Author Talk Featuring NYT Best Selling Author Kennedy Ryan

Cornbread and A Book Presents an Author Talk with New York Times Bestselling Author Kennedy Ryan. Next Chapter Bookstore and Gift Shop is proud to be the host and booksellers for this momentous event celebrating the release of Kennedy’s second book in the Hollywood Renaissance Series, SCORE!🎹

SCORE - More than a decade after their disastrous breakup, Verity and Monk must work together on the set of an epic Harlem Renaissance biopic. With Monk, now a world-class musician, creating the score, and Verity, an award-winning screenwriter, penning the script, there's Oscar buzz before shooting even begins. This once-in-a-lifetime project could catapult them both to new heights, but can they can put the past behind them for the sake of the film...for the sake of something more?

Come help us mark this special stop on her book tour in her home state of North Carolina on the campus of NCA&TSU (Aggie Pride)! To celebrate the occasion, the night will include:

🎧DJ Tito on the ones and twos

🎙️A performance by Poet Josephus Thompson III and the Poetry Cafe

🗣️ Kennedy Ryan in conversation with Author and NC A&T Aggie, Jasmine Bell followed by an audience Q&A.

Each ticket will include an author signed copy of SCORE, free photobooth onsite, step-and-repeat wall to capture those red carpet moments and vibes like no other.

Special note: There will be no individual photos or book signing during this event due to the large number of attendees. There will be MODIFIED photo opportunities with the author. A special Meet & Greet will occur for a select number of attendees. Ten of those attendees will be randomly selected from our pre-order sales and silent reading party registrants on IG Live Tuesday, May 12 at 6pm (only pre-orders received by May 11th are eligible). All winners will be announced on Next Chapter Bookstore’s Instagram page (first and last initial only) and receive an email of notification.

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