Every month we like to feature an author who has caught our eye or inspired us. You can find their books by searching for their titles on our online catalogue or pop into your local library.

Karen Louise Erdrich

Karen Louise Erdrich is a Native American award winning author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, a federally recognized tribe of Ojibwe people.  Erdrich is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of the Native American Renaissance. She has written 28 books in all, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children's books.  While Erdrich was a child, her father paid her a nickel for every story she wrote which she attributes to her love of writing.  She is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature and the Native community in the Twin Cities.  

Welsh author of the month - Geraint Evans

Geraint Evans lives in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion but grew up in the mining area of Carmarthenshire. He was a lecturer in the Department of Information Studies at Aberystwyth University and for a time Warden of Pantycelyn Hall of Residence. He says the most important elements of good writing should include an effective plot, with the characters driving the plot not the plot driving the characters. He was inspired by Graham Greene as a young reader, and has always been an avid user of libraries. He describes himself as enthusiastic, disciplined and fun.