Monday, September 29 at 7:00 pm
Join us at Hallwalls for a conversation between author/journalist Jim Shultz and investigative journalist Jim Heaney, founder and editor of Investigative Post. Publication of Shultz' Lessons from Lockport provides an occasion for two seasoned journalists to talk about the politics of journalism and the journalism of politics, especially in this historical moment. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Talking Leaves Books. Purchasing your book from Talking Leaves is the best way to show your support.
Jim Shultz is the Founder and Executive Director of the Democracy Center and a longtime advocacy advisor to UNICEF. He has been a contributing writer at The New York Review of Books, and has authored five previous books, including The Democracy Owners’ Manual: A Practical Guide to Changing the World and Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia’s Challenge to Globalization.
Jim currently resides in Lockport, NY, where his community reporting and opinion writing have sparked civic dialogue and cultural introspection. You can find him online at jimshultzthewriter.com
Jim Heaney is editor and executive director of Investigative Post, a non-profit investigative reporting center focused on issues of importance to Buffalo and Western New York. He was an investigative reporter with The Buffalo News from 1986 to 2011 and a reporter and editor with The Orlando Sentinel from 1980-86 ...
Wednesday, October 29 at 7:00 pm
Regal House Publishing Presents
Haunted forests, Gothic castles, Ouija boards, spirits, phantoms, and things that go bump in the night: throughout literary history, audiences and authors have been captivated by ghosts, whether they be frightening or benevolent, literal or metaphorical. Just in time for Halloween, a group of genre-bending authors with new middle grade, young adult, and adult novels from Regal House will share excerpts from their work, talk about their writing processes, and offer strategies for writing haunted stories. A few copies of their books will be available for purchase and signing.
Elizabeth Costello's The Good War (January 2025): A mother and daughter in mid-century America pursue art, science, and autonomy while wrestling with the continued presence in their lives of their deceased husband/father, who was a prisoner of war in the Philippines. (Historical/Literary Fiction)
Carolyn Korsmeyer's Riddle of Spirit and Bone (February 2025): A skeleton discovered buried beneath a city sidewalk leads a group of archaeologists to the 19th century spiritualist movement and the journey of three women seeking answers from beyond the grave ...