2020 Online Events
Online Book Talk: Nancy Star, Douglas Stuart, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
The Loft's Wordplay and Montclair Literary Festival combine forces to present: Try a Little Tenderness. Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Starling Days: A Novel) and Festival author Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain) appear in conversation with local Montclair author Nancy Star (Rules for Moving). This is a free online event. You can register for the event here or watch it from Loft.org's website ...
Book Talk: Lily King with Zibby Owens
We're delighted to have festival author Lily King in conversation with award-winning literary podcast host Zibby Owens on Instagram Live, Monday, April 27 at 11 a.m. Writers & Lovers is the new novel about art, love, and ambition from Lily King, the New York Times bestselling author of Euphoria. Available for purchase from Festival partner Watchung Booksellers here. No registration ...
Book Talk: Emily St. John Mandel ‘The Glass Hotel’ with Reagan Arthur
Join Emily St. John Mandel, the author of the bestselling novel, The Glass Hotel, and a pandemic novel that resonates today, Station Eleven, with her new publisher at Knopf (and beloved Montclair resident) Reagan Arthur in a virtual discussion about Emily’s new book. Free – register www.crowdcast.io/e/mlf-at-home-emily-st-john-mandel/ The Glass Hotel is a captivating novel of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts and moral compromise in which ...
Online Book Talk: Erik Larson “The Splendid and the Vile”
NJ, United StatesFor our second Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home event, we welcome Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake, to talk about his latest book, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz with longtime Montclair resident and bestselling author, Christina Baker ...
Online Book Talk: Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn “Tightrope”
NJ, United StatesFor our third Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home event, we are delighted to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to discuss their latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, with former NJ gubernatorial candidate and Montclair resident, Jim Johnson. This is part of Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home series and replaces the event originally ...
Online Book Talk: Mo Rocca “Mobituaries”
NJ, United StatesFor our fourth Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home event, don’t miss the chance to hear beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca discuss Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving, a book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him, with his co-author and college friend, Montclair State University English Professor Jonathan Greenberg. This is part ...
Online Book Talk: Colum McCann “Apeirogon”
NJ, United StatesFor our fifth Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home event, don’t miss the chance to hear Colum McCann, National Book Award–winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin, discuss his most ambitious work to date, Apeirogon, an epic novel rooted in the real-life friendship between two men united by loss. McCann will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Garth Risk Hallberg. ...
Online Book Talk: Madeline Miller “Circe”
NJ, United StatesFor our sixth Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home event, we're delighted to hear novelist Madeline Miller speak with her editor Lee Boudreaux about her phenomenally successful retelling of the life of the Greek goddess, Circe. Described as “bold and subversive” (The New York Times), “blisteringly modern” (The Times) and “a daring feminist take on a classic narrative” (O Magazine), Circe has won numerous awards and accolades, ...
Saturday Storytime with author Michael Rex “Fact vs Opinion vs Robots” “Eat Pete”
NJ, United StatesJoin Michael Rex, author and illustrator of over 40 books for children, on Saturday June 13 at 10am for Succeed2gether and the Montclair Literary Festival’s first Storytime Saturday via Zoom. Suitable for children ages 4 to 8. Registration required. Zoom link here. Mike will read his recently released picture book Fact vs. Opinion vs Robots, in which he uses humor ...
Online Book Talk: Maria Russo “How to Raise a Reader”
NJ, United StatesLearn about How to Raise a Reader with Maria Russo, former children's book editor of The New York Times Book Review, as she discusses her book with New York Times national correspondent Kate Zernike. The book, an indispensable guide to welcoming children—from babies to teens—to a lifelong love of reading, combines clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists. Maria debunks common myths, assuages ...
Saturday Storytime with author Lori Richmond “Bunny Business (Mama’s Day at Work)”
NJ, United StatesDon’t miss author-illustrator Lori Richmond as she reads her new book Bunny Business (Mama’s Day at Work) on Saturday June 20 at 10am for Suceed2gether and the Montclair Literary Festival’s Storytime Saturday via Zoom. Suitable for children ages 4 to 6. Registration required. Zoom link here. It's morning when Mama gets the call that the bunnysitter is sick. But Papa ...
Online Book Talk: John Sayles “Yellow Earth” with Joe Morton
NJ, United StatesJoin acclaimed film director, screenwriter, actor, and author, John Sayles in conversation with actor Joe Morton as they discuss John's latest novel Yellow Earth and their past movie collaborations, including The Brother from Another Planet. In Yellow Earth John introduces an epic cast of characters. When rich layers of shale oil are discovered beneath the town of Yellow Earth, all hell breaks loose. Through the intertwining lives of its ...
Saturday Storytime with author Diana Murray & illustrator Amber Alvarez “Wild About Dads”
NJ, United StatesCelebrate dads of all kinds with author Diana Murray and illustrator Amber Alvarez as they read from Diana’s new book Wild About Dads on Saturday June 27 at 10am for Suceed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival’s Storytime Saturday via Zoom. Suitable for children ages 3 to 7. Registration required. Zoom link here. Everyone loves dads—humans, lions, frogs, prairie dogs, and even pelicans! ...
Online Book Talk: Paul Krugman “Arguing with Zombies”
NJ, United StatesFor one of our final Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home events, we welcome New York Times columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel prize–winning economist Paul Krugman to discuss our economic future and the impact of the covid pandemic and national recession on inequality, drawing from his latest book, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, as well as current events. Don’t miss this ...
Online Book Talk: Bill Buford “Dirt” with Ruth Reichl
NJ, United StatesJoin us for an entertaining and gastronomic evening with former editor of Granta magazine and writer and editor for The New Yorker Bill Buford talking about his latest book Dirt with bestselling author, food editor and restaurant critic, and former editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine Ruth Reichl. Dirt is a hilariously self-deprecating, highly obsessive account of Bill's adventures in the world of French haute cuisine; a great read for anyone who has found ...
Online Color & Design Talk with authors Arielle & Joann Eckstut
NJ, United StatesWant to have all your design questions about color answered? Join Arielle Eckstut and Joann Eckstut, authors of The Secret Language of Color, as they discuss their new book, What is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers About the Science of Color with Petia Morozov, founder of Montclair Design Week. This FREE event is part of Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival at Home series and was postponed from June 10, ...