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SUMMARY:Fred Wilson - The Silent Message of the Museum | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Fred Wilson is a conceptual artist whose work investigates museological\, cultural\, and historical issues\, which are largely overlooked or neglected by museums and cultural institutions. Since his groundbreaking exhibition Mining the Museum (1992) at the Maryland Historical Society\, Wilson has been the subject of more than 40 solo exhibitions around the globe\, including the retrospective Objects and Installations 1979-2000\, which was organized by the Center for Art and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore. \nHis work has been exhibited extensively in museums including the Museum of Modern Art\, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago; the Allen Memorial Museum at Oberlin College\, Ohio; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Institute of Jamaica\, W.I.; the Museum of World Cultures\, Sweden; the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College; the British Museum; and the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne\, Australia. His work can be found in several public collections\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Long Museum\, Shanghai; the Tate Modern in London; and National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne\, Australia. Wilson presented his exhibition Afro Kismet at the 2017 Istanbul Biennial\, Turkey\, which traveled to London\, New York and Los Angeles. \nWilson has served on the Board of Trustees for The American Academy in Rome\, Creative Capital\, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He recently created a permanent outdoor installation for the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston\, SC. In 2021 he was commissioned to create a three-story site- specific installation titled “Mother” in the Delta Terminal at LaGuardia airport\, NYC. He represented the U.S. at the Cairo Biennale (1992) and Venice Biennale (2003). His many accolades include the prestigious MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant (1999); the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture (2006); the Ford Foundation’s Art of Change fellowship (2018); Brandeis University’s Creative Arts Award (2019); and the 2024 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/fred-wilson-the-silent-message-of-the-museum-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Mystery\, Murder & Magic Audiobooks - Booklist Reader
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nTo get in the Halloween mood\, PBS Books and the American Library Association’s Booklist Reader are teaming up to help you find your next big scare! Public Librarian and National Director Heather-Marie Montilla will speak with audiobook editor Heather Booth to explore the best mystery\, magic and horror audiobooks released over last few years. Audiobooks are rapidly growing in popularity. While a majority of audiobook readers are between 25 and 44 years of age\, the immersive audiobook experience is attracting people of all ages. Join us to learn about what to look for when selecting an audiobook and get top book recommendations from the experts.  \nHeather Booth\, Audio Editor\nHeather Booth\, Audio Editor\, has been at Booklist since 2018\, a librarian since 2002\, and has been listening to audiobooks since they came on records that were tucked into paper pockets in her picture books. She is always up for listening to a quirky family story\, a twisty mystery\, or that book so well crafted it takes your breath away. Heather in on a quest to bake a perfect macaron and enjoys spending time with family\, her dogs\, and nature. \nMystery\, Murder & Magic AudiobooksThe Angel of Indian Lake\nThe Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones \nThe final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock\, Idaho\, to build a life after the years of sacrifice—only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones’s finale. \nIt’s been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock\, Idaho\, the day she took the fall\, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then\, her reputation\, and the town\, have changed dramatically. There’s a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock\, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there’s one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront…until Jade comes back to town. The curse of the Lake Witch is waiting\, and now is the time for the final stand. \nNew York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones has crafted an epic horror trilogy of generational trauma from the Indigenous to the townies rooted in the mountains of Idaho. It is a story of the American west written in blood. \nNever Whistle at Night\nNever Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. \nFeaturing stories by: \nNorris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller \nMany Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance\, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po\, the spirits of ancient warriors\, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza\, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home. \nThese wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts\, curses\, hauntings\, monstrous creatures\, complex family legacies\, desperate deeds\, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones\, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination\, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon. \nThe Reformatory\nThe Reformatory by Tananarive Due\, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt \nA gripping\, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice\, for the living\, and the dead. \nGracetown\, Florida \nJune 1950 \nTwelve-year-old Robbie Stephens\, Jr.