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Sunday, Dec. 11 2 -4 p.m. Pages Books & Coffee 605 Main, Newton   Book Event: a book reading & signing Three 2011 Kansas Notable Book Award authors Beverley Buller – “A Prairie Peter Pan” and “From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White” Lana Myers – Prairie Rhythms: “The Life and Poetry of May [...]

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I’ve photographed the old Lawrence Carnegie Library before – because it’s conveniently located at a stoplight at Ninth and Whatever Street (Vermont?). When I’m at the stoplight I always glance over and see what a marvelous structure it is and grab the camera. The C-Span bus was parked at the current Lawrence Public Library. I [...]

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Sunday, on K-177 in Morris County, we drove past the Flyover tree. Dave made this tree famous with his photo on the cover of my book:   I took this photo in January, 2010.      

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It was quite an honor today to receive a medal during the 2011 Kansas Notable Book Awards. Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback handed out the awards to authors of 15 books at the Kansas Book Festival which was held at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka. Kansas Notable Book Award winners along with Roy [...]

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I had fun at the Macksville Library today. I felt honored to be invited for Macksville’s 125th Anniversary event. Jody Suiter is a great librarian – very enthusiastic and she’s really working at making the library a part of the lives of Macksville residents.

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  Broadcasting Hall, Kansas Public Radio, University of Kansas, Lawrence Tonight (Sunday), at 8 p.m., Kaye McIntyre’s show on Kansas Public Radio, KPR Presents, will feature 7 of the 15 2011 Kansas Notable Book Award winners. The show airs tonight and yours truly be on the program right at 8 p.m. CDT, when the show [...]

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On Saturday morning, I had a reading/book-signing event at Faith & Life Bookstore, 606 N. Main, in Newton. Some people came in with their Flyover People books in hand. They had read the book and liked it enough to show up, so that’s always good for a writer’s soul. Such nice people were there; I [...]

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***** ATTENTION NEWTON-AREA FOLKS ***** If you’re looking for some literary thing to do on Saturday, Aug. 13, swing by the Faith and Life Bookstore, 606 N. Main in Newton. I’ll be doing a short reading from Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State at 10 a.m. with a book-signing following, 10 [...]

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old Goessel State Bank building If you’re out and about on Saturday and in the Goessel area looking for something to do, stop by the Mennonite Heritage Museum – it’s Threshing Days. Inside the old Goessel State Bank on the museum grounds (which is air-conditioned, I am told), I will be reading from Flyover People: [...]

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Me, this time: Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural – Cheryl Unruh – Flyover People   ***

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***** Today the State Library of Kansas and the Kansas Center for the Book released the 2011 Kansas Notable Book List: The 2011 Kansas Notable Books are (alphabetical by title and brief synopsis): Amy Barickman’s Vintage Notions by Amy Barickman (Shawnee Mission)  Inspired by Kansan Mary Brooks Picken, a pioneer in the domestic arts and [...]

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