WYO CENTER FOR THE BOOK WINS AWARD: From a press release: Center for the Book Director John Y. Cole recently announced that affiliated state centers from Alabama, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming were the 2006 winners of the Boorstin Award for innovative reading promotion projects. Each award includes a $1,000 cash stipend. Funds to support the awards were donated to the Center for the Book by Ruth F. Boorstin, wife of former Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin (1975-1987), who established the Center for the Book in 1977… The Wyoming Center for the Book was recognized for its success in promoting Wyoming’s writers and literary heritage in a variety of ways, including the Wyoming Authors Database and through the pages of its handsome quarterly publication, “The Wyoming Library Roundup.” The WCB is located at the Wyoming State Library in Cheyenne. Director is Susan Vittitow, writer, editor, and blogger. I served on the WCB board for ten years and saw first-hand the agency’s excellent programs. Not to mention its excellent anthology “Deep West: A Literary Tour of Wyoming.” I’m a bit biased as one of the book’s co-editors.

KUDOS TOO FOR IDAHO: The Idaho Center for the Book, located at Boise State University, was also honored for its creative book arts program, which includes “Booker’s Dozen,” a biennial traveling exhibition of contemporary artists’ and eccentric books designed and produced by Idahoans, and “Idaho Authors!” an educational family card game. The quirky and talented Tom Trusky heads up the ICB.
- posted by Michael Shay @ 2:05 PM