Location: 749 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury, CT 06070
Date: October 7, 2026
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Free for members, $5 for non-members
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Author Bio:
Kara LaBella has a Master’s degree in English Literature from Trinity College and is a Professor Emerita of the CT-State system. She has been a member of the Friends of the State Archaeologist, based at UCONN, and the Connecticut Gravestone Network – organizations seeking to preserve our state’s past for the future.
Her first book, The Symsbury Witches, explores the identities of real women behind a town legend dating from the 1680s. Likewise, her second novel – The French Paymaster – surrounds a Canton legend, combining local history with lore. Her works are sold at Simsbury, Canton, and Salmon Brook Historical Societies, as well as Simsbury’s The Bell & Raven shop, Canton’s Kismet shop, Simsbury’s Coffee Spot and the Heublein Tower Gift Shop. She now offers events through the CT Library Consortium, lecturing for libraries, historical societies, schools, bookshops and private associations throughout the state.
