Dr. Kathryn Primm, a veterinarian in Ooltewah, shows off her book “Tennessee Tails: Pets and Their People.”The Friends of Collegedale Public Library are gearing up for the third annual Local Author Talks series beginning Sunday, Jan. 17.
The series, which the library hosts every other month, spotlights area residents and their published work.
“We’ve actually had some fairly well-known authors who have come through,” said library Director Joanne Stanfield. “We have so much to choose from, and that’s a good thing – it’s great, actually.”
The program is an opportunity both for local authors to feature their work as well as for residents to learn more about the writers in their community, she said.
“It’s free and open to the public, and always interesting. Some amazing stories have been shared,” said Stanfield, adding, “The Friends do a lot for the library and this is just one instance of that.”
For more information on the Collegedale Public Library, call 396-9300.
For more on the Friends of the Library, visit http://collegedalepubliclibrary.org/friends.
Email Gabrielle Chevalier at gchevalier@timesfreepress.com.
2016 Local Author Talks schedule
› Jan. 17 – Mary Ellen Ciganovich with “Healing Words: Life Lessons to Inspire”› March 20 – Mike Haskew with “West Point 1915: Eisenhower, Bradley and the Class the Stars Fell On”› May 15 – Gretchen Archer with “Double Mint”› July 17 – Deborah J. Levine with “Going Southern” and “Teaching Curious Christians About Judaism”› Sept. 18 – Maury Nicely with “East Tennessee Walking Tour and Historic Guide” and “Chattanooga Walking Tour and Historic Guide”› Nov. 20 – J.L. “Bud” Alley with “The Ghosts of the Green Grass”