Evening with Shelby Van Pelt - New Castle County Reads

Mark your calendars now for an Evening With the Author on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. Author Shelby Van Pelt will discuss luminous debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures, about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium--and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago.

A book signing will follow a Q&A.

Read more about Remarkably Bright Creatures and Shelby Van Pelt by visiting shelbyvanpelt.com. Learn more about New Castle County Reads at www.newcastlede.gov/New-Castle-County-Reads.

at your library (printed & electronic).

Host or Publisher New Castle County, Department of Community Services