The Scoville Library is honored to celebrate the publication of Susan Kinsolving's The Head's Tale and William Kinsolving's Dangerous Times.

Join us for a reading and talk by both authors, followed by a reception and book signing. Copies of The Head's Tale and Dangerous Times will be available for purchase.

Seating is limited and registration is requested for this event. Please use the registration button below.

Funny, sexy, and irreverent, Susan Kinsolving’s novel, The Head’s Tale, is a delightful tromp through the muck of prep school drama. Attempting to keep her responsibilities and an escalating secret from swamping her, Miranda Crandell, esteemed head of an elite New England boarding school, spirals into a wild, messy journey of self-discovery.

William Kinsolving’s novel Dangerous Times takes us behind the scenes of American history. Vivid, compelling characters plunge the reader into the romances, struggles, and horrors of the prophetic years between 1846 to 1851. From the land-grabbing Manifest Destiny of the war in Mexico to the splintering politics and fragmentation of society presaging the Civil War, Kinsolving illuminates truths about that era and our own.

Susan Kinsolving has published four collections of poetry, including Dailies & Rushes, which was a finalist for The National Book Critics Circle Award. She has received critical acclaim from the New York Times, the New Yorker, Kirkus Reviews, the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and Publishers Weekly. The Head’s Tale is her first novel.

For more information about Susan Kinsolving and The Head’s Tale, please visit susankinsolving.com.

William Kinsolving is the author of five novels, including the New York Times bestseller, Born with the Century. He is a former screenwriter, script doctor, and Ford Foundation Playwriting Grant recipient, and a critically acclaimed actor and director (Stratford CT’s American Shakespeare Theater, Harvard, Dartmouth, Café La Mama, Berkeley Rep).

For more information about William Kinsolving and Dangerous Times, please visit williamkinsolving.com.