Join us for Pittsburgh’s most bookish dinner and the opportunity to support Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh!
Mix, mingle and dine after dark with some of the brightest literary stars of the 2026 PGH Book Fest in our historic Oakland library.
Each dinner table will feature one author from the festival line-up, and guests will receive a copy of the author’s book with the opportunity to get it signed.
A Novel Evening tickets are sold out. Please contact us at donors@carnegielibrary.org for more information and to be put on a waiting list if any should become available.
2026 A Novel Evening Host Committee:
- Cheryl and Christopher Amar
- Beth Baran and Mark Lacey
- Marc and Betsy Brown
- Nick and Tracy Certo
- Marshall Cohen and Barbara Footer
- Betty Eggert and Irv P.R. Guyett, PhD
- Stephanie Gyory
- Laura Heberton-Shlomchik and Mark Shlomchik
- Carolyn Hess Abraham and Jay Apt
- Sue and Sam Kirsch
- H. Lewis and Kate Laffey Lobdell
- Betsy and Stephen Magley
- Mr. and Mrs. W. Thomas McGough, Jr.
- Laura and David Miller
- Drs. Deborah Moss and Keith Somers
- Cary and Richard Reed
- Carol Robinson and Jeffrey Markel
- Pat and Alan Siger
- Megan and Jason Spak
- Rob and Janet Squires
- Carol and Paul Stockman
- Mona and E.J. Strassburger
- Lou and Kathy Testoni
- Betsy and Tom Teti
- Melanie von Trapp and John Rhoades
- Betsy and Charles Watkins
- Dr. Jen Yttri and Jocelyn Mayr
