Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun, returns to the Hudson Library & Historical Society to discuss her latest book, Love and Ruin. McLain revisits the subject of Ernest Hemingway in a novel about his passionate, stormy marriage to Martha Gellhorn—a fiercely independent, ambitious young woman who would become one of the greatest war correspondents of the twentieth century.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson will discuss his latest book, To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration, about the daring expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctica and the Himalayas. Larson will be speaking as part of a series of educational events to commemorate the completion of a conservation work on a mammoth tusk in the collection of the Hudson Library & Historical Society.

Author Robert Kurson, bestselling author of Shadow Divers, will discuss his latest book, Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon. Rocket Men tells the story of NASA’s most audacious mission and the astronauts who risked everything to make it possible.

Celebrate the release of local author Vivien Chien's first novel, DEATH BY DUMPLING! This cozy mystery set in a Chinese restaurant is sure to delight fans of Joanne Fluke and Janet Evanovich. Meet the author, get a book signed, and enjoy refreshments.

Former NPR CEO Ken Stern will discuss his latest book, Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right. Stern, a lifelong Democrat spent a year among Republicans and found out they were not as different as he thought. The book reveals what leads him to change his mind, and his view of an increasingly polarized America.