<div dir="ltr"> Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>The Maryland State Library and the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled are excited to be part of an upcoming collaborative event being held by Maryland Humanities!</div><div><br></div><div>New York Times best-selling author Fredrik <span class="gmail-il">Backman</span> will join us and our co-hosts Frederick County Public Libraries, Curious Iguana, and Weinberg Center for the Arts, for a virtual event to discuss his latest book, <i>Anxious People</i>, on <b>Thursday, September 10 at 5:00 pm EST.</b><br><br>In Anxious People, <span class="gmail-il">Backman</span> drops us into the world of a failed bank robber and the disparate group of strangers who become unwitting hostages, offering up unforgettable insights into the human condition and a gentle reminder to be compassionate to all the anxious people we encounter every day.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>FREDRIK <span class="gmail-il">BACKMAN</span></b> is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A <span class="gmail-il">Man</span> Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Things My Son Needs to Know About the World and two novellas, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer and The Deal of a Lifetime. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and two children.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For more information and to register for the event: <a href="https://www.mdhumanities.org/programs/maryland-center-for-the-book/author-event-fredrik-backman-discusses-anxious-people/" target="_blank">https://www.mdhumanities.org/programs/maryland-center-for-the-book/author-event-fredrik-<span class="gmail-il">backman</span>-discusses-anxious-people/</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions, please let me know!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Ashley</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;border-collapse:collapse">
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<p style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ashley M. Biggs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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