**CALL FOR AUTHORS - VIRTUAL BOOK BUZZ SHOWCASE**
Due to continued restrictions and concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Pikes Peak Library District's Mountain of Authors will be a hybrid event. Our showcase authors and keynote speaker, Lt. Joe Kenda (Ret.), will be virtual; we are currently planning for an in-person panel held at the end of April with a limited audience (more details forthcoming).
We still wish to acknowledge and celebrate the work of the wonderful local authors of southern Colorado and the Pikes Peak Region!
Please fill out the following application to be considered for participation in PPLD's Mountain of Authors Virtual Book Buzz Showcase. The 2021 Mountain of Authors event will be held on May 1, and will feature a mix of virtual live and pre-recorded presentations. The Virtual Book Buzz Showcase will take the place of the traditional Author Showcase.
What is a Book Buzz? A Book Buzz for our purposes is a short (3 minutes or so) video clip featuring authors talking about their most recent book.
If selected to participate, you will send us a video clip that will air on PPLD's YouTube channel beginning on May 1. Also if selected, we will reach out with more information about the logistics and detailed information about the content of the Book Buzz.
PPLD will need to receive your finished Book Buzz recording by Thursday, April 1.
-- CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION --
We will be in touch with selected authors around the beginning of March. Thank you for your interest!
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Selection Criteria:
Mountain of Authors (MOA) is an annual community program that provides an opportunity for the public and local authors to network, listen to notable authors, as well as learn more about the craft of writing and trends in publishing. Click on one of the tabs to the left to discover more information about this library program. It is free to attend, there is no registration, and all are welcome!
15th Annual Pikes Peak Library District's Mountain of Authors
is happy to announce 2021 keynote speaker
Joe Kenda
Saturday, May 1, 2021 - 2 p.m. - **LIVE STREAMED** (more information to come)
Lt. Joe Kenda, a twenty-three-year veteran of the Colorado Springs Police Department, spent twenty-one years chasing killers as a homicide detective and commander of the major crimes unit. Kenda and his team solved 356 of his 387 homicide cases, getting a 92 percent solve rate—one of the highest in the country. After retiring from law enforcement, he starred in Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda, an American true-crime documentary series that ran for nine seasons on the Investigation Discovery network and was aired in sixty-nine countries and territories worldwide. At its peak, Homicide Hunter averaged 1.9 million viewers in the US. See Lt. Kenda on his new crime series, American Detective, available to stream now on discovery+.
His new book from Blackstone Publishing, Killer Triggers, will be released March 9, 2021.
Photo credit Investigation Discovery, Stephanie Diani
UPCOMING AUTHOR PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER PROGRAMS OF NOTE
THROUGH THE PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT
PROGRAMS ARE FREE TO ATTEND - PLEASE CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER
Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 10:30 a.m.
Sunny Weber, author of the Pups & Purrs series and animal welfare advocate, presents
Pups and Purrs and Humane Education through Storytelling
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 1 p.m.
Durthy Washington, writer, author and instructor at the United States Air Force Academy, presents
The Black Novel as "Protest" Fiction
The Black Novel as "Protest" Fiction | Pikes Peak Library District (librarymarket.com)
Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 6 p.m.
Gail Beaton, author, historian, and member of the Advisory Council, Center for Colorado Women's History at the Byers-Evans House Museum, presents
Colorado Women in World War II
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 6 p.m.
Shannon Whetzel, curator at the Cosmosphere museum in Hutchinson, Kansas, presents
Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom and the Liberty Bell 7