The 2021 Summer Speaker Series is a free, outdoor lecture series presented by The Community Library and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.

Registration is required to attend, and each lecture will be held in Ketchum’s Forest Service Park.
Registration opens May 24 at 7:00 a.m. Click below to register for each event.
Seating is festival-style (bring your own chairs and blankets).
The lectures will also be live-streamed and available to watch for two weeks after each lecture date.
July 1
7:00 p.m.
REBECCA MAKKAI
“Researching Into the Void: The Great Believers and Approaching History as an Outsider”

July 15
7:00 p.m.
SUSAN ORLEAN
The Library Book

July 21
7:00 p.m.
TOBIAS WOLFF
The Art of the Story

July 28
7:00 p.m.
PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family
