Two-Part Series with 2008 Minnesota Book Award Winners Announced
September 19, 2008 10:58 AM | Reading ProgramsMollie Pherson, Regional Librarian
Here is information on the two-part series with 2008 MN Book Award Winners, thanks to the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library:
Mark your calendars for a two-part series with 2008 Minnesota Book Award winners and Pioneer Press books editor Mary Ann Grossmann, presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Get to know the writers, their work, and enjoy a conversation moderated by Ms. Grossmann.
On Sunday, September 28 at 2 p.m., sit down with Children's Literature winner Lynne Jonell (Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat); Readers' Choice honoree Jill Kalz (Farmer Cap); and Young Adult Literature winner Will Weaver (Defect). The following Sunday, October 5 at 2 p.m., join the General Nonfiction category winner Charles Baxter (The Art of Subtext); Memoir & Creative Nonfiction winner Patricia Hampl (The Florist's Daughter); Minnesota winner Doug Hoverson (Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota); Poetry winner Deborah Keenan (Willow Room, Green Door) and Fiction winner Wang Ping (The Last Communist Virgin).
Both events take place in the Magazine Room of Central Library, 90 West Fourth Street.