Minnesota Crime Wave 2011
The Minnesota Crime Wave is comprised of the following authors: William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart and Carl Brookins. All three authors are mystery writers from Minnesota. Together, they will tour five branches within Lake Agassiz Regional Library offering book talks and writing workshops.
- Event Dates, Locations and Attendance at each individual event:
04/12/2011 - Ada - 8
04/13/2011 - Barnesville - 17, Hawley - 9
04/14/2011 - Breckenridge - 10, Moorhead - 46
90 people attended the Activity programs
- Partner Organization(s):
KRJB Radio 106.5 FM - The Norman County Index - Breckenridge Friends of the Library
- Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program:
KRJB Radio and The Norman County Index both provided extra promotion for the event. The Breckenridge Friends of the Library provided refreshments at the program.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.
- Adults will have an opportunity to meet and visit with well known authors, in addition to meeting others in the community with similar interests.
- Attendees will acquire writing skills and knowledge of the publishing world while attending the workshops.
A summary of survey results is:Please rate the quality of this program: (Using 1-5 scale, with 5 being excellent and 1 being poor)
- Not rated - (0), 1- (0), 2 - (0), 3 - (0), 4 - (4), 5 - (22), Average (4.85)
What did you like best about the program?
- Discussion
- Meeting real writers! In person!!
- Very informative
- The humor & information about writing process
- Listening to how a writer develops a story, and how every writer is different
- The friendliness of presenters - ease in getting books signed; structure of program was very good with ease of asking questions
- Their friendly, happy, funny & casual manners
- The experiences they've all had
- Hearing about authors & how they do their work (3)
- The authors taught us the writing processes they used
- The humor and interaction among the authors and between the authors and audience
- Humor! Each of their particular style of writing
- The interaction (2)
- Meeting published authors who are so down to earth and interested in their craft
- Up close & personal
- Very good
- Very informative
- Personality of the presenters - very knowledgeable
- Their casual, yet informative presentation
- Loved it all
- How all 3 write so differently
- Info regarding what authors focus on - location, values, motives, etc
- Minnesota writers of fiction
What did you expect to experience or learn from this presentation? Were your expectations met?
- Yes (14)
- More about MN authors and their books
- Just learning about the authors
- Insight on how to write
- I expected to be encouraged in my own writing
- To learn about the authors, their work, and the process of mystery writing
- How their author minds work
- It was phenomenal!
- To learn a little about writing crime books
- I'm a reader & want to get into more subjects to read
- Great!
- Just thought it was interesting
- To learn more about the process of writing
What other programs would you like to see offered at the library?
- Adventure tales similar to Lonnie Dupre
- Author talks; financial topics; current events; anything with education value, and entertainment value as well
- Anything
- More like this!
- More authors, especially for children & youth
- Christian authors
- Keep' em coming - authors, music, kids
- Anything cultural!
Prior to this program, have you ever attended a program at the library or sponsored by the library? Yes (21) - No (4) How did you hear about the program?Program flier - 6Information/poster at the library - 12Information/poster in the community - 3Library newsletter - 1Library web site - 5Newspaper/magazine - 10Radio - 1Television - 0From library staff - 15From another person - 1 Check your age range: Birth to 5 (0), 6-17 (1), 18-54 (10), 55 and over (14) What is your zip code? 56510(3) - 56560 (3) - 56514 (10) - 56579 (1) - 56516 (1) - 56554 (1) - 56520 (6) - 55337(1) Do you have a current library card? Yes - 22 No - 0 # of evaluations received: 26