The series has evolved from its Saturday morning time slot, but will still offer coffee, scones, author visits and book signings. Sessions will take place on the first Friday of each month, from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. in the Moss Building (1905 Hillcrest Drive in Columbia). Doors open at 9:00 a.m.
The sessions are open to the public – free for current Osher@Mizzou and Columbia Parks and Rec 50+ members; $3 at the door for others.
2025 Schedule
- January 3: Ken Gierke, Heron Spirit (poetry), Spartan Press, 2024
- February 7: Trudy Lewis, “Morado” (presentation/discussion), Article in the New England Review, 2024
- March 7: Sharon SingingMoon, The Weight of One Hummingbird Feather (poetry), Spartan Press, 2024
- April 4: Mike Trial, Red Onyx (fiction), Compass Flower Press, 2025
- May 2: Michelle Collins Anderson, The Flower Sisters (fiction), Kensington Books, 2024
- June 6: Andrew Mulvania, Also in Arcadia (poetry), University of Nebraska Press, 2008
- No Book Talk in July.
- Aug. 1: Lisa Stewart, The Big Quiet (memoir), independent publishing, 2020
- Sept. 5: Daren Dean, Shelter Me (fiction), Livingston Press, 2025
- Oct. 3: John Dorsey, Dead Photographs (poetry), Stubborn Mule Press, 2024
- Nov. 7: Jennifer Gravley, The Story I Told My Mother (poetry, essay), Twelve Winters Press, 2023
- Dec. 5: MaryFrances Wagner, The Immigrants’ New Camera (poetry), Spartan Press, 2018