The Library of Virginia’s 2024 Carole Weinstein Author Series topics will focus on history, literature and the interwoven experiences of Virginians. The series, free and open to the public, will take place on select dates throughout 2024 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Library of Virginia Lecture Hall, 800 E. Broad St.

The series showcases literary arts across all genres, and brings new and well-known Virginia authors to the Library of Virginia to share the stories that define the Commonwealth. Each book talk will be followed by a Q&A with audience members and a book signing.

Authors will discuss their works on the following dates:

Wednesday, March 16: Rachel Beanland, “The House is on Fire,” and Meredith Henne Baker, “The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America’s First Great Disaster.”

Thursday, April 18: Sen. Tim Kaine, “Walk, Ride, Paddle: A Life Outside.”

Wednesday, May 15: Poetry Society of Virginia “Centennial Anniversary Anthology of Poems by Member Poets.”

Thursday, Sept. 12: Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt, “Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows, And Runaways Shaped Modern America.”

Thursday, Nov. 14: Larry Roeder and Barry Harrelson, “Dirt Don’t Burn: A Black Community’s Struggle for Educational Equality Under Segregation.”

For more information and to register for events, please visit www.lva.virginia.gov/public/weinstein or contact Anne McCrery at anne.mccrery@lva.virginia.gov or (804) 692-3568.