Our fall program brings forth an author who is included in the list of America's 100 Most Popular Non-fiction Authors At age 31, as a TV-radio columnist for Chicago Sun-Times, he became the first TV critic to win the Pulitzer Prize.

Powers' book, Flags of Our Fathers, which he co-wrote with James Bradley, was made into a popular movie that was partly produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Clint Eastwood. The book, co-written in 2000, was #1 on the New York Times hardcover non-fiction list for 5 weeks and remained on the best seller list for 46 weeks. He also collaborated with Col. Robert K. Morgan in "The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle" and John Baldwin in "Last Flag Down."

Ron was born in Hannibal, Missouri - Mark Twain's boyhood hometown - and has an affection for him as his literary ideal. His fascination for Twain began in childhood and later lead him to author two books: Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain.

His talk, "Mark Twain : Making Him Fresh Again", will be held in the Library's Program Room at 12 Noon, on Wednesday, November 7th. There will also be some discussion on the books he collaborated on as well as a question and answer period. This is a program you won't want to miss! Registration Requested - 658-7663 by Monday, November 5th. This program is at no charge.

This a great time to make a trip to the Mark Twain House as well! Please call the Library and ask for the Children's Desk to reserve a pass to the Twain House.

This workshop will cover the variety of options available in Web advertising, how businesses can maximize their online advertising budgets and how to target ads for maximum results.

Matthew Service has more than thirty years of business experience to draw upon as he works with clients to develop dynamic websites and optimize their visibility on the Internet. He is a frequent presenter on Internet related topics such as search engine optimization, ecommerce and Internet-based customer service.

*This program will be held at Eno Memorial Hall (auditorium) 754 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury.

"Perfect Your Pitch with Kathy McAfee" Wednesday, November 7, 2007 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Two-hour workshop will teach businesses how to leverage networking events and turn them into real business opportunities. Kathy McAfee, The Marketing Motivator will cover how to bolster networking confidence and effectiveness, how to rapidly build rapport with new people, how to quickly and comfortably engage people in conversation and how to strengthen the power of the elevator pitch to attract target contacts.

Kathy McAfee, founder Kmc Brand Innovation, LLC, works with motivated business executives and entrepreneurs to help them become the recognized leaders in their fields by mastering the art and science of effective presenting, speaking, networking and personal branding.

Over the past 20 years, Kathy has held numerous corporate leadership positions, bringing marketing success to companies likes of Levi Strauss, Maybelline, Southcorp Wines of Australia and ADVO, where she served as Vice President of Marketing Services.

Sponsored by the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce.

*This program will be held at Eno Memorial Hall (auditorium) 754 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury.

Gale Biography Resource Center

The Gale Biography Resource Center covers 340,000+ people from around the world and throughout history. It includes:

• Profiles of an individual's life and accomplishments
• Full-text magazine articles
• Websites selected by editorial staff that highlight an individual's life and works
• Research guides
• "Spotlight On..." features contemporary and historical individuals currently in the news.

   

  Gale Biography and Genealogy Master Index

  The Biography and Genealogy Master Index contains over 15 million citations on nearly five million people. Includes names, birth and death years.

  Each year over 600,000 new citations are added to the database - existing citations are never removed. It is updated twice annually.

  Just go to iConn.org to access the new stuff. Be sure you have your library card handy.

"Mostly Music" program will be held on Friday mornings at 9:30 for children aged birth to 23 months and their caregivers. Free play will follow the program from 10 to noon. The program features books, songs and movement. Drop in, no registration required.

A new mother/daughter book group for 7th & 8th graders is starting in Nov. The group will meet on the 4th Tuesday of every other month to share conversation, ideas and treats. The first meeting is Nov. 27th at 7 pm in the program room at the Simsbury Public Library.

Sign up at the children's circulation desk and pick up your copy of November's book, "Rules" by Cynthia Lord. Registration required.

It is never too late to join the Adult Book Club. We except new members all the time.

Our next meeting is Nov. 8 at 7 pm in the Library's program room.

The book for the November meeting is "Pretty Birds" by Scott Simon, former host of NPR's weekend edition.

Stop by and pick up a copy at the reference desk if you are interested in reading it and coming to the club meeting.

We'd love to have you.