I wrote last week about National Library Week, and I announced that the Mid-Continent Public Library was now offering my books, Lead Me Home, and Now I’m Found. This week I want to tell you about the library’s new ReadLOCAL initiative, which MCPL announced last week.
As I’ve written before, I’m a big proponent of the Read Local movement to promote local authors. I’m one of the administrators of the Read Local KC Facebook group and I’m also involved with Hometown Reads Kansas City. These groups are working to connect authors and readers in our community.
Now, the Mid-Continent Public Library has taken the Read Local philosophy one step further—they’ve curated a special collection of books by writers who live within the library’s service area.
As the MCPL website says about their collection,
“ReadLOCAL encompasses a vast range of writing styles and genres—from mysteries and westerns to juvenile nonfiction and healthy cookbooks. Books in the ReadLOCAL collection stem from various publishing backgrounds—self-published, hybrid published, small press, and large or traditional publisher (with the odd New York Times bestseller sprinkled in)—and have all been published within the past few years.”
And I’m pleased to say that they have put my two novels in their ReadLOCAL collection.
I encourage all readers in the Kansas City area to browse through books in the MCPL ReadLOCAL collection. Just one more reason to appreciate your local library.
And keep coming back to this MCPL site, because more books and more writers will be added over time!
What programs are available to support local authors in your community?
Excellent news, Theresa! I’m not sure about the programs in my community. Perhaps I should look into it.
This library rocks! As a KC author, I love this initiative! Kudos to everyone who helped pull it together!
To readers of this blog: Darlene is another featured author in the MCPL ReadLOCAL collection, so check out her books also.
Theresa