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Bold, Brave, and Black: a free Carlsbad Library Adventure featuring bestselling authors Jeffrey Blount and Piper Huguley
February 17 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
$4.00 – $24.95
About the In-Person Adventure
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
We invite you to celebrate Black History Month with us at a special event featuring two talented and award-winning authors, Jeffrey Blount and Piper Huguley. Join us at this free Carlsbad City Library Adventure for an afternoon of lively discussion where you have the opportunity to meet two talented authors and hear about their experiences, their books, and to help pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in America, while continuing to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story.
Registration
Registration for this event is not required, as it is free and open to the public. However, copies of Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way and By Her Own Design are available for pre-order below, and they will be delivered to the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase and signing at the event.
About the Authors
Jeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of Almost Snow White, Hating Heidi Foster, and The Emancipation of Evan Walls. In his latest novel, Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way, James Henry Ferguson attempts to flee from his highly publicized fall from grace, only to make a troubling discovery in his new town that forces him to confront his past. Full of never-ending twists and turns, this novel is full of surprises that no one could predict.
“Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way is a thoughtfully written, thought-provoking, complacency-smashing novel of redemption and restoration, and a testament to the truth that it is in lifting up others that we ourselves are lifted up.”—Marie Bostwick, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly
To schedule a book club visit with Jeffrey or any of our authors on NovelNetwork:
Named in 2015 as a top ten historical romance novelist byPublisher’s Weekly, Piper Huguley is the author of the Reconstruction-era Home to Milford College series. She is a 2013 and 2014 Golden Heart finalist for two novels in the Migrations of the Heart series about the Bledsoe sisters in the early twentieth century.
Piper’s biographical historical fiction, By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper.
To schedule a book club visit with Piper or any of our authors on NovelNetwork:
About Carlsbad City Library
Carlsbad City Library provides community members of all ages with convenient access to high-quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life. Carlsbad City Library is the destination for information, enjoyment of reading, lifelong learning, and cultural enrichment for those who live, work and play in Carlsbad.
