West Virginia Book Festival authors, dogs and a children’s theater troupe are among the highlights of children’s programming at several branches of the Kanawha County Public Library system in September. Call the host library to register.
Bringing Books to Life: 2010 West Virginia Book Festival Children’s Authors
The Library Dragon; Franny [...]
Author/illustrator Jim Benton and local children’s author Sarah Sullivan are two of the featured authors at the West Virginia Book Festival at the Charleston Civic Center in October.
Jim Benton
Benton is the New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of more than 20 books, including “It’s Happy Bunny,” “Franny K. Stein” and [...]
[ September 11, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
Patrick Frank, author of On the Blue Ridge Line, has cancelled his book signing and interactive affair at Taylor Books on September 11th due to a family emergency.
However, another author will be holding a book signing on September 11th in place of Mr. Frank. Ellen Galinsky, author of Mind in the Making: [...]
[ October 27, 2010 to October 30, 2010. ]
[ September 26, 2010; 7:30 pm; ]
[ September 7, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
The West Virginia Archives and History Library of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History will continue its series of after hours lectures on Tuesday, September 7 from 6:00 pm until 7:30 p.m with the program “Charleston: Then & Now” with Dr. Billy Joe Peyton, associate [...]
Our friends at the East End Pet Food Pantry say they are in desperate need of donations of dog food and cat food. They report, “…as soon as the food comes in it’s going out!” The East End Pet Food Pantry is located in The Book Exchange at 1588 Washington St E.
For more information email [...]
West Virginia’s former Secretary of State Ken Hechler and Civil War Historian John J. Fox III have been added to the line-up of the West Virginia Book Festival.
Ken Hechler
Before he came home and was elected to public office, a young Ken Hechler interrogated captured Nazi officers prior to the Nuremberg Trials [...]
What’s as interesting as reading a good book? Talking about it with others, of course. Several branches of the Kanawha County Public Library host book discussion groups. Join one to have fun, make friends, stimulate your brain cells and meet like-minded people.
Short Term Book Groups
These groups meet for a [...]
[ September 11, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
Patrick Frank, author of On the Blue Ridge Line, will be signing copies of his book on Saturday, September 11th from 2-4 PM at Taylor Books, located at 226 Capitol Street in downtown Charleston.
The event is an “interactive” affair, not just a book signing – there will be a talk, songs, and a question [...]