July 2017
Getting Personal with Rilla Askew
Co-presented by Tulsa City-County Library. In her first nonfiction collection, award-winning novelist Rilla Askew casts an unflinching eye on American history, both past and present. As she traverses a line…
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Nancy Pearl
Join us for an evening of books and more with “America’s librarian” and NPR books commentator, Nancy Pearl! Nancy presents her emotionally riveting debut novel, "George and Lizzie," about an…
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Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well…
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Rick Bragg
Don’t miss an evening with the beloved, best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava’s Man. Rick joins us for a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and…
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Sara Paretsky
Legendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski returns to the Windy City to save an old friend’s nephew from a murder arrest. The case involves a stolen artifact that could implicate a shadowy…
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November 2018
Susan Orlean
New Yorker Staff Writer Susan Orlean, hailed as a “national treasure” by The Washington Post and the acclaimed bestselling author of The Orchid Thief, reopens the unsolved mystery of the…
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Brandon Hobson & Robin Benway
How do we find the people and relationships that will prove meaningful in our lives? Families, both given and chosen, are a subject to which literature consistently returns — whether…
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Mindy McGinnis
Get to know best-selling young adult author (and Sequoyah Book Award winner) Mindy McGinnis as she discusses her nuanced exploration of morally complex female characters. Whether living in a future…
Find out more »Mariko Tamaki
Join TCCL and Magic City Books for An Evening with Mariko Tamaki: Women in Comics, Wednesday, March 20 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Central Library’s Pocahontas Greadington Learning &…
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Nicole Chung
Join us as author Nicole Chung discusses this year's One Book, One Tulsa selection, All You Can Ever Know. What does it mean to lose your roots – within your…
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Stacy Schiff
The Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award is an annual award given by the Tulsa Library Trust and Tulsa City-County Library. Its purpose is to give formal recognition, on behalf of the Tulsa County community,…
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Tulsa Day of YA
Tulsa Day of YA celebrates young adult literature and those who love it by bringing together authors, fans and aspiring writers through workshops, panel sessions and academic discussion on Saturday,…
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POSTPONED – Kiley Reid
We have had to postpone our program with Kiley Reid and hope to reschedule for later this spring/summer. ** The biggest literary debut of the year is SUCH A FUN…
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In Person – Marilynne Robinson
Tulsa City-County Library, the Tulsa Library Trust and Magic City Books are proud to welcome Marilynne Robinson, recipient of the 2020 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award for an in-person…
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Black Cowboys of Rodeo
Magic City Books and Tulsa City-County Library present an in person program to celebrate Black Cowboys of Rodeo: Unsung Heroes from Harlem to Hollywood and the American West. The event…
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Floyd Cooper Day
The 2022 Children’s Book Week will include the first annual Floyd Cooper Day, in recognition of the late children’s book author-illustrator who is credited with portraying African American experiences through…
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Juliana Goodman – In Person
Magic City Books, in partnership with Tulsa Artist Fellowship and the Tulsa City-County Library are thrilled to welcome Juliana Goodman for a book launch event in celebration of her debut…
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ULI Oklahoma: Strong Towns Book Tour
Urban Land Institute Oklahoma (ULI Oklahoma) is proud to welcome Charles Marohn, founder of the Strong Towns movement, to celebrate his newest book, Confessions of a Recovering Engineer which lifts the curtain…
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