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Be part of our new Book Club and enter an amazing sweeps: 

Celebrations Book Club by Cheryl’s Cookies

Produced by Long Island LitFest

Monday, June 14, 2021 at 7:00 pm

Register here and receive a free cookie sampler!

Jennifer Weiner, the New York Times bestselling author of BIG SUMMER and MRS. EVERYTHING, will be joining our new Celebrations Book Club by Cheryl’s Cookies® – Produced by Long Island LitFest, for a FREE virtual conversation on zoom about her new book THAT SUMMER, another timely and deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship.

Be sure to read the book in advance and send us a question for the author ahead of time at LILitFest@gmail.com.

When you sign up for this event you will receive a FREE sampler box of 6 Cheryl’s Cookies to enjoy while you participate in the conversation! Register by May 31st to receive your cookie sampler for the event on June 14th. Register after May 31st to receive your sampler after the event.

Recent events: 

Long Island LitFest and Newsday Live Present Lauren Weisberger

Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:30 pm

Join us for a free, virtual chat with the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons, as Lauren Weisberger talks about her latest page turner — Where The Grass is Green & The Girls are Pretty. It’s a highly entertaining, sharply observed novel about sisters, their perfect lives . . . and their perfect lies.

Lauren Weisberger is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, which was published in forty languages and made into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Currently, Elton John and producer Kevin McCollum are adapting The Devil Wears Prada for the stage. Weisberger’s six other novels were all bestsellers, and her books have sold more than thirteen million copies worldwide. A graduate of Cornell University, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.

Register for this free talk here. 

Long Island LitFest and Newsday Live Present Tovah Feldshuh

Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 7:30 pm

Tovah (born Terri Sue) Feldshuh is a six-time Emmy and Tony nominee and has been awarded three honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters. Additionally, for her theatre work, she has won four Drama Desks, four Outer Critics Circle, three Dramalogues, the Obie, the Theatre World, and the Helen Hayes and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Actress. She is a playwright, concert artist and author.  Her TV credits include: Holocaust, Law & Order, The Walking Dead and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Films include: Kissing Jessica Stein, A Walk on the Moon, The Idolmaker and Clifford (release November 2021).  On Broadway: Yentl, Golda’s Balcony, Irena’s Vow, Pippin, Lend Me a Tenor and more. Her most recent theatre portrayal: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Sisters in Law by Jonathan Shapiro. She’s also starred in the   nightclub acts, Aging is Optional and Tovah is Leona! (Helmsley). She is a recipient of the Israel Peace Medal, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award, and was honored as Hadassah’s Mother of the Year. 

Join us for this free, virtual talk with Tovah as she chats about her life and her memoir, LilyVille. In LILYVILLE: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I’ve Played, Tovah Feldshuh reflects on her extraordinary life in the best way she knows how: as a play. Tovah immerses readers in a journey through the acts and scenes of her personal and professional life, from her tomboy childhood in the refined community of Scarsdale, New York, to becoming Broadway royalty alongside Christopher Plummer and Barbra Streisand—all held together by the twisting thread of her often-complicated relationship with Lily.

To register for this talk, please click here.  And for a signed bookplate to stick inside your copy of the book, drop us an email with your address at LILitFest@gmail.com 

Long Island LitFest and Newsday Live Present CNN’s Don Lemon

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 7:30 pm

The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America’s only Black prime-time anchor, his daily monologues on racism and antiracism, on the failures of the Trump administration and of so many of our leaders, and on America’s systemic flaws speak for his millions of fans. Lemon was the leading voice on CNN guiding viewers through the death of George Floyd and a summer of nationwide protests and riots. Viewers relied on his nightly coverage to guide them through a global pandemic. Now, in an urgent, deeply personal, riveting plea, with his book This is the Fire he shows us all how deep our problems lie, and what we can do to begin to fix them.

To register for this free virtual talk please click here. 

And if you’d like a signed bookplate to insert into your copy of This is the Fire, send us your name and address and we’ll mail you one. Email to LILitFest@gmail.com. 

Long island LitFest and Newsday Live Present Mark Bittman

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 7:30 pm

Mark Bittman is the author of thirty acclaimed books, including the How to Cook Everything series, the award-winning Food Matters, and the New York Times number-one bestseller VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00. For more than two decades his popular and compelling stories appeared in the New York Times, where he was ultimately the lead food writer for the Sunday magazine and became the country’s first food-focused Op-Ed columnist for a major news publication. Bittman has starred in four television series, including Showtime’s Emmy-winning Years of Living Dangerously. Join us as we chat about his latest book, Animal, Vegetable, Junk.  To register for this event, please click here. 

 

 

 

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