Join us Thursday, February 27 at 6 p.m. at the Bloomfield Hills High School Theater (4200 Andover Rd, Bloomfield Township, MI 48302) for an evening with award-winning author Lynne Kelly.
The Bloomfield Township Public Library is pleased to present this special evening in partnership with the Bloomfield Hills School District. This event will feature Lynne in conversation with Youth Services department head Jen Taggart and Youth Services librarian Amanda Carroll, followed by a Q&A with the audience and book signing.
Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Book Beat. If you’re unable to attend, contact us at bookbeatorders@gmail.com or call 248-968-1190 to pre-order a signed copy of a book!
Advanced registration is required as seating is limited.
This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Bloomfield Township Public Library. We are grateful for their support!
For more information, contact the Bloominfield Township Public Library Youth Services department by email at AskYouth@btpl.org or by calling 248-642-5800 and asking for the Youth Services desk. If you require additional accommodations, please contact us at least 24 hours before the program date. (Note: ASL interpretation is being provided for this event.)
Lynne Kelly‘s career as a sign language interpreter has taken her everywhere from classrooms to hospitals to Alaskan cruises. Her 2019 novel Song for a Whale, about a deaf girl named Iris who forms an unlikely bond with the “loneliest whale in the world,” has been described as “finely crafted,” “important,” and “uplifting” by reviewers from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Song for a Whale received the 2020 Schneider Family Book Award and was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library. Her latest book, The Secret Language of Birds, was released in April, 2024. Three Blue Hearts, about a boy who cares for an injured octopus, will be out this fall (2025). Lynne lives near Houston, Texas.