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Beyond Words 2024
November 7, 2024
6-8pm

Beyond Words  is Hartford Public Library’s annual signature fundraising event. The Library goes beyond words, every day, with diverse and transformative programs and services for our community. 

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BEYOND WORDS – Safiya Sinclair 

Beyond Words 2024 will feature Safiya Sinclair, author of How to Say Babylon, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography, a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, longlisted for the Women’s Prize in Non-Fiction and for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Sinclair was born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

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Safiya Sinclair will be discussing her book "How to Say Babylon” in conversation with HPL Ambassador Duby McDowell.

HPL Board of Directors at Beyond Words 2023.

HPL Ambassadors at Beyond Words 2023.

View more photos from Beyond Words 2023

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Mayor Luke Bronin Selected as
Caroline M. Hewins Medalist

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Greg Davis, HPL past board chair, Mayor Luke Bronin, Bridget Quinn, HPL president & CEO, and David Barrett, HPL board chair.

Mayor Bronin has demonstrated unwavering support for HPL in his eight years in office and during his tenure as a member of Library’s Board of Directors. Under his leadership, and in partnership with the HPL Board and administration, the City/Library partnership has become a model for cities across the country showcasing the transformative power of public libraries as civic anchors in the community.  

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Watch the HPL tribute film to Mayor Luke Bronin below:

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