On the Road Book Events

Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train, will be joining us to discuss and sign copies of her forthcoming novel, The Blue Hour
2024-11-01 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train, among other titles, will be joining us to discuss her novel The Blue Hour with author Jean Kwok. The Blue Hour is an atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller with a deliciously inventive premise. Kwok is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, Girl in Translation, and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in twenty countries and is taught in universities, colleges, and high schools across the world. $40.00 ticket price includes autographed copy of The Blue Hour. Please reserve your seat now.

Back in Time Vintage Store Sip and Shop Event
2024-10-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Back in Time, NY, 11735, United States
Join Carol Hoenig for this special Sip and Shop event at $20.00 per person, which includes a glass of wine, appetizers, 10% off shopping, and a chance to win a raffle. Carol will be on hand to sell and sign copies of Before She Was a Finley. Although it’s not a part of the $20 admission, get a complimentary tote bag with the purchase of her novel. Either way, she hopes you come by since it will be a fun night out! Tickets are limited must be purchased ahead of time. Sign up in store or online.
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Meet Elyse Graham, Author of "Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became Unlikely Spies of World War II"
2024-10-03 19:00 - 20:30 | East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, NY, 11554, United States
Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became Unlikely Spies of World War II is the untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war. Elyse Graham will discuss her book, take questions and autograph copies sold by On the Road Book Events.

Meet Author Carol Hoenig
2024-09-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Rockville Centre Library, 221 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
Author, publishing consultant and former bookstore owner, Carol Hoenig, will discuss her latest novel, Before She was a Finley, a prequel to Carol’s award-winning novel, Without Grace. She will take questions about her novel, as well as writing and the publishing industry. She will sign purchased copies following the discussion. You may find out more about her at Carolhoenig.com.

Meet Author Carol Hoenig
2024-09-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Syosset Library, 225 S. Oyster Bay Rd., Syosset, NY, 11791-5897, United States
Carol will discuss the inspiration for Before She Was a Finley, a prequel to Carol’s award-winning novel, Without Grace, take questions and sign purchased copies. You may find out more about her at Carolhoenig.com.

Carol Hoenig and her latest novel, Before She Was a Finley
2024-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Back in Time, NY, 11735, United States
“We need more North Country novels like Without Grace, novels with a keen sense of place.” –North Country Public Radio
Before She was a Finley answers that call.

In Carol Hoenig’s previous novel, Without Grace, it is believed that Grace Finley walked out on her husband and two young children to fulfill a selfish dream of becoming a famous singer, leaving behind rumors and questions among her family and townsfolk in the mountains of Upstate New York.
Now in Before She Was a Finley, it is years later when Adele, a reluctant young journalism student is assigned to “get” a story from a local nursing home where she comes across elderly Grace Finley. Over time, Grace slowly takes Adele back to the 1930s and subsequent years that follow as she provides bits and pieces that eventually reveal the dark truth as to why she walked out on her family carrying only a guitar and suitcase. Adele knows that the class assignment was simply to write about a local person, and even though journalists aren’t supposed to be a part of the story, she cannot shake what she discovered and wants to do more to set the record straight. But is there anyone still alive who would care?
About the Author:
Carol Hoenig is the author of Without Grace, Of Little Faith and The Author’s Guide to Planning Book Events. Her essays are in a number of anthologies. She is President of Carol Hoenig Publishing Consultant, co-owner of On the Road Book Events and co-podcaster on Wildflowers Podcast: Books, Booze and Banter. She is presently working on another novel…or two. You may find out more about her at Carolhoenig.com.
Carol will discuss and sign purchased copies of Before She was a Finley. Her backlist titles of Without Grace and Of Little Faith will be available for purchase as well.

Meet Best-Selling Author, Joyce Maynard
2024-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David, 100 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her beloved novel Count the Ways–a complex story of three generations of a family and its remarkable, resilient, indomitable matriarch, Eleanor.
How the Light Gets In follows Eleanor and her family through fifteen years (2010 to 2024) as their story plays out against a uniquely American backdrop and the events that transform their world (climate change, the January 6th insurrection, school violence) and shape their lives (later-life love, parental alienation, steadfast friendship). With her trademark sensitivity and insight, Joyce Maynard paints an indelible portrait of characters both familiar and new making their way over rough, messy, and treacherous terrain to find their way to what is, for each, a place to call “home.”

