KPL Videos: author — Kalamazoo Public Library

Meet the Authors Arnold Johnston and Deborah Ann Percy | June 10, 2021

Enjoy the Meet the Authors event that took place earlier this month. Hear local favorites Arnold Johnston and Deborah Ann Percy read from their latest releases: Arnie’s new novel Swept…

Recorded 06/10/2021

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Entertainment

Tags: author

KPL Meet the Author Zoom Recording — Natalie Standiford with Sam Lipsyte — Recorded on April 7, 2021.

Kalamazoo Public Library’s Head of Community Engagement Librarian Kevin King talks with authors Natalie Standiford and Sam Lipsyte. Natalie Standiford’s new novel Astrid Sees All is a new wave, coming-of-age…

Recorded 04/07/2021

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Entertainment

Tags: author; meet the author; novelist

Jacqueline Woodson Lecture

“What will Jacqueline Woodson’s legacy be both on children’s literature and on the worlds of the people who get to read her words, step into her stories, and learn about themselves…

Recorded 02/16/2021

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Entertainment; Information

Tags: author; children's books; literature

Book Thoughts

Listen to a conversation with Mr. Bill and Miss Natalie talking about exciting new books for all ages in KPL’s Children’s and Teen collections. This event is prerecorded and will…

Recorded 01/05/2021

Categories: Children; Family; Information; Teen

Tags: author; children; teens

Book Thoughts with Mr. Bill and Miss Natalie

Listen to a conversation with Mr. Bill and Miss Natalie talking about exciting new books for all ages in KPL’s Children’s and Teen collections.

Recorded 12/01/2020

Categories: Children; Family; Information; Teen

Tags: author; children

Local Author Heidi McCrary

Inspired by a true story, Chasing North Star is a bittersweet tale looking back at a time when four free-range siblings, cigarettes in hand, roamed the streets ’til sunrise and hid from…

Recorded 12/01/2020

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Entertainment

Tags: author; michigan

Meet the Author: Dr. Louis Moore - Civil Rights and the Black Athlete.

Grand Valley State University professor, author, and podcaster Dr. Louis Moore discusses the stories and ideas behind his book, WE WILL WIN THE DAY: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE BLACK…

Recorded 11/19/2020

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Family; Timely Topics

Tags: author; black history; culture; education; history

Book Thoughts with Mr. Bill & Miss Natalie

Listen to a conversation with Mr. Bill and Miss Natalie talking about exciting new books for all ages in KPL’s Children’s and Teen collections.

Recorded 11/02/2020

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Entertainment; Family; Information; Teen

Tags: author; children; teens

Meet the Author: Alicia D. Williams

Join Kalamazoo Public Library and Kalamazoo Public Schools for an exciting interview with award-winning author Alicia D. Williams! Williams is the author of Genesis Begins Again, which received a Newbery…

Recorded 10/28/2020

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Children; Entertainment; Family; Teen

Tags: author; children; education

Meet the Author: Michael Zadoorian

Best-selling Detroit author Michael Zadoorian, author of The Leisure Seeker and Beautiful Music talks about his latest book...

Recorded 09/14/2020

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author

Author Lord Milan L'Oiseau:Thoughts & Actions

Kalamazoo Public Library presents Writers’ Block, a forum where independently published local writers can tell the world about their work. This episode features author Lord Milan L’Oiseau who discusses his…

Recorded 04/29/2019

Categories: Writers’ Block: Local Authors

Tags: author; poetry

The Page Fence Giants

Author Mitch Lutzke The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian, Michigan, graced the diamond in the 1890s. Formed through a…

Recorded 02/06/2019

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; black history; history; michigan

Author Drew Philp: A $500 House in Detroit

In 2009, journalist and screenwriter Drew Philp bought a ruined house in Detroit for $500. In the years that followed, as he gutted the interior and removed the heaps of…

Recorded 11/13/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: architecture; author; culture; michigan; urban renewal

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State V

The history of Michigan is interesting, fascinating and filled with twists and turns. Lynn Houghton returns for another session looking at all aspects of Michigan’s growth and development from its…

Recorded 11/08/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; history; michigan

Meet the Author: David Small

David Small’s graphic novel follow up to the award-winning and critically acclaimed book Stitches is already being lauded as a masterpiece. Home After Dark: A Novel is the story of…

Recorded 09/26/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; illustrator

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State IV

The history of Michigan is interesting, fascinating and filled with twists and turns. Join Lynn Houghton for a multi-session journey looking at all aspects of Michigan’s growth and development from…

Recorded 09/20/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; history; michigan

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State III

Another look at the Territory of Michigan from 1805 until 1837, when Michigan was admitted into the Union as the 26th state. Kalamazoo historian Lynn Houghton looks at various aspects…

Recorded 05/21/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; history; michigan

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State II

Kalamazoo historian Lynn Houghton looks at various aspects of Michigan’s growth and development from its early beginnings to recent years looking at events, topics, trends, themes and people, all of…

Recorded 04/16/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; history; michigan

Classified: Who in the World is Merze Tate?

Kalamazoo author and publisher Sonya Bernard-Hollins discusses her latest book about Merze Tate (1905-1996), grandchild of the first Negro settlers in Mecosta County, and a graduate of Western State Teacher’s…

Recorded 04/09/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; black history; history; michigan

Kalamazoo’s Colored School (1861-1871)

Among the many mysteries in Kalamazoo’s history was the existence of a separate school for the community’s African-American children, located on North Street between 1861 and 1871. Lynn Houghton, Regional…

Recorded 02/27/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Kalamazoo History; Timely Topics

Tags: author; black history; education; history; kalamazoo; segregation

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Meet the Authors Arnold Johnston and Deborah Ann Percy | June 10, 2021

KPL Meet the Author Zoom Recording — Natalie Standiford with Sam Lipsyte — Recorded on April 7, 2021.

Jacqueline Woodson Lecture

Book Thoughts

Book Thoughts with Mr. Bill and Miss Natalie

Local Author Heidi McCrary

Meet the Author: Dr. Louis Moore - Civil Rights and the Black Athlete.

Book Thoughts with Mr. Bill & Miss Natalie

Meet the Author: Alicia D. Williams

Meet the Author: Michael Zadoorian

Author Lord Milan L'Oiseau:Thoughts & Actions

The Page Fence Giants

Author Drew Philp: A $500 House in Detroit

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State V

Meet the Author: David Small

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State IV

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State III

Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State II

Classified: Who in the World is Merze Tate?

Kalamazoo’s Colored School (1861-1871)