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Break Out Your Books for Author's Night 2015

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[caption id="attachment_41773" align="alignnone" width="800"]Author's Night 2014 in East Hampton. Author's Night 2014 in East Hampton.[/caption]

The celebrated literary event on the East End will happen this weekend at the East Hampton Library’s 11th Annual Author’s Night on Saturday, August 8 at 4 Maidstone Lane in East Hampton Village.

[caption id="attachment_41771" align="alignleft" width="300"]Alec Baldwin and Nelson DeMille attend the East Hampton Library Authors Night at Gardiner Farm in 2014. Moskowitz/Getty Images for East Hampton Library. Alec Baldwin and Nelson DeMille attend the East Hampton Library Authors Night at Gardiner Farm in 2014. Moskowitz/Getty Images for East Hampton Library.[/caption]

Author’s night has grown over the last decade into one of the country’s leading annual literary events, featuring 100 authors across all genres and giving attendees the ability to meet their favorite authors while also supporting the East Hampton Library. Founding honorary co-chairs Alec Baldwin and Barbara Goldsmith will be joined by 2015 honorary co-chairs Ed Burns, Robert A. Caro, Dick Cavett, Tom Clavin, Nelson DeMille, Christina Baker Kline, and Lynn Sherr at the event.

Other authors in attendance include Arlene Alda, chef Dan Barber, Florence Fabricant, Jules Feiffer, Thomas Maier, Wednesday Martin, Mimi Sheraton, Michael Shnayerson, and Yoga Shanti’s Colleen Saidman Yee, among many others.

The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with the Authors Book Signing Cocktail Reception. At 8 p.m. guests will be hosted at dinner parties at private homes in honor of one of the guest authors. Tickets are $100 for the book signing reception only, and begin at $300 for the dinners.

For more information, visit authorsnight.org or call (631) 725-0222, ext. 7.

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