Sedona Public Library 50th Anniversary Events ~
Reading on the Rocks Author Program

• September 5, 2008, Debra Beck
• September 12, 2008, noon, Karen Ely
• September 19, 2008, 6:00 pm, Pete Sanders
• September 26, 2008, Wm. Kent Krueger

The Sedona Public Library offers a myriad of programs for all ages and all interests.  For information about these or any programs as well as the wide variety of services the Library offers, please call 282-7714.  These programs are free to all, although your donation to support the Library's programming efforts is appreciated.

The Sedona Public Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Weekly Author Series: Friday, September 5, 2008 - 4:00 pm, Featured Author Debra Beck

As part of the 2008 50th Anniversary Sedona Public Library Celebration weekly Author Series, Debra Beck will be discussing her latest book, My Feet Aren’t Ugly, on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 4 pm at the library.  The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Si Birch Community Room.  Copies of Debra’s book will be available for purchase and signing following the presentation.

Debra Beck, Author of My Feet Aren’t Ugly, A Girl’s Guide to Loving Herself From The Inside Out, is a devoted mentor for teenage girls and parents on issues facing teenage girls today.

With 20 plus years experience in self-development, and first-hand awareness of how difficult the teenage years can be, empathy, and a passion for making a difference, Debra discovered her life’s work: helping young girls learn to truly love themselves from the inside out.

My Feet Aren’t Ugly provides in-depth examples and exercises to develop the tools you need for self-confidence. Learn how to have fulfilling relationships, make good decisions for yourself, respect yourself and others, and love yourself for who you are.

This workshop teaches teenage girls how to love and take care of themselves, so they can start making decisions that are good for them and create a more harmonious life.

The Sedona Public Library offers a myriad of programs for all ages and interests. For information about this or other programs as well as the wide variety of services the library offers, please call 928-282-7714 or go to www.sedonalibrary.org.
 

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The Sedona Public Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Weekly Author Series: Friday, September 12, 2008, Noon, Karen Ely

As part of the 2008 50th Anniversary Sedona Public Library Celebration weekly Author Series, Karen Ely will be discussing her latest books, Daring To Dream: Reflections on the Year I Found Myself (2006)and A Retreat Of My Own (2008), on Friday, August 15, 2008 at noon at the library.  The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Si Birch Community Room. Copies of Karen’s books will be available for purchase and signing following the workshop.

What’s Your Dream?

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.

~ Henry David Thoreau

If you’ve gotten so caught up in the hustle and bustle of surviving that you’ve stopped dreaming?  If you’re yearning for a life that fills you with passion and joy but don’t know where to begin, then What’s Your Dream? is the perfect afternoon respite.

Karen Ely, founder and director of A Woman’s Way, the country’s premier women’s retreat and workshop program, is the author of the well-received memoir, Daring to Dream:  Reflections on the Year I Found Myself  published in 2006, which chronicles the end of her 32-year marriage, and A Retreat of My Own, a women’s personal retreat guide published in 2008.  Karen spent 25 years in non-profit management before founding A Woman’s Way in 2003.  She is committed to assisting women in creating and living authentic lives of passion and joy. 

Join author and experienced facilitator, Karen Ely, for a mini-workshop based on her personal experience and the 30 years of work she’s done with women in transition.  In this one-hour workshop Karen will share her personal story and many of the tools that supported her on a magical journey back to herself.       

The Sedona Public Library offers a myriad of programs for all ages and interests. For information about this or other programs as well as the wide variety of services the library offers, please call 928-282-7714 or go to www.sedonalibrary.org.

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The Sedona Public Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Weekly Author Series: Friday, September 19, 2008, 6:00 pm, Pete A. Sanders, Jr.

As part of the 2008 50th Anniversary Sedona Public Library Celebration weekly Author Series, Pete Sanders will be discussing his latest books, Scientific Vortex Informationand Access Your Brain's Joy Center, on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 6 pm at the library.  The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Si Birch Community Room.  Copies of Pete’s books will be available for purchase and signing following the presentation.

