October 27, 2009

Press Release for Science Cafe & Reading In Public

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Cal Poly's Kennedy Library asks "What is a Book?" as it presents the first in its 2009 Science Cafe learning series Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the library's second floor lounge (next to Julian's Espresso) on campus.
More: http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2009/October/book.html
Contact Cynthia Perrine, Science Café Coordinator, 805 756‐7549

October 25, 2009

Library! at Cal Poly's Kennedy Library

The second location of Library! is at Kennedy Library for Science Café on October 27th. Also in attendance: The Reading Chair.

Science Café is an informal speaker series on scientific topics, led by an expert. The series stimulates discussions in the arts and sciences; encourages open, easy-to-understand conversation exploring scientific topics and interdisciplinary interactions.

The topic for Tuesday, Oct. 27th: Is it still a book?

This informal discussion will focus on what makes a book a book. Participants can cozy up and test drive a new Kindle or handle beautiful bound books to compare and contrast this idea.

Cal Poly Graphic Communication professors Lorraine Donegan and Ken Macro, along with Cuesta College Fine Arts Professor David Prochaska will lead the discussion that runs from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, at the 2nd floor Café Lounge.
http://lib.calpoly.edu/learningcommons/science_cafe/isitstillabook/

Please join us. Go visit Library! in the 2nd floor cafe lounge, it will be there all week.

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October 20, 2009

The Reading Chair

We finally made time to get some decent photos of the chair. For our San Luis Obispo friends, the Reading Chair and Library! will both be at Cal Poly for their Science Cafe series ("Is it still a book?") on October 27th.
(And if you'd like to see more furniture designed by (the amazing) Chris Allen, please visit his website)

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October 18, 2009

Artists' Books added to Library!

Bookish additions to our little culture exchange.

|| Thank you Julie Frankel and Meryl Perloff ||

And a few more books made their way! (Thank you Bonnie W. for the books about art.)

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Library! collections can still be checked out at the Sanitarium in San Luis Obispo for another week or so.
-- > http://www.thesanitariumspa.com/
1716 Osos St.

So many little interventions to inspire.

Current location of Library!
Jan. 4-15, 2010: Arts Obispo, SLO Creamery, #165 (10am - 4pm)
Oct. 27: Science Cafe at Cal Poly -- "Is it still a book?"
Oct. 12-26: The Sanitarium, 1716 Osos Street in San Luis Obispo, California

Images:

Artists' books on piano: Julie Frankel

Pencil Book: Meryl Perloff

Library! is a project of http://readinginpublic.com

October 14, 2009

Kathryn Otoshi book signing and exhibition

Those of you in close proximity to San Luis Obispo -- you might want to check this out:

An exhibition of original artwork by Kathryn Otoshi, super illustrator/artist/designer/author and Cal Poly Alum

|| Where ||
Cal Poly's Spanos Theatre October 14 - December 2nd, 2009
Showcasing original drawings from her books including What Emily Saw and One

|| More ||
A reception and book signing will be held Friday Oct. 16th at 6pm in the Spanos Theatre lobby.

The artist reception and book signing occurs right before the Bill Harley performance so bring the kids.

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KATHRYN OTOSHI
Kathryn Otoshi (Art and Design '92)is a children’s book author and illustrator living in the San Francisco Bay Area. By day she works at Robert Zemeckis’s award winning film company, Imagemovers Digital(Monster House, Polar Express). Prior to this, Otoshi worked at George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic (Star Wars) as the Graphic Design and Multimedia Art Director, where she led a team of designers to create hundreds of promotional pieces.

Otoshi’s first book as author and illustrator was What Emily Saw, a Borders Original New Voice Nominee and BAIPA’s Best Children’s Book. This was followed by Simon & the Sock Monster, short listed as a USA Book News Honoree, and The Saddest Little Robot (2004), a BookSense Pick. She teamed up with author Liz Hockinson and created the illustrations forMarcello the Movie Mouse (2005). Marcello garnered the Writer’s Digest Award for Best Children’s Book, the DIY Best Children’s Book, the Hollywood Book Festival Award, and the Eric Hoffer Notable. That same year, she worked with George Miller, the director of “Happy Feet” on the novelization of his film script to the movie storybook for Penguin Putnam.

Her newest book, One, winner of 10 Awards, including the E.B. White Read Aloud Honor and the Teacher’s Choice Award, is an anti-bullying which book introducing colors, numbers, and counting while playing on larger themes of tolerance, acceptance, and the power of one voice.

Otoshi is the past co-President of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. She’s been a scholarship recipient of the Publishers Marketing Association and a guest speaker/panelist at many book venues, including the San Francisco Writers Conference and the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.

http://www.kokidsbooks.com/

October 11, 2009

Culture Exchange

|| GO SEE ||
the Library! will have an extended debut at the Sanitarium in San Luis Obispo before it makes its way to Cal Poly at the end of October.

Take a book, leave a book; be inspired.

|| FIRST ||
First book to be lent was The Tao of Pooh written by Benjamin Hoff.

|| APPRECIATION ||
Thank you to those who donated books for the debut:
Poets
Kevin Patrick Sullivan
Francesca Nemko

Artist
Meryl Perloff

Musician
Vincent Bernardy

and to much appreciation to Suzi Bliss, proprietress of the Sanitarium.

|| MORE ||
Library! is the second project from Reading In Public (http://www.readinginpublic.com)

Library! is an abandoned newspaper rack, repurposed into an informal traveling book and culture exchange which serves as a venue for creative readers who care that reading not become a lost art.

Readers of all ages will be able to find books, sketchbooks, or an actual piece of book art. Each piece will have a library card documenting its travels. When a reader checks a piece out, they're asked to sign the card and leave those in a box located on top of the rack. Borrowers are encouraged to leave an item for lending. We encourage creative annotation to all the art pieces, and we encourage personal notes in the books left by readers.

Each new location of Library! will be posted at http://www.readinginpublic.com