Powerful Stories, Powerfully Told
At Book Events West, we believe in the power of stories and new ideas to inspire, entertain and yes, even change lives.
Host Today’s Top Thinkers
Innovative author talks at your company
We offer cost-effective, full-service event planning with authors touring new books. By working directly with publishers, we tailor-fit a speaker to meet your audience interests. Did we mention we’ve created hundreds of events for thought-leading companies across the country?
We are now offering virtual events! Learn more about how to create memorable and innovative author talks at your company.
– Per Wingerup, CBSAt CBS we aim to excite, stimulate and inspire by learning from the best and brightest anywhere. Our partnership with Book Events West has truly enabled that “anywhere.” Our employees get to meet and talk with world-class thought leaders and the result, besides “Wow, that was cool!” is excitement and energy that makes it a better place to work for everyone.
Inspire Your Employees and Clients
Fresh ideas to educate and entertain
We bring the thought leaders to you. Are you setting up a speaker series to support changes in your corporate culture? Need new ways to talk about tough topics? Creating a lunch and learn event to bring new ideas into your workplace? If you can dream it, we can do it.Let’s talk more about how we can help inspire your employees.
Upcoming Events
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Rana el Kaliouby, virtual author talk
Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology is a captivating memoir written by an Egyptian-American visionary and scientist that provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling — to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another.
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Jeffrey Rosen, virtual author talk
Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law is an intimate look at the life and career of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her own words, through an extraordinary series of conversations with a veteran legal journalist, scholar, and president of the National Constitution Center.
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Robert Putnam, virtual author talk
The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again is an eminent political scientist’s brilliant analysis of economic, social, and political trends over the past century demonstrating how we have gone from an individualistic “I” society to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can learn from that experience to become a stronger, more unified nation.
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Alyssa Westring, virtual author talk
Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent With Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life, is a guide for working parents to lead more purposeful lives, characterized by harmony, connection, and impact. Alyssa Westring is an Associate Professor of Management at the Driehaus College of Business, DePaul University, a Director of Research at Total Leadership and an award-winning educator, with expertise on work/life integration and women’s careers.