LIBRARY UPDATE - WV LIBRARY TV

from SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL HERE
In May, I had the honor of being the featured speaker at the Awards Ceremony for this year's Letters About Literature competition in West Virginia.  The star of the show was sixth grader Darius Atefat-Peckham whose beautiful letter to poet Mark Doty moved many in the audience to tears.  Darius was a winner in the National Letters About Literature competition, as well as placing at the state level.  You can watch him read his letter here . 

"Two National winners were chosen from each of the three competition levels: Level 1 (grades 4-6), Level 2 (grades 7-8) and Level 3 (grades 9-12). National winners each designate a favorite library that he or she wishes to receive a $10,000 grant from Target. The students each receive a $500 Target GiftCard."  [quoted from the Library of Congress website ].

Darius designed the library at his school in Huntington, WV -- Meadows Elementary -- to receive the grant.


On the morning of the ceremony I was interviewed by Megan Tarbett of the West Virginia Library Commission for her program LIBRARY UPDATE.  You can view that interview HERE .

Otherwise I am holed in a quiet space finishing the final revisions to my novel!