On Saturday, April 18, 2026, the Roosevelt Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District hosted the annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival. Authors of recently-published books on Hudson Valley history presented author talks followed by book signings in the Wallace Center. Featured authors included Joseph E. Diamond, Moira Fitzgibbons, Anthony P. Musso, and Libbie Werlau.
Joseph E. Diamond
The Archaeology of Kingston, New York
Anthony P. Musso
Mafia Burial Ground: The Mob and St. John’s Cemetery
Elizabeth Werlau
Legacies on the Land: Historic Houses,
Hamlets, and Landscapes of Southern Ulster County
Moira Fitzgibbons
Drawn by the River: The Hudson River Valley as a Comics Ecosystem
Bygone Hudson Valley 
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