Author Talk: Dana Buckmir

Connecticut native and author Dana Buckmir brings her story about surviving domestic violence and reclaiming her voice to Wilton Library during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Her most recent memoir, Everything Will Be Okay, will be the topic of conversation between Buckmir, Chief Operating Officer of the Domestic Violence Crisis Center Ann Rodwell-Lawton, and Deputy Chief Robert Cipolla from the Wilton Police Department.

Buckmir is the author of Everything Will Be Okay and Plenty of Laughs: One Woman’s Journey Navigating the Online Dating Waters. She also contributes to a biweekly dating column called, Oh Dana that gives advice on relationship topics. Buckmir believes that storytelling not only entertains, but reminds us that we are sharing a collective experience that makes us a little more connected and a little less lonely. This philosophy and her teaching background inspired her to create a workshop and coaching program, Write your story: From Idea to Publication, where she mentors aspiring authors.

Ann Rodwell-Lawton is the Chief Operating Officer of the Domestic Violence Crisis Center (DVCC). Ann oversees DVCC’s community initiatives, direct services programs, and quality assurance efforts. Ann has worked in the fields of domestic violence and sexual violence for ten years. She integrates victim-centered approaches and brings a trauma-informed lens to the work at DVCC.

Buckmir will be selling her book after the program and can accept cash, check, venmo, or zelle as payment.

Co-sponsored by Wilton Library, the Domestic Violence Crisis Center, the Wilton Domestic Violence Task Force, the Riverbrook Regional YMCA, the Wilton Police Department, and Wilton Social Services.

Registration is required. Please register on the Wilton Library website.