PGCMLS Local Authors Expo Highlights

Last weekend's Local Author Expo event sponsored by the Prince Goerge's County Memorial Library System offered too much bookish goodness to list it all, but here's a sampling...

[collage of 7 images; 3 on the right & left and 1 down the center: Lofty Stories author Jamila Romero standing behind her display table, Prince George's County Memorial Library System Local Author Expo 2024 poster, Accountability in the Classroom Author Renee Carr next to her daughter behind their table, Fueled from the Heart: a collection of inspirational poems author Samuel R. Jackson holding a copy of his book while standing behind his table, Positive Vibes Kids author Preston Mitchum, Jr. holding one of his books while standing behind his table, Unseen Victories author Juliet Agocha holding 2 of her books while standing behind her table, I Love My People author Kim Singleton holding her book while standing in front of her table]

[collage of 5 images: Digital Assassins author Danielle Spencer seated behind her display table while talking to a reader, The Witching Hour author Jordan Owens standing behind his table, An Angel A Book A Secret spiritual memoir author Pauline Pilote Eby seated behind her table, A Fire at Romanticon author H.L. Brooks seated behind her table while chatting with a reader, Quarter Moon author Preston Ford and Glacial author Chelsea Henderson seated behind their adjacent tables while talking to readers]

H.L. Brooks and I are friends so after the expo we headed to her home for pizza, chocolate cake, and a charming Christmas movie while her husband was at work!

And because I have absolutely no self-restraint when it comes to browsing books at the library, the four on-hold books for me turned into my bringing home many, many more. Gift buying is complete, but not holiday baking. And I have no regrets (even though we haven't bought our tree yet and have barely decorated).

[a collage of 4 images: a supreme pizza in its box, a "New Books" sign next to a horizontal stack of 4 books - The Associated Press Stylebook, Pony Confidential, Foes Friends & Lovers, The Meriwell Legacy - supporting a vertical arrangement of 6 books - Wish I Were Here, If I Stopped Haunting You, Hot Earl Summer, Miranda in Retrograde, What Does It Feel Like?, Mr. Nice Spy; a horizontal stack of 9 books - A Real Body Manual, Fat Girls Dance, Murder in Berkley Square, Authentically Izzy, Deja Brew, My Vampire Plus-One, Karaoke Queen, Bad Seed; title screenshot of "This is CHristmas" official trailer from Sky Cinema]

Whether your winter holiday is Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Fatemiyeh, Festivus, something else or you're an abstainer/non-observant, my hope is that this season brings you more peace of mind, good health, and joy.

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