LINCOLN – The Nebraska Middle for the E book has chosen one youth e book and one grownup e book by Nebraska authors to signify the state on the 2022 Nationwide E book Pageant: Letters from Area by Clayton Anderson, illustrated by Susan Batori, and The Bones of Paradise: A Novel by Jonis Agee.
Each titles might be a part of the Nationwide Middle for the E book’s Nice Reads from Nice Locations program. Nice Reads from Nice Locations options books and authors representing the literary heritage of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Marianas. For over 20 years this program has included a highlighted youth title from every affiliate heart. In 2022, Nice Reads from Nice Locations is together with titles for adults for the primary time.
This yr’s Nationwide E book Pageant on September 3 might be held in individual in Washington, D.C., however will embody many live-streamed and recorded digital packages celebrating books and authors. Writer Clayton Anderson will participate in a web-based panel dialog with different chosen authors from state Facilities for the E book within the Midwest Area to speak about his e book and what impressed him, what he likes most about Nebraska, and extra.
This and different panel discussions might be posted towards the tip of August on the Nationwide E book Pageant web site and the Library of Congress’s YouTube channel.