An evening with three best-selling and award-winning authors will include delicious food and will support Tulsa City County Library’s Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service.

 As part of National Literacy Awareness Month, TCCL and the Tulsa Library Trust present “Chapters: A Casual Evening of Books, Bards and Bites” September 20th at 6:30 p.m. at Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E. 93rd St. Individual tickets are $50 and can be reserved by calling 918-549-7494.

Supporters will enjoy a relaxing evening in the library with local food and refreshments while listening to authors Ally Carter, Sasha Martin and Beatriz Williams.

Ally Carter is a best-selling author of multiple young adult series including Gallagher Girls, Heist Society and Embassy Row. Carter was born and raised in Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University and Cornell University. Her books have been published in more than 20 countries. Her newest novel, Not If I Save You First, is her first stand-alone novel.

Sasha Martin is an award-winning writer and blogger who spent almost four years cooking her way around the world. Her work has been featured on NPR (Travel with Rick Steves), Whole Living, Bon Appetit, The Smithsonian, Cnngo and Food52. Her website, Global Table Adventure, is a go-to hub for foodies around the world. Her memoir, life from scratch: a memoir of food, family and forgiveness, was published by national geographic in 2015.

Beatriz Williams is the best-selling author of a Hundred Summers, The Secret Life of Violet Grant, Along the Infinite Sea, A Certain Age and The Summer Wives. A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA in finance from Columbia University, Williams worked as a communications and corporate strategy consultant before she turned her attention to writing novels that combine her passion for history with an obsessive devotion to voice and characterization. Her books have won numerous awards, have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and appear regularly in best-seller lists around the world.

The mission of the Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service is to promote literacy through adult basic and English language instruction. Volunteers are trained to teach adult learners who want to improve their reading and/or English skills. The volunteers attend a 10-hour training workshop and commit to work in the program for one year. Tutors are then matched with an adult learner and they work together at least once week for one hour at a public place that is mutually convenient (usually a library.) Today, the program matches approximately 150 students with approximately 120 volunteer tutors.

Authors’ books will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the literacy service. Call 918-549-7494 for more information or to make a reservation.