Libraries for Kids, International (www.libraries4kids.org) is pleased to announce an author talk featuring Tara Lynn Masih on Monday, March 10th from 10:30 to 11:30 am at the Roasting Room, 1297 May River Road, Bluffton, SC. The event is free and open to the public; however, a $5 donation is suggested. Books will be available for sale, courtesy of The Storybook Shoppe – A Children’s book shop .
Following the author’s talk, attendees are invited to join the author for an optional Dutch Treat lunch. This informal gathering offers a chance for further conversation in a relaxed atmosphere.
Space is limited, so reservations are necessary, and early arrival is recommended. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Tamela Maxim at 843.683.4100 or tamela.maxim@libraries4kids.org.
Tara Masih is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist and winner of the Julia Ward Howe Award for Young Readers for her debut novel My Real Name Is Hanna. Her anthologies include The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction and The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays. How We Disappear: Novella & Stories, her latest collection, won a 2022 Florida Book Award, and she’s published multiple chapbooks with the Feral Press archived in universities such as Yale and NYU. She founded the Intercultural Essay Prize in 2006 and The Best Small Fictions series in 2015.
Masih received a finalist fiction grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, an Inspirational Woman in Literature Award from AITL Media, and several national book awards, including an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, for her work as an editor.
About Libraries for Kids:
Libraries for Kids, International is a 501(c)(3) organization providing leisure and reference books to schools in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda for recreational and supplemental reading. Libraries for Kids worksexclusively with schools with little or no electricity or internet access in communities facing significant environmental, climatic, and cultural challenges.
