2022 “TIM TALKS BOOKS" SERIES
Friday June 17 | 3PM
In conversation with Zak Salih
author of Let’s Get Back to the Party
Methodist Church
2 Centre Street
as part of Nantucket Book Festival
Zak Salih will discuss his debut novel and one of the “Must-Read books of 2021” according to over 25 publications, Let’s Get Back to the Party. Perfect for Pride Month in June, the book examines the paradoxes of queer life today and over the last 50 years. Tim Ehrenberg, NBF Board member and creator of Tim Talks Books, will lead a conversation about queer friendship, love, and what it means to be gay in contemporary America.
*Free Event. Seating is first come first served.
Saturday June 18 | 3PM
In conversation with Qian Julie Wang
author of Beautiful Country
Methodist Church
2 Centre Street
as part of Nantucket Book Festival
A “Read with Jenna” Today Show Book Club Pick and a “New York Times Notable Book of 2021”, Beautiful Country is a vivid coming-of-age memoir about an undocumented immigrant living in poverty in America after leaving China in 1994 with her parents. Join Tim Ehrenberg in conversation with author Qian Julie Wang to hear her struggle to survive and growing up undocumented in pursuit of the ‘American Dream.’
*Free Event. Seating is first come first served.
Tuesday July 5 | 6PM
Instagram LIVE @timtalksbooks with Gabrielle Zevin
author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Join Gabrielle and Tim on the publication date of Tim's Favorite Book of the year so far Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
They will chat via Instagram LIVE @timtalksbooks video games, cultural appropriation, sexism of the 80’s and 90’s, friendship, and so much more.
Thursday July 28 | 6PM
In conversation with Edafe Okporo
author of Asylum
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India Street
Nigerian asylee and global gay rights and immigration activist, Edafe Okporo will discuss his moving and eye-opening memoir, Asylum. This manifesto is about refugees, gay rights, immigration reform, and the resilience of one man to rise above it all and be a voice for refugees everywhere.
*Free Event. Seating is first come, first served.
Thursday August 4 | 4PM – 7PM
An Evening with Elin Hilderbrand
author of The Hotel Nantucket
Nantucket Hotel
77 Easton Street
Get your tickets to the Ultimate Elin Hilderbrand Summer Event on August 4th! See her new novel The Hotel Nantucket come to life, all to benefit the year-round work of the Nantucket Book Foundation, celebrating its 10th Anniversary Festival this June. The Nantucket Hotel & Resort, also celebrating its 10th Anniversary, is the inspiration for Elin's 28th novel The Hotel Nantucket. Ticket holders will experience an Elin novel before their very eyes. with summer cocktails and recipes from the novel, a "Read the Runway" fashion show featuring the hottest island boutiques and models from the community, a Live Auction for the chance to get your name as a character in Elin's final novel in 2024, and a conversation with #1 New York Times Best-selling author Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg, marketing director for Nantucket Book Partners and creator of Tim Talks Books, followed by a book signing.
*Ticketed Event to benefit the Nantucket Book Foundation.
Thursday August 18 | 6PM
In conversation with Geraldine Brooks
author of Horse
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India Street
Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning author, will discuss her newest novel Horse. A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, Brooks braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history.
*Free Event. Seating is first come, first served
Tuesday August 23 | 6PM
In conversation with Jennifer Weiner
author of The Summer Place
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India Street
Don’t miss Jennifer Weiner, Best-selling author of The Summer Place. She will have you in stiches with her stories of writing, reading, and everything in between.
* Free Event. Seating is first come, first served.
Tuesday November 1 | 5PM
In conversation with Francine Mathews
author of Death on a Winter Stroll
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India Street
Francine Mathews will discuss her newest Nantucket Merry Folger mystery – Death on a Winter Stroll.
* Free Event. Seating is first come, first served.
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