Offered in partnership with Rainy Day Books, The Story Center Speaker Series features nationally known authors, many of whom have a local or regional connection, reading from and discussing their newly published books. The Story Center Speaker Series provides an opportunity for readers and writers alike to meet their long-time favorite authors or discover authors brand new to them, and to learn more about the authors’ work.
Programs are held in the Auditorium at Woodneath Library Center. All programs are free and followed by a book sale and signing.
Tiffany Killoren
Tiffany Killoren
Thursday, January 23
7:00 p.m.
Join The Story Center for a visit from author Tiffany Killoren (also writing as Lilian West) for a discussion of her debut mystery, Pretty Dead Things. Set in a sleepy little town with its share of secrets, the novel follows a young woman who stumbles upon a decades-old mystery when she brings home a ring from an estate sale.
Silvia Park
Silvia Park
Wednesday, March 12
7:00 p.m.
Join The Story Center for a visit from author and University of Kansas professor Silvia Park for a discussion of their debut novel, Luminous. Set in a unified Korea, Luminous tells the story of three estranged siblings—two human, one robot—as they collide against the backdrop of a murder investigation to settle old scores and make sense of their shattered childhood.
Amy Stuber
Amy Stuber
Wednesday, May 14
7:00 p.m.
Join The Story Center for a visit from Lawrence, Kansas-based author Amy Stuber for a discussion of her debut Sad Grownups, a short story collection about searching for joy in a dying world.