{"id":4125,"date":"2025-09-17T21:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:36:56","slug":"rpl-author-series-kick-off-september-24th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2025\/09\/17\/rpl-author-series-kick-off-september-24th\/","title":{"rendered":"RPL Author Series Kick-Off September 24th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RPL local author series is back!\u00a0 Join us on Wednesday, September 24<sup>th<\/sup> at 6:00 PM in the Ross Pendergraft Library &amp; Technology Center room 300B as we welcome local author, Janet Ake to kick off our monthly author series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansastechnews.com\/rpl-author-series-welcomes-local-writer-september-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/Ake-profile-picture.jpg?resize=272%2C272\" alt=\"Photo of Janet Ake.\" width=\"272\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/Ake-profile-picture.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/Ake-profile-picture.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/Ake-profile-picture.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a>A retired librarian and teacher who lives in Yell County, Janet Ake is the author of several novels including <em>Her Beautiful Mind<\/em>, <em>Daughter of Three Suns<\/em>, and <em>Ice Mountain: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling<\/em>.\u00a0 Her latest novel, <em>The Last Protector<\/em>, is a post-apocalyptic fantasy novel that tells the story of Ezander and his fight to survive a desert wasteland and save the woman he loves.<\/p>\n<p>Come meet the author, ask questions, and enter a chance to win a free copy of her latest book, <em>The Last Protector<\/em>.\u00a0 Entry is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/237402752-the-last-protector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4127\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/bookcoverthumb.jpg?resize=262%2C420\" alt=\"Image of a book jacket for The Last Protector. Cover features figures in a desert landscape. One figure wears a cloak, one has a long staff. Behind them, a wolf howls on top of a mountain. Behind them all a shadow of a large figure with hair that looks like creatures are coming out of it.\" width=\"262\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/bookcoverthumb.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/bookcoverthumb.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/bookcoverthumb.jpg?resize=768%2C1228&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/bookcoverthumb.jpg?w=938&amp;ssl=1 938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a>For more events at the Ross Pendergraft Library &amp; Technology Center, follow us on \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atulibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arkansastechlibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>. You can also contact Luke Heffley, special projects coordinator for Pendergraft Library, at (479) 964-0546 or <a href=\"mailto:lheffley@atu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>lheffley@atu.edu<\/strong><\/a> for more information about the RPL Author Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RPL local author series is back!\u00a0 Join us on Wednesday, September 24th at 6:00 PM in the Ross Pendergraft Library &amp; Technology Center room 300B as we welcome local author, Janet Ake to kick off our monthly author series. A retired librarian and teacher who lives in Yell County, Janet Ake is the author [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-library","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/09\/Ake-profile-picture.jpg?fit=450%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3lPyb-14x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4133,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions\/4133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}