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NWS Presents: Battle of the Books 2024
The National Writers Series is proud to organize Battle of the Books for area 4th and 5th graders each year in partnership with the Traverse City District Library. Kids read incredible stories together and then experience heart-pounding moments in competition.
In 2024, we had 370 kids form 57 teams, and each team member was challenged to read 8 books a 12-week period. The teams that read the most books rose to the top of the battle. Teams have a chance to win prizes for sportsmanship, team spirit, most creative team name, and more.
A special thanks to our donors, volunteers, BOTB organizers and NWS Education Director Ari Mokdad.
We owe our success to generous sponsors, donors, volunteers, and friends… people like you! To support our efforts, please visit:
nationalwritersseries.org/donate-and-support/
Everything we do is to help raise young writers around Northern Michigan. Learn more about our classes, scholarships, and other efforts here:
nationalwritersseries.org/raising-writers/
Who's coming to the National Writers Series next? Check out our upcoming events:
nationalwritersseries.org/upcoming-events/
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Margo Price, Author of "Maybe We'll Make It," joins the National Writers Series
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Margo Price, Author of "Maybe We'll Make It," joins the National Writers Series
Fredrik Backman, Author of "A Man Called Ove" and "The Winners" Joins the National Writers Series
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Fredrik Backman, Author of "A Man Called Ove" and "The Winners" Joins the National Writers Series
Dr. Benjamin Gilmer, Author of "The Other Dr. Gilmer," Live at the National Writers Series
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Dr. Benjamin Gilmer, Author of "The Other Dr. Gilmer," Live at the National Writers Series
A Conversation with Authors Jerry Dennis, Dave Dempsey and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
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A Conversation with Authors Jerry Dennis, Dave Dempsey and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
NWS Presents: Angie Morgan, Author of "Bet On You: How to Win with Risk"
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NWS Presents: Angie Morgan, Author of "Bet On You: How to Win with Risk"
"Sorry, Kiddo:" Here's What Motivates Author Brad Meltzer to Write Every Day
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"Sorry, Kiddo:" Here's What Motivates Author Brad Meltzer to Write Every Day
NWS Presents: Author George Saunders ("A Swim in a Pond in the Rain", "Lincoln in the Bardo")
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NWS Presents: Author George Saunders ("A Swim in a Pond in the Rain", "Lincoln in the Bardo")
A Conversation with Author Brad Meltzer ("The Lightning Rod", "The First Conspiracy" and others)
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A Conversation with Author Brad Meltzer ("The Lightning Rod", "The First Conspiracy" and others)
NWS Presents: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Wanda M. Morris and Vanessa Riley
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NWS Presents: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Wanda M. Morris and Vanessa Riley
NWS Presents: Michael Schur (Author of "How to Be Perfect" and creator of "The Good Place")
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NWS Presents: Michael Schur (Author of "How to Be Perfect" and creator of "The Good Place")
NWS Presents: Dr. Daniel Lieberman, author of "Exercised"
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NWS Presents: Dr. Daniel Lieberman, author of "Exercised"
Michael Schur's Answer to "The Trolley Problem" (from "The Good Place")
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Michael Schur's Answer to "The Trolley Problem" (from "The Good Place")
NWS Presents: Angeline Boulley, Author of "Firekeeper's Daughter"
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NWS Presents: Angeline Boulley, Author of "Firekeeper's Daughter"
Author Angeline Boulley ("Firekeeper's Daughter") on What Libraries Mean To Her
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Author Angeline Boulley ("Firekeeper's Daughter") on What Libraries Mean To Her
Author Jason Reynolds ("Stamped", "Long Way Down") on Censorship, Discourse, and Freedom of Speech
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Author Jason Reynolds ("Stamped", "Long Way Down") on Censorship, Discourse, and Freedom of Speech
Author Jason Reynolds ("Stamped", "Long Way Down") on How Libraries Changed His Life
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Author Jason Reynolds ("Stamped", "Long Way Down") on How Libraries Changed His Life
NWS Presents: Omar El Akkad, Author of "What Strange Paradise" and "American War"
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NWS Presents: Omar El Akkad, Author of "What Strange Paradise" and "American War"
NWS Presents: Joshua Prager, Author of "The Family Roe"
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NWS Presents: Joshua Prager, Author of "The Family Roe"
A Conversation with Author Anthony Doerr ("Cloud Cuckoo Land," "All The Light We Cannot See")
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A Conversation with Author Anthony Doerr ("Cloud Cuckoo Land," "All The Light We Cannot See")
NWS Presents: Alex Michaelides, author of "The Maidens" and "The Silent Patient"
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NWS Presents: Alex Michaelides, author of "The Maidens" and "The Silent Patient"
NWS Presents: Mary Roach, author of "Fuzz"
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NWS Presents: Mary Roach, author of "Fuzz"
The Surprising Historical Fact that Mary Doria Russell Learned While Researching her Books
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The Surprising Historical Fact that Mary Doria Russell Learned While Researching her Books
NWS Presents "Afghanistan Today: An International Panel"
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NWS Presents "Afghanistan Today: An International Panel"
Bestselling Author Alex Michaelides on the Importance of Libraries
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Bestselling Author Alex Michaelides on the Importance of Libraries
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Anthony Doerr Discusses what Libraries Gave Him as a Writer
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Anthony Doerr Discusses what Libraries Gave Him as a Writer
NWS Presents: A Sample Serving of John U. Bacon, Author of "Let Them Lead"
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NWS Presents: A Sample Serving of John U. Bacon, Author of "Let Them Lead"
NWS Presents: Pam Houston, author of "Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country"
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NWS Presents: Pam Houston, author of "Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country"
Author Pam Houston on her Crazy COVID Armageddon Book Tour & Making a Difference with Writing
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Author Pam Houston on her Crazy COVID Armageddon Book Tour & Making a Difference with Writing
Rochelle Riley: Who Inspires You?
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Rochelle Riley: Who Inspires You?

