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Oil Painting by Dee Siegmund

In response to those who have asked about this portrait. Dee Siegmund painted this spontanious oil painting as I worked in her studio in Mahomet, IL

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Congratulations to the Pixar Animation Studios' Academy Award for the hit animated film, UP. We are pleased that actor Ed Asner—"Carl," in UP— is also among Mayhaven's outstanding authors. And for those of you who would like to see Asner perform on stage, he is appearing as FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) in Covington, VA, in April.

Ed Asner and Burt Hall co-authored Misuse of Power

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Glen Carbon Public Library, Glen Carbon, Illinois, selected as the Best Small Library in America and we are proud of the entire staff, which includes Michelle Petersen, daughter of Mayhaven's publisher. The cover of the Library Journal is below, and the article is listed on line.

Staff: Anne Hughes - Director, Janet McAllister - Assistant Director, Michelle Petersen - Head of Circulation/Homebound Coordinator

Magi Henderson - Youth Services Director, Christina Walker - Youth Services Assistant, Susan Kesler - Head Cataloger

Joyce Bringenberg - Cataloger, Joan Schneider - Associate, Amanda Wendel - Associate, Tammy Green - Associate, Michelle Mondloh - Associate, Leigh Gardner - Associate, Christine Gerrish - Associate, Donald Ladd - PageLaura Kubicek - Page, Jenna Stoeber - Page

Best Small Library in America 2010 awarded by Library Journal and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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2010 Events Etc.

Press Release: Lincoln Poems at Decatur Public Library

Dr. Dan Guillory, Professor Emeritus of English at Millikin University, will present another reading from his recent book, The Lincoln Poems, at 2:00 PM in the Madden Auditorium of the Decatur Public Library on Sunday April 19, 2009. April is National Poetry Month, and Professor Guillory will focus on poems that have not been previously performed at the Library. Copies of his book will be offered for sale after the reading.

The Lincoln Poems was one of only 21 books from across the country chosen for presentation at the National Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration in Springfield on February 12, 2009. Before the poetry reading, Dr. Guillory will share his impressions of that special day, including the Bicentennial Banquet, where President Obama spoke briefly. Dr. Guillory will also have on display some of the artifacts he collected on the Bicentennial day, including Lincoln “First Day of Issue” stamps and envelopes, a Lincoln coffee mug, the Bicentennial Banquet menu, and other items of interest.

In partnership with Melody Arnold and Brent Wielt of the Macon County Conservation District, Dr. Guillory presented an all-day Lincoln workshop for Macon County schoolteachers on March 21, 2009. The day was very successful, according to the evaluations. The teachers went in three vans on a tour of Lincoln sites in and around Decatur. The workshop will be repeated on Wednesday June 10, 2009.

An audiobook of Dr. Guillory's The Lincoln Poems will soon be released by Mayhaven. Dr. Guillory has signed another contract with Mayhaven for a new book entitled People and Places in the Land of Lincoln.

January 2010—The State of Maine Museum, Augusta, Maine, featured Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen's book and audio book: Helen, Ethel & The Crazy Quilt—Based on the 1890 Letters Between Helen Keller and Ethel Orr. The actual quilt and the letters from Helen Keller to Ethel Orr are on display and the author will be available for interviews and signings. Author Judith Joy (A Doorway Through Space) recently visited the museum and was impressed with the quilt, the letters and presentation of the book and audio book.

January 10, 2010—Doris Replogle Wenzel (publisher and editor) was Alex Ruggieri's guest on WCIA TV's One on One—right after Face the Nation and just before the game! Those who missed can Google One on One with Alex Ruggieri can Google it.

February 2010—The Children's Writer newsletter includes quotes from Doris Replogle Wenzel in an article on Science Fiction for Children and Young Adults.

February 17, 2010—Harry Haines (Orphan, and Texas Panic!) will be a guest speaker at the Southwest Writers Event in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

February 25, 2010—Dan Guillory will read from his highly acclaimed book and audio book (The Lincoln Poems) at Barnes & Noble in Champaign, IL. 4:30 — 6:30

March 4, 2010—Heidi McIntyre (Jack's Snack Attack) will be featured at the Family Literacy Night at the "A" rated PS 154, 6-8 PM, 333 East 135th St, Bronx, NY.

March 15, 2010—Dan Guillory Interview, WSEC-TV, Illinois Stories, Macon Co. Conserv. District, 10:30 AM

March 18, 2010—Dan Guillory, Macon Co. Conserv. District, “Women in Illinois,” Program, 4-8 PM

April 10, 2010—Helen Rademacher read from her new book, Collage, to a nearly full house at Windsor of Savoy, with guests from as far away as OK.

April 11, 2010—Dan Guillory, Madden Auditorium, Decatur Public Lib., Decatur, IL, Poetry Reading, 2 P

April 11-14, 2010—Ed Asner, actor (UP), and co-author with Burt Hall (Misuse of Power), will portray FDR in Covington, VA.

April 17, 2010 (Saturday) —Meet Mayhaven's Illinois Authors, Cullen Porter, Brian Porter, Valerie Osborn, Bob Auler, and Dan Guillory, Rantoul, IL, Library Festival.

April 18, 2010 (Sunday)—Mayhaven Authors: Cullen Porter, Valerie Osborn, Helen Rademacher, and Dan Guillory, and Helen Rademacher will be featured at the Early American Museum and the Mahomet Library in Mahomet, IL. (North of Mahomet on Rt. 47. 10:00 to 2:00.

