovery. Learn more at www.LoriHayesAuthor.com

Virtual Authors Series: Naomi Alderman | Thursday, November 30th at 3:00 PM EST | For Adults

Power of Women in Science Fiction: Naomi Alderman on Writing Dystopian Worlds. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about upcoming events in the series.

Virtual Author Series: Joy Harjo | Thursday, November 16th at 4 PM EST | For Adults

Why She Writes - An Afternoon Chat with Joy Harjo, Internationally Renowned, Mvskoke Nation Performer, Writer, and Poet. The Virtual Authors Series is sponsored by the Friends of Orange County Public Library and brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Visit https://libraryc.org/ocpl to register and for information about upcoming events in the series.

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Titles, Beginnings, Turns, and Endings: An Online Poetry Workshop in Two Parts, Facilitated by Pam Baggett

Part Two: Turns and Endings - Sunday, February 26th, 1:30-3:30 pm

Description: The last lines of a poem, as we know, can be challenging. And while not every poem makes a turn, most make one or more, shifting the poem, incorporating new thoughts, ideas, and images so that it deepens in complexity and meaning. In this session, we’ll look at ways to create and navigate turns so that we weave spell-binding works that lead to powerful, satisfying endings. We’ll discuss strategies for creating those endings, ones that resonate with our titles as well as the body of the poem. Writers working at all levels and in other genres are welcome.

If you can’t attend one date of this two-part workshop, you’re still welcome to attend on the other date.

View the recording for Part One which occurred on Sun., January 29th, 1:30-3:30 pm by clicking here

NOTES:

--Please have several of your poems-in-progress to work on during the workshops.

--This virtual event may be recorded and may be shared via the library’s social media (and perhaps also via the panelists’ social media) for the benefit of those who are unable to join us live.

--The workshops are self-contained and will each feature different poems. You’re welcome to attend both; it’s not necessary to be present at the first workshop in order to participate in the second.

--Please register by the Thursday prior to each workshop.

--This workshop will occur via Zoom. Prior to each workshop, you will receive an email containing the zoom link and a packet of poems & workshop materials.

Titles, Beginnings, Turns, and Endings: An Online Poetry Workshop in Two Parts, Facilitated by Pam Baggett

Part One: Titles and Beginning Lines - Sunday, January 29th, 1:30-3:30 pm

Titles are doors that open onto poems. They’re the first hint at what’s to come, the bait that lures readers in. The beginning lines of the poem then either hook readers or cause them to slip away. In Part One of this two-part workshop, we’ll look at strategies for titling poems in ways that make readers eager to step through the door, as well as tools for creating opening lines that keep readers reading. We’ll talk about how titles and beginning lines interact (or don’t) and consider how, taken together, they set the stage for the poem’s progress through to its ending. Writers working at all levels and in other genres are welcome.

If you can’t attend one date of this two-part workshop, you’re still welcome to attend on the other date. Register for Part Two on Sun., February 26th by clicking here

NOTES:

--Please have several of your poems-in-progress to work on during the workshops.

--This virtual event may be recorded and may be shared via the library’s social media (and perhaps also via the panelists’ social media) for the benefit of those who are unable to join us live.

--The workshops are self-contained and will each feature different poems. You’re welcome to attend both; it’s not necessary to be present at the first workshop in order to participate in the second.

--Please register by the Thursday prior to each workshop.

--This workshop will occur via Zoom. Prior to each workshop, you will receive an email containing the zoom link and a packet of poems & workshop materials.