Local authors and librarians are a match made in heaven :) Authors are obviously in the business of creating book content, and librarians are in the business of getting that content into patron's hands. Sounds like the beginning of a beautiful friendship hehe.Obviously, library's are filled with fantastic books and resources from well-known authors, vendors, and publishers. But, it is also cool when librarians are able to support local authors, and bring awareness to their talent.
Recently, we had the opportunity for local author, Jennifer Fallaw, to come in and chat with our Monday Fun group. She read a few chapters from her debut novel, The Wishflower Field: Book One-Marie's Triumph, chatted about where the idea came from, and answered some questions on what it was like to write it. The Wishflower Field gives kids a positive way to deal with fear, and that was another large part of Jennifer's talk.
Not only was their a good turnout from our library, there were also quite a few folks that we normally don't see at Monday Fun that came down to support Jennifer. Perfect! Jennifer really appreciated the chance to come, and the kids really enjoyed her appearance. A couple kids purchased the book (with their parents help of course) and by the next week, one girl told me she read it at least five times!
Library's are all about connecting readers with literature, and it was fantastic to connect local talent with our patrons =D
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