Writers Institute: Conversation and Q&A with David Barclay Moore

WHEN: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

WHERE: Albany Public Library – Washington Ave Branch, 161 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210 – in the Large Auditorium.

COST: FREE. Registration is required HERE

BUS: #10, 12, 114

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David Barclay Moore is the author of the runaway middle grade bestseller, The Stars Beneath Our Feet (2017), the story of a young man who “tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother’s death.” Winner of the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award, the novel has been adopted as a core text in school curricula throughout the U.S. The New York Times said, “The right story at the right time…. It’s not just a narrative; it’s an experience. It’s the novel we’ve been waiting for.” Moore’s new novel is Holler of the Fireflies (2022), about a “boy from the hood in Brooklyn” and his experiences at a STEM camp in Appalachia, where he encounters racism and discovers who he is, including his sexual identity. School Library Journal called it, “both timely and timeless.”

Please visit https://davidbarclaymoore.eventbrite.com for more info and to register. Registration is required.

Presented by the Albany Public Library and the New York State Writers Institute.

Major support and funding provided by the Carl E. Touhey Foundation.