Maya Angelou Book Award

Bestselling author Candice Millard is the featured guest at the annual Writers for Readers fundraiser dinner on November 20.

Five poetry collections are shortlisted for the fifth annual Maya Angelou Book Award.

Author Jamel Brinkley talks about his work and what it means to be a witness at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Plaza Branch.

The Library and UMKC offer dozens of free writing classes in 2025.

The Library announces this year's Maya Angelou Book Award winner.

Five works of fiction have made the cut for this national award.

The Library is pleased to announce a new season of writing classes taught by graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts creative writing program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Course offerings cover a wide range of skills – from crafting a resume or cover l...

Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.

Taylor Byas is the winner of the third annual Maya Angelou Book Award for her debut poetry collection I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times.    She was named Thursday evening, October 5, during the Writers for Readers literary event co-spon...

The Maya Angelou Book Award reading committee has selected five finalists for the third annual national award, which is presented by the Kansas City Public Library, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and five other Missouri universities.