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @HillbillyIslandLife
    @HillbillyIslandLife 14 днів тому

    I, too, am fascinated with serial predators

  • @snappycattimesten
    @snappycattimesten Місяць тому

    90% of that audience was female 😂

  • @pohanahawaii
    @pohanahawaii Місяць тому

    🎶 Music intro is nice but a minute and a half? 30 seconds or less would've been better.

  • @julsh2589
    @julsh2589 Місяць тому

    heading off to a book club discussion and had to listen to this interview first. So much fun listening to you.

  • @carolinecooney5941
    @carolinecooney5941 2 місяці тому

    This is my grandpa, he passed last year, I am so happy to hear his voice and to see his face, and I miss him very much, I am so glad that I just happened upon this video, I remember when he was writing this book a few years ago. He has always told me about the Kent State Shooting’s and the aftermath, but boy did he have a way with words! I miss you Poppie, thank you for teaching me to always search for the truth because it always matters!

  • @timkharris-k7y
    @timkharris-k7y 2 місяці тому

    I wanted to hear Keely. The old broad needs to stfu

  • @nancycornett9949
    @nancycornett9949 2 місяці тому

    Thank you

  • @marielee6443
    @marielee6443 3 місяці тому

    .We all have a blind spot, right? That bit of incorrect information from childhood that mysteriously never gets updated, the person who makes it to thirty-five believing that unicorns had been hunted into extinction.” “Wait, unicorns weren’t hunted . . .” He smiled at me, tipping his head to one side as if to say I was adorable, as in, I was to be adored. Hi, How would you interpret the play-word in " was adorable, as in, I was to be adored."please?

  • @DLPotterAuthor
    @DLPotterAuthor 3 місяці тому

    Prep work prepared is a big thing I don't always put enough time into and you are sooo right... When you have your prep work under control, it makes the actual preparation not only easier but more joyful to share time with your company or to just eat a mal ina more timely manner.

