It's always fascinated me that novels sometime derogatorily called "bodice rippers" usually feature on their covers fellows losing their shirts. But then, "shirt rippers" or "button poppers" do not quite possess same je ne sais quoi...
So what if you weren’t able to engineer that romantic getaway to experience “April in Paris.” One can still indulge in a few flights of romantic fancy simply by trekking down to Tulsa’s Central Library, Fourth Street and Denver Avenue.
On Tuesday, the Council Oak Men’s Chorale will serenade all and sundry with a concert of classic and contemporary love songs, 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Aaronson Auditorium at Central Library.
Then, four of the leading names in romance fiction – award-winning novelists Julia Quinn, Rachel Gibson, Elizabeth Boyle and Pamela Palmer, each of whom represents a different subgenre of romance fiction from the historical to the contemporary, the comic to the paranormal – will take part in an event titled “You, Me and Tea With Romance’s Most Popular Authors,” 1 p.m. Saturday.
KJRH news reader Karen Larsen will serve as moderator for this panel discussion, as the authors discuss their influences and inspirations, processes and prognoses about the craft and business of writing about love in all its many forms.
Following the discussion will be a book signing – each author will have books available for purchase – along with “tea and light refreshments,” as Hyacinth Bucket might have put it.
Rounding out what the Library calls its “Summer of Love” will be a Novel Talk program, June 23. Re@l Love – From Jane Austen to Reality TV” will range from how best to read the novels of Jane Austen to exploring the darker side of reality TV love shows like “The Bachelor” – which is “RIGGED,” if one of the magazines I happened see while waiting in line at the grocery store is to be believed. (Wait, maybe it was talking about “The Bachelorette.” If so, my apologies for casting aspersions upon the sanctity and purity of the “Bach – I’m sorry, I can’t in any good conscience continue typing that sentence.)
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, call 918-549-7323, or go to
tulsaworld.com/library.
