VPL Newsletter

We hope you enjoy the latest edition of our VPL newsletter! Remember, you can subscribe by emailing library@vintonia.gov!

This challenge is for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade and runs August 21st through September 30th. Sign up in the Beanstack app, or stop into the library for a paper copy. Happy Reading!

• Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
• North of Nowhere by Alllison Brennan
• Lion & Lamp by James Patterson
• Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
• Deadlock by James Byrne
• Dark Corners by Megan Goldin

Interested in local history? Our library supports the digital archives of several local newspapers. Check it out by visiting Digital Archives of the Vinton Public Library and the Benton County Historical Society :: The Community History Archive Of Benton County, Iowa (advantage-preservation.com). You'll find the January 31st, 1855 issue of The Vinton Eagle, issues of the Vinton Review (1898-1919) and so much more! This database is searchable by keyword; enjoy!

VPL NOTE: Since the release of the bio listed below, Ann Patchett's novel "Tom Lake" has been published, and is available at our library in both regular and large type.

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ANN PATCHETT is the author of nine novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, The Dutch House, and the forthcoming Tom Lake. She was the editor of Best American Short Stories, 2006, and has written four books of nonfiction–Truth & Beauty, about her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy, What Now? an expansion of her graduation address at Sarah Lawrence College, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, a collection of essays examining the theme of commitment, and These Precious Days, essays on home, family, friendship, and writing. In 2019, she published her first children’s book, Lambslide, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser, followed by Escape Goat in 2020.

A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Patchett has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a National Humanities Medal, England’s Women’s Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Book Sense Book of the Year, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize, The Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the American Bookseller’s Association’s Most Engaging Author Award, and the Women’s National Book Association’s Award. Her novel, The Dutch House, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her books have been both New York Times Notable Books and New York Times bestsellers. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages.

In November, 2011, she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, with her business partner Karen Hayes. She has since become a spokesperson for independent booksellers, championing books and bookstores on NPR, The Colbert Report (including the series finale), Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, The Martha Stewart Show, and The CBS Early Show, among many others. Along with James Patterson, she was the honorary chair of World Book Night. In 2012 she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Ann Patchett lives in Nashville with her husband, Karl VanDevender, and their dog, Sparky. Click here to subscribe to her blog, Notes from Ann, featuring book recommendations, exclusive commentary, articles, and more. Follow along with Parnassus Books on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and the bookstore blog, Musing.

Source: www.annpatchett.com/about

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