OK, Who dunnit?? Yesterday, I went to the Boucheron Mystery Conference in downtown Indianapolis. I went because mystery is not one of my favorite genres. Well, I used to read Valerie Wilson Wesley. And, I just bought Deadly Charm by Claudia Mair Burney for my sister. Her son told me that “she likes mysteries with… Read More Mysteriously
OK, as much as I thought I knew about YA lit, I’m going to have to say here and now that I don’t know a blessed thing. I mean, John Green lives right here in Indianapolis and I had no idea! Not that I’d go rushing to his front door and ask him to autography… Read More Pass the book, please!
I’m not much of a fan of the show Extreme Makeover. I hate the way it brings me to tears every daggone time I watch. I’ll be watching this week in May, though! A local Indianapolis man, Bernard McFarland, has been selected to receive a new home. He works for the same school district as… Read More An Extreme Librarian
The State Library recently announced receipt of a $1 million grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services for recruiting and educating 30 ethnically/racially diverse students for Indiana’s Librarians Leading in Diversity project. Potential candidates must apply to the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science (IU SLIS) by September 15, 2008. The… Read More Library Diversity Initiative
Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 pm DVD Showing of Poet Etheridge Knight Reading at the 25th Anniversary of Broadside Press. Earth House Coffee & Books, 237 N. East Street. Located in the Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church on the corners of East and New York Streets. Free and open to the public Friday, April 4… Read More Native American Storyteller Joseph Bruchac Highlights Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts
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