PORT TOWNSEND — Author Nancy Pearl, known as “America’s librarian,” will speak at 7 p.m. Monday.
She will present a free talk in the Carnegie Reading Room of the Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
Pearl regularly speaks about the value of reading at libraries and library conferences and for literacy organizations and community groups.
She can be found on KUOW in Seattle, KWGS in Tulsa, Okla., and Wisconsin Public Radio talking about books and reading.
Her monthly television show, “Book Lust with Nancy Pearl,” on the Seattle Channel features interviews with authors, poets and other literary figures.
Among her many honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal and the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the PNW Booksellers Association.
Pearl is the creator of the internationally recognized program “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book,” and was the inspiration for the Archee McPhee “Librarian Action Figure.”
For information, call the library at 360-344-3054 or go to http://ptpubliclibrary.org/.
