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Hey book lovers!! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hear from some of your favorite authors or meet them in person? If so, the Teen Librarians of Durham County Library will be hosting their 8th Annual Teen Book Festival on March 8th from 5:30-7:30 PM. This is a special chance to hear from some awesome authors and celebrate the life of the teen reader! Featured guests include Serena Kaylor (author of "Long Story Short"), Phillip M. Locey (author of "Shiver the Mo

Haelee and I would like to thank Tammy Baggett and staff at Durham County Library. They allowed us to borrow their colorful, festive, and decorative, children’s room to do our first public reading of Brown Girls Have Superheroes Too. We concluded it by having a fun and empowering craft activity with the children. Sarah Rudlang of Spectrum News was on hand to hang out with us and cover us in a story regarding the event. We had a fabulous time throughout but it was truly bitter

Liberty Public Library is about 30 minutes away from my hometown of Greensboro, NC. It's nestled away in a quaint and rural small town called Liberty, NC. It's a diverse community that's united in their efforts to promote growth, leadership, economic development, and family values while moving towards the future. The library holds true to those values stated above under the leadership of Brenda Hornsby-Heindl. She and her staff are resolute in creating an atmosphere that's w

Mark your calendars and don't miss out on the HOLIDAY CHEER! My daughter Haelee and I will again join other local authors and vendors at Liberty Public Library for their annual Holiday Party on December 10, 2022. There will be games, treats, a visit from Santa, book signings, conversations with the authors, and so much more. We hope to see y’all there. And much gratitude to Liberty Library for having us back, being a true community partners across the state, and your commitme

I spent the last day of school, June 9, 2022 hosting a vision board party at Durham County Main Library. The party was centered around my debut book, The Rules of a Big Boss. I taught everyone how to set a vision and map it out using magazines, glue, scissors, stickers, glitter, and a bunch of other stuff. I had so much fun with everyone especially Ms. Ciera Williams. She’s the Teen Services Librarian and she’s really cool. You can read more about her here. I told her that I

Dave and the Borrowers Podcast was started three seasons ago because Randolph County Library was closed due to Covid. David Bare, Teen Services Librarian shared with me that they wanted to continue to promote literacy and community while they were closed hence his colleagues and himself came up with the idea of starting a podcast. The podcast is an open table discussion between librarians and the community. They invite community leaders to provide commentary on history, liter

Me and my Dad are friends of Randolph County Library. We have family in Asheboro so we appreciate our friendship with them especially with Ms. Sam. Ms. Sam is the Head of Children’s Services. We hadn’t been able to meet her in person yet because of Covid though. We had been telling her that we were going to pop in for a visit one day so we could meet her and everyone else but we hadn’t done it yet. Well we found out that her birthday was on Thursday, January 13th and we’re fu