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Kansas Author Jennifer Marie Brayton

Posted by on February 27, 2012

Alan Marie McClaire: The Early Years!

The Topeka Room (204) at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library hosts Kansas author Jennifer Marie Brayton on Sunday, March 4, 2-3pm.  She will talk about her new book series featuring Alana Marie McClaire, set in wild west era Kansas and researched, in part, in the Topeka Room. The Adventures of Alana Marie McClaire: [...]

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Kansas Author George Ismael Feliu, Jr.

Posted by on February 7, 2012

Guardians of Havenshire

Guardians of Havenshire is 9-11 meets the Alamo. It’s an edge-of-your-seat action-packed novel you won’t want to put down. Join the author, George Ismael Feliu, Jr. in the Topeka Room (204) on Sunday, February 12 from 2-3pm to learn more about the process of writing a novel in 30 days with the NaNoWriMo challenge each November [...]

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Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Eleanor Liu

Posted by on January 15, 2012

The Red Thread

Join author Eleanor Liu in the Topeka Room (204) on Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 2-3pm as she talks about her biography, The Red Thread, and her new children’s book Lao Li and His Beancurd which was illustrated by her granddaughter Melisande Liu. The Red Thread recounts events and circumstances that shaped and determined the course [...]

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Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Helen Alley-Taylor

Posted by on November 6, 2011

East Toward Home by Helen Alley-Taylor

Join Kansas Author Helen Alley-Taylor as she talks about her fictional memoir East Toward Home on Sunday, November 13, 2011, 2:00-3:00pm in the Topeka Room (204). This fictional account of the lives of Eddy & Jessie who lived in Melvern, KS looks back over their relationship beginning during the great depression and lasting for almost [...]

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Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Elizabeth Ann Brook

Posted by on August 18, 2011

It's Within: A Memoir by Elizabeth Ann Brook

Come meet the author on Sunday, August 21, 2-3pm in the Topeka Room (204).  You will hear about these adventures and find out more about how to become a published author. The memoir “It’s Within” tells the story of one Brown County, Kansas girl and her family during and after the great depression.  The 5th [...]

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Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Justin Marable

Posted by on July 10, 2011

Noco by Justin Marable

Have a prairie adventure with Noco, a young prairie dog who travels across Kansas with her Papa.  Topeka artist and author Justin Marable wrote and illustrated this story highlighting scenic views and memorable places from around Kansas.  This talk will be in the Marvin Auditorium, Room B at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library [...]

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Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Kipp Van Camp

Posted by on April 28, 2011

Always Allie

  Join us in the Topeka Room on Sunday, May 1, 2:00-3:00pm for a discussion of Kipp Van Camp’s new book Always Allie. Topeka radiologist Kipp Van Camp has written his first book about the relationship between Allie, the family’s “four-legged daughter” and the other members of the family.  Kipp is the son of a [...]

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