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One Read Author's Talk With Daniel Mason

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2025-09-25 19:00:00 2025-09-25 20:00:00 America/Chicago One Read Author's Talk With Daniel Mason Join your fellow readers to view the live online conversation between One Read author Daniel Mason and former KFRU radio personality David Lile about Mason's book, "North Woods." Submit questions for the author through September 19 via www.dbrl.org/one-read or by mail to the library. Adults. See full description for a link to watch from home. Will be recorded for later viewing. Columbia Public Library - Friends Room

Thursday, September 25
7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Join your fellow readers to view the live online conversation between One Read author Daniel Mason and former KFRU radio personality David Lile about Mason's book, "North Woods." Submit questions for the author through September 19 via www.dbrl.org/one-read or by mail to the library. Adults. See full description for a link to watch from home. Will be recorded for later viewing.

For the cornerstone event of this year's One Read program, we present author Daniel Mason for a live online conversation with former KFRU personality David Lile. Mason will discuss the research and writing of his bestselling book "North Woods." Submit questions for the author through September 19 via www.dbrl.org/one-read, by mail to the library, or via chat at the event.

Adults.

Join us for a live watch party at the Columbia library or at Westminster College in Fulton, or watch from home. Register here for a Zoom link to watch from home. The talk will be recorded and available to watch on our YouTube channel through October 17.

Find out more about One Read here.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | One Read | Featured | Books & Authors |

TAGS: | Book Discussion |

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