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the Springfield City Library connects writers with interested readers
a new audiences at their biannual of airfares
and joining me to talk about the upcoming money also the importance this
connection
is Matthew take with adult programming training librarian for Springfield the
library
and Kevin Allen one of the local authors who will be featured gentlemen thank you
so much for joining me today
thank was having a thank you what's up with the Mac you talk about the
importance and the connection I've
bringing their readers and the writers together
well the offer fair is addressing a media need that was
are to some degree on addressed to you a few years ago and perhaps our
less less self-evident the growth
of self-publishing an authors who are working with a small presses
is is very significant and we're finding that more and more writers
are choosing that path of self self-publishing
or working with a smaller Press by doing so the demand
the numbers are these these authors these authors who are going that route
as has has increased very significantly and we find that are older model
love having one author event for one author at any given time
wasn't allowing us to arm match the members of our community who wanted this
kind of representation
who wanted to make these connections with the readers we had
but perhaps didn't have the opportunity of working with the publisher that was
putting them out on a large tore
or offering other types of marketing support so the author fares a chance for
us to showcase
these accomplish skilled are very competent
writers in our and in an all day or half a day case
showcase I'm to meet readers and actually to meet one another as well so
that they can network and share their trade secrets
now Kevin this'll be your first of airfare talk about writing what
do you to writing my did you on a rainy I
love doing anything creative and writing kinda gives me that space to
go beyond where normally do on
me I can do anything and
that's what drew me to it just the ability to create a whole new world
and to introduce people to new things to
experiences as far as Egypt China
ancient world and the future ones so you
and you cannot register in water to you for a handful up but
when you're working on some recent ones talk about the different
John is that you had on your back homeward one of my favorite genres is
sci-fi
on I love just to capably for my permit
sOooo mom the first book I will it was based
largely on the book of Revelation and a few
other mythological gods on that we know
and a few that we don't 'em
but as far as the John Rizzo written in
one of the things I learned was that I Lake
romance i loveeee that and I
low-power so the john is a written here report there about four
and then I will a self-help book as well
unlocking your success gene so you
my that science fiction that romance about her human
you buy everywhere ready nothing talk about how the important
have something to me like that big-box bookstore would never be able to
showcase
a small publisher small writer rather but here the library's kinda giving
then this opportunity that is one of the reasons that so many authors come to us
a lot of the authors that I'm working with and have worked with in the past
this being our
a fair but the previous of affairs as well I'm come to us because they don't
get that kind of exposure
so here at the library were able to still find out what the materials are
are
consider the readers that we know that would be interested make those
connections
on and also just let the marketing speak for itself just getting the names out
there
getting the materials that they've done out there perhaps listing the genre so
folks can discover on their own
reading is a very private thing for a lot of people and they like to actually
be able to make those connections internally sometimes
so just presenting with the information so they can then make the connections
themselves as very useful in love itself
Kevin how excited are you about the upcoming are thinking
very excited the arm to get out there and actually people face to face some
kind of a
an introvert text the word somewhere there so *** actually
get out there in present my work in front of people face to face
sign if you book very excited I'm very
and now Matthew talk about the details of the upcoming
affect their the one we're having this month Saturday March 22nd
will be at the Central Library which is 220 State Street
are right on the Quadrangle run from 12 to 4
and features a dozen are recently published authors
including quite a few from Springfield but also some others from handing County
as well
Kevin Allen who's here with us today but also ray Conner Martin Belchertown
Eric term policy French both from Springfield
Albert garner whose wife joined us at the first fair
also from Springfield and several others another half a dozen or so
from %uh Springfield and surrounding towns as well all local
all local this time around all hand in Hampshire County
we have sometimes included authors from Berkshire County because
most of us here in Western Mass think of a certain pride of place as Western Mass
are but we do try to keep it as local as possible and with the rise of the
phenomena self-publishing
that's getting easier and easier each fair more
and more offers a finding out at out out about our service
are making that connection themselves to seek us out
and I having that representation of Springfield in Greater Springfield area
based is easier to maintain perfect thanks so much Matty take I think Kevin
Allen Tate I'm thinking welcome the pleasure to be here