Bob Leonard kicks off Central’s spring Writers Reading Jan. 27

PELLA — Bob Leonard, creative writer and special news editor for KNIA/KRLS radio of Knoxville/Pella, will start off the spring 2011 Writers Reading series Thursday, Jan. 27. Leonard will read from his book Yellow Cab and other works in Cox-Snow Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Leonard also hosts a radio show titled “In Depth with Dr. Bob Leonard.”

Central College received a grant from Humanities Iowa, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to support the Geisler Library Writers Reading spring 2011 series. This is the seventh year that Humanities Iowa has chosen to support this program. The Geisler Library Writers Reading series was established in 1987 to promote an appreciation of books and their authors and features locally, nationally and internationally known writers reading and discussing their works.