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Upcoming book event features authors inspired by nature
Staff reports
May 19, 2013
Interacting with nature seems a theme of an upcoming reading and book signing event at the Raven, featuring authors Gail Storey and Priscilla Stuckey.
Local teacher mixes history, mystery, sci-fi for kids in novel
Gary Henry
May 5, 2013
With “Saving Mr. Sharp,” a literary mix of mystery, science fiction and the sixth-grade, Lawrence teacher and author Dan Karasek takes aim at hooking elementary- and middle-school students on Kansas history.
Kansas Humanities Council announces new state poet laureate
By Sara Shepherd
May 1, 2013
As the state’s new poet laureate, a fourth-generation Kansan says she hopes to use poetry to help fellow residents explore the concept of home. The Kansas Humanities Council announced Wednesday that Wyatt Townley, of Leawood, has been chosen as the 2013-15 Kansas Poet Laureate. By Sara Shepherd
Grand slam: Competition brings together local poets
Nadia Imafidon
April 28, 2013
No one expects a teacher to stand in front of an audience and flip the bird. But at a poetry slam, any form of self-expression is fair game. By Nadia Imafidon
Banned books trading card project earns prestigious national award for Lawrence Public Library
By Sara Shepherd
April 24, 2013
Banned books, original art and collectible trading cards came together last fall and hooked book lovers around the world. The Lawrence Public Library’s banned books trading card project also hooked the nation’s most prestigious award for library public relations and marketing. By Sara Shepherd
Lawrence couple create home for poetry in tree at their home
By Margie Carr
April 14, 2013
There are poetry posts, poetry poles and even poetry boxes, but Lawrence may be the only place in America that has a “Poet Tree” — a maple tree in the front yard of Joe and Vicki Douglas’ home at 2804 Oxford Road. By Margie Carr
Historical novelist to talk, sign books at senior living community
Staff Reports
April 7, 2013
Lawrence author Tom Mach will speak and sign books this week at a Lawrence senior living community. His latest novel, “Angels at Sunset,” brings the women’s suffrage movement to life.
Book signing event features authors, illustrator of ‘Kansas Bestiary’
Staff Reports
March 31, 2013
Copies of “A Kansas Bestiary” will be for sale at an upcoming event hoped to celebrate the book’s hard-cover release and raise funds for the Kansas Land Trust.
Hero or terrorist? Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian to discuss John Brown
By Giles Bruce
March 31, 2013
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Tony Horwitz is set to visit Lawrence for the event, “Reconstructing John Brown,” where he and a Kansas University historian will discuss the famous abolitionist’s place in history. By Giles Bruce
Book review: Banished by Phelps
Susan Kraus
March 18, 2013
Lauren Drain recounts how she got sucked in to the Westboro Baptist Church and subsequent banishment in her book “Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church.” By Susan Kraus
NPR quiz show host to speak Monday at KU
Journal-World staff report
February 17, 2013
The longtime host of National Public Radio’s current events quiz show, “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” — sharp-witted author, broadcast personality and commentator Peter Sagal — is planning an appearance at Kansas University.
Invite love in, all year round: 7 tips
Harriet Lerner
February 11, 2013
Lawrence psychologist Harriet Lerner shares relationship tips to remember not just around Valentine’s Day but all year long.
Statewide writing contest open to students
Staff Reports
February 10, 2013
Kansas students in third through 12th grades are invited to submit their essays for this year’s Kansas Book Festival Writing Contest. Students are asked to get creative and set straight a common myth about Kansas by writing on the theme, “Kansas Isn’t Flat It’s…”
Humanities Council picks up poet laureate program from dissolved state arts commission, now seeking applicants
By Sara Shepherd
February 3, 2013
With Gov. Sam Brownback’s dissolution of the Kansas Arts Commission, the Kansas Humanities Council is taking over coordination of the state’s poet laureate program. With the change will come a shift in focus, making the program less about creating poetry and more about how poetry — the laureate’s own and others’ — speaks to the human experience. By Sara Shepherd.
Readings planned Thursday, Friday at Raven
Journal-World staff report
February 3, 2013
Thursday’s event features Jerry Dobson, author of “The Waters of Chaos: The Ancient Saga” and “ The Waters of Chaos: The Modern Quest.” Friday’s event will feature Mike Wehmeyer, author of “Good Blood, Bad Blood: Science Nature, and the Myth of Kallikaks.”

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