[Conntech] Adult Programming Roundtable

[Kirsten Kilbourn]

Excuse cross postings...

Please join us for the next meeting of the:

Adult Programming Roundtable
Co-chairs: Karen Ronald, Fairfield Public Library and Cynde Lahey, New
Canaan Public Library

Fairfield Public Library
Directions: http://www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/directions.htm#main
Thursday, June 19, 2008
10:00 - Guest Speakers
Register online: http://www.ctlibrarians.org/events/register.html

Don't miss this next program on Thursday, June 19 at 10:00 am at the
Fairfield Public Library entitled "How to craft and sustain an effective
publicity/media plan for your library!" 

Speakers include:

Jessica Bram, Westport Writers Workshop - Jessica Bram is a writer whose
commentaries are regularly heard on the National Public Radio station WSHU
during NPR's "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition." Her personal
essays have been published and syndicated in national and regional
newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Child Magazine,
Women's Journal, Country Accents and the Gannett Newspapers. Jessica Bram is
currently on the adjunct faculty of Norwalk Community College, where she
teaches literature and writing. She has also taught courses in memoir,
essay, and creative nonfiction writing at the Lifetime Learners Institute,
Norwalk Community College's Extended Studies and Workforce. 

Rosemary Harris - is a former bookstore manager, direct marketing executive
and video producer who has worked for WNET, ABC-TV, Crown Publishers, and
American Express Publishing. She and her husband split their time between
New York City and Fairfield County, CT where Rosemary is a certified Master
Gardener. She is a member of CMGA (Connecticut Master Gardeners
Association), is the VP of Sisters in Crime New England, and is on the board
of Mystery Writers of America NY Chapter. Pushing Up Daisies (St. Martins
Minotaur 2008) is the first in the Dirty Business Mystery series featuring
amateur sleuth Paula Holliday. It was a Mystery Guild alternate selection
and an Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Killer Book and
Bestseller. Her short story Growing Up is For Losers was a 2007 Derringer
nominee and is a prequel to Pushing Up Daisies. Book two in the series, Dirt
Nap will be released March 2009. 

Joe Meyers - Chicago native Joe Meyers writes about movies and books for the
Connecticut Post in Bridgeport. A collection of Joe's pieces about film
stars of the past - "Whatever Happened to..." - went through several
printings. Recently, Joe has hosted several "Critics Choice" evenings at the
non-profit Avon Theatre Film Center in Stamford, including a screening of
"Starting Out in the Evening" which was followed by Joe's Q&A with the
film's star Frank Langella.

Register online: http://www.ctlibrarians.org/events/register.html

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Kirsten Kilbourn - Part-time Project Coordinator
kkilbourn at ctlibrarians.org

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