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June & July Author Talks

5/28/2025 10:30:00 AM
Book covers (left to right): Extinctopedia by the Smithsonian, Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell, and The Mind Electric by Pria Anand.

Join us this summer for our monthly online author talk series!

Each online event features the opportunity to send in questions for a Q&A. Registration is required for the live events. If you can’t attend live, register anyway and you’ll receive a recording of the talk after it concludes.


The Smithsonian Institution

Brian Gratwicke, Conservation Biologist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Dr. Gina Della Togna, Executive Director of the Amphibian Survival Alliance and Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Extinctopedia: A Discovery of What We Have Lost, What Is at Risk, and What To Do About It | June 4, 2025 @ 11:00 AM


Lisa Jewell

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of None of This Is True and Then She Was Gone
Exclusive Preview Event: Don’t Let Him In | June 10, 2025 @ 11:00 AM


Pria Anand

Neurologist, Author, and Professor of Medicine
A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains | July 31, 2025 @ 11:00 AM



The Library's online author talks are made possible thanks to the Long Beach Public Library Foundation and its generous donors.