New season of Talk of the Stacks features writer Lisa Ko, two Star Tribune writers

Lisa Ko.

The 2017 season of Talk of the Stacks, the free author series held at Minneapolis Central Library, features a novelist, a food writer, an actor-turned-YA-novelist, and two writers for the Star Tribune.

The season opens April 12 with Andrew McCarthy, actor from "Pretty in Pink" and "St. Elmo's Fire," now also a writer and director. He will discuss his debut YA novel, "Just Fly Away."

On June 13, Lisa Ko, winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, will discuss her debut novel, "The Leavers."

On Aug. 17, the Star Tribune's Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Steve Sack will launch his new book, a collection of his cartoons.

On Oct. 5, Larry Olmsted, author of "Real Food/Fake Food," will discuss the four years he spent traveling the world investigating food.

And on Nov. 2 Star Tribune music reporter Chris Riemenschneider will discuss his book, "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom." He'll be in conversation with Daniel Corrigan and Danny Sigelman.

All events begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:15 p.m. Book signings will follow.