Ron Powers at the Castleton Free Library

Past event
May 13, 2022, 10:30 AM

This is going to be SUCH a treat! RON POWERS joins us as part of the Celebrity Storytellers Series this Friday morning, May 13th at 10:30am, at the Castleton Free Library where he will read a delightful children's story for all to enjoy!

The event is free and everyone is welcome. And Ron will join us for conversation after the reading. We hope you'll join us!

Ron Powers is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. His works include No One Cares About Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America; White Town Drowsing: Journeys to Hannibal; Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain, and Mark Twain: A Life, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. With James Bradley, he co-wrote the 2000 #1 New York Times Bestseller Flags of Our Fathers. The book won the Colby Award the following year. It was made into a movie in 2006, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Clint Eastwood. With Ted Kennedy, he co-wrote his memoir, True Compass in 2009. No One Cares About Crazy People was a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. The Washington Post named it a Notable Book of the Year, and People named it a Top Ten Book of the Year. As TV and radio columnist for Chicago Sun-Times, Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1973 for his critical writing about television during 1972. He was the first television critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. In 1985, Powers won an Emmy Award for his work on CBS News Sunday Morning.

CELEBRITY STORYTELLERS IS A PRODUCTION OF SHINE COMMUNICATIONS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH ATTENTION TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. In Vermont there are more than 1000 children and youth in foster care and more than 100 who are looking for permanency through adoption. This is our thank you to the loving families who foster, provide respite care, mentor, volunteer, and support children and youth in need.

Join us for this fun event!

Questions? 802 468-5574 or castletonfreelibrary@gmail.com or visit our website: https://castletonfreelibrary.org/

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