The Friends of the Library will celebrate the 50th Golden Anniversary this year of its signature “Annual Book & Author Luncheon” on Friday, May 10 at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset.
The two featured authors will be Meg Wolitzer and Anthony Tommasini.
Award-winning novelist and Long Island native Wolitzer will speak on her best-seller “The Female Persuasion,” an absorbing look at female power and self-determination, which was recently selected as the 2019 Long Island Reads pick.
Tommasini, the chief classical music critic for The New York Times, will discuss his book “The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide”, a master class in what greatness means in music.
Port’s own bestselling novelist Susan Isaacs returns as program moderator.
Tickets are $85 per person. Reservation brochures will be available starting April 1 in the library and online at www.pwpl.org/fol. For information email fol@pwpl.org. The event will include special features highlighting the luncheon’s illustrious 50-year history as the North Shore’s premier annual literary event.
The FOL welcomes individual and corporate luncheon sponsors beginning at $250. A special Anniversary Sponsor category, $7,500, has been added that will be reserved for a single sponsor who will receive special recognition and a full table of 12 complimentary seats.
To learn about the benefits of sponsorship, which include bypassing first-come, first-served ticketing to this sellout event, please contact board members Margaret DeSiervo at 516-883-2722 or margaretdesiervo@yahoo.com or Nancy Wright at 516-883-8418 or nprw@aol.com. Sponsors are asked to commit by April 1 in order to have guaranteed seating.