Come learn a comprehensive approach for being happier and getting your own answers for better handling life's challenges. Pete Sanders will share how the latest discoveries in science not only explain how Sedona's Vortexes work, but also how to use them for more effective prayer, meditation, and self-healing. They ARE NOT Electric or Magnetic phenomena, but can be explained through the newest physics. In addition, attendees will be taught a rapid method for enhanced harmony, spiritual insight, and lowering blood pressure without having to be in a Vortex. Also discussed will be how to easily counter the parts of the brain that make life more miserable than it needs to be.

Pete Sanders is an Honors Graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepted to attend Harvard Medical School.  In 1980, after five years voluntary service as a a Top Secret cleared Naval Officer he moved to Sedona and founded his NonProfit Mind/Body Education Program, Free Soul.

Over the decades, Pete has taught thousands of his students and tourists a practical and scientifically explainable approach to fully understanding and tapping Sedona Vortex Meditation sites. He has presented his technique for tapping the soul for stress reduction and greater peacefulness inside the Pentagon to the Pentagon Meditation Club. More recently, he has been invited back to M.I.T. to teach his Brain Science discovery for self-triggering Natural Mood Elevation to faculty, staff, and students for enhanced creativity and being happier in life.

The Sedona Public Library offers a myriad of programs for all ages and interests. For information about this or other programs as well as the wide variety of services the library offers, please call 928-282-7714 or go to www.sedonalibrary.org.

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The Sedona Public Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Weekly Author Series: Friday, September 26, 2008, 6:00 pm, William Kent Krueger

As part of the 2008 50th Anniversary Sedona Public Library Celebration weekly Author Series, William Kent Krueger will be discussing his latest book, Red Knife, on Friday, September 26, 2008 at 6 pm at the library.  The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Si Birch Community Room.  Copies of Mr. Krueger’s book will be available for purchase and signing following the presentation.

Red Knife - The Color of Blood: Violence Inside and Outside the Crime Genre
Using the text as a starting point, Krueger will discuss violence: the true incident of the Red Lake school shootings that inspired the novel, and his own ruminations on how the violent times in which we live are reflected in the crime genre.

Book Description:  Rural Minnesota erupts into gang violence following the drug-related death of an Aurora teen, and Corcoran O’Connor finds himself caught in the crossfire in the most compelling mystery yet from multiple prizewinner William Kent Krueger.

Red Knife explores the racial tensions and shocking violence of our times. In his most vividly heart-wrenching novel to date, Krueger incorporates all the elements readers have come to love about the Cork O’Connor series—the small-town Northwoods atmosphere, the integration of the Ojibwe culture, and the powerful suspense of a rugged landscape where the deep forests hold secrets and danger lurks in every shadow.

“Racial tensions fuel Krueger's outstanding ninth Cork O'Connor mystery… Simply and elegantly told, this sad story of loyalty and honor, corruption and hatred, hauntingly carves utterly convincing characters, both red and white, into the consciousness.”
                                                                        Publishers Weekly, starred review

Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University--before being kicked out for radical activities.  After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at free-lance journalism, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota.  He currently makes his living as a full-time author.  He’s been married for over 35 years to a marvelous woman who is an attorney.  He makes his home in St. Paul, a city he dearly loves.

Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota.  His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe.  His work has received a number of awards including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize.  He does all his creative writing in a little St. Paul coffee shop whose identity he prefers to keep secret.

The Sedona Public Library offers a myriad of programs for all ages and interests. For information about this or other programs as well as the wide variety of services the library offers, please call 928-282-7714 or go to www.sedonalibrary.org.

Awards
Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, 1998
Minnesota Book Award, 1999
Anthony Award for Best First Novel, 1999
Barry Award for Best First Novel, 1999
Friends of American Writers Prize, 1999
Minnesota Book Award, 2002
Readers Choice Award, 2003
Anthony Award for Best Novel, 2005
Anthony Award for Best Novel, 2006
Minnesota Book Award, 2007
Midwest Booksellers Association Honor Award in Fiction, 2007
Minnesota Book Award, 2008
Northeastern Minnesota Book Award, 2008
Dilys Award, 2008

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