Tag Archives: Kodiak Public Library Association

Pam Houston is an author and writing teacher from southwestern Colorado. She says her 120-acre ranch informs her writing and made her into the woman and author that she is today. Her sixth book is named Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, which she spoke about at a book signing Monday. Tuesday, Houston will teach a writer’s workshop …

Katie Baxter, director of Kodiak Public Library was recently put on administrative leave. (Photo from KMXT’s archives.) Mitch Borden/KMXT Earlier this week, Katie Baxter, the director of the Kodiak Public Library was put on administrative leave. The City of Kodiak will not comment on its reasons for taking this action, but as KMXT reports some who have worked with Baxter say …

Featured in this episode of Dog Eared Reads is a book review by Bob Ross, a reading from Sara Loewen’s Gaining Daylight by Sara Persselin, a repeat of Taten’s 2015 interview with fermentist Sandor Katz, and news and tips from KPLA.

Lively LibChats: Katie Baxter from the Kodiak Public Library is joined by Velma Vining who discusses her work with the children’s services department of the Coast Guard, and how she is finding resources to bring the Aluutiq culture and language to children that are new to town. The Long Review: Jordana Long, board member of KPLA, brings her family into …

Beyond the Cover Feature: Liana Brooks, writer of science fiction and sci-fi romance, including both the Heroes & Villians and Time and Shadows book series’, as well as a number of published short stories.  Liana has lived all over America but now calls Alaska home, and shares with us about her writing career, advice for aspiring writers, and why she things Alaska …

Beyond the Cover Feature: Ann Leckie, author of the award-winning science-fiction Imperial Radch Trilogy. The first book in her series, Ancillary Justice won the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and other best novel awards.  The following year, the second book in the series, Ancillary Sword won the Locus award. The third book in the trilogy, Ancillary Mercy, was released in …

Beyond The Cover Feature: Kodiak’s own Leslie Leyland Fields joins us to discuss her new book, Crossing the Waters: Following Jesus Through the Storms, the Fish, the Doubt, and the Seas.  Leslie also shares with us how she got into writing and teaching, how she started out in Kodiak and some of the amazing projects and careers she has had during her decades …

Beyond the Cover Feature: J.T. Ellison joins us this month.  J.T. Ellison is a bestselling author of dark, psychological thrillers, widely known for her novel “All the Pretty Girls,” among others and her work with Catherine Coulter on the Nicholas Drummond “A Brit in the FBI” series.  She is also a founder of Two Tales Press, an independent publishing house, and …

Beyond the Cover Feature: This month we feature James Rains, the local author of the apocalyptic biomedical thriller Afognak.  He discusses his book and reads an excerpt from it, as well as an excerpt from the next book in this series, entitled Chiniak.  James talks about his books, his writing style, offers advice to aspiring authors and writers, and explains …

Jay Barrett/KMXT More land is being cleared atop Signal Hill to make way for the new Kodiak public library. Land is being cleared now to the south of the old barn on the site, with several large spruce marked for falling. In addition to dozens of dump truck loads of spruce boughs being hauled from the site, numerous flatbed trailers …