Evening With the Author - Kristy Woodson Harvey

Evening with the Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey

Spend an intimate evening with author Kristy Woodson Harvey. 

Doors will open to ticket holders at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The event will start at 7 p.m. with a champagne reception to follow featuring light hors d’oeuvres and a book signing opportunity. 

You must present a physical ticket to Library staff to enter the event. 

How to Obtain Tickets:

The Sanibel Public Library will continue to utilize a “lottery system” ticketing procedure to meet high demand and to ensure as many as possible have the opportunity to attend an Author Series event. Tickets are distributed at no charge to Sanibel Public Library cardholders; one card per person; up to two tickets per card.

Registration for a chance to obtain Kristy Woodson Harvey's Author Series Evening tickets open on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 9 a.m. and close on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 5 p.m. *Requests made before or after the date range listed above cannot be honored.*

Names of those requesting tickets will be placed in a lottery and selected at random. If you are selected to receive tickets you will be notified by email. Tickets must be picked up by Tuesday, March 4, 2025. *Tickets not picked up by Library closure on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 will automatically be redistributed to individuals on the waiting list.*

If you would like assistance using the online registration form or are unable to access it, please call the Sanibel Public Library at (239) 472- 2483.

About the Author:

Kristy Woodson Harvey is the New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of eleven novels including A Happier Life, The Summer of Songbirds, and The Peachtree Bluff Series. Many of her books have been optioned or are in development for television and film and have received numerous accolades, including Good Morning America’s Buzz Pick, Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Reads, Katie Couric’s Featured Books, and Joanna Garcia Swisher’s The Happy Place Read. She is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Southern Living, Parade, Traditional Home, USA TODAY, and many more. Kristy is the cocreator and cohost of the weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction with fellow New York Times Bestselling authors Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, and Patti Callahan Henry. She is also the co-founder of the interiors site Design Chic, with her mom, Beth Woodson. A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s school of journalism, she lives on the North Carolina coast with her husband, son, and dog, Salt, where she is (always!) working on her next novel. She also holds a master’s in English, with a concentration in multicultural and transnational literature.

About the Author Series:

For more than a decade, the Library, partnering with the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, has connected local readers to award-winning authors by bringing in high caliber writers for an intimate evening, followed by a champagne reception. Past guests include Joyce Carol Oates, Sue Monk Kidd, Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Amor Towles, Erik Larson, Margaret Atwood and many more. Funding for the Author Series is provided by the Sanibel Public Library Foundation and its generous donors. 

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Related Programing - Book Club Discussion:

On Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2 p.m. readers are invited to discuss "The Summer of Songbirds" by Kristy Woodson-Harvey:

Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process in this moving new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Veil and the Peachtree Bluff series.

Nearly thirty years ago, in the wake of a personal tragedy, June Moore bought Camp Holly Springs and turned it into a thriving summer haven for girls. But now, June is in danger of losing the place she has sacrificed everything for, and begins to realize how much she has used the camp to avoid facing difficulties in her life.

June’s niece, Daphne, met her two best friends, Lanier and Mary Stuart, during a fateful summer at camp. They’ve all helped each other through hard things, from heartbreak and loss to substance abuse and unplanned pregnancy, and the three are inseparable even in their thirties. But when attorney Daphne is confronted with a relationship from her past—and a confidential issue at work becomes personal—she is faced with an impossible choice.

Lanier, meanwhile, is struggling with tough decisions of her own. After a run-in with an old flame, she is torn between the commitment she made to her fiancé and the one she made to her first love. And when a big secret comes to light, she finds herself at odds with her best friend…and risks losing the person she loves most.

But in spite of their personal problems, nothing is more important to these songbirds than Camp Holly Springs. When the women learn their childhood oasis is in danger of closing, they band together to save it, sending them on a journey that promises to open the next chapters in their lives.

The Book Club Discussion is lead by Library staff.

Woodson-Harvey's book is offered in a variety of formats:

Click here to place a hold or to borrow The Summer of Songbirds 

Click here to place a hold or borrow The Summer of Songbirds on the Libby app

Click here to borrow other Kristy Woodson-Harvey books with no waiting on the hoopla digital app