Friends of Nicholson Library Readings 2008-2009
Book lovers are invited to attend readings by award-winning national and regional authors at Nicholson Library this year. Our program includes three authors in the fall and more to come in the spring. Nicholson Library is happy to partner with the Linfield English Department and the McMinnville Public Library to bring quality programming to Yamhill County, expanding upon Linfield’s vision of Connecting Learning, Life, and Community. See you at the Nick!
Thor Hanson
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Austin Reading Room
Thor Hanson, an award-winning author and naturalist, has traveled around the world as a Peace Corps volunteer and a researcher and conservationist. His memoir The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda chronicles his Peace Corps experience in Bwindi National Park.
Lee Montgomery 
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Austin Reading Room
Lee Montgomery, editorial director of Tin House Books in Portland is the author of The Things Between Us, awarded the Oregon Boom Award for Creative Nonfiction in 2007, and Whose World is This?, which received the John Simmons Iowa Short Fiction award.
Jerry Naylor
Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.
Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium
Jerry Naylor, internationally recognized recording artist and performer, will present “A Tribute to the Rockabilly Legends: The 50th Anniversary of Buddy Holly & The Crickets.” He was the lead singer of The Crickets in 1960 and is a writer, record producer, song writer, radio and television personality, film and television producer and Grammy-nominated solo recording artist. This is his second appearance at Linfield.
Contact Susan Barnes Whyte, Library Director, at 503-883-2517 for more information.
Take advantage of these opportunities to be inspired, amused, provoked and moved. Join us!
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