VIRTUAL Author Visit Shelby Van Pelt: An Exploration of Friendship, Reckoning, and Hope

We invite you to join us as for a virtual chat with the amazing New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. You don’t want to miss this deep-dive exploration of friendship, reckoning, hope, and so much more! This event will be livestreamed in the third floor Auditorium or you can register to watch from home.

Remarkably Bright Creatures is a luminous debut novel about a widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son’s disappearance 30 years ago.

Charming, compulsively readable, and full of wit, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope–a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible. Register now for a conversation you just don't want to miss!

Copies of the eBook and eAudiobook for Remarkably Bright Creatures are available to borrow with your Carnegie-Stout Dubuque resident library card from the Hoopla platform.

Do you have questions for Shelby Van Pelt? Register for this event to submit your questions. Are you unable to attend the livestream event? A recording will be available for viewing on the library's website after the event.