Carol Hoenig, On the Road Book Events

In Conversation with Award-Winning Author, Bob Spitz

From the award-winning, best-selling author of classic histories of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, Bob Spitz will be joining author, Carol Hoenig, to discuss his latest tour de force, a groundbreaking reckoning with the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band, The Rolling Stones: The Biography, which has been named a most anticipated book of 2026 by The New York Times. He’ll share why the Stones have endured and so much more! Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of the biographies The Beatles and Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, both New York Times bestsellers, as well as six other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He helped manage Bruce Springsteen and Elton John at crucial points in their careers. He’s written hundreds of major profiles of figures, ranging from Keith Richards to Jane Fonda, from Paul McCartney to Paul Bowles. Bob Spitz will be happy to sign copies of The Rolling Stones: The Biography, which will be available for purchase at this exciting event. Let us know you’re coming!

Celebrating National Library Week: Meet Author Carol Hoenig

Mary Calvi, CBS News, says this: “Carol Hoenig is a behind-the-scenes force in the publishing industry.” Take this opportunity to meet Carol, who is the author of Before She Was a Finley, 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. Her next novel will be published September 2026. You may find out more about her at Carolhoenig.com, but she invites anyone who has questions about the writing or publishing process to bring them to this event and she’ll address them. Books will be available for purchase.

You’re invited to the One-Year Anniversary

You’re invited to the One-Year Anniversary for the publication of Carol Hoenig’s novel, Before She was A Finley. (Okay, just two days shy of the official anniversary.) Described as being a “behind-the-scenes force in the publishing industry” by CBS News’s Mary Calvi, Carol will discuss the journey the last year has been for her, where she’s traveled and the media attention she’s gotten. To celebrate, there will be refreshments and more. Bring your book club!

Books & a Brunch with Carol Hoenig

Enjoy brunching while Carol Hoenig discusses her latest novel, Before She was A Finley. 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?” 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.

Meet Author Carol Hoenig

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 copies following the discussion. You may find out more about her at Carolhoenig.com.

Meet Best-Selling Author, Joyce Maynard

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.