This fall, the Brooks Memorial Library will be hosting a number of book talks with Green Mountain Book Award authors. The Green Mountain Book Award (GMBA) is the Vermont Reader’s Choice Award for grades 9-12. Most teens in high school in Vermont are encouraged to read some of the books on the nominated list in their classes at school.
The first of these Skype talks will be held on September 28 @ 6:30 on the third floor meeting room in the library. This talk will be with author Andrew Smith about his book “Winger.”Andrew Smith is an award-winning author of several Young Adult novels, including the critically acclaimed “Grasshopper Jungle” and his Green Mountain Nominated Book, “Winger.” His most recent book, “Alex Crow,” is the ninth novel he has published. Andrew Smith lives in Southern California.
Other Skype talks that will be held this fall include one with author Matt de la Peña who wrote the Green Mountain Book Award book, “The Living.” This skype session will be held on October 3rd @ 11:30. This event is sponsored by the Brattleboro Literary Festival and the Google, Inc. Public Library Videoconferencing Grant.
Matt de la Peña is the author of six critically acclaimed Young Adult novels including “Mexican White Boy” and his GMBA book, “The Living.” de la Peña received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and currently lives with his family in Brooklyn, NY. de la Peña’s books have also gotten attention because of their focus on “critical race theory” and many multicultural characters. The New York Times story about his work is here. De la Peña also conducted an interesting interview with NPR about creative potential and how he became interested in writing here.
The last Skype talk for the fall series is with author of “The Martain,” Andy Weir. Weir’s debut novel, “The Martian” is set to hit the big theaters this October. The Skype talk with the author will be on October 28th @ 6:30. Weir was hired as a programmer at a very young age and continues to work as a software engineer when he isn’t writing great books about space.
