“Kelly Starling Lyons is a founding member of The Brown Bookshelf, a teaching artist, and an award-winning author of more than 30 books for young readers. Her mission is to center Black heroes, celebrate family, friendship, & heritage, and show all kids the stories they hold inside. Among her acclaimed picture books are Caldecott Honor winner Going Down Home with Daddy, Christopher Award winner Tiara’s Hat Parade, and Bank Street Best Books selections Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice & Sing Inspired Generations and My Hands Tell a Story. Kelly is also the author of three popular series for young people—chapter books starring her characters Jada Jones and Miles Lewis, and the Ty’s Travels easy readers which won a Geisel Honor for Zip, Zoom. Her nonfiction titles include two books in Chelsea Clinton’s She Persisted series, chapter books on Dr. Dorothy I. Height and Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Kelly was named to Good Morning America’s 2021 list, Who’s Making Black History. She regularly presents to schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences around the country.”
More info: https://pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/kelly-starling-lyons/
"Riverstone Books is pleased to welcome back Marie Benedict to talk about her new book, The Queens of Crime..." More Read more
"Join us to hear from Brian Black on his latest book, Ike's Road Trip..." More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-author-brian-black-in-conversation-with-ed-russel-tickets-1110518092509?aff=litt
"Local authors Judith Dorian, Dr. Nina Padolf, Valerie Bacharach, and Matthew Ussia join us to share readings from their recent Read more
"Local author Ed Simon joins us to talk about the final installment in his trilogy titled Seven Heavenly Sins and Read more
December 28th, 12 - 3 at Phantom of the Attic Comics "The best horror book you will read, funny, dark, Read more
"Pennsylvania writer and educator Holly M. Wendt will read from their debut novel Heading North (Braddock Avenue Books) and offer Read more
"Join us for an author event and Q&A with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Frederick Joseph. Book Read more
"Empyrean series fans, rejoice! We will be opening our doors late this evening to celebrate the release of Rebecca Yarros' Read more
"The Iron Writing Circle writing group from Ironed Words Productions. Write with other writers and improve your writing! Get camaraderie, Read more
"Join us for an evening with Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's 'All In with Chris Hayes' and author of the Read more
"An insightful biography of an unassuming literary scholar—and spy—who transformed postwar American culture. Although his impact on twentieth-century American cultural Read more
Saturday, January 11, 2025, 7:00 p.m. At the Bantha Tea Bar 5002 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15224 Free Admission. Books Read more
"We are grateful to celebrate local poet, Joshua Zelesnick's debut, full-length poetry collection, Insert Coin! Joshua will be joined by Read more
LIVE ON ZOOM | Sundays, Jan 19 & 26 | 12:30 pm -3 pm Eastern This is your year to Read more
LIVE ON ZOOM | Sundays, Jan 19 & 26 | 12:30 pm -3 pm Eastern This is your year to Read more
LIVE ON ZOOM | Saturdays, 2-4 pm Eastern | Jan 4th and 11th Most memoir manuscripts have the same five Read more
LIVE ON ZOOM | Saturdays, 2-4 pm Eastern | Jan 4th and 11th Most memoir manuscripts have the same five Read more
"More than 130 years after it occurred, the Homestead Strike of 1892 retains its capacity to shock. It was a Read more
"With more than 900 unique flights of stairs throughout the city’s 90 neighborhoods, the city steps reflect the history and Read more
"An interactive introduction to the importance of racial representation in children’s literature. Participants will learn to identify books that can Read more