  • @KrishnaprasadSingh-dv3yh
    @KrishnaprasadSingh-dv3yh 3 місяці тому

    Why only radical islam. Only islam

  • @skyoneherbalife
    @skyoneherbalife 3 місяці тому

    Chasten is so so so charming.😍🥰

  • @NancyVasta
    @NancyVasta 3 місяці тому

    I could never understand cult mentality or the people who joined them.Maybe it is because I am on the Autism Spectrum and I seem to have been born with a built in BS detector.My late Mom also raised me to be independent and to question everything.I met my husband in college.We will be married fifty years this coming January.We do not agree on everything and that is okay.I watched both documentaries on Twin Flames and if my husband ever talked down to me the way Jeff does to his wife,he would be the one who would sexual reassignment surgery.Jeff is a malignant narcissist and a pretentious douchebag.Every time he opened his mouth,I felt like hitting him in the face with a bat.Kudos to all who continue to expose these cults for what they really are.A way to take advantage of lonely people looking for a lifelong companion.Oh,and of corse swindling them out of all their money.Keep fighting and exposing these phonies for what they truly are.Con artists.Thank you.

  • @AutumnHaunts
    @AutumnHaunts 4 місяці тому

    Ruth Ware is a fantastic author ✍️ 📚 💯

  • @COJAZZ3
    @COJAZZ3 4 місяці тому

    I love her and her work

  • @vintagevibes1974
    @vintagevibes1974 4 місяці тому

    You lost me when you went radical left with your rhetoric.

  • @alisonsattler6396
    @alisonsattler6396 4 місяці тому

    I wish the interviewer would stop introducing spoilers!!!

  • @alisonsattler6396
    @alisonsattler6396 4 місяці тому

    I agree!! I loved this book!! Hampton doesn't get onto the video until 11 min in...too long for us to wait to hear him!

  • @andybowkerhere
    @andybowkerhere 4 місяці тому

    She spoilt this talk by effectively undermining those of us who did not want to take an unlicensed, untested vaccine, and for VERY good reasons. So many people at least in the UK regret taking it. Just another way of dividing people. It goes both ways. I would never not want to see a vaccinated person but there were plenty of vaccinated people who refused to see unvaxxed. Such a shame as it was a great talk but lost me after that.

  • @drbobperkins
    @drbobperkins 4 місяці тому

    Incredible book in every way. Super well written! Mesmerizing

  • @rhondah1587
    @rhondah1587 4 місяці тому

    I truly wish she had more exposure on mainstream media. She imparts so much vital information on our country's history that never is covered in schools. It's sad our population is so misled on our country's history by those wishing to make it over for their own interests.

  • @concernedmother1148
    @concernedmother1148 4 місяці тому

    So so blessed to have passionate people who keep fighting the fight. Hoping all your exceptional work reaps the rewards. As a mother who's child is still in this horrendous cult, I cannot wait for justice to come. 😢

  • @bobbicox8840
    @bobbicox8840 4 місяці тому

    Just finished your "Lessons in Chemistry". Loved it! My guffaws burst through out loud. When is your next novel coming out? I majored in chemistry and biochemistry in the early 1960's and had summer lab jobs at Johns Hopkins Med School, NY State Dept of Labor, and Baltimore City Hospital. I discovered that studying one molecule for a lifetime for a breakthrough was not what I wanted to do. 😹

  • @peacefulheart9228
    @peacefulheart9228 4 місяці тому

    Barbara McQuade will go down in history as a destroyer of civil liberties and be an embarrassment to all mankind for her attack on free speech and desperation to destroy and silence anyone not agreeing with her elitist views. Pray for her blackened soul.

  • @slgjeg4
    @slgjeg4 5 місяців тому

    "my grandmother sends her regards and apologises" seems a bit autobiographical? In fact I just recommended this book after a discussion we had on our weekly walk today. It seemed fitting.

  • @courtneybrubaker9738
    @courtneybrubaker9738 5 місяців тому

    How she can get me excited about history is beyond me, but she does. The epitome of a great teacher.

  • @Lisa-kq1ij
    @Lisa-kq1ij 5 місяців тому

    Wonderful author. I’m hoping there’s another book coming soon.

  • @mikebalzano2108
    @mikebalzano2108 6 місяців тому

    Thank you this was magical ❤️

  • @Owl350
    @Owl350 6 місяців тому

    Wonder Why these people ever talk about Corruption ?

  • @OLBK
    @OLBK 6 місяців тому

    Just Wonderful! The best and finest of the Swedish sense of humour

  • @KristiKey-kg8is
    @KristiKey-kg8is 7 місяців тому

    Well done both of you!!!! To my dear friend Janja it is good to see the fire forever burning and your passion to help those coming out of cults goes on. You are amazing and so many of us will forever be in your debt.

