KY Reads events at SKYCTC
Kentucky Humanities has selected Kim Michele Richardson’s The Book Woman’s Daughter for its 2023 Kentucky Reads. The novel will be at the center of statewide conversations on the coming of age, the importance of family, literacy, access to education, and the dangers of stereotyping.
Honey Lovett—daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian—and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. When her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library route, Honey delivers books to the remote hollers of Appalachia. But the route can be treacherous, and some people aren't as keen to let a woman pave her own way.
Kim Michele Richardson is a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today bestselling author. She has written five works of historical fiction and a bestselling memoir. Her critically acclaimed novel, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek earned a 2020 PBS Reader’s Choice, 2019 Library Reads Best Book, Indie Next, SIBA, Forbes Best Historical Novel, Book-A-Million Best Fiction, and is an Oprah's Buzziest Books pick and a Women’s National Book Association Great Group Reads selection. Kim Michele lives with her family in Kentucky and is the founder of Shy Rabbit.
Kentucky Humanities is a non-profit Kentucky corporation affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. For information about Kentucky Humanities’ programs and services, including Kentucky Reads, visit kyhumanities.org.
This program was funded in part by Kentucky Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Kentucky Reads at SKYCTC Spring 2024 Activities for The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
Read the ebook using your SKYCTC login. All semester.
Play the BINGO game for Kentucky Reads at SKYCTC to win prizes. Open to all students, faculty, and staff! All semester.
Join a Student Panel online discussion about the book hosted by Sherry Youngquist's ENG101 class on Thursday, February 22, 9:30AM-10:30AM.
Find out about Murder Ballads during this online lecture with Dr. John Thomerson on Wednesday, February 28, 11:00AM-12:15AM.
Have you wondered how people shared true crime stories before TV and podcasts? Come learn about the long tradition of murder ballads in Appalachian music and contribute lyrics to a new murder ballad we’ll write together!
Rediscover Songs My Grandma Sang during this online lecture with Dr. John Thomerson on Wednesday, March 13, 11:00AM-12:15AM.
Appalachian music survives as one generation shares it with another. Come hear and sing songs your kinfolk know. Feel free to come with a recommendation of a song that’s near and dear to your heart!
Find out about Badass Women of Bluegrass during this online lecture with Dr. John Thomerson on Monday, March 25, 11:00AM-12:15AM.
Women were largely written out of bluegrass history, which is a dang shame because they made incredible contributions to this music. Come hear great female Appalachian musicians like Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Jean Ritchie, Loretta Lynn, Elizabeth Cotton, Rhiannon Giddens, and more!
Discover Appalachian Music and Global Influences during this online lecture with Dr. John Thomerson on Monday, April 8, 11:00AM-12:15PM.
While we associate Appalachian music with the hills and hollers of Kentucky, this music grew from deep roots in several world cultures. Come hear how African music influenced the banjo, how the structures of old-time music developed from folk songs from the British Isles, and why there’s an enormous bluegrass scene in Japan!
