On Tuesday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m., William Martin will be at Beebe Library to discuss his latest novel, City of Dreams.
City of Dreams is the next Peter Fallon adventure in William Martin’s popular series. His novel is another treasure hunt through time that will take you to New York at the end of three centuries, facing three financial crises and three September disasters.
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Beebe Library display in memory of the late American writer John Updike.

Thursday, December 4, at 7 p.m.

(Photo by Asia Kepka)
Novelist and short story writer Jennifer Haigh will speak at Beebe Library on Thursday, December 4, at 7 p.m. Her first book, Mrs. Kimble, won the 2004 PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her second, Baker Towers, was a New York Times bestseller and won the PEN/L.L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author. Her latest novel is The Condition.
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Wrote stories set during China’s Cultural Revolution

On Thursday, September 11, at 7 p.m., author Xujun Eberlein will visit Beebe Library to discuss her new collection of short stories “Apologies Forthcoming.”
Ms. Eberlein is a Chinese immigrant who holds a Ph.D from MIT, but after 9/11 gave up her position in high tech to write. “Apologies Forthcoming” is set in China during and after the Cultural Revolution. Four decades ago, China was embroiled in the Cultural Revolution, a period that turned the country on end and defined the generation of Chinese now coming to power. This collection of stories, departing from the usual “victim literature,” provides an apolitical and humanistic view into life during and after that time.
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Wrote The House on Fortune Street

Margot Livesey, author of six novels including her latest, “The House on Fortune Street” (May 2008), will speak at Beebe Library on Wednesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
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