Here is my good news for the week. THE SONG OF THE BLUE BOTTLE TREE is officially an Arkansas Gem. It is at the bottom right of the poster. Explanation is below. Poster go to every single library in the state of Arkansas. Maybe the state of my birth will finally accept the book into one of its libraries. Over 200 other libraries have it on the shelves, including some in United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Botswana, of all places. But back home? Not yet. 
I've known about it since late spring, but couldn't announce it until after the National Book Festival in Washington DC last weekend.
Arkansas Gems is an annual publication of the Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkansas State Library. Arkansas Gems posters and bookmarks feature approximately twenty new works about Arkansas or by authors with a connection to the Natural State. Previously known as Fresh from Arkansas, the project began in 2004, and it is one of the ways the Arkansas Center for the Book fulfills the mission of encouraging reading, writing, and literacy in the state.
Inclusion in the poster is based on the work’s literary or artistic merit, originality, and potential for local and regional interest. Titles with registered copyrights published within the current calendar year or previous calendar year will be considered.
Arkansas Gems posters and bookmarks are introduced each year at the National Book Festival, and they help to highlight recent regional literature to a national audience.
I've known about it since late spring, but couldn't announce it until after the National Book Festival in Washington DC last weekend.
Arkansas Gems is an annual publication of the Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkansas State Library. Arkansas Gems posters and bookmarks feature approximately twenty new works about Arkansas or by authors with a connection to the Natural State. Previously known as Fresh from Arkansas, the project began in 2004, and it is one of the ways the Arkansas Center for the Book fulfills the mission of encouraging reading, writing, and literacy in the state.
Inclusion in the poster is based on the work’s literary or artistic merit, originality, and potential for local and regional interest. Titles with registered copyrights published within the current calendar year or previous calendar year will be considered.
Arkansas Gems posters and bookmarks are introduced each year at the National Book Festival, and they help to highlight recent regional literature to a national audience.