Joyce Maynard is the author of twelve previous novels and five books of nonfiction, as well as the syndicated column Domestic Affairs. Her bestselling memoir, At Home in the World, has been translated into sixteen languages. Her novels To Die For and Labor Day were both adapted for film. Maynard divides her time between homes in California, New Hampshire, and Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. She will be in conversation with author Carol Hoenig.
An advanced ticket price of $36 includes an autographed copy and light refreshments. $50 at the door. https://www.cbsbdrvc.org/form/sisterhood-joyce-maynard.html For more information call 516-764-4100.
Carol Hoenig is the author of the forthcoming novel, Before She Was a Finley, a prequel to Without Grace, as well as the author of Of Little Faith and The Author’s Guide to Planning Book Events. Her essays are in a number of anthologies. She is President of Carol Hoenig Publishing Consultant, co-owner of On the Road Book Events and co-podcaster on Wildflowers Podcast: Books, Booze and Banter on YouTube. She is presently working on another novel…or two. You may find out more about her at Carolhoenig.com.

Adam Nimoy will be discussing his memoir, The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy
2024-06-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Long Beach Library, 111 W. Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY, 11561, United States
Just in time for father’s day, Adam Nimoy will be discussing his memoir,
The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy,
with author Carol Hoenig.

Living with Dad was like living with a stranger–as a kid I often had trouble connecting and relating to him. But I was always proud of him.
My resentment towards my father kept building through the years. I wasn’t blameless, I know that now, but my bitterness blinded me to any thought of my own contribution to the problem.
I wanted things to be different for my children. I wanted to be the father I never had, so I coached Maddy’s soccer, drove Jonah to music lessons, helped them with their homework–all the things dads are supposed to do. All the things I wanted to do. So what if my Dad and I had been estranged for years? I was living one day at a time.
And then I got his letter.
That marked a turning point in our lives, a moment that cleared the way for a new relationship between us.

Adam Nimoy will sign purchased copies of The Most Human. Wouldn’t it make a nice Father’s Day gift?
Adam Nimoy is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Loyola Law School. After seven years in entertainment law, he left to pursue a directing career. Nimoy has directed over forty-five hours of network television, as well as directing the critically acclaimed documentary film about his father. For the Love of Spock (2016) was the Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival. He was featured in the New York Times article “To Boldly Explore Jewish Roots of Star Trek” and he published a Father’s Day piece about his relationship with his father for the Boston Globe. He is the author of My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life and has been in 12-step recovery for twenty years. Adam has three children, a step-son, a dog and two cats. He lives in Los Angeles.

Meet Colm Toibin!
2024-05-18 14:00 - 15:30 | East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, NY, 11554, United States
Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including the forthcoming Long Island; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; The Testament of Mary; and Nora Webster; as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and has been named as the Laureate for Irish Fiction for 2022-2024 by the Arts Council of Ireland. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.
The author will be joining us at East Meadow Library to read from and discuss his latest novel, Long Island. From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work twenty years later.
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony’s parents, a huge extended family that lives and works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades.
Long Island is about longings unfulfilled, even unrecognized. The silences in Eilis’ life are thunderous and dangerous, and there’s no one more deft than Tóibín at giving them language. This is a gorgeous story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest bonds she rekindles on her return to the place and people she left behind, to ways of living and loving she thought she’d lost. Copies of Long Island will be available for purchase.

Meet Author Carrie Mullins
2024-05-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Rockville Centre Library, 221 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
Carrie Mullins will discuss “The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood” with author Carol Hoenig

This treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature.
Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from–and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie’s suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards–standards rarely created by mothers themselves.
To discover how we might talk about motherhood in a more realistic, nuanced, and inclusive way, Carrie turned to literature with memorable maternal figures for answers. Moving through the literary canon–from Pride and Prejudice and Little Women to The Great Gatsby, Beloved, Heartburn, and The Joy Luck Club–Carrie traces the origins of our modern mothering experience. By interrogating the influences of politics, economics, feminism, pop culture, and family life in each text, she identifies the factors that have shaped our prevailing views of motherhood, and puts these classics into conversation with the most urgent issues of the day. Who were these literary mothers, beyond their domestic responsibilities and familial demands? And what lessons do they have for us today–if we choose to listen?
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Carrie Mullins is a journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in Parents, Food & Wine Magazine, Epicurious, Tin House, and Publishers Weekly, among other publications. She is a former National Editor at the James Beard Award-winning website Serious Eats and a longtime contributor to Electric Literature, where she covered the intersection of literature and culture.
Carol Hoenig writes for Long Island Woman Magazine and is an award-winning novelist whose latest novel, “Before She Was a Finley” will be published September 10, 2024.

