Keith Bryant
The Bella Vista Library had its first Local Author Showcase, which 18 area authors signed up for.
Tables filled all the otherwise open space in the library, each manned by a writer -- often with a collection of books and a series of related items, including bookmarks, visual aids and, in at least one case, a series of tie-in candles.
Those candles were at Jan Huneycutt's table, with the scent of gardenias to tie in with her first book, "Ardenia Dovie's Card Catalog."
The book, she said, is a coming of age story that takes place in 1974, and consists entirely of card catalog entries by the titular "Ardenia Dovie."
"The character came to me," she said.
Library event coordinator Bailley Kinser said this is something the library may do twice each
General News on 03/22/2017