Annual Writers Conference: Register Now!

Spring 2015

Greetings!

Oh, it's so on.

Registration is open for the free all-day, fourth annual event at the Cascade Township Branch on Saturday, April 18, 2015.

Click here for details.

Seasonal Michigan Authors Night

The next event will be held at our Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch on Thursday, April 16 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Our line-up is:

- Deb Moore and Betty Epperly, authors of Ripple Effects: Ten West Michigan Nonprofits Serve, Inspire, Transform

- Nonfiction author Lisa Rose Hammond

- J.R. Roper, youth fantasy author

- Poet Dawn Schout

(Work by the authors above are part of KDL's Local Indie collection)

If you are interested in being a featured author at our Thursday, July 16 Michigan Authors Night at the Krause Memorial (Rockford) Branch, send an email by 9:00 AM Thursday, February 19 to mjarema@kdl.org for an application and guidelines.

Read here what author Lawrence Heibel had to say about participating in January -- good stuff, folks.

For Teen Scribes

KDL Cardholder Exclusive

Your KDL card is an all-access pass to Gale Courses, a catalog of free six-week, real-time, instructor-led writing and publishing courses that includes Publish and Sell Your eBook, Blogging and Podcasting for Beginners and Introduction to Internet Writing Markets.

Have a look yourself at all the offerings here. Next classes begin Wednesday, Februrary 18.

KDL is looking for published authors interested in joining "authors row" at the annual Reading Rocks in Rockford Festival from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday, June 9. Sign and sell your books and meet your existing and future fans. For details contact Krause Memorial Branch Manager Jennifer German at jgerman@kdl.org.