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An Evening with Eileen Garvin: A Centre County Reads 2026 Event
Join us for the highlight of Centre County Reads 2026: An Evening with Eileen Garvin! Bestselling author, Garvin will join Amanda Leigh Passmore-Ott, Associate Teaching Professor at the The Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Faculty Affiliate at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, and Faculty Advisor for Rince na Leon (Penn State Irish Dance Club) in a moderated discussion followed by audience questions.
Crow Talk is "a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest (Author website)."
Readers who enjoyed Crow Talk will look forward to Eileen's upcoming April 2026 release, Bumblebee Season.
"A gentle, life-affirming story about the healing properties of the natural world and the ways connecting with others — human and avian — can be a balm for grief, sorrow and alienation." —Cascadia Daily
"The power of friendship enlivens Crow Talk, with a lonely ornithologist and a semi-desperate Irish musician raising a son who won't speak bonding over the care of a wounded bird." —Parade
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About the Author:
Born and raised in eastern Washington, Eileen Garvin lives in Hood River, Oregon. Her novels, The Music of Bees and Crow Talk, are national bestsellers. Her novel Crow Talk has been featured in many common reads programs around the country, including The Literary Project in Vail, Colorado and was named a top ten title on The Texas Library Association’s 2025 Lariat List. Her upcoming book Bumblebee Season (April 2026), is a heartwarming new story that returns to the vibrant world of beekeeping in a small Oregon town.
The Music of Bees was named a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Good Housekeeping Book club Pick, a People Magazine Best New Book, an IndieNext Pick, a Library Reads Pick, a Christian Science Monitor Pick, a Washington Post Best Summer Reads, and named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by BookRiot, Bookish, Nerd Daily, The Tempest, Midwestness and others.
Eileen’s memoir, How to be a Sister, was named an Indie Next by IndieBound and was chosen as a Target Book of the Month and a Kindle Book of the Month. Her essays have appeared with Mom’s Don’t Have Time to Read Books, The Oregonian, PsychologyToday.com, and Creative Non-Fiction Magazine.
Eileen shares her backyard with four chickens, wild birds of all kinds, and about 120,000 honeybees.
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