ONGOING EVENT
Beginning December 13, 2016 Mrs. Whitley began a weekly publication in the Hinton News featuring excerpts from her book, sharing barns and stories highlighting a different barn each week.
Response from the public has been good and sale of the books at the library are good.
PREVIUS EVENT
Mrs. Whitley participated, and featured the barn book, at the
Lions and Authors and Books… Oh My!
A West Virginia Writers, Inc. event sponsored by Alderson Main Street
April 25, 2015
The Alderson Community Center for the Arts and Humanities
October 2012 - PRESS RELEASE
LIBRARY FEATURES BARN BOOK AT WV BOOK FESTIVAL IN CHARLESTON
On October 13th and 14th the Summers County Public Library representatives, were at the Charleston Civic Center participating in the 12th Annual West Virginia Book Festival. The focus of the library exhibit was to promote the book, "Barns of Summers County, West Virginia Heritage" by Phyllis Campbell Whitley. The book, launched in November, 2011 at the Ritz Theatre in Hinton, has been declared a success and has been a great fundraiser for the library. Mrs. Whitley was there to promote the book and make sales to benefit the library. She was accompanied by her husband, A. C. and cousin Mrs. Joyce Waltman of Forest Hill, who spent many hours with her during the four year period she spent traveling every road in the county to photograph and document the history of old barns and the people who built them. Ms Deya Terrafranca assisted with the booth preparation. Mrs. Barbara Parmer, President of the Hinton Friends of the Library, visited the booth on both days of the Festival.
Over sixty authors, publishers, state organizations and libraries presented displays. Activities included book signings, used book sales, other vendors and exhibitors, activities for children, storytellers , and workshops. Headlining authors who spoke about their work were Charlotte Harris, Craig Johnson, Dan Chaon and Tamora Pierce.
Leading festival supporters with booths at the event were: Kanawha County Public Library; West Virginia Humanities Council; the Library Foundation of Kanawha County, Inc.; The Charleston Gazette; Charleston Daily Mail; The Martha Gaines and Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation; Friends of the Library Foundation of Kanawha County; West Virginia Library Commission; West Virginia Center for the Book; Books-A-Million and BB&T West Virginia Foundation; and Sponsors of the Word Play are for children were Pamela D. Tarr & Gary Hart.
Register Herald - Beckley,WV,published "Book Status Update" and released story to Associated Press which has been picked up by multiple other newspapers February 2012
Book Signing Charlottesville, VA; February 2012
Front Porch Monthly Newspaper, Fredericksburg VA, February 2012
Free Lance Star Newspaper, Fredericksburg, VA,feature story;
Book Signing at Library, Fredericksburg VA; December 2011
Goldenseal, a WV state publication , published a story in their winter, 2011/2012 issue
November, 2011 - Book Launch in Hinton
November, 2011 -Guest at Book Festival, Washington. GA
June, 2011 -WV-South Magazine - a "Barns" story by classmat
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