Next Live Production:

Saturday, August 4, 2007

1:30 p.m. @ The Puyallup Public Library

(Click here for address and directions)

Hosted by Jay Bates

And featuring the following artists: 

Kent Meyers is the author of two novels, one story collection, and a book of personal essays.  His most recent novel, The Work of Wolves, won a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award and was named to The Christian Science Monitor’s list of the best books of 2004.  Meyers lives in Spearfish, South Dakota and teaches Literature Of the American West, Creative Writing, Non-western Novel, and Literature and the Environment. In addition to writing, he also makes boomerangs--started as a kid and never quit doing it.

Adrian Gibbons Koesters is a native of the East, who in her teens moved to the Northwest, and finally settled in the Midwest, where she is still considered an immigrant. A former high school teacher, sign language interpreter, and editorial specialist, her writing includes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her book Healing Mysteries: A Scriptural Rosary was published by Paulist Press in 2005. Her poems have appeared in Smackwarm, Shadows, Poetry Porch, and Ink & Ashes. Her favorite poetic couplet is from Ogden Nash: "In Old Tibet, there live a lama/He got no papa, got no mama."  She resides in Omaha, Nebraska, with her daughter, Clare.

Kristin Connell is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from Puyallup, Washington. Her debut album Second Chances shows her range of influences, from contemporary pop/folk to Americana.  With a peaceful voice that is easy to listen to, Kristin creates a sincere appeal to her audience with her accessible lyrics and soulful vocal expression. You can order a copy of her CD through her website, kristinconnell.com. 

Plus our standard favorite features:

Name That Book -- This audience-participation trivia contest will challenge your ability to name the titles and authors of three different books with only a short clue about the books history and reading of the book's first sentence. 

As the Publishing World Turns -- Follow this continuing saga of writers in crisis.  Meet our hero Heathcliff Beed, his nemesis Eustace Faulkner, and the woman they both love, Ophelia Payne, and listen to them solve the mystery of the murdered Reader's Digest editor.