Meet the Author: Lindy West

Fri May 15 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-04:00

1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201 | Columbia

Richland Library
Publisher/HostRichland Library
Meet the Author: Lindy West Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Lindy West will discuss her recent works as part of Richland Library's Broader Bookshelf program.
The Broader Bookshelf Reading Challenge encourages readers to expand their bookshelves and seek out new authors and challenging subjects. West's book Shrill responds to the 2026 Broader Bookshelf prompt "Read a book that celebrates body positivity."
The author talk will be followed by a reception, book sale and book signing.
Broader Bookshelf programs are made possible by the Richland Library Friends and Foundation and Central Carolina Community Foundation.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lindy West is the author of Adult Braces, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema (Hachette, 2020), named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR; The Witches Are Coming (Hachette, 2019), an Esquire Best Book of 2019; and Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hachette, 2016), a New York Times Bestseller that was adapted into a successful Hulu television series. She also co-wrote and produced the independent feature film Thin Skin.
She is the co-host of the comedy podcast Text Me Back and the author of the e-mail newsletter Butt News, widely agreed to be the best and most important e-mail newsletter of all time. Lindy is a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, and her work has appeared in This American Life, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Vulture, Jezebel and others. She is the co-founder of the reproductive rights de-stigmatization campaign #ShoutYourAbortion.
She lives on the Olympic Peninsula.

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