Ben May Main library: An Evening with Essie Chambers

A brief Friends of the Mobile Public Library Annual Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., followed by a discussion with author and award-winning producer Essie Chambers. Her critically acclaimed, bestselling debut novel Swift River was the June Read With Jenna book club pick. Swift River was longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year. It is the winner of the 2024 Barnes &