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SUMMARY:A Novelist's Journey Across 20th Century Egypt: An Afternoon With Ambassador Tawfik
DESCRIPTION:Registration not required\, but encouraged. Please check back at the Enoch Pratt Free Library website for the Eventbrite link. \nDial-In Information \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/91580208572?pwd=R3V1NlBTN3JTMi94bzRyZVg3QUN6QT09\nPasscode: 467040 \nPresented in partnership with Baltimore Sister Cities. \nJoin us for an afternoon with Ambassador Mohamad Tawfik as he discusses his work as a diplomat\, novelist\, and everything in between. Moderated by Karen Leggett Abouraya\, Co-Chair\, Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee. \nAmbassador Mohamed Tawfik is a career diplomat and novelist who translates his own works into English. Ambassador Tawfik was Egypt’s first Ambassador to the U.S after the revolution and took part in numerous negotiations on disarmament\, labor\, human rights and trade. Educated at Cairo University and the Université de Paris\, Tawfik has written several collections of short stories and three novels in Arabic. In 1997\, an English selection of his shorts was published under the title The Day the Moon Fell. His novels form a trilogy\, the last two books of which – Murder in the Tower of Happiness (2007\, AUC Press) and Candygirl (2012\, AUC Press) – are also available in English. He generally publishes his works of fiction under the name M. M. Tawfik. \nASL interpretation will be available for attendees.
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/a-novelists-journey-across-20th-century-egypt-an-afternoon-with-ambassador-tawfik/
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SUMMARY:Brown Lecture Series: Tamara Winfrey Harris
DESCRIPTION:Registration not required\, but encouraged. Check back at the Enoch Pratt Free Library website for the Eventbrite registration link. \nDial-In Information \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/97222740531?pwd=SFA0Vk5QMlY2YS96SXNJSnpySE5TUT09\nPasscode: 897725 \nPresented in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. \nTamara Winfrey Harris will be in conversation about her new book\, Dear Black Girl. \nMore than a year ago\, author Tamara Winfrey Harris asked a few Black women on social media to write 12 honest\, open\, and inspiring letters of support to young Black girls in a workshop aged thirteen to twenty-one to. She asked them to write letters that were loving\, truthful\, vulnerable\, feminist\, anti-racist\, body positive\, LGBTQ+ positive\, anti–respectability politics\, and pro–Black girl. Instead of twelve letters\, she received more than fifty from all over the world. And she continues to receive them. On scented paper. Through the internet. Shoved into her hands in Starbucks. Neatly printed on notebook paper. Typed. Scrawled in elegant swirls. In hand-decorated envelopes. These letters are the basis of Harris’ Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power. \nIn Dear Black Girl\, Winfrey-Harris introduces and organizes a selection of these letters\, modeling how black women can nurture future generations. Each chapter ends with a prompt encouraging girls to write a letter to themselves\, teaching the art of self-love and self-nurturing. \nASL interpretation will be available to attendees. \nVisit https://www.theivybookshop.com/ to order your copies of Dear Black Girl. \nThe Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/brown-lecture-series-tamara-winfrey-harris/
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SUMMARY:Kids Writers LIVE! Carole Boston Weatherford & Jeffery Weatherford
DESCRIPTION:Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford\, the award-winning mother-son/author-illustrator team behind You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen\, will celebrate heroes\, history and hip hop through poetry and spoken word. Baltimore-born\, Carole is the author of more than 50 books\, including The Roots of Rap and biographies of Marylanders Harriet Tubman\, Billie Holiday and Charles Albert Tindley\, a gospel composer. In addition to illustrating children’s books\, Jeffery is a fine artist and performance poet. \nASL interpretation will be available to attendees. \nDial-In Information \nCheck Enoch Pratt Free Library website for Eventbrite ticket information!
