Monday, April 24, 2006

BCALA-CT Program at CLA 2006, May 9th

Join BCALA-CT at the Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference, Tuesday, May 9, 2006

BCALA-CT Selects
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
9:30-10:45 am

Energize Your Mind, Relax Your Body. When was the last time you heard a dynamic speaker discuss the inspiration for his/her book? Join us as we bring you Connecticut selected atuhros to inform and entertain you in a thought provoking program.

Guest Authors:
  • Steve Perry
    Director, Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, ConnecticutFor the past seven years, Stephen Perry has been Director of the Connecticut Collegiate Awareness and Preparation program at Capital Community College in Hartford. He is a self published author of two books, Window Pain and Naked Eating Chinese Food. He is currently working on his next book, nonfiction to be published in 2006.
  • V.A. Murphy
    Author of The Calabash Boys, this is V.A. Murphy's first novel. Having spent most of his adult life in business management, Mr. Murphy began writing the work in 1996; first as a hobby, later as the pursuit of a passion to expose it to the reading public.
  • Cynthai Barnett
    Dr. Cynthia Barnett is a “retired” educator who has reinvented her life moving from the school house to an entrepreneurial venue. She is the author of “Stop Singing the Blues: 10 Powerful Strategies for Hitting the high Notes in Your Life” and a Retirement Lifestyle Specialist.