In the chair
Each season, a handful of authors join us — not to lecture, but to sit in the same circle and hear what their readers actually thought.
Author in residence · October
Halloran writes the slow life in long sentences. Her novels about memory and weather have been translated into nineteen languages, and she still drafts every first chapter by hand.
Reading with us: The Quiet Hours
Visiting author · November
Okonkwo's family sagas are built like forests — patient, layered, and full of birdsong. He joins the club for an evening on inheritance, land, and the stories trees keep.
Reading with us: Salt & Cedar
Debut voice · January
Sable worked as an archivist for a decade before writing her first novel. Her work asks what we owe to the records we keep — and the ones we burn.
Reading with us: A Field Guide to Forgetting