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Join the Friends of the Library and bestselling author Joyce Maynard on her summer book tour for "How the Light Gets In." This ticketed event will take place at the Dempsey Event Center.
TICKETS
Tickets are on sale now for $55 at Eventbrite. Friends members receive a $5 discount (check your email for the promo code).
Each ticket will include a copy of How the Light Gets In.
EVENT DETAILS
The Friends of Delaware County District Library are thrilled to host NYT best-selling author Joyce Maynard for the release of her new novel How the Light Gets In during an enchanted evening at the Dempsey Event Center. In addition to her storied career as a writer of books about family, love and loss Joyce is also revered for her memoir writing and healing workshops.
The evening will start in the Sanctuary with demonstrations of Chi Gong and Singing Bowls by experts from the Dempsey Center. Joyce will speak about her new novel and be in conversation with local writing legend Lee Martin, a professor at The Ohio State University.
After the presentations, guests will enjoy wine and charcuterie, and have the opportunity to further explore the healing properties of Chi Gong and Singing Bowls. Visitors can also join in making a “cork person” featured in Count the Ways and tour the herb gardens on the beautiful grounds of the historic Dempsey Center. Each ticket will include a copy of How the Light Gets In. Additional titles will be available for purchase and signing from Beanbag Books.
Joyce Maynard is the author of eighteen books, including the New York Times bestselling novels, Labor Day and To Die For (both adapted for film), Under the Influence and the memoirs, At Home in the World and The Best of Us. A native of New Hampshire, she began publishing her stories in magazines when she was just thirteen years old.
She first came to national attention with the publication of her New York Times cover story, An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life, in 1972, when she was a freshman at Yale. Since then, she has been a reporter and columnist for The New York Times, a syndicated newspaper columnist whose Domestic Affairs column appeared in over fifty papers nationwide, a regular contributor to NPR and national magazines including Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, and many more. Joyce also runs a hotel/retreat center in Guatemala which was featured in her recent best-selling book The Bird Hotel. Learn more about Joyce on her website and social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
Important parking instructions!
Guests should park in the paved lot off the south side of Route 23 next to Martiny’s BBQ. Look for the large black and white sign for The Dempsey Center. Hyatt Road entrance reserved for handicap parking only.
Dempsey Event Parking
5808 Columbus Pike
Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
ABOUT JOYCE
A native of New Hampshire, Joyce Maynard began publishing her stories in magazines when she was thirteen years old. She first came to national attention with the publication of her New York Times cover story, “An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life”, in 1972, when she was a freshman at Yale. Since then, she has been a reporter and columnist for The New York Times, a syndicated newspaper columnist whose “Domestic Affairs” column appeared in over fifty papers nationwide, a regular contributor to NPR and national magazines including Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, and many more. She is a longtime performer with The Moth.
Joyce Maynard is the author of eighteen books, including the New York Times bestselling novel, Labor Day and To Die For (both adapted for film), Under the Influence and the memoirs, At Home in the World and The Best of Us.
Count the Ways —the story of a marriage and a divorce, and the children who survived it— was published by William Morrow in July, 2021, and The Bird Hotel (Arcade Publishing) was published May 2, 2023.
How the Light Gets In, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the beloved novel Count the Ways—a complex story of three generations of a family and its remarkable, resilient, indomitable matriarch, Eleanor—will be available June 25, 2024 everywhere books are sold (or borrowed!).
Maynard is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. She is the founder of Write by the Lake, a week-long workshop on the art and craft of memoir, held every year since 2001 at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
ABOUT THE FRIENDS
Formed in 2007, the Friends of the Delaware County District Library is a non-profit, all volunteer organization that supports the mission, services and needs of the Delaware County District Library (DCDL).
OUR MISSION
1) To create and maintain an association of persons interested in the Delaware County District Library (DCDL)
2) To focus public attention on the services and needs of the DCDL; to advocate for the DCDL and its mission
3) To raise funds to support the DCDL's services and programs
4) With the concurrence of the DCDL's Board of Trustees, to influence, receive, hold and disburse the gifts of books, endowments, donations, and bequests to the DCDL
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Friends of the Library | Author Visit |
Get directions to the Dempsey Event Center.
