Upcoming Events
Meet The Author: Nicola Yoon
Enjoy an onstage interview with Nicola Yoon about One of Our Kind, a thriller of race and privilege set in an all-Black gated community. This is the author's first novel for adults, following three bestselling novels for teens: Everything, Everything, The Sun Is Also a Star, and Instructions for Dancing. Moderated by librarian Matt Glaviano.
Birdie Books will be selling Nicola Yoon’s books at the event. You can also pre-order your books now!
Creating Graphic Novels: Author Visit with Grace Ellis
Westerville Public Library Presents:
Learn about creating graphic novels for kids and teens from bestselling author of the Lumberjanes series, Grace Ellis. Q&A and book signing to follow.
Birdie Books will be selling Grace Ellis’s books at the event. You can also pre-order your books now!
About the Author
Grace Ellis is a New York Times-bestselling, GLAAD Media Award–winning script writer. Her graphic novels include the much-lauded "Lumberjanes," which has sold 2 million copies worldwide; the long-running "Moonstruck"; and several pieces for DC Comics. Her latest book, "Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith," was a New York Times Notable Book of 2022 and won the 2023 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. In 2022, Grace was awarded the Ohio Individual Excellence Award in playwriting for "Holding It Together," a site-specific play for high schools.
A born and bred Midwesterner, Grace lives in Columbus, Ohio where she can often be found eating ice cream or petting an animal.
Meet The Author: Mindy McGinnis
Visit Birdie Books on May 6th to meet Mindy McGinnis. McGinnis’ new book (A Long Stretch of Bad Days) will be available for purchase so grab a copy and get it signed by the author!
McGinnis is the author of multiple novels that span many genres. From historical to fantasy, contemporary to gothic thriller, you can always count on Mindy’s books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us.
Meet the Author: David Grann
Enjoy an onstage interview with author David Grann and WOSU's Ann Fisher about his writing process, the art of storytelling, and his newest book, The Wager : A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.
David Grann is also the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z.
Location: Westerville Central High School
Address: 7118 Mt Royal Ave, Westerville, OH 43082
Time: 7pm
Cost: $25 ($12.50 student/senior)
Schedule
6:30pm - Doors open and seating begins; book sale
7pm - Author talk, followed by audience Q&A (submit your question here!)
8pm - Book sale hosted by Birdie Books; book signing (Limit: 3 books. No paraphernalia. Action photos only.)
Meet the Author: Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen
Enjoy an onstage interview with Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman about her cooking style, writing process, and life. Interviewed by Columbus' own Breakfast with Nick (Nick Dekker). Deb Perelman is the author of Smitten Kitchen Keepers : New Classics for Your Forever Files: A Cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day, and The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Book sale hosted by Birdie Books.
Location: Westerville Central High School
Address: 7118 Mt Royal Ave, Westerville, OH 43082
Time: 7pm
Cost: $20 ($10 student/senior)
Schedule
6pm - Doors open and seating begins; book sale
7pm - Author talk
8pm - Book sale; book signing (3-book limit; action photos only)
Pre-Sale
Pre-order your books below! If you wish to pick up your book at the event, please indicate that you wish to do so in the comments box when finalizing your order. A limited amount of copies will be available for purchase during the event. We highly recommend you pre-order!
Meet the Author: Nick Offerman (SOLD OUT!)
Hosted by Westerville Public Library
Enjoy an onstage conversation between actor, writer, and woodworker Nick Offerman and morning co-anchor of NBC4 Today, Matt Barnes.
Book sale hosted by us, Birdie Books! Pre-order your book and pick it up at the event!
Location: Otterbein University's Cowan Hall (Fritsche Theatre)
Address: 30 S Grove St, Westerville, OH 43081
Time: 6PM - 8PM
Nick Offerman’s Books
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Poetry Reading with Siarre Lashelle Massey
Local author Siarre Lashelle Massey will be visiting Birdie Books on Saturday, August 27th for a live poetry reading and book signing!
Misako Rocks! Author Visit (hybrid Event)
Join manga author Misako Rocks! as she talks to us virtually (projected on a screen) about her latest book, Bounce Back. She will describe what it is like to create a manga and give some tips and tricks for manga drawing.
Meet the Author: Fiona Davis (In Person)
Listen to bestselling author Fiona Davis talk about her newest title, The Magnolia Palace (release date: January 25, 2022), and her writing process. Audience Q&A, book sale, and book signing (3-book limit) to follow. Book sale hosted by Birdie Books.
Smashing the Liquor Machine: Author Mark Schrad (Webinar)
Everything you know about alcohol prohibition is wrong. Discover the global history of prohibition and the anti-alcohol movement through a global lens in the Age of Empires. This Learn about how temperance wasn't "American exceptionalism" but rather a widespread and successful transnational social movement of all time from Mark Schrad, author of Smashing the Liquor Machine.