Save the date for A(ugusta) Baker’s Dozen

Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, Bud, Not Buddy and Bucking the Sarge, released in September, will be the featured guest for the 19th annual A(ugusta) Baker’s Dozen: A Celebration of Stories. The two-day event will be held on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 in downtown Columbia.

Curtis will deliver the Augusta Baker Lecture at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 22 at The Koger Center for the Arts, 1501 Greene St. He will sign books immediately after the event, as well as on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Storytelling for Families (location to be announced). These events are free and open to the public.

Born in Flint, Michigan, Christopher Paul Curtis says he has felt a burning desire to write ever since he couldn’t talk his way out of problems. His second novel, Bud, Not Buddy, is the first book to ever receive both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Award.

RCPL’s annual celebration of stories brings to life the world of storytelling and children’s literature and pays tribute to Augusta Baker (1911-1998). For more information, visit http://www.richland.lib.sc.us/baker.htm.