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Highlights of 2022 Include Jubilant Return to In-Person Programming https://jocolibrary.org/our-stories/highlights-2022-include-jubilant-return-person-programming
Johnson County Library celebrated many highlights in 2022, most notably its emergence from COVID-19 pandemic precautions and a joyful return to in-person programming and activities.  The Library had a smooth leadership transition, as the torch passed July 1 from retiring County Librarian Sean Casserley to longtime Deputy Tricia Suellentrop, whom Casserley enthusiastically endorsed as his replacement.   Suellentrop has just named Kinsley Riggs, adult services manager
Meet the Author: Gregg Luke https://jocolibrary.org/we-recommend/reviews/meet-author-gregg-luke
Gregg Luke's work as pharmacist prepares him well for writing medical thrillers. As he researches new drugs, "what if? reigns supreme." 99% of the science in his novels is real and he strives to make it "easy to understand to a lay audience yet have it remain complex enough to fascinate and add credence to plausibility." Luke will present sessions on suspense writing, prose writing, and offer a 3 Page Critique session at our 2016 Writers Conference.
Meet the Author: Nathan Louis Jackson https://jocolibrary.org/we-recommend/reviews/meet-author-nathan-louis-jackson
Nathan Louis Jackson is the playwright in residence at the KC Repthrough the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program grant. A Kansas City, Kansas native, he is a graduate of Washington High School. He is also an alum of Kansas State University and did his graduate work at The Juilliard School.
Social Media Coordinator Passionate about Sharing Library’s Story https://jocolibrary.org/our-stories/social-media-coordinator-passionate-about-sharing-librarys-story
Lisa Allen’s writing career has been a journey of discovery with a rich range of experiences: reporting human interest profiles for Johnson County magazines; creating blog posts and marketing copy for business professionals; getting published in three anthologies and various literary journals; even ghostwriting countless dating profiles.   More recently, on the Johnson County Library staff since 2019, she has helped provide the online content to champion the Library
This Week at the Library https://jocolibrary.org/our-stories/week-library-121
We’re wishing you a holiday season full of cozy reading, listening, watching, learning and making. We look forward to sharing more storytimes, more book discussions and more incredible programs like the annual Writers Conference in 2023.  The Johnson County Library locations will be closed Sunday, Dec. 25 and Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, for Christmas.   Branches will also be closed Sunday, Jan. 1 and Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, for New Year’s Day.   Johnson County Libraries wi
Meet the Author: Scott Novosel https://jocolibrary.org/we-recommend/reviews/meet-author-scott-novosel
March 5th, 1995 marks an important date for Scott Novosel. As a college senior, he achieved his life-long dream and played his first game as a walk-on for the Kansas Jayhawks. In a SI.com article, Novosel “says he has been trying to turn his life into an inspirational story for kids since that day . . .”
Eradicating the Language of Recriminalization with Dr. Randall Horton https://jocolibrary.org/we-recommend/reviews/eradicating-language-recriminalization-dr-randall-horton
“When did you realize poetry could be your companion? Your release?”  In this episode of the Johnson County Library podcast Did You Hear, Dr. Randall Horton and Anishinaabekwe poet Louise K. Waakaa’igan discuss poetry both as a lifeline and as a discipline.  It’s a discussion between two people who share a gift for and love of poetry; but it’s also a discussion between two people who share a common language that only those who have been “inside” can fully understand
Meet the Author: Lisa Mangum https://jocolibrary.org/we-recommend/reviews/meet-author-lisa-mangum
Lisa Mangum has worked with books ever since elementary school, when she volunteered at the school library during recess. She worked for five years at Waldenbooks while she attended the University of Utah, graduating with honors with a degree in English. She has worked in the publishing industry since 1997. In 2014 she was named the Managing Editor for Shadow Mountain.
Meet the Presenter: Virginia Brackett https://jocolibrary.org/our-stories/meet-presenter-virginia-brackett
What do we talk about when we talk about writing? Ideas distilled into function and form? As readers, we mostly see final drafts, but rarely do writers show our mess, our chaos, our empty pages. Virginia Brackett is unafraid of the messy writing process and she will be at the Writers Conference to share her insights with fellow writers on facing what so many of us think of as a daunting process. Near and dear to Virginia’s heart is honoring veterans. Her own father
Meet the Author: Juliet Kincaid https://jocolibrary.org/we-recommend/reviews/meet-author-juliet-kincaid
Juliet Kincaid taught writing for thirty-five years, including twenty-five years at Johnson County Community College. Now that she’s retired from teaching, Juliet devotes much of her time to writing and publishing fiction such as January Jinx and Fatal February, historical mysteries set in Kansas City, a place that could get downright deadly a hundred years or so ago. Why does Juliet write? you might ask. Simple answer: It makes her happy.