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/kids-writers-live-carole-boston-weatherford-jeffery-weatherford/
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SUMMARY:Writers LIVE! Jenna Bush Hager
DESCRIPTION:Stay tuned for the Eventbrite registration link. \nJenna Bush Hager will be in conversation with Heidi Daniel\, Pratt Library President & CEO\, about her book and work.Jenna Bush Hager is the co-host of TODAY with Hoda and Jenna\, alongside Hoda Kotb. She is also an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine. Currently Hager is the chair of UNICEF’s Next Generation\, an initiative dedicated to reducing the number of preventable childhood deaths around the world. She has traveled throughout Latin America and the Caribbean with UNICEF where she saw firsthand the plight faced by the underprivileged. \nHager is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First\, written with her sister Barbara Pierce Bush. This book takes readers on an extraordinary and deeply personal journey of what it is like to be born into a political dynasty. The sisters reveal never-before-told stories about their family and uncover the enduring sisterly bond that kept them sane through it all.\nShe also penned another New York Times bestseller Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope\, which she wrote after interning with UNICEF in Latin America. The story is based on the life of a 17-year-old single mother living with HIV determined to shield her child from the abuse and neglect that riddled her own childhood. \nLike her mother\, Laura Bush\, Hager once taught public school. Together\, they co-authored the children’s books Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It!. \nASL interpretation will be available to attendees. \nVisit https://www.theivybookshop.com/ to order your copies of Jenna Bush Hager’s books. \nWriters LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. \nDial-In Information \nThe conversation will also be broadcast on the Enoch Pratt Free Library Facebook page.
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SUMMARY:Writers LIVE! Andrew Morton\, Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters
DESCRIPTION:Registration not required\, but encouraged. Stay tuned for the Eventbrite link. \nAndrew Morton will be in conversation about his new book\, Elizabeth & Margaret. Perfect for fans of The Crown\, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as they navigate life in the royal spotlight. Andrew Morton studied history at the University of Sussex\, England\, with a focus on aristocracy and the 1930s. Morton has written extensively on celebrity including biographies of Tom Cruise\, Angelina Jolie\, and Madonna\, as well as the British royal family. He has written bestselling biographies of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor\, Prince Andrew\, and Meghan Markle. His #1 New York Times bestselling biography Diana: Her True Story won international acclaim\, described by critics as a “modern classic” and “the closest we will ever come to her autobiography.” \nASL interpretation will be available to attendees. \nVisit https://www.theivybookshop.com/ to order your copies of Elizabeth & Margaret. \nWriters LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/writers-live-andrew-morton-elizabeth-margaret-the-intimate-world-of-the-windsor-sisters/
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SUMMARY:Kids Writers LIVE! Jess Keating
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed author\, illustrator\, and zoologist Jess Keating as she shares her book\, Shark Lady\, along with creative tips inspired by the world’s most fearless shark scientist! Participants will leave empowered with amazing facts about sharks\, conservation\, and the ocean — along with the tools to share their own stories and creativity with the world around them. A Q&A with Jess and a shark expert from the National Aquarium will follow the event. \nThis program is presented in partnership with the National Aquarium\, as part of the March 2021 Read to Reef Book Club. Every March and October\, Baltimore-area children in fifth grade and younger with a valid Enoch Pratt Free Library card may receive a Read to Reef bookmark and record the five aquatic- or conservation-themed books they have read that are appropriate for their age levels to earn four tickets to the National Aquarium. For more details\, visit aqua.org/read. \nASL interpretation will be available to attendees. \nDial-In Information \nRegister via Eventbrite at (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kids-writers-live-jess-keating-tickets-138510078373) to watch on Zoom. In order to receive Zoom login details\, participants must register to watch in Zoom by 5pm on March 18. Zoom login details will be emailed to registrants at 5:30pm. \nThis program will also be available for viewing on the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Facebook page.