Meet Sally Hepworth
2024-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
Sally Hepworth is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including The Good Sister andThe Soulmate. Drawing on the good, the bad and the downright odd of human behavior, Sally writes incisively about family, relationships and identi

ty. Her domestic thriller novels are laced with quirky humor, sass and a darkly charming tone. They are available worldwide in English and have been translated into twenty languages. Sally lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her family and one adorable dog.
Ticket price of $36 includes an autographed copy of this latest novel and light refreshments.

Literary 3-Course Afternoon Tea-Canceled
2023-10-22 14:00 - 16:30 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
On the Road Book Events
Unfortunately, sadly and disappointedly, due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to cancel the literary tea. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please note: If you purchased a ticket, you will be reimbursed.
Former co-owners of Turn of the Corkscrew, Books & Wine,
Carol Hoenig and Peggy Zieran, invite you to Molloy University 1000 Hempstead
Sun., Oct. 22, 2PM: Literary 3-Course Afternoon Tea
with the following authors:
Helen Ellis, author of Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage, Bring Your Baggage and Don’t Pack Light, Southern Lady Code, American Housewife and Eating the Cheshire Cat. Ellis describes herself as a poker player and plant lady.

Patty Lin, author of End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood and former TV writer and producer whose credits include Freaks and Geeks, Friends, Desperate Housewives, and Breaking Bad. She has also written pilots for Fox, CBS, and Nickelodeon. Her Breaking Bad episode, “Gray Matter,” was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Script in the Episodic Drama category. She retired from television writing to pursue other interests and occasionally appears in background acting roles.

Rosemary Wells, Author and illustrator of more than one hundred and twenty books for children, Rosemary Wells has created such beloved characters as Max and Ruby, Yoko, Noisy Nora, and Shy Charles. Wells is also the illustrator of several Mother Goose books by Iona Opie and a selection of poems from the A. A. Milne classic When We Were Very Young. We will be featuring her If You Believe in Me, a perfect gift to celebrate the milestones in a young child’s life.

Author and Publishing Consultant, Carol Hoenig, will moderate the discussion.
$60 tickets to be purchased by calling Madison Theatre at (516) 323-4444, includes the 3 course tea by Polka Dot Poundcake and one of the authors’ books of your choice. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the Women’s’ Media Group scholarship program. To get your ticket: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11341711

On the Road Book Events Presents Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille
2023-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
From New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Blood Lines features the return of Special Agents Brodie and Taylor who are on the hunt for the cold-blooded murderer of one of their fellow agents. Meet Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille as they discuss their novel, Blood Lines, with author Carol Hoenig.
Nelson DeMille is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include The Maze, The Deserter (written with Alex DeMille), The Cuban Affair, Word of Honor, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General’s Daughter, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.
Alex DeMille is a director, film editor, and author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Deserter (written with Nelson DeMille). He grew up on Long Island and received a BA from Yale University and an MFA in film directing from UCLA. He has won multiple awards and fellowships for his screenplays and films, including The Absence, which was named Best Film at Comic-Con in 2012. He has edited numerous commercials, shorts, and independent feature films, among them My Nephew Emmett, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short in 2018. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
A ticket price of $35 will include an autographed copy of Blood Lines. https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/11350098

Meet Best-Selling Author, Jennifer Weiner
2023-08-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
Jennifer Weiner will be launching her latest novel, The Breakaway, with us! An ode to the love of cycling, a poignant examination of family, and a testament to the strength of women’s bonds, The Breakaway is a timely and empowering read about embracing every curve in the road and how breaking from the status quo is sometimes what it takes to forge your own path to happiness.
JENNIFER WEINER is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including The Summer Place, That Summer, Big Summer, Mrs. Everything, In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, and a memoir in essays, Hungry Heart. She has appeared on many national television programs, including Today and Good Morning America, and her work has been published in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com.
Jennifer Weiner will discuss her novel, take questions and autograph copies. A ticket price of $35 includes a copy of The Breakaway. Tickets may be purchased here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/11133077 or call the Madison Theatre box office: (516)323-4444. Open Monday – Saturday, 1pm – 5pm.

