LITERARY EVENTS FALL 2008

All programs are free of charge unless otherwise noted. 
All programs begin at 7pm and are held at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Steven Thomas
Wednesday, Oct 15 @ 7pm
On his new book Criminal Paradise

Steven M. Thomas is the award-winning author of many short stories, essays, and poems that have been published in more than fifty literary and small-press magazines in the United States and England. Until recently, he served as editor of OC Metro, a high-circulation magazine based in Orange County, California, where he lives.  Criminal Paradise is his first novel.

The literature of larceny welcomes a newcomer with some serious chops, as Steven M. Thomas muscles his way to a place at the table—elbow to elbow with Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen—courtesy of a harrowing, hilarious, two-fisted, hard-boiled thriller that’s pure heaven for anyone who loves a great crime novel (published by Ballantine). 

For more information, please email: info@nblibraryevents.com
Phone: 949-548-2411

Bill McKibben
Friday, Oct 24 @ 7pm

On Local and Global--Dealing with the Biggest Problems at Every Level

Bill McKibben is the author of a dozen books about the environment, beginning with The End Of Nature, in 1989, which was also the first book for a general audience about global warming. His recent books include Deep Economy and The Bill McKibben Reader, a collection of essays for the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Harpers, Outside, the New York Review of Books, and many other publications. A scholar in residence at Middlebury College, he led the organization of Step It Up in 2007, a year-long campaign that organized 2,000 demonstrations across the nation for action on global warming. He is now organizing 350.org, the first effort at a grassroots global effort on climate change.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Admission:
$30 per person Foundation members
$35 per person general
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For more information, please email: info@nblibraryevents.com
Phone: 949-548-2411