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Thayer Public Library to hold Virtual Coffee with Local Authors

Local teacher and author Bruce Badrigian launches a new website this week, and an updated version of his novel, Armenia’s Fingerprint. This coincides with

While in-person author events and book conferences are on hold, virtual events move ahead with authors including Edwidge Danticat, George Saunders, Bruce Feiler and others.

To the untrained eye, a children’s book may look simple: an entertaining, comforting story accompanied by colorful artwork. But the skilled children’s book author must deliver complex ideas and valuable life lessons in a fun, relatable and easy-to-understand format. It’s no easy task, but these local authors have done just that, with recently released children’s books that tackle topics from food allergies to pandemics. We reached out to these local authors via email to learn what went into the creation of their works. Their responses have been edited for length and clarit...