Children's Literature Book Sale
Submitted by lib_marketing on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 8:38pm
Everyone has a story. Tell us yours.
Submitted by lib_marketing on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 1:46am
Deception is a Whatcom County student writing contest in honor of Old School by Tobias Wolff, The Big Read/WhatcomReads 2009-2010 book choice.
To Participate
You need to attend Western, or other Whatcom County colleges. Write up to 800 words. Create an entirely original fiction or nonfiction story. Entries must be submitted via email to paul.piper@wwu.edu by Tuesday, January, 19th, 2010.
Our Theme is Deception
When does a lie become the truth?
How far would you go to win?
One winner from each educational institution will be published in an anthology and will be invited to read their work at an author’s reception at Village Books, Sunday, Feb. 21st, 2010, 4 p.m.
Details
Entries will become property of The Big Read/Whatcom Reads and will not be returned. Portions of a winning entry may be used rather than the whole. By submitting an entry all writers grant permission to The Big Read/WhatcomReads to share their writing on its website and in publications and media. Winners will be announced February 1st, 2010 on the website, www.whatcomreads.org.
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Six Word Stories
Submitted by lib_marketing on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 7:59pm
Welcome to an exciting writing event brought to you by
The Big Read: Whatcom READS!
The challenge is to write an entire story in exactly six words.
Hemingway, a master of allusion and manipulating negative space
(or what is NOT present in the story) is said to have started this form.
When challenged to come up with a story in six words, Hemingway wrote:
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Try Your Hand at a SIX WORD STORY at the URL below!
And The Winner Is...
Submitted by lib_marketing on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 10:19pmThe Library's Scared Smart Open House was a lot of fun for both students and staff. Lot's of students participated in our scavenger hunt but there was only one grand prize winner, congratulations to Rustam Mamedov who won the iPod Touch!!! 
Congratulations also go out to Teresa De Sitter and Amber Deralta who won a $50 and a $25 gift certificate to the AS Bookstore! And many thanks go out to the rest of you who took the time to learn a little about the library while having a bit of fun at the same time! For more fun images of the event, be sure to check out our Library's Facebook page (see link below)!
Connected: News from the Western Libraries Fall 2009
Submitted by lib_marketing on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 5:33pmOpen attachment below to read Connected - News from The Western Libraries.
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