Post Tribune columnist, author, to visit DeMotte Library in April

Post-Tribune metro columnist Jerry Davich is a people person. Reaching out to northwest Indiana through daily articles featuring a variety of issues, people, and situations that draw the reader in, Davich manages to tug at heartstrings through the detailed chronicling of the everyday lives of ordinary people who go through extraordinary circumstances, shining a light on the darkest corners of society through the magic of the written word.

The DeMotte Library is proud to invite all interested adults to come to the library on Monday, April 11 at 1 pm, where Jerry Davich will be visiting, discussing his life as a journalist and talking about his book, “Connections: Everyone Happens for a Reason."

From the beginning of his journalism career in 1995 to his present day career as a full time metro columnist for the Post Tribune, the same newspaper he delivered as a boy, Jerry says he has “offered a voice to the voiceless “ and that “one story led to one hundred,” as he writes about a myriad of issues, including the last days of a woman suffering from terminal cancer, visiting Ground Zero just days after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, witnessing a coroner perform an autopsy, and skydiving out of a plane with a tape recorder in hand.

His book, “Connections” explores the timely and timeless need for human interaction in this fast paced, drive through society that we live in. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with this man whose journalism keeps northwest Indiana informed because he never leaves home without his pen, notebook and curiosity.

Copies of his book will be available for purchase. Sponsored by the Friends of the DeMotte Library, registration is available online at http://www.myjcpl.org/ or by visiting or calling the DeMotte Library at 987-2221.

For Indiana Authors

The Indiana Center for the Book is welcoming all Hoosier authors to submit entries into the fourth annual 2008 Best Books of Indiana competition.

This state book contest is open to books with original publication in 2007 and written either by an Indiana author or with an Indiana theme. Deadline for entries is March 31, 2008.

For more information, entry forms, competition guidelines and past winners, check out their website at http://www.in.gov/library/2315.htm

The Indiana Center for the Book is a program of the Indiana State Library and an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.