Journalist and documentary producer Bill Lichtenstein will speak about his book WBCN and the American Revolution: How a Radio Station Defined Politics, Counterculture and Rock and Roll on Wednesday, December 1st at 7:30pm. Lichtenstein is the winner of more than sixty major journalism awards, he has written for publications including the New York Times, the Nation, the Village Voice, and the Boston Globe, and produced and directed the feature-length documentary, WBCN and the American Revolution. He worked at WBCN from 1971 to 1977, beginning as a teenage volunteer on the station’s “Listener Line.”

The book, which will be released by MIT Press/Penguin Random House on Tuesday November 23, is a companion to the film festival sensation  WBCN and The American Revolution. The popular rock documentary will air on PBS World on Friday, November 19 at 8 p.m. EST and Saturday, November 20 at 1 a.m., 9 a.m., and 3 p.m. EST. The film will also be re-broadcast on public television stations around the country throughout the fall and winter (check local listings). In the Boston area it  will be airing on WGBH2 on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. and on WGBX44 on Sat. Nov. 13 at 8 p.m.

Registration is required; please register here. Zoom information will be sent in your registration confirmation.  Thanks to the Friends of the Belmont Public Library for making this author series possible.

The Friends of the Belmont Public Library are delighted to bring New York Times best-selling author Joyce Maynard to the Belmont Public Library virtually to discuss her latest novel, Count The Ways, on Wednesday, October 20th at 7:30pm.To register, click here.

Joyce Maynard is the author of nine previous novels and five books of nonfiction. Her syndicated column Domestic Affairs ran from 1984 to 1990. Her bestselling memoir, At Home in the World, has been translated into sixteen languages. Maynard is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. She is the founder of Write by the Lake, a week-long workshop on the art and craft of memoir, held every year since 2001 at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Her novels To Die For and Labor Day were both adapted for film. Maynard currently makes her home in New Haven, Connecticut. You can learn more about Joyce at her website here.

Registration is required; Zoom information will be sent in your registration confirmation.  Thanks to the Friends of the Belmont Public Library for making this author series possible.