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CONVERGENCE Q45The Convergence Q45 Mission

For Programming Librarians and Community Reads Coordinators

An Author Program Your Adult Patrons Will Still Be Discussing in Six Weeks

Memoir, medicine, science, vocation, and mutual dependence, delivered in an accessible, welcoming, faith aware but publicly open format.

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The offer

What This Gathering Includes

Author reading, fifteen minutes

Selections from the opening birth story and the chapters on directness, missed signals, and dependence.

Moderated conversation, fifteen minutes

A local librarian, physician, professor, author, or civic leader interviews the author and interprets local context.

Guided reflection and community workshop, thirty five minutes

The Breath Inventory, the Mountain Map, and the Rope Team Exercise, all completed on paper.

Community voices and signing, twenty five minutes

One local five minute story, open questions, then a staffed signing with an organized line and a clear closing time.

Why now

What This Answers for Public Libraries

Author talks that end at the applause

This program builds in three written exercises, so every attendee leaves with pages of their own rather than only a signed copy.

Programming that reaches one audience

The design speaks to readers, emerging professionals, students, health workers, entrepreneurs, writers, and people discerning a new season.

Faith content that risks the room

Faith appears as part of the author's lived story. The workshop remains welcoming and accessible to the broader public.

What You Can Expect

  • Designed around standard adult programming and community read structures
  • Accessible seating, mobility access, water, and rest space built into the plan
  • Sponsoring organization clearly identified in all promotion
  • Sales handled by a Friends group or bookstore partner where library policy requires

The path from interest to gathering

Each Step, Named in Advance

Discover

Library programming listservs, state library association channels, and search

This page and the library one page proposal

Consider

Review the run of show, accessibility plan, and discussion guide

Program packet and Reading Circle discussion guide

Convert

Submit the program inquiry and confirm meeting room policy, capacity, and sales rules

Program inquiry form

Confirm

Date selection, promotion assets, and a Friends of the Library or bookstore sales partner where required

Promotional kit and press paragraph

Multiply

Community wide read, staff book club, and a follow up virtual session

Community read kit

The Library Program Packet and Discussion Guide

Propose a program for your branch or system

Every inquiry receives a date, a source, a status, a human decision, a proportionate action, and a later review. Nothing is announced before mutual written agreement.

Choose a time for a confidential introductory call

Thirty minutes, held remotely. Choosing a time sends you a calendar invitation automatically. You may also skip this and schedule later.

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Questions asked most often

Before You Invite Us

Will the program proselytize?

No. The author's faith is part of her lived story and is presented as memoir. The exercises are open to every participant regardless of belief.

What are the technical needs?

A microphone for rooms above roughly sixty seats, a small table, and optional projection. Printed worksheets are supplied.

Can the program be livestreamed?

Yes, where your policy permits and where separate consent for recording is collected from participants.

How is book sales handled if we cannot sell on site?

A Friends of the Library organization or a partnering independent bookstore may manage sales, or signing may be offered for copies patrons already own.

SCAN TO FOLLOW THE JOURNEY

https://convergenceq45.lovable.app/journey

Print this code on bulletins, flyers, and welcome cards. It opens the American Field Year journey page directly.

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