# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Friends of the Avon Free Public Library's 14th Annual Author Luncheon Featuring Amity Gaige
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 am (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join The Friends for the 14th Annual Author Luncheon, featuring Amity Gaige.  The event will be held Friday, April 24, 2026 from 11:30am to 2:30pm at the Farmington Polo Club, 162 Town Farm Rd., Farmington, CT

Prize-winning Author:
Amity Gaige is the bestselling author of five novels, O My Darling (2005), The Folded World (2007), Schroder (2013), Sea Wife (2020) and Heartwood (2025). Her most recent book, Heartwood, has been called “the best thriller of the year” by The Boston Globe, and was named a Best Book of 2025 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Public Library, Audible, She Reads, Goodreads, Vulture and NPR. Heartwood has been described as “gratifying as a daffodil at the end of a long winter” (The New York Times) and “a terrifically moving and tense thriller… genius” (The Washington Post).

Tickets Available now, starting at $55, see link below.

Event Details: Join Us!
1. Treat yourself to a signature "Mocktail" (separate cost)
2.  Enjoy a luncheon of Hearty salads with protein: salmon, grilled chicken or portabella mushrooms (vegetarian)
3. Seasonal dessert to be determined (a springtime gift from the land)
4. Seating at a table with friends
5. Coffee and Tea served as well as water
6. Tickets for a Teacup Drawing  with a variety of prizes will be available for purchase
7. Listen to Amity Gaige's talk about Heartwood and the writing process
8. Opportunity, after Amity's talk, to purchase her books including her signature
9. Register to attend this Author Luncheon event using the link below
To Register for the Author Luncheon with Amity Gaige, go to 
https://tinyurl.com/48xu9eyp
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/farmington/friends-of-the-avon-free-public-librarys-14th-annual-author-luncheon-featuring-amity-gaige/200029620964411
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 37

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Farmington
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Farmington Polo Club
- **lat**: 41.75228
- **long**: -72.82754
- **full address**: Farmington Polo Club, 152 Town Farm Rd, Farmington, CT 06032-1506, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Friends of the Avon Free Public Library's 14th Annual Author Luncheon Featuring Amity Gaige being held?
  - **A:** Friends of the Avon Free Public Library's 14th Annual Author Luncheon Featuring Amity Gaige takes place on Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 am to Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 am at Farmington Polo Club, 152 Town Farm Rd, Farmington, CT 06032-1506, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Friends of the Avon Free Public Library's 14th Annual Author Luncheon Featuring Amity Gaige?
  - **A:** Friends of the Avon Free Public Library's 14th Annual Author Luncheon Featuring Amity Gaige is organized by Friends of the Avon Library.

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