Author Visits

Ernie Webb III

Ernie Webb & book Tue, July 15 | 7pm | Marvin BC

Ernie Webb talks about a Dover, Kansas, true crime story and the process of bringing the story to light through the writing of Goodbye, Butterfly: Murder, faith and forgiveness in a small Kansas town.

Jaclyn Westlake

Jaclyn Westlake Thu, July 24 | 1:30-3pm | Fiction Wing

Meet author Jaclyn Westlake, who was inspired by GO Topeka's Choose Topeka program to write her latest novel Lucky Break - a funny and heartfelt story set in a charming and mysterious Midwestern town. She will sign books and Roundtable Bookstore will sell her books at the event.

Dr. Craig Yorke

Craig Yorke with book Steep Wed, Aug 27 | 7pm | Marvin Auditorium

Dr. Yorke discusses his memoir and history as a Black neurosurgeon who practiced in Topeka for 25 years. His story is about the price of success rather than the weight of bigotry – a story of resilience and self-discovery. His memoir Steep: A Black Neurosurgeon's Journey began as a letter to his sons in response to a moment in a bookstore where he faced the shelves of books on Black Studies and wondered where his history could find shelf space.

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