The
Library Legacy Foundation Presents three OPEN BOOK series
authors this month …
The
Library Legacy Foundation presents OPEN BOOK: Where
authors tell their story for the month of April
featuring three dynamic authors. This FREE series
includes a book discussion, Q&A session, and book signing.
Mark your calendar and attend this amazing series outlined
below:
• Thursday, April 9 @ 6:30 p.m.
(McMaster Center, Main Library, 325 Michigan St.) – David
Hale Sylvester – After his friend died in the World Trade
Center on 9/11, Sylvester adopted a mission to enhance the
world one interaction at a time. To that end, Sylvester
bicycled, volunteered, hugged and high 5’d his way across
Africa, Asia, Australia and North America. His book,
Traveling at the Speed of Life, has now been read all over
the planet and added to the curricula at seven universities,
including Yale. Info: 419.259.5218.
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• Friday, April 10 @ 1 p.m.
(Maumee Branch Library, 501 River Rd.) – William Heath –
Heath is Professor Emeritus of English at Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Emmitsburg, Maryland. Heath has published numerous
essays and poems and is the author of the novels The
Children Bob Moses Led, Devil Dancer, and Blacksnake’s Path:
The True Adventures of William Wells. The William Heath
Award in creative writing is given annually to an
undergraduate in his honor. Info: 419.259.5360419.259.5360.
• Wednesday, April 29 @ 6:30
p.m. (Sanger Branch Library, 3030 W. Central Ave.) – Ryan
Ireland – Ireland was born and raised in Ohio and currently
lives in the village of Alpha with his wife and three
children. Despite his love for travel, he has stayed close
to home. His favorite places to visit are in the West and he
has enjoyed revisiting these places in his adulthood. Much
of his novel Beyond the Horizon, published recently, comes
from these adventures. Info: 419.259.5370419.259.5370.
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