Claremont authors Collection
2026 Claremont Authors Event
Call for Participants: The annual Friends of the Claremont Library Author’s Event will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2026. It will be held from 10 AM to 12 PM in the library's meeting room. We are looking for local authors who live or work in Claremont, have published their work, and would like to present their work to those attending. If you are interested, please email [email protected] with your contact information. You will hear back from one of our volunteers with more details about the event. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
2025 Claremont Authors Event
Last year's Authors Event was held on Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, with author talks from 10:00 to 11:00 AM and an author meet-and-greet and book signing from 11:00 AM to noon. At this event, each author had a table to display their book(s) and was given the opportunity to offer a short overview of their publications.
Call for Participants: The annual Friends of the Claremont Library Author’s Event will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2026. It will be held from 10 AM to 12 PM in the library's meeting room. We are looking for local authors who live or work in Claremont, have published their work, and would like to present their work to those attending. If you are interested, please email [email protected] with your contact information. You will hear back from one of our volunteers with more details about the event. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
2025 Claremont Authors Event
Last year's Authors Event was held on Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, with author talks from 10:00 to 11:00 AM and an author meet-and-greet and book signing from 11:00 AM to noon. At this event, each author had a table to display their book(s) and was given the opportunity to offer a short overview of their publications.
Claremont authors* participating in the 2025 Claremont Authors Event:
- Lea Appleton: Walking and Wayfinding
- Esinam Bediako: Blood on the Brain
- Janet Binette: Reflections on Pawprints in my Life
- Elisheva Clodfelter: Sights and Sounds All Around Me
- John DeSimone: The Road to Delano
- Suzanne Duron: Mary Has a Balding Lab and Mirror, Mirror
- Carol Herman: Gigi & Zeva's Remarkable Goof
- David Mann: Becoming Better Men
- Alice Simpson: The Winthrop Agreement
- Lydia Sohn: Here
2025 FOCL Claremont Authors Book Display in the main lobby across from the checkout desk during Claremont Helen Renwick Library's Rededication Celebration on Sept. 17, 2025.
About the Claremont Authors Collection
Since 2007, the Friends of the Claremont Library have been developing a collection devoted to the works of significant writers who have resided in Claremont or have an association with the city. Judy Wright, the late Claremont historian, originally conceived the idea for the collection. Under an agreement with the County of Los Angeles Public Library, the Friends fully own the cataloged collection.
This unique collection is permanently housed in the Claremont Authors Room in the library.
You can view the collection catalog online using these instructions.
We welcome additional donations to the collection and accept books, manuscripts and ephemera by Claremont authors that meet the following guidelines:
Please note that any donated materials will be accepted at the discretion of the Friends Claremont Authors Committee. If you would like to donate, please contact: [email protected]
Since 2007, the Friends of the Claremont Library have been developing a collection devoted to the works of significant writers who have resided in Claremont or have an association with the city. Judy Wright, the late Claremont historian, originally conceived the idea for the collection. Under an agreement with the County of Los Angeles Public Library, the Friends fully own the cataloged collection.
This unique collection is permanently housed in the Claremont Authors Room in the library.
You can view the collection catalog online using these instructions.
We welcome additional donations to the collection and accept books, manuscripts and ephemera by Claremont authors that meet the following guidelines:
- Books by Claremont authors must be published in more than one copy, bound in a volume or volumes and be available to the public through purchase or donation.
- Manuscripts by Claremont authors must be unique items, such as letters or unpublished works.
- Ephemera by Claremont authors are works directly related to Claremont authors, such as magazine reprints of an author's work, pamphlets containing an author's work, postcards, bookplates, or other materials owned by the author or depicting their work.
Please note that any donated materials will be accepted at the discretion of the Friends Claremont Authors Committee. If you would like to donate, please contact: [email protected]