April 19, 2010 (Monday)—Doris Replogle Wenzel will be a guest at The Reading Circle in Champaign, IL

April 28, 2010—David Selby will be one of three on a panel to discuss American History at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC

May 3, 2010—Helen Rademacher will read from her work at the Tolono Library, 7:00 — 8:30 .

May 4, 2010—Cullen Porter and Doris Wenzel will take part in an event at the Cerro Gordo Grade School.

May 12, 2010—Helen Rademacher (Collage: Poems and Essays) will read from her work at the Reading Circle, Champaign, IL

May 22. 2010—Heidi McIntrye, Signing at Barnes & Noble, New York, NY

2009

Lewiston, IL presentation

Guest lecturer in October at the University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign.

Weltman, June - Mystery of the Missing Candlestick - Winner - Mayhaven Award for Children's Fiction

June Weltman has been appearing in many, many signings and workshops in Florida and other areas.

Musician and Author, Randall Franks wrote to ask for the use of a recipe from Dr. Wayne C. Temple's The Taste Is in My Mouth a Little... for his upcoming cookbook, Southern Style: Musings, Memories and Marvelous Makin's, the proceeds of which will go to his not-for-profit Share America Foundation, Inc. serving Georgia and Tennessee. Some of you may remember Randall as "Officer Randy Goode" on TV's In the Heat of the Night, or other TV and film appearances. Others will know of his work, as a very young fiddle player, with Bill Monroe and, over the years, many others. He was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004. Though Mayhaven is not publishing this work, we will let you know when it is available.

Daughter and Librarian, Michelle Petersen, writes: " ....Here is an article that appeared about our Library's platoon the Glen Carbon Library adopted!" http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/204892.html

The talented Yolanda and Earl Hughes, drove from Pittsburgh, to visit with us during the November Literacy Event in West Virginia. Yolanda won the Mayhaven Award for Children's Fiction with Cruisin' Sarah, for older children and young adults. A wonderful writer, Yoli and Earl have worked professionally in theater for many years. They are delightful company. So is their well-behaved little dog. No "Dog Whisperer" needed. Watch for Yoli's award-winning book, Crusin' Sarah, coming SOON!

We thank Bill Lucht, and Sandy Baker, her husband Ove (for his wonderful dinner and excellent conversation), their delightful daughter Joanna, and all those we met at the recent West Virginia Book Faire. The guest list was impressive, and included many fine authors and artists, including Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, and Kieu Chihn, memorable star of the movie version. Mayhaven was happy to take part in various events, including a presentation by screenwriter and novelist, Loraine Despres (you will remember her famous TV episode "Who Killed J.R.?", or her recent novels, The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc and The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell. It was also inspiring to be present at a little bit of history when the charming Doro Bush Koch, assisted by and her lively sister-in-law, spoke about her memoir of George H. W. Bush: My father, My President.

We were pleased when Bill Lucht introduced author and actor David L. Selby's newest book, Lincoln's Better Angel, a moving and imaginative novel, in which Lincoln returns to the present as a fascinating ghost.

CBS Sunday Morning showed a clip from Tell Me You Love Me (HBO series), with another new Mayhaven author, actor and author David L. Selby, whose newest novel, Lincoln's Better Angel is available. Selby has also published: Happenstance, In and Out of the Shadows, and My Mother's Autumn. My Mother's Autumn is also available as an audio book. All are available through Mayhaven.

Congratulations Stanley A. Changnon, PhD!

The authors and artists who publish with Mayhaven are extraordinary people—talented in many ways. Stanley Changnon is one of them. Mayhaven published his first book on trains, America's Rural Hub, but the world now recognizes him as one of the authors of the International Climate Committee Report on Climate Change, the report written for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Panel and former Vice President Al Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

Congratulations Ten Sisters! During 2008, a PBS documentary, Ten Sisters: A True Story, has been shown on many PBS stations across the country. Ask your local PBS station for dates and times in your area.

Thanks to Joe Morgan, author of Potato Branch: Sketches of Mountain Memories, and Into the Chilling Water (Bright Mountain Books) for including Doris Wenzel in his acknowledgements.

Congratulations! Susan McBride (Winner of Mayhaven Awards for Fiction for her first novel, And Then She was Gone) has informed us that she has just signed with Random House for her newest publication. Mayhaven also published her second novel, Overkill.

Congratulations! Michelle Petersen, Head of Circulation, Glen Carbon Centennial Library was also a co-winner of Reaching Forward South Award for 2006 Support Staff Person of the Year.

Congratulations! Author M. Howe Bugbee's Beyond the Road has won both First Place in the Children's and Young Adult Category and the 2006 Royal Palm Literary Award for Best Book in all Categories at the Florida Writers Association's Annual Conference. Beyond the Road, in manuscript form, was the winner of Mayhaven's Award for Fiction and was published by Mayhaven. Artist and Graphic Designer, Jean Spencer created the cover for Beyond the Road, a mystery for older children and young adults set in southern Indiana. For more on M. Howe Bugbee and Jean Spencer, see Authors .

Congratulations! June Weltman, Winner of Mayhaven's Awards for Fiction, Mystery of the Missing Candlestick, has won the Best Young Adult Fiction award from the Florida Publishers Association, and First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2005 National Federation of Press Women At-Large Communications Contest. The book also won Honorable Mention in the NFPW National Communications Contest. She previously won the Journeys For The Junior Historian Book Award from the Florida Historical Society with Mystery of the Missing Candlestick.