Columbus Book Festival: In Conversation with Laura Dave

Columbus Book Festival featuring Laura Dave

Sunday, July 12 at 1:30 p.m.
Main Library
Auditorium (1st floor)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Laura Dave’s pulse pounding thrillers, The Last Thing He Told Me and The Night We Lost Him have been New York Times bestsellers. Her novels have sold more than six million copies and have been translated into 40 languages. The Last Thing He Told Me was the 2021 Goodreads Mystery & Thriller of the Year and was made into an Apple TV+ series, co-created by Laura.

The First Time I Saw Him, the much anticipated sequel to The Last Thing He Told Me, was recently released by Scribner and became an instant New York Times Bestseller. It picks up immediately after The Last Thing He Told Me leaves off when Hannah Hall glimpses her missing husband, Owen — and Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey are forced into a dangerous flight from their past. As they uncover the truth behind Owen’s reappearance, Hannah risks everything to protect Bailey and reclaim a second chance at love.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Alissa Henry is the host of Good Day Extra and feature reporter on Good Day Columbus with ABC 6. Prior to her work in television, Alissa was a freelance political, pop culture, and personal finance writer and a mayoral campaign social media manager.

HEADLINER SESSION TICKETS

• Due to limited space, tickets are required for each of the five headliner author talks.
• One ticket per person. Maximum room capacity is 250 people.
• Non-ticketed guests will be admitted five minutes prior to the start of the program only if seats are available.
• Eventbrite tickets will be scanned at entry. Print your ticket or have a mobile ticket ready to scan for speedy entry.
• Auditorium will be fully cleared between sessions.
• Be considerate: Don't reserve a seat if you don't need it. Cancel your ticket if you can't make it to the event so another reader can attend.

AUDITORIUM ENTRY & EXIT

Volunteers and Festival Staff will help keep orderly lines and assist guests with limited mobility. Everyone with a session ticket WILL BE SEATED if you arrive before 1:25 pm.

• 12:30 p.m. | Lines for Laura's session form at the Auditorium: one line for ticketed guests and one line for non-ticketed guests.
• 1:00 p.m. | Seating begins for ticketed guests
• 1:25 p.m. | Seating begins for non-ticketed guests (if empty seats are available)
• 1:30 p.m. | Alissa Henry in conversation with Laura Dave
• 2:30 p.m. | Session ends. Book signing for session attendees outside the Auditorium. All guests must exit the Auditorium.

The Auditorium will hold back-to-back author sessions, and the area could get congested. Please be prepared to be patient in a space with multiple lines, book selling stations and a signing table.

BOOKS & SIGNING*

• Due to space and time restrictions, headlining authors will sign books only for the 250 attendees of their session within the 60-minute time limit.

• Headliner author signings take place immediately after their session just outside the Auditorium.

• Books may be purchased at the festival or brought from your personal collection. Limit of two items.

• Laura’s books will be available for sale at the Auditorium before and after her session. The Official Festival Bookstore will be selling headliner titles all weekend in Main Library's 2nd floor.

Book signing etiquette:

• Keep the line moving to ensure all readers have an opportunity to have their books signed within the allotted time.
• Open your books to the title page and place them in the correct direction on the signing table

• Limit of two items for signing/personalization.

• No posed photos, please.

*SIGNING DETAILS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

COLUMBUS BOOK FESTIVAL

The Columbus Book Festival is a free, two-day literary event on July 11 -12 at downtown Columbus's Main Library and Topiary Park.

This Author Talk is just one of 70+ sessions on the schedule of author events for the weekend. All sessions and programs are free to attend. Come and enjoy the entire festival!