Statement from the UntitledTown Book and Author Festival Board March 12, 2020 UntitledTown Book and Author Festival thrives because of three values: inclusivity, accessibility, and connection. We are a true “People’s Festival,” and our theme for 2020 is “Community.” It is for these reasons that we are suspending our April Festival, with hopes to reschedule events at a later time. We regret any inconvenience and disappointment this may cause for our supporters, attendees, and participants. Simply put, we want all… [Read More]
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How Donna Hylton Found a Little Piece of Light in Prison
by Leslie Coleman “I am Donna – but, for twenty-seven years, I was inmate #86G0206. This is my story.” So begins Donna Hylton’s incredible memoir, A Little Piece of Light – the inspiring story of a woman who found redemption in the midst of violence and despair. Hylton, a Jamaican-American woman convicted of murder in the second degree and two counts of kidnapping in the first degree, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Hylton was paroled in… [Read More]
Why Give to UntitledTown: It helps the local economy
by Grant Cousineau From Leap Day, February 29, through March 7, UntitledTown is holding a GoFundMe Fundraiser with the goal of reaching $15,000. Help us today by clicking here to contribute! One of the best ways to strengthen a community is through tourism: attracting people to spend their outside dollars at businesses that reinvest and spend that money at other area businesses. It’s how economies in smaller states like Nevada and Hawaii thrive. Between major sports teams, the Door Peninsula,… [Read More]
Why Give to UntitledTown: Help keep kids from going bookless
by Grant Cousineau From Leap Day, February 29, through March 7, UntitledTown is holding a GoFundMe Fundraiser with the goal of reaching $15,000. Help us today by clicking here to contribute! Books are how kids exercise their imagination, get exposed to new words, and widen their sense of empathy. During their key formative years, it exposes them to ideas outside their physical reality and can help them communicate both verbally and through writing, better connecting them with the world. And… [Read More]
Jonah’s Hands are coming to UntitledTown
by Ami Maxine Irmen When I was five, my time was spent mostly reading books, playing out in the yard with my family (we were big fans of whiffle ball and touch football), and probably trying to convince my older sister that I was indeed cool enough to warrant some attention from her. What I wasn’t doing was teaching myself to crochet and creating a business that ultimately resulted in 234,000 Instagram followers and a YouTube channel with 62,000… [Read More]
#BookTalk: Lisa Wingate’s unputdownable Before We Were Yours
by Grant Cousineau Imagine being just twelve years old, babysitting your siblings one night, only for the police arrive on your doorstep the next day and sweep you off to an orphanage. That’s what happens to Rill Foss in 1939. Her mom, Queenie, is pregnant with twins when something goes wrong during labor. The midwife can’t handle it, so Rill’s dad has no choice but to rush Queenie to the hospital, leaving Rill in charge of her four younger siblings…. [Read More]
#BookTalk: An American Marriage and the mirage of salvation
by Grant Cousineau As the author of one of the most popular books published in the last few years, Tayari Jones has become not only one of the must-see events of UntitledTown 2020, but an author worth celebrating anywhere she goes. Her fourth and latest novel, An American Marriage, was not only a 2018 Oprah’s Book Club Selection, but also found itself on Best of the Year lists from NPR, TIME, Bustle, The Dallas Morning News, and Amazon.com. Barack… [Read More]
Little Libraries – (Likely) Already in a Community Near You
by Ami Maxine Irmen When I was a kid, I used to beg my parents to take me to the library pretty much every day. Of course, this wasn’t always possible despite their willingness to feed my book addiction. So when the city bookmobile started making a stop at the other end of our block, they were thrilled. I would walk down the block with my arms full of books and exchange them for another pile that I would… [Read More]
UntitledTown Venues: For our coffee-lovers and hungry patrons
FAQ – How accessible is UntitledTown? Once the Festival Schedule is available, you will want to make sure that you familiarize yourself with the venues where your events are located. If you have any other questions relating to accessibility, please contact info@untitledtown.org. This year’s theme for the UntitledTown Book and Author Festival is Community – and we are taking it so seriously that we are making sure that all of our venues give you such a feeling. Check out… [Read More]
UntitledTown Venues: Community
FAQ – How accessible is UntitledTown? Once the Festival Schedule is available, you will want to make sure that you familiarize yourself with the venues where your events are located. If you have any other questions relating to accessibility, please contact info@untitledtown.org. This year’s theme for the UntitledTown Book and Author Festival is Community – and we are taking it so seriously that we are making sure that all of our venues give you such a feeling. Check out… [Read More]