book talk

Local Authors present new book on PTSD and veteran suicide prevention

Apr 17, 2024

Lake City author B. Wayne Quist and coauthor Dr. Steve Lansing will present their new book “Veterans in Crisis” on Thursday, April 25, at the Elks Club in Red Wing, 306 West 4th Street. The public is welcome for this important community service event on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and...

Author Allen Eskens will talk at library on April 25

Apr 17, 2024

The Lake City Public Library invites the public to a book talk with Minnesota author Allen Eskens. This event takes place on Thursday, April 25, at 6 p.m. at the library and is free and open to the public. Allen Eskens is the bestselling author of “The Life We Bury,” “The Guise of Another,” “The...

Library hosts Minnesota author Josh Moehling

Mar 13, 2024

The Lake City Public Library is inviting the public to a book talk with Minnesota author Joshua Moehling on Thursday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m.. Moehling is the author of the Ben Packard series. His first book, “And There He Kept Her,” was a Barnes & Noble monthly Mystery/Thriller pick and a...

Norton to discuss first responder memoir

Feb 14, 2024

The Lake City Public Library invites the public to a book talk with Minnesota author Jeremy Norton. Norton will discuss his memoir, “Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response,” which addresses the personal and social toll experienced by emergency responders. He will...

Boat captain, author Lee Hendrix speaks Friday at City Hall

Oct 18, 2023

The Lake City Historical Society will host a presentation by local author Lee Hendrix on Friday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Lake City City Hall. Lee is the author of the forthcoming book Peep Light, Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain about his adventures piloting tow boats...

Author Cary Griffith will lead Oct. 19 book talk at library

Oct 11, 2023

The Lake City Public Library invites the public to a book talk led by award-winning Minnesota author Cary J. Griffith. This event takes place on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 6:30 p.m. “Cary Griffith is a recipient of a Minnesota Book Award and a Midwest Book Award. His his novels focus on the way some...

Migrant farm labor the subject of upcoming book talk

Sep 13, 2023

Author Ruth Conniff will be speaking about her book “Milked: How an American crisis brought together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers” at the Red Wing Public Library Saturday, Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. “As an author and journalist through interviews with dairy farmers, she shines a light on...

Wendland to talk Frontenac history at library on Sept. 7

Aug 23, 2023

The Lake City Public Library will host a public book talk led by local author and resident Lorry Wendland on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. Wendland will discuss Old Frontenac village as a Historic District. Attendees will learn about the formation of this community in the 19th century. She will...

Peters will talk Camp Lakeview history on May 2 at library

Apr 19, 2023

The Lake City Public Library invites the public to a book talk led by local author and resident Andru Peters. He will discuss his book History of Camp Lakeview National Guard Training Camp, which “shares the history of Lake City, founded in 1872, and its Camp Lakeview, a space where Minnesota...

Best-selling author William Kent Krueger to speak at library on April 15

Mar 29, 2023

The Lake City Public Library invites the public to a book talk with award-winning Minnesota author William Kent Krueger on Saturday, April 15, at 2 p.m. at the library. This event is free and open to the public. William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling novelist and crime writer of...