EL SEGUNDO PUBLIC LIBRARY 111 W. Mariposa Ave. El Segundo, CA 90245
Mon.-Thurs. 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Sat. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Fri. & Sun. Closed Phone: (310) 524-2722
2012 El Segundo Author Fair
Mark your calendar for Sunday, June 3rd, as the library again presents its annual Author Fair, with a new time of 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Always a treat for book lovers, the event will host 35 local authors and poets, covering such topics as mystery, memoir, travel, cooking, children's, music, and more. Authors will meet and greet the public at signing tables, while poets read their works in the Rose Garden Room. The first author panel of the day--"Leading Ladies"--will be moderated by Library Board of Trustees President Kevin Smith, and will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The second author panel--"Pop Culture 60's & 70's"--will be moderated by author Manny Pacheco, and will take place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. The ever-popular and creative Balloon Man will return, and crafts and storytelling will be held in the Children's Library.
The Author Fair is one of El Segundo's top social and cultural events. Be sure to be a part of it!
The Author Fair is co-sponsored by the El Segundo Public Library and the Friends of the El Segundo Public Library.
Mon.-Thurs. 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Sat. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Fri. & Sun. Closed
Phone: (310) 524-2722
Evening Book Discussion Group
The Evening Book Discussion Group returns with a new selection of titles sure to keep everyone talking. Now on an extended schedule from September 2011 through June 2012--excluding December 2011--the meetings will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room on the last Wednesday each month. Discussions will be led by library staff and, on occasion, the authors themselves.
April 25th the library will present a discussion of the novel The Legacy, by Katherine Webb.
The discussion focuses on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel The Marriage Plot on May 30th.
Author Christopher Farnsworth leads a discussion of his novel Red, White, and Blood on June 27th.
For more details, please see the library calendar to the right of this notice or call (310) 524-2728.
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« NEW BOOKS »
Below are selected new titles at the library. Come in and check out these and other books recently added to the library collection.
A land More Kind Than Home, by Wiley Cash.
For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to--an act that will have catestrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that a new understanding can bring not only a growing danger and evil--but also the possibility of freedom and deliverence as well. Told by three resonant and evocative characters--Jess; Adelaide Lyle, the town midwife and moral conscience; and Clem Barefield, a sheriff with his own painful past--A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all.--From the dust jacket.
Border Run, by Simon Lewis.
On the Burmese border, two naive backpackers, Will and Jake, follow a tour guide into the jungle, tantalized by the possibility of dalliances with the tribal women who live there. At an idyllic waterfall, they discover that nothing is as it seems and their guide has his own agenda. It is not long before the two young men slip into a nightmarish spiral of murder and moral decay, their chance of survival determined by a game of hide-and-seek played out with deadly crossbows. As the stakes get increasingly higher, the bonds of friendship are tested and lives are put on the line. Simon Lewis has written a gripping, amphetamine-paced novel about the hidden perils that can lurk in paradise, and the fine line that we draw for ourselves between what is "civilized" and what is not.--From the dust jacket.
The Song Remains the Same, by Allison Winn Scotch.
One of only two survivors of a plane crash, Nell Slatterly wakes in the hospital with no memories of it--or who she is, or was. Now she must piece together both body and mind--with the help of family and friends who all have their own agendas. Her husband, Peter, is trying to erase his recent affair and pending divorce from their marital history. Her mother is trying to sweep the real story of Nell's long-lost father under the rug. And Rory, her sister and business partner, is trying to protect their volatile relationship with stories of her own. Although Nell can't remember all that came before, something just doesn't sit right with their versions of her history...Desperate for a key to unlock her past, Nell filters through photos, art, and music--anything to puzzle together the woman she truly was. The woman she is. In the end, she will learn that forgiving betrayals small and large is the only true path to healing herself--and to finding happiness.--From the dust jacket.
Afterwards, by Rosamund Lupton.
The school is on fire. Her children are inside. Grace runs toward the burning building, desperate to reach them. In the aftermath of the devastating fire that almost destroys her family, Grace embarks on a mission to find the person responsible and protect her children from further harm. This fire was not an accident, and her daughter, Jenny, may still be in grave danger. Grace is the only one who can discover the culprit, and she will do whatever it takes to save her family and find out who committed the crime that rocked their lives. While she searches for the truth about the fire, Grace finds out more about the people she thought she knew--and discovers a courage she never knew she possessed.--From the dust jacket.
