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Lou's News
Lopez Library - June 2008Deb Caletti to Read at Lopez Library
Local Writers Read at Lopez LibraryIn collaboration with the Lopez Writer's Guild, the library is hosting a reading of local writers from this long-standing group. John Sangster, Alie Smaalders, Colleen Armstrong, and Molly Swan-Sheeran will be doing readings at 7:30, July 10th around the Fireplace in the Library. John has published both personal essays and poems in a broad array of literary magazines, on-line literary magazines, anthologies, and newspapers. His writing awards include being a Fishtrap Fellow (Fishtrap is a writer's workshop/conference that takes place every summer in Oregon's Wallowa Mountains) and a Jack Straw Writer. John says, "I write to find out what's inside. The trigger can be anything - an observation, something I overhear, a question that comes to mind. When it works, I'm sometimes startled by what appears on the monitor or the notebook's blue line - a moment of receptivity. I'm drawn to the prose poem because it seems to provide me with the freedom and spontaneity that can lead to those moments. I like the look of a prose poem - a box of words - and I like working with a form that's controversial, some claiming it's not a form." Check out this local poet's work at the Shark Reef Writer's Guild site: http://sharkreef.org/author/johnsangster. New at your library - Scanner Service
Scanning Service: Scan Your Old Photos! Thanks to a grant received from the Washington Rural Heritage Project in collaboration with the Lopez Island Museum and Historical Society (LIHS), the library has a state of the art scanner it shares with LIHS and is offering free scanning of photos and negatives by appointment. Other scanning services available on request. Contact the Library at 468-2265 for more information.
Read To A Dog
Listen Up! Lou's Library News and Reviews Goes Global!Yours truly has joined the KLOI 102.9 FM Radio Lineup starting in June. My show, Lou's Library News and Reviews, airs every Wednesday from 1pm-2pm, PST. It will include reviews of new books and films, some from me and some from others. Do you have a book or film you'd like to talk about? Contact me to set up a time to record your review. Upcoming author readings, movie viewings and other library events will be featured. We will also air chapters from library-owned audio books and music and library staff-read short stories. Give us a listen for the latest library news and reviews! Maybe some of the reviews will be yours! If you are not within range of our FM broadcast on 102.9, KLOI is streaming on the internet. Go to http://kloi.org/ to click on the stream.
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Director and head librarian, Lou Pray, tells all about the library, Lopez, and beyond...
Summer is coming - really it IS coming - but you can't spend ALL your time
outdoors so don't forget your library. Hammocks are an ideal place for
lounging with a good book or audio book for that matter. In an effort to
lure you into our door, we've arranged two great author readings for you
in June and July. June 28th at 11am, 
Dog Days of Summer? June 26, July 10, & July 31 are our Lopez Island Library dog days. What's that?? Research has shown shy young readers
benefit greatly from a non-judgmental audience when reading aloud and dog
really fit the non-judgmental bill. Children can sign up for 10 minute
slots. You can bring your own book or we'll happily help you pick a book
to read to this furry and forgiving audience. Call us or come by to sign
up.