Kansas Reads Events at Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library

The Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library is hosting several events in conjunction with the One-Book / One-State Program being conducted this month featuring the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Please plan to join us to learn and discuss during this 2008 One-Book / One-State Kansas Reads adult programming series.

Programs will be held at the four Branch location of the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library. At each site we will be showing the 1967 movie based upon Truman Capote’s book. The Library will also be hosting a special guest speaker to facilitate a discussion of the book itself during the month of February. The public is invited to attend any and all of these planned activities. Copies of the book In Cold Blood are also available for patrons to check out from the Library and join thousands of other Kansans as they read all about it.

A discussion of the Kansas Reads selection will be conducted at the Library’s Alma, Onaga, and St. Marys Branch locations. Paul Fecteau will be speaking about the book as well as highlighting the impact In Cold Bloods had on journalism and the true crimenovel. Mr. Fecteau is one of the scholars working this month with the Kansas Center for the Book under a grant from the Kansas Humanities Council to facilitate the Kansas Reads program. He teaches in the English Department at Washburn University and serves as a board member of Woodley Press. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State and has written a nonfiction novel about Wichita’s infamous Butterworth trial.

The Eskridge Branch library will be hosting an alternate presentation addressing a theme that commonly surfaces in discussions of Capote’s book. At this location the Wabaunsee County Sheriff Department will present a special program offering suggestions of ways to keep your family safe in today’s modern world.

A complete Listing of PWRL sponsored Kansas Reads events for the month of February are listed below.

February 11th - Eskridge - In Cold Blood, Screening of 1967 movie (6:00-8:15 p.m.)
February 13th - Alma - Speaker / Book Discussion - Paul Fecteau - (6:00 - 7:00 p.m.)
February 19th - Alma - In Cold Blood, Screening of 1967 movie (6:00-8:15 p.m.)
February 20th - Eskridge - Home Safety Presentation - WB Co. Sheriff Dept. (6:00-7:00 p.m.)
February 20th - Onaga - Speaker / Book Discussion - Paul Fecteau - (6:30 – 7:30 p.m.)
February 21st - St. Marys - In Cold Blood, Screening of 1967 movie (6:00-8:15 p.m.)
February 26th - Onaga Branch - In Cold Blood, Screening of 1967 movie (6:00-8:15 p.m.)
February 28th - St. Marys - Speaker / Book Discussion - Paul Fecteau - (6:00 - 7:00 p.m.)

For additional information about the Kansas Reads program at the state level, please go to the Kansas Center for the Book website at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kcfb/incoldblood.htm

Questions about the programs scheduled at PWRL can be addressed using the contact information for the Pott-Wab Headquarters Library at St. Marys as below.

Judith Cremer, Director
Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library
306 N. 5th StreetSt. Marys, KS 66536
PH/FAX: 785-437-2778
E-Mail: cremerj@oct.net