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by:
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Shenandoah Crime Stoppers;
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| To add information
about Book 'Em media sightings, please contact
us by email with the media outlet, date of the article/
show/ etc., and we will add it to our list. |
| Author Marcia Silvermetz
will appear on The
Sunrise Show on Friday,
October 22 between 6:30 and 7:00 am with Beth Duffy and Bill
Duval. |
| Author Andy Straka,
one of the best-selling authors appearing at Book 'Em, was spotlighted
at Augusta
Free Press, along with information regarding Book
'Em. |
| Author Agnes Hagen
was interviewed on WKDW Radio
on October 5, 2004 at 9 am. Be sure to listen in! |
| Author and Book
'Em co-founder p.m.terrell appeared on the PBS Show Perspectives, talking about Book 'Em! In the Richmond
area, the show will air on Friday, October 1 and again on Sunday,
October 3. In other parts of the state, please check your local
listings for October. |
| Author Chris Graham
was interviewed on WKDW Radio
on October 1, 2004. Be sure to listen in! |
| Special thanks to
Jim McDonough of the Criminal
Justice Research Center and fellow author, for helping
us get the word out about Book 'Em! |
| Thank you, Virginia Crime Prevention
Association, for helping us publicize Book 'Em! |
| Thank
you, Sisters
in Crime,
for posting information about Book 'Em, and thanks to all the
SinC authors who have donated autographed books for the event,
and who will be attending, signing their books, and participating
in talks! |
| Thank you, Virginia Department of Education,
for helping us publicize Book 'Em throughout the high schools
and to the Safe and Drug Free School Coordinators! |
| Thank you, Department
of Criminal Justice Services, for posting information
about Book 'Em on your web site! |
| Thank you, WVTF Public Radio,
for listing Book 'Em on your Events Calendar! |
| Augusta Free Press
ran an article entitled Buy
a Book, Fight Crime at the Same Time on Wednesday,
September 15, 2004. |
| Staunton
News Leader ran a front
page story entitled Book
'Em Promotes Crime Prevention, Literacy on Saturday,
August 7, 2004, quoting author Charles Benoit and Book 'Em co-founder,
Officer Mark Kearney. |
| Officer Mark Kearney
of the Waynesboro Police Department and co-chair of this year's
Book 'Em, was interviewed on WKDW-AM
on Wednesday, July 14, 2004. He spoke about the origins of Book
'Em and talked about some of the authors who will be appearing. |
| Charlottesville
Daily Progress,
July 11, 2004 |
| "Authors
Needed",
from
the Augusta Free Press, June 30, 2004. |
| "Book
'Em Founded to Starve Crime and Feed Literacy", from The News Virginian on May
21, 2004. |
| A second segment
aired on WVTF Public
Radio in May 2004. Click
here to listen; Real
Player is needed for the audio. |
| WVTF
Public Radio aired
a segment on Book 'Em in May 2004. Click
here to listen; Real
Player is needed for the audio. |
 Officer
Mark Kearney of the Waynesboro Police Department and Marcia Silvermetz
appeared on Virginia
Tonight, a television show that aired on May 10, 2004
about Book 'Em. |
| NPR aired a radio program about Book 'Em
on May 4, 2004. |
| Augusta
Free Press, May 2004:
"October Writer's Event to Stress Importance of Literacy
in Fighting Crime" |
| The
News Virginian, May
5, 2004: "Authors to Help Police Turn Kids onto Reading,
not Crime" |
| For more information,
contact Mark
Kearney, Waynesboro Police Department or Lianne
Crookshanks, Waynesboro Department of Tourism or send
an email to Book
'Em. |
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