Meet Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Mary Calvi
2023-02-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
Studded with the real love letters between a young Theodore Roosevelt and Boston beauty Alice Lee—many of them never before published—If a Poem Could Live and Breathe makes vivid what many historians believe to be the pivotal years that made the future president into the man of action that defined his political life, and cemented his legacy.
Cambridge, 1878. The era of the Gilded Age. Alice Lee sets out to break from the norms of her mother’s generation. Women are fighting for educational opportunities and exploring a new sense of intellectual and personal freedom. Native New Yorker, Harvard student Teddy Roosevelt, is on his own journey of discovery, and when they meet, unrelenting currents of love change the trajectory of his life forever.
If a Poem Could Live and Breathe is an indelible portrait of the authenticity of first love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined.

MARY CALVI is a 12-time New York Emmy award-winning journalist and national anchor. Her in-depth research for her debut book, DEAR GEORGE, DEAR MARY: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love, is the basis of a Smithsonian Channel documentary.
The ticket price includes a copy of If a Poem Could Live and Breathe. Tickets may be purchased here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/11133077 or call the Madison Theatre box office: (516)323-4444. open Monday – Saturday, 1pm – 5pm.

Postponed due to Covid: Jessamine Chan
2023-02-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
UPDATE: The writer Jessamine Chan (USA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 2020. Photograph © Beowulf Sheehan
PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, the event with Jessamine Chan has postponed since she sadly has Covid. Apparently, this virus is still wreaking havoc. We wish Jessamine a speedy recovery and do hope that we can host her in the near future.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, the event with Jessamine Chan has postponed since she sadly has Covid. Apparently, this virus is still wreaking havoc. We wish Jessamine a speedy recovery and do hope that we can host her in the near future.

POSTPONED: LITERARY LUNCHEON WITH AUTHOR DEBORAH GOODRICH-ROYCE
2023-01-18 12:00 - 14:30 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
PLEASE NOTE: The literary luncheon with Deborah Goodrich Royce that had been scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 18th has been postponed. Anyone who bought a ticket will be reimbursed. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Goodrich-Royce who will be discussing Reef Road, her latest psychological thriller that publishes in January and explores the psychology of criminals and their victims, while drawing from real-life events that happened before she was born.
Deborah Goodrich Royce is the author of the widely praised psychological thrillers Ruby Falls (2021) and Finding Mrs. Ford (2019). A former film and television actress, she is remembered by soap opera fans for her role of Silver Kane, sister of the legendary Erica Kane, on ABC-TV’s All My Children. She later worked as a story editor for Miramax Films and was instrumental in the development of such films as Emma and A Wrinkle in Time. With her husband, Chuck, she restored the Avon Theatre in Stamford, Conn., which now operates as a not-for-profit dedicated to independent, classic, foreign, and documentary films and hosts lectures from film luminaries including Mira Nair, Richard Gere, and Chloe Sevigny.
The ticket price of $50.00 includes luncheon with dessert and beverage, and an autographed copy of Reef Road. This event will be held in Molloy University’s Larini Room in the Public Square Building.

Lian Dolan (host of the Satellite Sisters) Presents Her New Book
2022-10-29 11:00 - 12:30 | East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, NY, 11554, United States
Spend the day in Paris … on Long Island! Meet Lian Dolan, host of the Satellite Sister’s podcast and author of four LA Times Bestselling novels, including her latest, Lost and Found in Paris. Lian will take you behind the scenes of writing her art history mystery, including how she uses research in her novels and her unexpected sources for story ideas. Lian is happy to take your questions as well. Grab your Satellite Sisters for a day of writing, laughter and fun. A Q&A will follow the presentation.
Lian will sign her newest book after the program. We will have books on site for purchase. A great holiday gift!
Please register on our website (eastmeadow.info). Go to the events calendar for October 9 and click on your event. You can register by phone at 516-794-2570 ext. 3. Registration opens Monday, October 10 at 9 a.m. First week for East Meadow School District residents only.
Registration will begin on Monday, October 10, 2022 at 9:00 AM

Meet Nelson DeMille
2022-10-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY, 11570, United States
Ticket price includes a copy of The Maze. Tickets may be purchased here https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/11133077 or call the Madison Theatre box office: (516)323-4444. open Monday – Saturday, 1pm – 5pm.

Test Event
2022-07-14 11:00 - 13:00 | Westfield Bookstore, 231 Airport Plaza, Farmingdale, New York, 11735
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