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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bill Deresiewicz to speak at the PLD Reception and Banquet on April 25</span></b></p>
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registration will open on February 6 for the 2012 Oregon Library Association Annual Conference - Oregon Libraries: Right at the Heart of Things!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to invite you to join us at the <b>Public Library Division Reception & Banquet</b> on<b>
</b>Wednesday, April 25, 2012 from 6-9pm at the Riverhouse Hotel & Convention Center in Bend, OR.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6pm Pre-Dinner Social (cash bar available) </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6:30pm Dinner</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7:15pm OLE Award Presentation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7:30pm Guest Speaker, Bill Deresiewicz</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Public Library Division Annual Banquet features Bill Deresiewicz, discussing his book,
<u>A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter.</u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deresiewicz writes about books, higher education, culture, politics, and anything else he can get away with. He is a Contributing Writer for The Nation and a Contributing Editor for The New Republic as well as writing a weekly blog, "All
Points," for the American Scholar. His essays and reviews have also appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The London Review of Books. His current book project is Excellent Sheep: What the Ivy League Won't
Teach You.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Public Library Division Executive Board</p>
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