Apr 18 Thursday
Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author whose sixteen previous books include The Forever Witness, Mississippi Mud, Garbology, and the PEN Award–winning No Matter How Loud I Shout. Ed and his family, including their rescued racing greyhounds, live in Southern California.
Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal the WorldAn investigative narrative that dives into the waste embedded in our daily lives—and shows how individuals and communities are making a real difference for health, prosperity, quality of life, and the fight against climate change, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
Apr 20 Saturday
Stop by Auntie's to get a signed copy of "Season of Shattered Dreams" by Eric Vickrey and chat about his book! In 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team crashed to the bottom of a deep ravine in Washington state's Cascade mountains, killing nine players. To this day, it remains the deadliest accident in the history of American professional sports.
Apr 24 Wednesday
Lora Senf, author of THE CLACKITY and THE NIGHTHOUSE KEEPER, will discuss writing children's literature with Sharma Shields. Wishing Tree Books will sell signed copies of Senf's work.
Writing Education Specialist Sharma Shields will discuss the process of writing spooky children's novels with renowned writer Lora Senf, author of The Blight Harbor Series. There will be ample opportunity for audience questions, as well. Local indie bookstore Wishing Tree Books will sell copies of Senf's work and other children's books.
About the author:
Lora Senf is a writer of dark and twisty stories for all ages, including The Clackity and The Nighthouse Keeper. She credits her love of words to her parents and to the public library that was walking distance from her childhood home.
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