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From: Marci Davis <marcid>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:50:25 -0800 (PST)
For immediate release
Contact: Marci Davis, Multnomah County Library Youth Librarian,
503.988.5398
Terrilyn Chun, Multnomah County Library Public Relations,
503.988.5469
Press Information Center
(www.multcolib.org/news/index.html)
TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY'S CHILDREN'S AUTHOR LECTURE WITH AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JACK GANTOS
Portland, OR - Tickets are on sale now at select Multnomah County libraries and local area bookstores (see attached list) for Multnomah County Library's sixth annual Children's Author Lecture with award-winning author Jack Gantos. The lecture will take place Monday, April 7, 2003 at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave. in Portland, Oregon.
Tickets for the lecture are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are also available by mail. For more information or an order form, go to the library's Web site at www.multcolib.org/kids/lecture or call 503.988.5402. Ticket sales end April 6 and no tickets will be available at the door.
The theme of Gantos' lecture is "A Character Who Creates Characters: It Takes One to Know One -- From Rotten Ralph to Joey Pigza." A book sale and book signing will follow the lecture.
Mr. Gantos has written more than 30 books for children and adults. Two award committees affiliated with the American Library Association, the Michael L. Printz (young adult) and the Robert F. Sibert (nonfiction), have recently named Gantos' memoir of a turbulent late adolescence and early adulthood, Hole in My Life, a 2003 Honor Book. Joey Pigza Loses Control is a 2001 Newbery Honor Book and Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key is a National Book Award Finalist. Mr. Gantos' other honors include a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
The Multnomah County Library Children's Author Lecture is sponsored by Multnomah County Library, the Friends of the Library, Oregon Public Broadcasting, the Riverdale School District, McCormick & Schmick's and by gifts to The Library Foundation.
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Tickets for the Multnomah County Library's 2003 Children's Author Lecture can be purchased through April 6, 2003 at the following locations:
Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland Capitol Hill Library, 10723 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Gresham Library, 385 N.W. Miller Ave., Gresham Hollywood Library, 3930 N.E. Hancock St., Portland Midland Library, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave., Portland Library Administration, 205 N.E. Russell St., Portland A Children's Place, 4807 N.E. Fremont St., Portland Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Looking Glass Book Store, 318 S.W. Taylor St., Portland Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 N.W. 23rd Ave., Portland Jackson's Books, 320 Liberty St. S.E., Salem
Received on Thu 06 Mar 2003 02:50:25 PM CST
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:50:25 -0800 (PST)
For immediate release
Contact: Marci Davis, Multnomah County Library Youth Librarian,
503.988.5398
Terrilyn Chun, Multnomah County Library Public Relations,
503.988.5469
Press Information Center
(www.multcolib.org/news/index.html)
TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY'S CHILDREN'S AUTHOR LECTURE WITH AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JACK GANTOS
Portland, OR - Tickets are on sale now at select Multnomah County libraries and local area bookstores (see attached list) for Multnomah County Library's sixth annual Children's Author Lecture with award-winning author Jack Gantos. The lecture will take place Monday, April 7, 2003 at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave. in Portland, Oregon.
Tickets for the lecture are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are also available by mail. For more information or an order form, go to the library's Web site at www.multcolib.org/kids/lecture or call 503.988.5402. Ticket sales end April 6 and no tickets will be available at the door.
The theme of Gantos' lecture is "A Character Who Creates Characters: It Takes One to Know One -- From Rotten Ralph to Joey Pigza." A book sale and book signing will follow the lecture.
Mr. Gantos has written more than 30 books for children and adults. Two award committees affiliated with the American Library Association, the Michael L. Printz (young adult) and the Robert F. Sibert (nonfiction), have recently named Gantos' memoir of a turbulent late adolescence and early adulthood, Hole in My Life, a 2003 Honor Book. Joey Pigza Loses Control is a 2001 Newbery Honor Book and Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key is a National Book Award Finalist. Mr. Gantos' other honors include a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
The Multnomah County Library Children's Author Lecture is sponsored by Multnomah County Library, the Friends of the Library, Oregon Public Broadcasting, the Riverdale School District, McCormick & Schmick's and by gifts to The Library Foundation.
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Tickets for the Multnomah County Library's 2003 Children's Author Lecture can be purchased through April 6, 2003 at the following locations:
Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland Capitol Hill Library, 10723 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Gresham Library, 385 N.W. Miller Ave., Gresham Hollywood Library, 3930 N.E. Hancock St., Portland Midland Library, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave., Portland Library Administration, 205 N.E. Russell St., Portland A Children's Place, 4807 N.E. Fremont St., Portland Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Looking Glass Book Store, 318 S.W. Taylor St., Portland Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 N.W. 23rd Ave., Portland Jackson's Books, 320 Liberty St. S.E., Salem
Received on Thu 06 Mar 2003 02:50:25 PM CST
