Jackie Cooper is coming!!!

     If you've gotten this far, then I know you've been on our home page and you've seen the information about Jackie Cooper coming to the library.
     Jackie is a wonderful human being who just happens to be an author, critic of films and books, a columnist, and speaker for various events.  He's known in middle Georgia as the "entertainment man" since his entertainment reviews run in several newspapers and are shown on television. 
     His short stories have been heard on Georgia Public Radio and his books are the type of "homey memories" that we all love to hear.  If I didn't know better, I'd think Jackie and Bailey White are related. 
     Jackie's current books are Journey of a Gentle Southern Man, Chances and Choices, Halfway Home, The Bookbinder and The Sunrise Remembers.  And you can be sure another one is on the way as you read this.
     Well, back to him coming to the library.
     On Saturday, January 15th, Jackie is going to give a memoirs-writing workshop, 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the library auditorium.  Our address is 204 5th Street, S.E., only a few blocks away from the courthouse in the center of town.
     The event is sponsored by the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System and Sunbelt Writers.  It's supported by the Georgia Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly.  The workshop will show people who are interested in sharing their memories how to write them before they are lost and give future generations a sense of connection to their relatives.
     Jackie's no beginner at this sort of workshop.  He's taught his course at the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta; the South Carolina Book Festival; the South Carolina Writers Workshop; Yawn's Bookshop in Canton, Georgia; the Red Clay Writers Workshop in Kennesaw, Georgia; and at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
     The course is divided into eleven segments, which will open the class for lively discussions as well as specific instructions.  Jackie will use his own writing to illustrate various methods of capturing a reading audience.  He'll also review books he's critiqued and admired, as well as those he's found lacking.  Basic foundations of writing and methods to use the unique skills of the individual writer will be discussed.
     If your kids have been bugging you to tell them what it was like when you grew up, or if you have memories you want to just put on paper for yourself, or if you're a fan of Jackie's and his wonderful books, come join us.  Sign up now for a great time of being blessed through the knowledge and friendliness of one great writer...Jackie K. Cooper, the nicest, gentle Southern man I know.