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Sarah Vowell | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

Best-selling author, humorist and monologue artist, Sarah Vowell will bring her wisdom and brilliant social observations to bear on the “Future of Libraries,” in a special presentation of the University of Michigan’s Penny Stamps Distinguished Speakers Series.

Sarah Vowell | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

1h 11m

  • 2025 Carnegie Medal Finalist Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Carnegie Medal Finalist Preview

    S2024 E24 - 25m 57s

    Tune in Wednesday, DEC 18 at 8 pm ET | 5 pm PT as PBS Books and Booklist Reader as we highlight the six 2025 Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Awards.

  • Readers Club: Robert Thorogood: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Readers Club: Robert Thorogood

    58m 33s

    Robert Thorogood, author, screenwriter, and producer, joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss The Marlow Murder Club, soon a PBS Masterpiece series. The book stars 77-year-old Judith Potts, a crossword setter who, after witnessing a murder, forms the "Marlow Murder Club" with dog-walker Suzie and vicar’s wife Becks to uncover a serial killer.

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