Join Us to See Bestselling Author Fredrik Backman at the Downtown Main Library—Buy Your Ticket Today!

Written by Liz Foreman, Marketing Manager, Downtown Main Library

Update on Saturday, March 22: Thanks to your enormous interest, this event has sold out! 


Join Joseph-Beth Booksellers and the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library for a discussion and signing with novelist Fredrik Backman Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Main Library! The event will be held after library hours for ticket holders.

Click to buy tickets on the Joseph-Beth Booksellers website.


About the Discussion and Book Signing

Fredrik Backman will discuss and sign his novel My Friends in the atrium of the South Building of the Downtown Main Library.

Tickets are $31.99, available through Joseph-Beth Booksellers' website, with a portion of proceeds will benefit The Library Foundation. A copy of Backman's My Friends is included in the ticket price. Books will be available for pickup at the event, and all tickets must be purchased through Joseph-Beth's website.

About the Author

Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called OveMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s SorryBritt-Marie Was HereBeartownUs Against YouAnxious PeopleThe WinnersMy Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than 40 countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.

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The views and opinions expressed by Fredrik Backman are solely those of the lecturer and do not represent those of The Library Foundation, the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, staff, and partner organizations.