John Avlon Featured Speaker for Book and Author Party

John Avlon, senior political analyst at CNN, will be the featured guest at the Friends of John Jermain Memorial Library’s annual “Book and Author Cocktail Party” on Sunday, December 4, at 2 p.m. The event will be held at Tutto Il Giorno where Avlon, a Sag Harbor resident, will discuss his latest book “Lincoln and the Fight for Peace,” a historical analysis of Lincoln’s rebuilding of the nation from the Civil War and how those efforts carried on past his assassination.

Avlon is an author, columnist and commentator. He is a fill-in anchor at CNN, appearing on “New Day” every morning. From 2013 to 2018, he was the editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast, during which time the site’s traffic more than doubled to over one million readers a day while winning 17 journalism awards. In addition to “Lincoln and the Fight for Peace,” he is the author of “Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics,” “Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America” and “Washington’s Farewell: The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations,” as well as co-editor of the acclaimed “Deadline Artists” journalism anthologies. Avlon served as chief speechwriter to New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists award for best online column in 2012.

Avlon has appeared on “The Daily Show,” “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” CNN, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” PBS and C-Span. He has spoken at the Kennedy School of Government, the Citadel, the State Department’s visiting journalist program, and civic organizations around the nation. He serves on the board of Citizens Union of New York and The Bronx Academy of Letters as well as the advisory board of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. He was appointed to the New York City Voter Assistance Advisory Committee in 2011. Avlon is also a co-founder of No Labels — a group of Democrats, Republicans and Independents dedicated to the politics of problem-solving and making government work again.

Tickets for the Friends of the John Jermain Memorial Library “Book and Author Cocktail Party” on December 4 are $50. One alcoholic beverage and unlimited soft drinks plus a wide variety of hors d’oeuvres are included in the price of admission. Additional beverages may be purchased at the bar. Tutto Il Giorno is at 16 Main Street in Sag Harbor. To reserve, visit johnjermain.org.