Ben May Main library: An Evening with Essie Chambers
Date/Time
Date(s) - January 16, 2025
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Ben May Main Library
Categories
A brief Friends of the Mobile Public Library Annual Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., followed by a discussion with author and award-winning producer Essie Chambers. Her critically acclaimed, bestselling debut novel Swift River was the June Read With Jenna book club pick. Swift River was longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year. It is the winner of the 2024 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize.
Essie also started her career as a television executive and filmmaker. She was a producer on the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Descendant, which was released by the Obama’s Higher Ground production company and Netflix in 2022. After her talk, there will be a question-and-answer session, followed by a book signing and reception.
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