A hybrid presentation from a lauded children's book author to kick off the 2nd annual Lilac City Book Festival. The author will join us live via Zoom.
Renowned award-winning author JaNay Brown Wood kicks off the 2nd annual Lilac City Book Festival with an inspiring call-to-action for children's book authors and illustrators. She will speak live with the audience via Zoom.
The Lilac City Book Festival is a yearly event to support local writers and illustrators of books for children and teenagers. It's organized by Spokane Public Library and presented in partnership with the local chapter of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
About the presenter, JaNay Brown-Wood: JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, is an award-winning and New York Times Best-Selling children’s author, poet, educator, scholar, and a former professor of Early Childhood Education and Child Development. Her first children’s book Imani’s Moon won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year Award and was featured on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, and her second book Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story! won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award. JaNay has over twenty-five books published including the popular Where in the Garden picture book series, the Harriet Tubman and Simone Biles Little Golden Book Biographies, the Scholastic Love Puppies chapter book series, and the highly praised picture book Jam, Too!—an NCTE Notable Poetry Book for 2025. JaNay is also featured in several educational web-videos including "Cooking with JaNay" and "Jammies with JaNay" and she travels the country presenting to children, teachers, librarians, administrators, parents and community members. JaNay lives in California with her husband Catrayel, her daughter Vivian, and her turtle Theodora. Learn more about JaNay on her website.
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Writing Workshops | Learning & Lectures | Arts & Culture |
| Mon, Jan 12 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Tue, Jan 13 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed, Jan 14 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Thu, Jan 15 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Jan 16 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jan 17 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Jan 18 | 12:00PM to 4:00PM |
COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY
18 public computers
2 children’s computers
Free WiFi
MEETING & STUDY ROOMS
197 person capacity event space
35 person capacity classroom
59 person capacity maker studio
5 small study rooms
TRANSPORTATION
Free parking
Bike parking
STA Bus Route: 33
SERVICES
Faxing, copying, scanning, printing
Quiet reading room
Moose’s Market Children’s Playspace
Discovery garden
Demonstration kitchen
Automatic Materials Handling
Public art by Jasmine Brown
Laptop kiosk (laptops available for in-library use)