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Author Talk: John Beaumont, Walk-Along

Reverend John Beaumont’s Christian devotional work engages with the same scripture and its larger context over five consecutive days. At the end of each week, you will have an opportunity to reflect on the previous week and look forward to the next week by applying something the Lord revealed to…

The Cook’s Book with Bri McKoy 

Join best-selling author Bri McKoy as she shares her heart behind creating and writing The Cook’s Book: Recipes for Keeps and Essential Techniques to Master Every Day Cooking. She’ll demonstrate some of her favorite cooking tips as she brings together her viral Lemony Chicken and Potato Soup using an Instant…

Author Talk: Calvin Riley, Black Saint Louis

Black St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city’s founding as a French fur trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. Authors Calvin Riley and NiNi Harris highlight great figures who showed leadership, incredible innovation, and courage…

Different shades of blue stars surround a book in the center. Around the book in an arch above says the text "Saturday, Janaury 6, 2024. Author Talk & Signing Event." The book cover is purple and red with black silhouette camels and magi walking across. The title says, "Trilogy of the Magi" with "Kathryn Muehlheausler" at the bottom. Beneath the book the text says, "Please join us for a book talk with author Kathryn Muehlheausler. Saturday 2PM at Kirkwood Public LIbrary."

Author Talk: Kathryn Muehlheausler, Trilogy of the Magi

People always want to know how/why Kathie Mueklheausler decided to write about the three kings of Christmas lore who followed the star to Bethlehem. She loves to tell them the story of the January morning, a number of years ago, when completely out-of-the-blue while she was driving to her public…

Author Talk: Stephen Snodgrass & Joshua Kezer 

Join authors Stephen Snodgrass and Joshua Kezer as they discuss their book “The Murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless: An Honest Sheriff and the Exoneration of an Innocent Man.” In 1992 Joshua Kezer was wrongly convicted of murdering a young woman in southeast Missouri. Stephen Snodgrass was on the team that…

Kirkwood History Walks with Author Kathy Schrenk

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Author/Book Signing: Walking South City: A Journey Through Historic St. Louis Neighborhoods by Jim Merkel

Based on a series of walks the author did on a 45-mile-long zig-zag path through South St. Louis in 2021. It provides different insights into the history, people and quirks of South St. Louis. 

Author/Book Signing Jason Gray: Mound City Chronicle

Mound City Chronicle is more than a series of images of St. Louis. It is testament to a path made through the city at this moment; a path meant to investigate my place and my impact here, and the history of those things (like the Mississippi River, cultural forces claim,…

Kirkwood History Walks with Author Kathy Schrenk

Meramec Highlands: Join Kathy Schrenk, author of the new book, “Kirkwood: A Walk Through History,” to enjoy a tour through the Meramec Highlands neighborhood of Kirkwood. The walk will start on West Ponca Trail, just east of the intersection with Big Bend Road.  There is limited street parking along Ponca…

Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery with Linda Murphy Marshall

Join the author for a conversation about her memoir, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery, which received a starred review from KIRKUS. She will talk about growing up in the 1960s in Kirkwood, how the physical home in which children grow up can influence their childhood, and how…

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