[Publib] Adult Story times author suggestions please...

[Nann Blaine Hilyard]

I like volumes of essays, such as those by Bailey White (“Mama Makes Up Her Mind”) or Andy Rooney.   Erma Bombeck would work, too; perhaps Calvin Trillin.

Nann
@the library in Zion, Illinois


From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Edward Elsner
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:33 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org; Jillian Lashmett
Subject: Re: [Publib] Adult Story times author suggestions please...

I have loved Lunch at the Piccadilly by Clyde Edgerton since I heard him read from the manuscript at ALA Annual years ago.  Anything that is hilarious AND set in a nursing home should have some senior appeal.  What does everyone think?

Other authors that come to mind include Alexander McCall Smith, John Krakauer, Mitch Albom, Diane Mott Davidson, Richard Paul Evans, Sue Monk Kidd, and Ray Bradbury.

On the short story front, look into a collection of Westerns such as The Untamed West or The Golden West.  And don't forget to hit some of the classic authors, I'd start with F. Scott Fitzgerald, as they have almost all written a short story or two.  Also, read about the Short Story Challenge at http://www.theshortstory.org.uk/diaries/  And with romance being such a huge genre, check out http://www.thenonesuch.com/stories.htm

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Edward Elsner
Elsner Library Consulting
810-423-0579

--- On Fri, 5/1/09, Jillian Lashmett <jlashmet at cumberland.lib.nc.us> wrote:

From: Jillian Lashmett <jlashmet at cumberland.lib.nc.us>
Subject: [Publib] Adult Story times author suggestions please...
To: publib at webjunction.org
Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 11:26 AM
I’m preparing for my first adult story time at a local senior center. For those of you out there who do adult story times for seniors can you please recommend some authors? I will probably read something funny, but feel like I haven’t found just the right thing yet. I might also read something more serious, a short story perhaps.

Any help would be appreciated,

Jillian Lashmett
Librarian I, Information and Referral
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
300 Maiden Lane
Fayetteville, NC 28301-5000
(910) 424-4008 ext. 231
jlashmet at cumberland.lib.nc.us


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