Making connections
The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Foundation is 501(c)3 established to support the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. We inspire and connect the community in a desire for shared exploration, understanding, and engagement in the wonder of knowledge.
SPEAK | UPCOMING BOOK SALES | CONNECT
The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Foundation fosters connections in 3 key ways.
- Connecting the community to the library through events, activities, and special offerings
- Guiding community members in ways to volunteer to make a difference through the library
- Providing opportunities for the community to give financially to the library and to support its impact.
Whether it’s through book sales events, opportunities to learn about authors, or to give to special projects of the library, the Foundation is committed to helping individuals, organizations, and businesses connect through the library, and grow in its desire for shared exploration, understanding, and knowledge.
You too can be part of the movement of knowledge and wonder in Evansville. To learn how you can engage in this exciting journey, contact the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Foundation by emailing foundation@evpl.org.
SPEAK: An Explorative Lecture Series
The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library’s SPEAK: An Explorative Lecture Series will feature authors in 2024 who touch on our theme of Read, Discover, Play.
Victoria Christopher Murray | Thurs., October 24
Victoria Christopher Murray is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author or co-author of more than 30 novels, including the New York Times Instant Best Sellers The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies. With almost three million books in print, Victoria is one of the country’s top African American contemporary authors.
A native New Yorker, Victoria Christopher Murray attended Hampton University where she majored in communication disorders. After graduating, Victoria attended New York University’s Stern Business School where she received her MBA in Marketing.
Victoria will discuss her works on Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 pm at Ivy Tech Evansville. Thanks to the generosity of the EVPL Foundation, this event is FREE and open to all.
Over her career, Victoria has received numerous awards including the Phyllis Wheatley Trailblazer Award, the Delta Sigma Theta Osceola Award for Excellence in the Arts, Go On Girl Book Club Author of the Year, eleven African American Literary Awards and five NAACP Image Award nominations. In 2016, she won the Image Award for Outstanding Literature for her social commentary novel, Stand Your Ground.
In addition to being a New York Times Bestseller, The Personal Librarian was a Good Morning America Book Club selection and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR. The First Ladies was Target’s 2023 Book of the Year.
She is also a Christian fiction writer, and five of her Seven Deadly Sins novels have become Lifetime movies produced by TD Jakes, Shaun Robinson, and Derrick Williams. The Personal Librarian has been optioned by Al Roker Entertainment to become a mini-series.
VIP Reception
Join us for a reception before author Victoria Christopher Murray’s SPEAK presentation. There will be light appetizers and an opportunity for autographs before the main presentation. Ticket holders will receive reserved seating at the event. Tickets cost $30 and proceeds benefit the EVPL Foundation.
Purchase VIP Reception Tickets
The EVPL Foundation is an underwriting supporter of SPEAK: An Explorative Lecture Series.
Previous presenters in our SPEAK series include:
- Jason Reynolds
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Kelsey Timmerman
- Michael Twitty
- Elaine Weiss
- Carole Lindstrom
- Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Brad Meltzer
Details about 2025’s SPEAK Series lineup will be released soon.
Upcoming Book Sales
Book sales are a primary fundraising activity of the Foundation. Held several times throughout the year, proceeds from the sales are used to support youth programs and services, the community lecture series, emerging technologies, collections, staff engagement, and special library projects and initiatives.
- Saturday, November 9 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm | Browning Rooms at EVPL Central
- Sunday, November 10 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm | Browning Rooms at EVPL Central
- Saturday, March 1, 2025 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm | EVPL Central
- Sunday, March 2, 2025 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm | EVPL Central
- Saturday, August 2, 2025 | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm | Washington Square
- Sunday, August 3, 2025 | 12:00 – 3:00 pm | Washington Square
- Saturday, November 8, 2025 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm | EVPL Central
- Sunday, November 9, 2025 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm | EVPL Central
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