Monday, January 26, 2009

Bestselling Authors Lisa Scottoline, Salman Rushdie, Kathie Reichs to Appear in Scranton as Part of 2009 Library Lecture Series



Mark your calendars, book lovers!


The Lackawanna County Library System Library Lecture Series will be hosting three bestselling authors in 2009.


First up will be Lisa Scottoline, who will be presenting at the Scranton Cultural Center on Thursday, April 16th. Scottoline's bestselling novel Lady Killer has been selected as 2009's book of "On the Same Page in Lackawanna County." For more information, click here.


On Friday, July 17th, controversial and bestselling author Salman Rushdie (The Satanic Verses) will be speaking at the Scranton Cultural Center at 8 PM. Rushdie will also be part of The Gathering at Keystone College (July 16-July 19, 2009), where he will be joined by Gregory Maguire (Wicked), Loung Ung, and Newberry Award winner Nancy Willard (A Visit to William Blake's Inn). For more information, click here.


Scheduled to speak at the Scranton Cultural Center on Monday, November 16th is Kathy Reichs, author of the "Temperance Brennan" books and whose forensic novels have been used as the basis for the hit TV series Bones.


Tickets for all events are FREE and will available at any library in the Lackawanna County Library System closer to the date of each event.


For more information, check out the Lackawanna County Library System Library Lecture Series page on Facebook.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

"Jason Miller Bust" from O.T.I.S. (Odd Things I've Seen) Blog

My thoroughly enchanting colleague Evelyn Gibbons emailed me this-- it's a blog entry from O.T.I.S. (Odd Things I've Seen) by J. W. Ocker about the Jason Miller Bust on Courthouse Square.

To read the complete entry, click here. It's very interesting and quite funny!

Thanks, Ev!