Events and Programs

Join us for Books and Bites!

The Madison Public Library and the Madison Senior Center invite you to Book Bites, a series of author talks about books and writing. Refreshments will be provided at all events.

On Tuesday, September 8, 1:00 p.m. at the Madison Senior Center (330 W. Mifflin St., 266-6581), join author Ingeborg Gubler Casey for a conversation about her book, The Heart Moves in a Circular Direction: A Story of Healing. Ingeborg Gubler Casey retired recently after a forty year career as a psychologist. The Heart Moves in a Circular Direction is a memoir about her schizophrenic mother, which won second prize in the 2008 Arizona Authors Association literary contest. Her work has also appeared in the journal Memoir. Casey received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has practiced psychotherapy in the Madison area for forty years. Her book weaves insights from her work as a psychotherapist with her experiences with her schizophrenic mother.

On Tuesday, October 20, 1:00 p.m. at the Central Library, join Agate Nesaule, author of A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile, as she speaks about her new novel, In Love with Jerzy Kosinski. Agate Nesaule experienced the turmoil of World War II and of displacement camps in Europe, came to the United States at the age of twelve, and was a Professor of Women's Studies and of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her memoir, A Woman in Amber, won an American Book Award in 1996. She lives, writes, and gardens in Madison.

On Tuesday, November 10, 1:00 p.m. at the Central Library, join Libby Fischer Hellmann, author of An Eye for Murder and Easy Innocence, as she speaks about Doubleback, her sixth crime thriller. Libby has written six crime thrillers, beginning with An Eye for Murder in 2002. A former national president of Sisters in Crime, she now blogs with "The Outfit Collective." When she's not writing, Libby conducts speaker training programs and writes and produces videos. A transplant from Washington, D.C., Libby has lived in the Chicago area for over thirty years. She has a Masters Degree in Film Production from New York University, and a BA in history from the University of Pennsylvania.