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/kids-writers-live-jess-keating/
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SUMMARY:Writers LIVE! Terry McMillan\, It’s Not All Downhill From Here
DESCRIPTION:Registration for Zoom Webinar required through Eventbrite. The registration link will be posted by February 1. \nTerry McMillan will be in conversation about her book\, It’s Not All Downhill from Here. \nFeaturing an unforgettable ensemble of strong\, dynamic women\, It’s Not All Downhill From Here shows it’s never too late to become who you want to be\, that family is worth fighting for\, and that our best days are yet to come. \nTerry McMillan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Almost Forgot About You\, Waiting to Exhale\, How Stella Got Her Groove Back\, A Day Late and a Dollar Short\, The Interruption of Everything\, I Almost Forgot About You\, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. Four of Ms. McMillan’s novels have been made into movies: Waiting to Exhale (Twentieth Century Fox\, 1995); How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Twentieth Century Fox\, 1998); Disappearing Acts (HBO Pictures\, 1999); and A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime\, 2014). She lives in California. \nASL interpretation will be available to attendees. \nVisit https://www.theivybookshop.com/ to order your copies of It’s Not All Downhill from Here. \nWriters LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. \nDial-In Information \nRegistration for Zoom Webinar required through Eventbrite. The registration link will be posted by February 1 on the Enoch Pratt Free Library website. \nThe conversation will also be broadcast on the Enoch Pratt Free Library Facebook page.
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/writers-live-terry-mcmillan-its-not-all-downhill-from-here/
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SUMMARY:The Business of Publishing: AfricanFuturism Edition
DESCRIPTION:Registration encouraged\, but not required. To register through Eventbrite\, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-business-of-publishing-africanfuturism-edition-tickets-138053843763. \nAre you interested in getting your writing published? Do you want tips and tricks on how to become a published author of Africanfuturistic novels or short stories? Or learn how to self-publish in the genre? \nThen join us for a panel discussion and Q&A on how the genre reflects the societal and cultural struggles of African people and their descendants here and abroad. Come along on a journey to explore how to get this type of work published in a world where black and brown people are still seen as the “other”. \nPanelists include: Nnedi Okorafor\, Jalynn Harris\, Saida Agostini\, and Afua Richardson. \nASL interpretation will be available for attendees. \nDial-In Information \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/98557152791?pwd=OHRER2pFRS9DcktRcXBIVlpCbVlqUT09\nPasscode: 139894 \nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 470 250 9358 or +1 470 381 2552 or +1 646 518 9805 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 651 372 8299 or +1 786 635 1003 or +1 267 831 0333 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 602 753 0140 or +1 669 219 2599 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 720 928 9299 or +1 971 247 1195 or +1 213 338 8477\nWebinar ID: 985 5715 2791\nPasscode: 139894\nInternational numbers available: https://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/u/adZod1i6bu \nThe conversation will also be broadcasted on the Enoch Pratt Free Library Facebook page.
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/the-business-of-publishing-africanfuturism-edition/
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SUMMARY:Kids Writers LIVE! Kwame Alexander
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning children’s and young adult author Kwame Alexander as he discusses his books during a Q&A conversation with Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson. Presented in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. \nShare your questions before the event: https://forms.gle/8LRM22V4a7gYKNLX7 \nASL interpretation will be available to attendees. \nAbout Kwame Alexander: \nKwame Alexander is the Innovator-in-Residence at the American School of London\, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 37 books\, including Caldecott-Medal and Newbery-Honor winning picture book THE UNDEFEATED\, HOW TO READ A BOOK\, SWING\, REBOUND\, which was shortlisted for prestigious Carnegie Medal\, and\, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel\, THE CROSSOVER. As the host of the new kid’s television program\, WordPlay\, and Founding Editor of VERSIFY\, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\, he aims to Change the World One Word at a Time. \nDial-In Information \nRegister via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kids-writers-live-kwame-alexander-tickets-133108554269) to watch on Zoom. In order to receive Zoom login details\, participants must register to watch in Zoom by 5pm on February 11th. Zoom login details will be emailed to registrants at 5:30pm. \nThis program will also be available for viewing on the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Facebook page.
URL:https://www.marylanddcdl.org/event/kids-writers-live-kwame-alexander/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Library Events
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