Events &
Awards
Literary Lions Gala | Friend
of the Year | Scholarships
 Literary
Lions Gala
March 8, 2008
Bellevue Regional Library
Save the Date! Circle March 8 on your calendar today and
make plans to attend the 2008 Literary Lions Gala. Join
us at the Bellevue Regional Library for an evening of books,
banter, and bidding.
- Everybody’s favorite librarian, Nancy
Pearl, will emcee the event and regale you with humorous
notes from the reading life
- National Book Award winner, Timothy
Egan, will
be the featured speaker
- Third Place Books hosts the book sale, which
features titles by all 30 guest authors - Check back
soon for a list of authors attending the 2008 event
- Silent auction features unique items and adventures – Check
back for our catalog in January
- The three-course dinner features a different
Northwest author at your table for each course
Interested in hosting a table? Corporate sponsors enjoy
many promotional perks with their support. Tables start
at $2,500. Contact Claire
Wilkinson at 425.369.3448 for
information.
Interested in donating a literary-related
item or experience for the silent auction? Give Claire a call!
Want to be added to the invitation
mailing list? Claire can put you on the list!
Timothy Egan – Keynote Speaker
A dynamic speaker, Tim Egan won the National Book Award,
considered the nation's highest literary honor, for The
Worst Hard Time. A New York Times Bestseller, the book
recounts the stories of the people who lived through
the Depression-era Dust Bowl.
He is also the author of The Good
Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest, Lasso
the Wind: Away to the New West, Breaking
Blue, and The
Winemaker’s
Daughter.
Mr. Egan worked as a correspondent and as a national enterprise
reporter for The New York Times and is currently a guest
Op-Ed columnist. In 2001, he won the Pulitzer Prize as
part of a team of reporters who wrote the series How
Race Is Lived in America.
Nancy Pearl – Emcee
Since the release of the best-selling Book
Lust in 2003,
More Book Lust in 2005, Book
Crush in 2007, and the Librarian
Action Figure modeled in her likeness, Nancy Pearl has
become a rock star among readers and the tastemaker people
turn to when deciding what to read next.
Having worked as a librarian and bookseller in Detroit,
Tulsa, and Seattle, Pearl's knowledge of and love for books
is unmatched. The former Executive Director of the Washington
Center for the Book, she celebrates the written word by
speaking at bookstores and libraries across the country
and appearing on local community television and on NPR
affiliate stations KUOW in Seattle and KWGS in Tulsa.
Awards
Friend of the Year
Hundreds of community members volunteer their time
and talents through their neighborhood Friends of the Library
groups. Each year on Friends Day, the KCLS Foundation recognizes
the outstanding contributions of the committed volunteers
who ensure that our libraries are at the heart of their community.
Scholarships
The KCLS Foundation values the contributions of our talented
and dedicated staff and provides scholarships for KCLS
employees to attain their master’s degrees in library
science. You can help support future generations of librarians
through your donation to the KCLS Foundation, which can
be designated for the Scholarship Program. For more information,
please contact Jeanne
Thorsen, or call 425.369.3450.
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