Explore friendship and hope with bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt during a special online chat at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Van Pelt will discuss her luminous debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures. It tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a grieving widow and a curmudgeonly giant Pacific octopus.

Sign up to join the conversation here! A recording of the program will be available to watch afterward.