by foccl | Sep 17, 2019 | Events, News
Join us to discuss Tahoe Deep with award-winning, local mystery writer Todd Borg: In 1940, a teenage blind boy, Danny Callahan, witnessed the scuttling of the grand SS Tahoe Steamer. Eighty years later, a killer beats up old man Daniel Callahan, wanting the truth...
by foccl | Sep 6, 2019 | News
Musician and writer Willie Vlautin is being featured this year in Nevada’s Big Read. Vlautin’s one Carson City appearance is a free brown bag lunch Thursday, Sept. 12, at noon in the State Library & Archives, 100 N. Stewart St. Vlautin is the author of...
by foccl | May 25, 2019 | Events, News
Meet author CW Bayer to talk about three of his books on area history: “Rhymes From The Silver State—historical lyrics”, “Dreaming Up Nevada Territory—the story of William Ormsby” and “The Strychnine Banjo—Jake Wallace, Charley Rhoades and The Days of ‘49.” CW Bayer...
by foccl | Apr 26, 2019 | News
Meet popular author Ken Beaton and discuss his book, A Toddler’s Picture In His Uncle’s Helmet. Join us for this next Author Event in the Browsers Corner Book Store (711 E. Washington St.) at 6:30 p.m. on May 2. “Is it possible to love a relative...
by foccl | Apr 26, 2019 | Events, News
Join us for an informal social with the author who wrote True Stories of Nevada’s Hauntings and Unexplained Mysteries. Arlene L. Jenkins will be available from 2-5 p.m. to discuss her book about her encounters with history and hauntings, reminders of those who...
by foccl | Apr 12, 2019 | News
By Teri Vance When selecting a book to highlight this year’s theme for National Library Week, “Libraries = Strong Communities,” it may not seem fitting to pick one about the collapse of modern society. But Amy Lauder, collection development manager for the Carson City...