  • @bethlaurenson1472
    @bethlaurenson1472 7 місяців тому

    Ann dissuaded me from writing a novel, because I just have to read hers, and I’m satisfied!

  • @gracerracer3405
    @gracerracer3405 8 місяців тому

    As someone from northern Michigan, I can always tell when someone sets a book there but isn't from there - not with this book! Ann did a wonderful job writing about a very special place.

  • @educocult
    @educocult 8 місяців тому

    A brilliant talk with two interesting speakers. Thank you for sharing!

  • @appliedmaps
    @appliedmaps 8 місяців тому

    Tax advertising revenues.

  • @MargotWynkoop
    @MargotWynkoop 8 місяців тому

    I was expecting Barbara McQuade getting twin flamers

    • @NationalWritersSeries
      @NationalWritersSeries 8 місяців тому

      Here's the link to Barb McQuade: nationalwritersseries.org/barb-mcquade-nws-virtual

  • @vestcoat
    @vestcoat 8 місяців тому

    Such a great and important discussion. Thank you for making it available to those of us who were not able to be present for it.

  • @lindakaye7935
    @lindakaye7935 8 місяців тому

    I only knew of this book because I grew up in East Detroit. I heard about it from another alumni. So, for me, even if Lindsey had written it, I would have read it. It was wonderful.

  • @ProAudioVoices
    @ProAudioVoices 8 місяців тому

    Excellent, thank you! AND the audiobook edition of Take Back Your Life (3rd edition) is coming very soon on AMPlify Audiobooks!

  • @norberthelandi
    @norberthelandi 9 місяців тому

    Such a great book! I loved every page, truly beautiful. Loved the interview too, Ann seems such a great friend!

  • @manuelahrasky8472
    @manuelahrasky8472 9 місяців тому

    I just finished reading ‘Tom Lake’ and adored it. As an Australian, I had no familiarity with Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’, so I watched on UA-cam, the 2003 Broadway performance of the play starring Paul Newman as the Stage Manager. It brought the novel and the play together in a very beautiful and meaningful way. Thank you for this fabulous interview.

  • @robertbritt6134
    @robertbritt6134 9 місяців тому

    Could I volunteer my services as an audio production assistant. I know nothing about but that’s seemingly not a criteria. Let me know if I can help.

  • @leovedel
    @leovedel 9 місяців тому

    The link never opened. Just scrolled through lots of nice photos of past and future events. Very disappointing.

  • @bethanywhite7904
    @bethanywhite7904 10 місяців тому

    I LOVE all his books! ❤

  • @QuintessentialKeygirl
    @QuintessentialKeygirl 10 місяців тому

    It seems like divine intervention that Paul ran across the file of GSK and with his background and tenacity was the perfect person to crack this case. So grateful for him.

  • @ElizabethMallek
    @ElizabethMallek 11 місяців тому

    Presently, I am divorced for 19 years, and live one managing After reading your book, I felt inspired to do what I never did before.

  • @danubiarivadeneira2701
    @danubiarivadeneira2701 11 місяців тому

    ¡GRACIAS SOY DE CHILE,SANTIAGO,ÑUÑOA.!

  • @Thicc-nu1fx
    @Thicc-nu1fx 11 місяців тому

    Very thicc

  • @stevenmclaren2730
    @stevenmclaren2730 Рік тому

    Great to hear from the man himself. I love the way he writes. I finished Armour of Light just two weeks ago. Another cracking read.

  • @karen-xn6su
    @karen-xn6su Рік тому

    A Most enjoyable interview listening to an author I admire. He knows himself so well. Love his simple, emotive writing style. His humanity is admirable. The Only bothersome issue was the interviewer who seemed impatient, and his wanting to interrupt the author. He didn't seem to connect or listen at times but had his own agenda which interfered with the flow. He seemed restless and impatient. The most enjoyable part was just listening to the author "get off track" and just talk; so just allow him to talk.

  • @SanjogKirti
    @SanjogKirti Рік тому

    اگر آپ اعتدال پسند مسلمان ہیں اور آپ اسلام اور قرآن کی مخالفت نہیں کرتے۔ آپ افغانستان میں 12 سالہ جنسی غلاموں کے ذمہ دار ہیں۔