Award-winning Vermont author Katherine Paterson will consider the importance and many benefits of reading in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro on October 1 at 7:00 pm. Her talk, “Reading for the Life of the World,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public.
Paterson has twice won both the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. She received the 1998 Hans Christian Andersen Medal as well as the 2006 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for her work. Her books include Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob I Have Loved, The Great Gilly Hopkins, and The Day of the Pelican. An active promoter of reading and literacy, Paterson lives in Barre, Vermont.
“Reading for the Life of the World” is underwritten by Mary Ellen and Jack Bixby. Brooks Memorial Library is sponsored by Brattleboro Camera Club; Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC; Friends of Brooks Memorial Library; New Chapter, Inc.; and Vermont Country Store.
Location Library Main Room. For more information contact us by phone at 802-254-5290 ext 0, by email at info@brookslibraryvt.org, or on the web at brookslibraryvt.orgBrooks Memorial Library224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301
ABOUT FIRST WEDNESDAYS
The Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series is held on the first Wednesday of every month from October through May in nine communities statewide, featuring speakers of national and regional renown. Talks in Brattleboro are held at Brooks Memorial Library unless otherwise noted. The program is free, accessible to people with disabilities and open to the public.
Upcoming talks in Brattleboro include
Nov 5–“The Morally Injured” with Iraq veteran and author Tyler Boudreau Dec 3– “The Costumes of Downton Abbey” with Middlebury College Artist-in-Residence Jules Emerson Jan 7 “Delicious to the Ear: The Inspiring Voice of Maya Angelou” with UVM professor Emily Bernard. The Vermont Department of Libraries is the statewide underwriter of First Wednesdays.
For more information, contact Brooks Memorial Library at 802.254.5290 or contact the Vermont Humanities Council at 802.262.2626 or info@vermonthumanities.org, or visit www.vermonthumanities.org.
ABOUT VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL
Vermont Humanities Council is a private nonprofit working to bring the power and the pleasure of the humanities to all Vermonters-of every background and in every community. The Council strives to make Vermont a state in which every individual reads, participates in public affairs, and continues to learn throughout life. Because Ideas Matter. For information on VHC programs, visit vermonthumanities.org.