\, is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys\, a reformatory\, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister\, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. \nThe Djinn Waits a Hundred Years\nThe Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan\, Read by Soneela Nankani \nAkbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Nearly a century later\, it stands in ruins: an isolated boardinghouse for eclectic misfits\, seeking solely to disappear into the mansion’s dark corridors. Except for Sana. Unlike the others\, she is curious and questioning and finds herself irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion: To the eerie and forgotten East Wing\, home to a clutter of broken and abandoned objects—and to the door at its end\, locked for decades. \nBehind the door is a bedroom frozen in time and a worn diary that whispers of a dark past: the long-forgotten story of a young woman named Meena\, who died there tragically a hundred years ago. Watching Sana from the room’s shadows is a besotted\, grieving djinn\, an invisible spirit who has haunted the mansion since her mysterious death. Obsessed with Meena’s story\, and unaware of the creature that follows her\, Sana digs into the past like fingers into a wound\, dredging up old and terrible secrets that will change the lives of everyone living and dead at Akbar Manzil. Sublime\, heart-wrenching\, and lyrically stunning\, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years is a haunting\, a love story\, and a mystery\, all twined beautifully into one young girl’s search for belonging. \nGaslight \nGaslight by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Sara Shepard\, Read by Julia Atwood \n\n\n\nMiles Joris-Peyrafitte (Sundance Award-winning filmmaker and star-studded podcast creator) and bestselling author Sara Shepard (the Pretty Little Liars series) have teamed up to write a timely\, tense\, compelling thriller that stands out for its exploration of the inner workings of cults\, the susceptibility of young minds\, and the fragility of friendship and marriage. Joris-Peyrafitte’s unique storytelling style\, combined with Shepard’s knack for secrets and twists\, makes Gaslight a compelling read for fans far beyond its namesake podcast. Rebecca is leading a tranquil life with her husband Tom and their two young children\, believing her past is firmly behind her\, until an old friend unexpectedly appears on her doorstep to shatter the idyll. The visitor\, Danny\, is a ghastly reminder of a charismatic leader-centered cult and all the secrets—including those relating to abuse—Rebecca is keeping from Tom. Established narrator Atwood’s storytelling flows seamlessly\, even when revisiting past events to provide context. The tone and pacing are spot-on\, with empathy and compassion evident in Atwood’s voice; the audio version of this novel will resonate and appeal to podcast fans. This book is a must-read for fans of cult stories\, thrillers\, complex characters\, or even friendships turned sour (think Pretty Little Liars). Shepard’s unique perspective shines through; her mastery of secrets and twists evident on every page. \n\n\n\nFortune: A Novel\nFortune: A Novel by Ellen Won Steil \nOne drop of blood for a chance at a multimillion-dollar windfall. Is it a philanthropic gesture from a billionaire widow? Some suspect a darker motive behind the DNA lottery―one tied to the eighteen-year-old mystery of an infant’s unidentified remains that mars the history of idyllic Rosemary Hills\, Iowa. Right after the blood lottery is announced\, three local women fall under suspicion of knowing something about that night\, and their carefully kept secrets threaten to spill out too. \nCleo is a divorced single mom forced to return to her hometown and accept a strange job reading to an invalid recluse; Jemma is a controversial state senator whose reelection campaign and teenage daughter have her on edge; and Alex\, a divorce attorney\, copes with a crumbling marriage of her own and the suffocating presence of a cold\, overbearing mother. \nSoon\, unimaginable revelations of the past will collide with the present―and not just for Cleo\, Jemma\, and Alex. In this seemingly ordinary community\, they aren’t the only ones with long-buried secrets. \nMaude Horton's Glorious Revenge\nMaude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook\, Read by Genevieve Gaunt \nTwenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London\, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace\, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship\, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing the constant dangers of the icy North. \nEven more dangerous than the cold\, the storms\, and the hunger\, are some of the men aboard—including the ship’s scientist Edison Stowe. He’s watching Constance\, and she knows that his attention could be fatal. \nIn London two years later: Maude Horton is searching for the truth. After being told by the British Admiralty that her sister’s death onboard the Makepeace was nothing more than a tragic accident\, she receives a diary revealing that Edison Stowe had more of a hand in Constance’s death than the returning crew acknowledged. \nIn order to get the answers she needs\, Maude shadows Edison. She joins him on a new venture he’s started to capitalize on the murder mania that has all of London in a frenzy—a travel company that takes guests around the country via train to witness public hangings—to extract the truth from him in any way possible. \nNo One Goes Alone\nNo One Goes Alone by Erik Larson \nFrom New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction\, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history. \nPioneering psychologist William James leads an expedition to a remote isle in search of answers after a family inexplicably vanishes. Was the cause rooted in the physical world . . . or were there forces more paranormal and sinister at work? Available only on audio\, because as Larson says\, ghost stories are best told aloud. \nA group of researchers sets sail for the Isle of Dorn in the North Atlantic in 1905 to explore the cause of several mysterious disappearances\, most notably a family of four who vanished without a trace after a week-long holiday on the island. Led by Professor James\, a prominent member of the Society for Psychical Research\, they begin to explore the island’s sole cottage and surrounding landscape in search of a logical explanation.
