Medical oncologist Dr. Richard Frank, interventional gastroenterologist Dr. Naveen Anand, surgeon Dr. Francis Cannizzo, Jr., dietician and oncology nutrition specialist Vicki Barber and genetics expert Susan Ingram from the Western Connecticut Health Network addressed pancreatic cancer, from prevention to treatment at the Westport Library on November 1, 2016.

Authors Nora Baskin (nine, ten: a 9/11 Story), Gae Polisner (The Memory of Things), Jewell Parker Rhodes (Towers Falling), Wendy Mills (All We Have Left) and Lauren Tarshis (I Survived series) discussed coping with tragedy through a writer’s lens and their new books for middle grades and young adults at the Westport Library on September 12, 2016.

Deford discussed his new book, I'd Know That Voice Anywhere, which collects the very best of his commentaries, creating a wide-ranging look at athletes and the world of sports on June 8, 2016.

Sacred Heart University English professor Dr. Pamela Buck led a discussion of Mansfield Park on May 21, 2016.

Keith Berman of Options for College presented how to use your passions to your advantage on May 17, 2016.

Executive career management coach Linda Van Valkenburgh discussed ways to improve your social media skills to position yourself for career search or to elevate your credentials and industry reputation on June 1, 2016.

A panel of product designers, developers, inventors, and entrepreneurs spoke about their experiences using crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo on May 25, 2016.

Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author spoke about her new young adult trilogy The Outliers on May 20, 2016.

Westporter Sybil Steinberg, contributing editor and former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly, returned with her ever-popular talk on the best new reads on June 3, 2016.

The Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce and CBIA hosted a panel of local legislators in an informal discussion about the 2016 session of the Connecticut General Assembly on May 11, 2016.