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Sadeqa Johnson and Adriana Trigiani

World of Publishing: Writing & Researching

September 9, noon - 1 p.m. on Zoom

Join us online as W&M Libraries' Writer-in-Residence Sadiqa Johnson talks with Adriana Trigiani, New York Times best-selling author of "The View from Lake Cuomo," about writing & researching a novel. Register for this webinar

R. Benedito Ferrao and Wanjiru Mbure

Joint Faculty Book Launch

with R. Benedito Ferrão and Wanjirũ Mbure

Join us for a celebration of two new books by William & Mary faculty published in the University of Michigan Press’s African Perspectives Series. The discussion will be held in the MacKenzie Theatre Wednesday, September 2 from 3-5 p.m. A book signing and reception will follow the discussion. Register for this event

Tower Hill: A plantation on the edge of rebellion

"Tower Hill" Book Talk with Alan Taylor

Tuesday, September 15, 5 p.m.

Join us Tuesday, Sept. 15 in the MacKenzie Theatre to hear Dr. Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and professor at the University of Virginia, discuss his newest book. Drawing on the extensive and revealing Blow Family Papers housed in Special Collections, this presentation examines a plantation on the edge of the neighborhood where Nat Turner led the largest slave revolt in Virginia's history. Register online

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How do you connect the past to the people of the future? Well, it starts in the present, by collecting the stories of living community members. This is exactly what Daniel Sunshine strives to do as…

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Detailed motif from a 1771 One Pound Note issued in North Carolina

In Perpetual Union

Commemorating the Original 13 States

On Display: July 1, 2026 - January 15, 2027