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	Event Authors Register	Rare Conversations

Rare Conversations...a page turning event!

Passionate readers fall headlong into books, surrendering themselves to the tidal pull of an author's words. You are swept along on a voyage of the writer's making...surfacing at the end wondering "How do they do that?"

Here's your chance to find out!

Bookmark your calendar for:
Saturday, October 20, 2007
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Sheraton Overland Park Hotel

How do writers take their thoughts and ideas, weave them into stories that have the power to teach, entertain, enlighten, surprise, challenge and even transport us?

Rare Conversations will give you the unique opportunity to engage in free-flowing conversation with a dozen outstanding authors in their literary salons. Admire an illustrator's artwork in one salon, discuss an author's approach to plot design and character in another...the evening is guided by your own interests and whimsy.

Rare Conversations offers a feast for the mind and your palate. A sumptuous fare will enhance the evening's literary themes bringing you further into exotic places and plots created by our guest authors.

This is an event unlike any other: A relaxed setting, stimulating conversation, intriguing food and interesting people.

Join us to celebrate great books, the joy of reading, and the best library in the nation!

Check out the Guest Authors.

To request an invitation be sent to you email us at Clarks@jocolibrary.org

Purchase books by our featured authors through our partner Rainy Day Books by calling 913-384-3126 or visiting RainyDayBooks.com.

Rainy Day Books is offering a special savings for Rare Conversations attendees. Purchase the entire set of featured books, including autographed copies of the eight books listed below, and save 20%.

Featured Books:
Susanna Bair, Energize your Heart in Four Dimensions , $18.95, Softcover
Charles Barsotti, They Moved My Bowl, $19.99, Hardcover
Connie Fairbanks, Scratch That: Seasonal Menus and Perfect Pairings,
$35.00, Softcover
John Hart, Down River, $24.95, Hardcover
Richard Jennings, Ferret Island, $16.00, Hardcover
Milton Katz, Breaking Through: John B. McLendon,
Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer, $29.95, Hardcover
Rose Marie Kinder, An Absolute Gentleman, $14.00, Softcover
Robert Morgan, Boone: A Biography, $29.95, Hardcover

CLICK HERE to download an order form.

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“Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.”

- Salman Rushdie

News

Endowment Update
The Endowment Fund reached $1.2 million on December 31, 2007. The overall goal is an Endowment of Library Collections with a corpus of $3 million. We're now pushing for that $2 million mark.

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2008 Pinnacle Award
Nomination materials for the 2008 Pinnacle Award will be available at jocolibraryfoundation.org in Spring 2008.

2007 Pinnacle Award
Leon A. Brady is the 2007 Pinnacle Award winner. Mr. Brady is the executive director and founder of Kansas City Youth Jazz, Inc.
The 2007 Pinnacle Award was presented to Leon A. Brady at Rare Conversations on October 20, 2007.

Each year, the Johnson County Library Foundation has an independent audit conducted.
CLICK HERE to view the 2006 audit.

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