Spokane, WA | October 31, 2024 – Following the author visits of Debra Magpie Earling last week for the annual Spokane Is Reading community-wide read, Spokane County Library District invites everyone to experience author talks with three authors in four online presentations for the SCLD Online Authors Series in November.

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, two authors explore their Native American cultures and worldviews, shared in their latest books.

Stanley Milford, Jr., former law enforcement officer and Navajo investigator and author of The Paranormal Ranger, chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajo land.  

A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained: In Conversation with Stanley Milford, Jr.
ONLINE
Thursday, Nov 7, 4pm
 
Mona Susan Power chats about her latest novel A Council of Dolls and delves into her exploration of Native Rights and Native American culture, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls.

Native Rights and Culture in Fiction—A Conversation with Mona Susan Power
ONLINE
Wednesday, Nov 20, 4pm
 
Javier Zamora discusses his memoir Solito and the riveting tale of his migration to the U.S. in two author talks, one presented in Spanish and the other in English. Zamora shares the intimate tale of perseverance and survival of the treacherous and near-impossible journey he experienced at age 9. Discover how the two-week trip over three-thousand miles from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border turned into a perilous two months.

Sobre la migración infantil desde Centroamérica—En conversación con Javier Zamora
ONLINE
Sábado, 9 de noviembre, 11am

On Childhood Migration from Central America—In Conversation with Javier Zamora
ONLINE
Thursday, Nov 14, 1pm

Viewers can sign up for the live author events, during which they can submit questions to the authors, or watch the recordings at a later date at libraryc.org/scld.
 
Spokane County Library District provides resources, experiences, and places that empower people to learn, explore, and succeed. The District operates 10 libraries that include Airway Heights, Argonne, Cheney, Deer Park, Fairfield, Medical Lake, Moran Prairie, North Spokane, Otis Orchards, and Spokane Valley as well as the mobile library LINC. District library cards are free to Spokane County residents.

For more information about our libraries and programs, please visit scld.org or call 509.893.8200.
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