In celebration of Alaska Book Week, observed Oct. 3-10, an author event has been scheduled in Juneau on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at Coppa, 917 Glacier Ave. The event will be hosted by the University of Alaska Southeast\u2019s One Campus One Book program in collaboration with 49 Writers, the Alaska Center for the Book, the Alaska State Library, the Anchorage Public Library, and the Alaska Quarterly Review. Coffee, ice-cream and pastries available for purchase.<\/p>\n
\u201cRead Local\u201d will include author readings by Ernestine Hayes (\u201cBlonde Indian\u201d), Carrie Enge (\u201cCrab Bait\u201d), Aleria Jensen (\u201cA Soldier\u2019s Station\u201d, one of the 2015 Poems in Place elections) and Joan Kane (\u201cCormorant Hunter\u2019s Wife,\u201d \u201cHyperboreal\u201d), as well as a special announcement by Alaska Writer Laureate Frank Soos of Fairbanks. Kane and Soos will participate via Google Hangouts.<\/p>\n
Hayes\u2019 book \u201cBlonde Indian\u201d is the 2015-16 UAS One Campus, One Book selection. As part of the OCOB program, complimentary copies are provided to all Juneau Campus New-Student Orientation attendees. The general public is invited to share in the conversation by reading the book, as well. \u201cBlonde Indian\u201d was the winner of the 2007 American Book Award and a finalist for the PEN Nonfiction Award and Kiriyama Prize. It tells the story of the author\u2019s journey back home after a 25-year absence.<\/p>\n
For more information, and a full list of this year\u2019s One Campus One Book events, visit www.uas.alaska.edu\/ocob.<\/p>\n
For more on Alaska Book Week, visit:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/juneauempire.com\/art\/2015-09-30\/recent-and-upcoming-alaska-titles<\/p>\n
http:\/\/juneauempire.com\/art\/2015-09-30\/swallowed-great-land<\/p>\n