# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tales From the Writing Life Barry Black, Author of Hazardous Devices
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 11:30 pm – Fri, 19 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 am
- **Event Description**: Join us as we welcome Hometown native Barry Black, former FBI agent who joins us with his story of his amazing life.  As an FBI agent for over thirty years, Barry Black has witnessed more than his share of history. This gripping memoir takes you inside some of the most striking cases of the FBI's modern era. From the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, the Oklahoma City bombing, and 9/11's Ground Zero, it offers a vivid, firsthand account of fraud, money laundering, and the Bureau's war on terror. Barry Black entered the FBI as a 24-year-old accountant imagining a career of ledgers and spreadsheets only to become a SWAT sniper, master bomb technician, and counterterrorism instructor for law enforcement, war fighters, and commandos around the world. Whether tracing money through offshore accounts, diving with the Royal Australian Navy, blowing up drones in Ukraine, or providing expert testimony before Congress, Black's three decades in the FBI highlight the diverse and critical responsibilities carried out by the world's premier law enforcement agency.

Please join us as we welcome hometown hero former FBI agent, Barry Black, as we marvel at his dangerous and exciting life. 

Books will be available for purchase and signing.    

The program is free…please register for headcount at https://homewoodpubliclibrary.org/event/16065947
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/birmingham/tales-from-the-writing-life-barry-black-author-of-hazardous-devices/200030245150338
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Birmingham
- **state**: AL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1721 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL, United States, Alabama 35209
- **lat**: 33.47492
- **long**: -86.79526
- **full address**: 1721 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL, United States, Alabama 35209, 1721 Oxmoor Rd, Birmingham, AL 35209-4036, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Tales From the Writing Life Barry Black, Author of Hazardous Devices being held?
  - **A:** Tales From the Writing Life Barry Black, Author of Hazardous Devices takes place on Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 11:30 pm to Fri, 19 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 am at 1721 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL, United States, Alabama 35209, 1721 Oxmoor Rd, Birmingham, AL 35209-4036, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Tales From the Writing Life Barry Black, Author of Hazardous Devices?
  - **A:** Tales From the Writing Life Barry Black, Author of Hazardous Devices is organized by Homewood Public Library, Homewood, AL.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Tales From the Writing Life Barry Black, Author of Hazardous Devices is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Birmingham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Tales From the Writing Life Barry Black, Author of Hazardous Devices sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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