Local writer Cari Noga will discuss her recent novel, Sparrow Migrations, at the Traverse Area District Library, 7 pm, Tuesday, January 21. Sparrow Migrations was a semifinalist for the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. TADL reports that Noga will “talk about her novel and share her amazing story of life, writing and how she began her first novel as a part of NaNoRiMo.” Read all about it.