Saturday, May 4th 2024

1 PM

Speaking Volumes Books

Join us as we welcome author Liz Kerin to discuss her novel First Light, the sequel to her critically acclaimed Night’s Edge.

Liz Kerin is the author of the NIGHT’S EDGE duology (forthcoming from Tor Nightfire on June 20, 2023 with a sequel slated for April 2024) and dark fantasy adventure THE PHANTOM FOREST (2019). In addition to her work in literary fiction, Liz is also a screenwriter and award-winning playwright. Her whimsical family dramedy STOP-MOTION was awarded the 2018 Parity Commission and received a production at Theater for the New City in NYC in 2021, and her work has received multiple honors from The Road Theatre, Theatricum Botanicum, and the Kennedy Center. She is a graduate of the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch and has numerous film/TV projects in active development. She lives in Southern California where you can find her working in her garden or hiking in the hills with her Corgi, Clementine.

(Author Bio: https://www.lizkerin.com)

Saturday, March 9th, 2024

3 PM

Speaking Volumes Books

19 year old Simone writes with a cinematic eye, capturing the rough edges of modern relationships in vivid detail; mixing radio-ready pop hooks, indie rock grit and singer/songwriter honesty. With hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, Simone is a fixture on TikTok live, given a TedX talk about her artist journey, and played shows from NY to LA.

Her forthcoming EP was recorded in Nashville with the production team responsible for boygenius and Lucy Dacus and she is now embarking on her headline Open Book Tour, performing unreleased songs exclusively for her fans at independent bookstores across the northeast as part of the “booktok” movement.  

Follow her journey @simonemusic