Links

The Camel Book Drive joins authors with booklovers, including librarians, publishers and bloggers, to send books to the real camel library. 

The African Library Project partners with volunteers in African communities to create small libraries for African schools and villages. The project was started by Californian Chris Bradshaw and her family. 

Dagoretti4kids is an inspirational Nairobi organization working with street kids, and run largely by the amazing James Njoroge. Its partner organization in the U.S. is Harambi for Kids Foundation, Inc. in Canton, CT. 

Here is the Kenya National Library Service information about the actual camel bookmobile.

 

Kevin Carter: the photojournalist to whom The Distance Between Us is dedicated

 

Hilma Granqvist: the ethnologist to whom Staircase of a Thousand Steps is dedicated

 

Arts & Letters Daily: everything from culture to gossip

 

Readerville: for readers and writers

 

Gotham Writers’ Workshop: great classes in NYC and online

 

Unbridled Books: the unparalleled Fred Ramey and Greg Michalson’s publishing house

 

Marly Rusoff: my wonderful literary agent