Briefly Noted: Two Lenexa authors make 2021 Kansas Notable Books list
Two Lenexa authors make 2021 Kansas Notable Books list
Two Lenexa authors, Al Ortolani and Elizabeth C. Bunce, are on the 2021 Kansas Notable Books list.
State Librarian Eric Norris announced the 16th annual selection June 3 with a list of 15 books that were either written by a Kansas or about a Kansas related topic. All books were published the previous calendar year.
Ortolani’s
Swimming Shelter: Poems and Bunce’s
Premeditated Myrtle: A Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery both made the list. Both will be presented with a medal at the Kansas Book Festival at Washburn University on Sept. 18, according to a press release.
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This year s Kansas Book Festival will move from its usual venue at the Kansas Statehouse to Mabee Library at Washburn University.
The festival is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 18 and will feature free presentations by 40 authors, outdoor performances, a book-art exhibit, food vendors and exhibitor tents with publishers from around Kansas.
The event will kick off 4 p.m. Sept. 17 with a presentation by Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award winner Rebek Taussig who will speak about her memoir Sitting Pretty: The View from my Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body.
Aimee Nezhukumatahil, author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments, will headline the festival, according to a news release from Kansas Book Festival executive director Tim Bascom.
Jan 12, 2021
LANSING The 2021 Michigan Notable Books, announced by the Library of Michigan, provide a homegrown celebration of Michigan.
The annual list features 20 books, published during the previous calendar year, which are about, or set, in Michigan or written by a Michigan author. Selections span a diverse topics and genres, both fiction and nonfiction.
The latest list doesn’t disappoint, exploring the visionary work of Charlevoix’s Earl A. Young; the contemporary verse of the Anishinaabe; the life of music legend Aretha Franklin; the natural mysteries of our state; and more.
“The MNB selections clearly demonstrate the rich subject matter Michigan offers to writers,” State Librarian Randy Riley said. “Everyone will find something of interest that speaks to their lives or experiences in our great state.”
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