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SUMMARY:Pablo Helguera\, Jenna Bednar\, Philippa Hughes & Lexa Walsh - Radical Conversations | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:In a time of profound division\, embracing diverse perspectives becomes a catalyst for meaningful change. How do we transcend boundaries to cultivate an environment committed to fostering honest\, caring\, and courageous conversations? How are artists responding to these questions through their work? Guided by the framing of U-M Professor Jenna Bednar\, artists Pablo Helguera\, Philippa Hughes\, and Lexa Walsh will delve into the transition from transactional to relational public policy\, nurturing our societal fabric with pillars of community\, sustainability\, dignity\, and beyond. Together\, they will reflect on the essence of American identity and envision pathways to a flourishing society. \nJenna Bednar is a political scientist whose work explores themes of civic engagement\, institutional design\, and the interplay between individual agency and systemic structures. Her research is on the analysis of institutions\, focusing on the theoretical underpinnings of the stability of federal states. Bednar is the faculty director of UMICH Votes and Democratic Engagement\, a non-partisan campus coalition whose mission is to improve the accessibility of voting\, foster the confidence necessary to navigate the voting process successfully\, and help students understand why their votes matter. \nPablo Helguera\, a Mexico City-born artist now based in New York\, explores a wide array of mediums including installation\, sculpture\, photography\, drawing\, and performance\, often intertwining themes of history\, pedagogy\, sociolinguistics\, ethnography\, memory\, and the absurd. His work spans from lectures and museum installations to musical performances and written fiction. Notably\, his project “The School of Panamerican Unrest” exemplifies his blend of art and education\, involving a 20\,000-mile journey from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Helguera has exhibited and performed globally\, from the Museum of Modern Art to the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid\, and has been recognized with a Guggenheim fellowship and grants from institutions like Creative Capital and Art Matters. He is author of several books and writes a regular column titled “Beautiful Eccentrics.” \nPhilippa Hughes’ artistic endeavors celebrate human connection and dialogue\, creating spaces that encourage diverse communities to engage in transformative experiences. Her installations\, events\, and curated environments foster environments where honesty\, empathy\, and courage can flourish. Hughes draws inspiration from everyday interactions and collective storytelling. By challenging boundaries and amplifying marginalized voices\, her work provokes thought\, sparks dialogue\, and inspires action towards a more inclusive and compassionate society. She is currently Visiting Artist For Art & Civic Engagement at UMMA presenting the exhibition and social engagement platform “Hey\, We Need To Talk!”. \nLexa Walsh uses her background in both sculpture and social practice to make site specific projects\, exhibitions\, publications and objects\, using an array of materials and employing social engagement\, institutional critique\, and radical hospitality. She creates platforms for interaction across hierarchies\, representing multiple voices and inventing new ways of belonging. Walsh has exhibited and performed internationally for over 25 years at institutions large and small\, and in public spaces. \nLearn More>> \nPresented in Partnership with UMMA as part of VOTE2024 and the Creative Campus Voting Project through UMICH Votes \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio.\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/pablo-helguera-jenna-bednar-philippa-hughes-lexa-walsh-radical-conversations-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:John Collins & Scott Shepherd with Tom Sellar - Elevator Repair Service | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated\, perplexed\, scandalized\, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Building on a rich history of staging modernist works—Gatz\, The Sound and the Fury\, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)—Elevator Repair Service (ERS) takes on this Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature. \nElevator Repair Service (ERS) is a New York City–based company that creates original works for live theater with an ongoing ensemble. The company’s shows are created from a wide range of texts that include found transcripts of trials and debates\, literature\, classical dramas\, and new plays. Founded in 1991\, ERS has created an extensive body of work that includes upwards of 20 original pieces. These have earned the company a loyal following and made it one of New York’s most highly acclaimed experimental theater companies. The company is best known for Gatz\, its award-winning verbatim staging of the entire text of The Great Gatsby. ERS has received numerous awards and distinctions\, including Lortel awards\, a Bessie award\, and an OBIE award for Sustained Excellence\, as well as a Guggengheim Fellowship and Doris Duke Performing Artist Award for Artistic Director John Collins. \nFor their Penny Stamps event\, Elevator Repair Service’s John Collins and Scott Shepherd will discuss the founding of ERS\, the arc of its work\, the importance of literature as a cultural influence\, and their upcoming performance\, Ulysses\, which will be staged as part of the University Musical Society’s 2024-25 season. \nJohn Collins (Director) founded Elevator Repair Service in 1991. Since then he has directed or co-directed all of the company’s productions while also serving as the company’s Artistic Director. ERS productions directed by Collins include Cab Legs\, Room Tone\, Gatz\, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)\, The Sound and the Fury\, Arguendo\, Measure for Measure\, and numerous others. The company’s work\, under his direction\, has been seen in over a dozen countries as well as in cities across the U.S. John is an experienced sound designer and has worked for The Wooster Group\, Richard Foreman\, Target Margin Theater\, and others. Recent projects include Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge\, and a new adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a United States Artists Fellowship\, and a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. \nScott Shepherd (Performer\, Co-Director\, Dramaturg) has been a member of ERS since 1994\, when he played a drunk passed out on a radiator in McGurk: A Cautionary Tale. Other ERS appearances include Measure for Measure; Gatz (Obie Award); No Great Society; Total Fictional Lie; Cab Legs; and Shut Up I Tell You. He has worked with The Wooster Group since 1997\, playing Hamlet in Hamlet and other roles in The Town Hall Affair; Vieux Carré; Poor Theater (Obie Award); To You\, The Birdie!; Brace Up!; and others. His screen credits include Killers of the Flower Moon\, The Last of Us\, First Cow\, El Camino\, True Detective\, The Young Pope\, and Bridge of Spies. \nThis event will be an interview conducted by Tom Sellar\, a writer\, editor\, dramaturg and curator\, editor of Yale’s international journal Theater\, and professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale. Sellar’s arts writing and criticism has appeared in national publications including Artforum\, BOMB\, the New York Times\, the Guardian\, 4Columns\, TheatreForum\, and American Theatre. \nElevator Repair Service will perform Ulysses at the Power Center on October 19th at 7:30 p.m. and October 20th at 2:00 p.m..  For more information and to order tickets\, visit UMS.org. \nLearn More>> \nPresented in partnership with University Musical Society. \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio. \n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/john-collins-scott-shepherd-with-tom-sellar-elevator-repair-service-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:One Nation\, Divergent Views: A Pre-Election Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nIn the run-up to the presidential election\, hear from special guests Bret Stephens and Lydia Polgreen of The New York Times\, María Elena Salinas of ABC News and Vincent Hutchings of U-M Center for Political Studies\, in conversation with “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson\, as they provide insights on critical issues shaping the 2024 election and social science research on the American voting public. \nPBS Books partners with the University of Michigan Wallace House Center for Journalists and the Institute for Social Research on this special event\, at the intersection of journalism and social science. \nDrawing on findings from the 75-year-long American National Election Studies\, the discussion will explore the dramatic rise of political polarization\, the significant decline in public trust in government and other key factors influencing voter behavior. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to hear diverse perspectives on the forces shaping the upcoming election. It’s part of the University of Michigan’s Year of Democracy\, Civic Empowerment and Global Engagement initiative.
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club – “The Marlow Murder Club” by Robert Thorogood
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodesEpisode Description:\nAuthor\, screenwriter\, and producer Robert Thorogood joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss the murder-mystery book The Marlow Murder Club\, soon to be a Masterpiece drama series on PBS \nTo solve an impossible murder\, you need an impossible hero… \nThe Marlow Murder Club follows the adventures of unlikely amateur sleuth Judith Potts\, a crossword puzzle setter living happily on her own in the quaint town of Marlow. \nJudith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow\, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink\, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper. \nOne evening\, while out swimming in the Thames\, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don’t believe her story\, so she decides to investigate for herself\, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie\, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker\, and Becks\, the prim and proper wife of the local Vicar. Together\, they are the Marlow Murder Club. When another body turns up\, they realize they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape… \nReaders will be excited to pair this novel with the October 27\, 2024 Masterpiece premiere of The Marlow Murder Club on PBS. The thrilling\, four-part series stars Samantha Bond (Downton Abby) as Judith Potts\, who is joined by Jo Martin\, Cara Horgan and Natalie Dew as Suzie\, Becks\, and DS Tanika Malik. The Marlow Murder Club series airs Sundays on PBS beginning October 27\, 2024\, with the full season available in PBS Passport on October 27\, 2024. \nAuthor and writer Robert Thorogood said: “After over a decade of working on Death in Paradise\, I’m thrilled to be creating a brand-new murder mystery series for TV. I can’t wait for audiences to join Judith\, Becks and Suzie on their adventures as they solve a series of fiendishly puzzling murders.” \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \n\nTo solve an impossible murder\, you need an impossible hero… \nJudith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow\, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink\, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper. \nOne evening\, while out swimming in the Thames\, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don’t believe her story\, so she decides to investigate for herself\, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie\, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker\, and Becks\, the prim and proper wife of the local Vicar. \nTogether\, they are the Marlow Murder Club. \nWhen another body turns up\, they realise they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape… \n\nGuest Biography:\nRobert Thorogood\nRobert Thorogood is an author\, screenwriter\, producer\, and the creator of the hit BBC One TV series Death In Paradise. He was born in Colchester\, Essex\, in 1972. When he was 10-years old\, he read his first proper novel – Agatha Christie’s Peril at End House – and he’s been in love with the genre ever since. He now lives in Marlow in Buckinghamshire with his wife and children. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
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