Young Adult author Scott Westerfeld spoke at 2 schools and presented an evening program on Thursday, October 11th. These programs were part of our Kim Lafferty Memorial lectures. Over 500 people attended the lectures. Scott talked about his inspiration for the first book in his successful and popular series, "Uglies" and how he writes. His comfortable, easy approach -- with many questions from the audience, made it seem as if the audience was really in conversation with him.
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(That's library talk). We had an official inspection at the library Service Center today from the Issaquah Fire Department. They never expected to find their calendar or to pick up a "Find, Read and Release" book.
But since they were here, it was a great way to promote The Big Read!
Charles de Lint, author of Widdershins, was interviewed by one of our Teen Librarians at last weekend's Foolscap Con. You can also check out the interview preview on the Carnation & Duvall Library MySpace Page.
Charles Vess (typing at his laptop in the photo above) shared many of his artistic inspirations and his process for creating his own art with an audience at Bothell Regional Library on Thursday, September 20th. Some of his friends stopped by to say "Hello" while he was in the neighborhood.
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One of our volunteers placing books around the county as part of the "Find, Read and Release" promotion sent some photos of books waiting to be discovered.
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Are you going to argue with him? Of course not!
We had members of the Rebel Alliance, Alpha Base and Garrison Titan (Imperial Army) at Crossoads Bellevue on Saturday to kick off The Big Read.
Special thanks to the wonderful members of both groups!
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Fantasy author Charles de Lint presented programs for King County Library System while on tour for his book, Little (Grrl) Lost and attending Foolscap Con in Bellevue. At a Middle School in Shoreline School District, he sang some songs he's written about characters in his book, including "Crow Girls".
His lovely wife, Mary Ann, joined him to present a short concert as part of the program at Kirkland Library.
Charles spoke about his writing and some of the recurring themes in his books. One of the ideas that comes up book after book is the difficulty many people face when they need to ask for and then receive help. As individuals, he pointed out, we feel we need to be independent and self-reliant, even though we have family, friends and loved ones we can reach out to to help us.
It was a good reminder to all of us, that sometimes "toughing it out alone" isn't the only, nor the best path.
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Eisner Award winning artist Charles Vess will be appearing at the Bothell Regional Library on September 20th at 7pm. Charles is well known for his popular comic illustrations, notably his work with Neil Gaiman on Stardust, The Books of Magic and Sandman.
Charles (on the left) on meeting Ray Bradbury at the San Diego Comic Convention:
You never know who will drop by your table. Several years ago Mr. Ray Bradbury himself attempted to purchase a copy of my ‘Circle of Cats’ book. It quickly became a gift to a writer whose work I will always treasure deeply. What a thrill!
Meet some costumed characters from the "Star Wars" movies and get a free book* at Crossroads Bellevue on Saturday, September 15, noon - 4pm. (*While supplies last!)
