The Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkansas State Library presents Rick Atkinson discussing the second volume of his landmark American Revolution trilogy, The Fate of the Day with Kyle Kellams.
Please join us for this Thursday midday event hosted by the Bentonville Public Library. The discussion will be followed by a book signing.
Event Information
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Bentonville Public Library, 405 S Main St, Bentonville, AR 72712
This event is free of charge and open to the public.
Rick Atkinson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven previous works of history, including The Long Gray Line, the Liberation Trilogy (An Army at Dawn; The Day of Battle; and The Guns at Last Light), and The British Are Coming, the first volume of the Revolution Trilogy. He has won numerous awards, including Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism.
Copies of The Fate of the Day (Crown Publishing, 2025) are available at every public library branch in Arkansas as well as in Libby.
Please visit the If All Arkansas Read the Same Book homepage for more information about this annual project, or contact Karen O’Connell, Coordinator, Arkansas Center for the Book, at [email protected].
The views expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the views or official policies of the State of Arkansas, the Arkansas Department of Education, or the Arkansas State Library.