The Richmond Public Library held its 2018 Young Adult Virginia Author (YAVA) Celebration and Award  Ceremony this past Saturday, October 6th.  In attendance were nine of the 16 authors nominated for this year’s YAVA award.  Teens and adults from around the area had the opportunity to hear about each author’s 2017 book as well as ask […]

The trouble with being a busy sort of person in a profession where one finds oneself surrounded at all times by books is the endlessly frustrating reality of never having enough time to read them. Enter audiobooks. I just finished a marathon listening spree of (Booker nominated) Washington Black by Canadian author Esi Edugyan and […]