BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:An Evening with Julia Alvarez & Krystal Quiles | In the Time o f the Butterflies BEGIN:VEVENT UID:363672026-09-09 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260909 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260910 LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=111 Adams Avenue\nLewes Del aware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=111 Adams Avenue:geo:38.767089,-75.1 40999 GEO:38.767089;-75.140999 SUMMARY:An Evening with Julia Alvarez & Krystal Quiles | In the Time of the Butterflies CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join the History Book Festival\n[https://www.historybookfestiv al.org/] for a special 10th Anniversary\nevent featuring author Julia Alv arez and illustrator Krystal Quiles.\nThis online-only event will feature their graphic novel version of\nAlvarez’s classic\, _In the Time of the Butterflies_\n[https://dlc.lib.de.us/client/en_US/default/search/results? qu=In+the+time+of+butterflies+Alvarez&te=].\nThis event is presented in pa rtnership with Lewes Public Library and\nand Browseabout Books [https://b rowseaboutbooks.com/].\n\nThis very first graphic edition of the internati onally bestselling\nmodern-day classic about three brave sisters fighting against\ndictatorship is illustrated by award-winning artist Krystal Quile s.\nSet during the waning days of Trujillo’s rule in the Dominican\nRepu blic\, _In the Time of the Butterflies _was inspired by the true\nstory of the three Mirabal sisters\, known as Las Mariposas\, or the\nButterflie s\, who were murdered on November 25\, 1960\, for their part in\nan underg round plot to overthrow the government.\n\nFirst published in 1994\, the h istorical novel went on to receive wide\nacclaim\, being nominated for tha t year’s National Book Critical\nCircle Award\, adapted into a feature f ilm in 2001 starring Salma\nHayek\, and selected for the National Endowmen t for the Arts’ reading\nprogram\, The Big Read. Today\, _In the Time o f the Butterflies _has\nsold over a million copies in all formats and is known as a modern\nclassic. This magnificently illustrated edition of the novel\nreintroduces readers to the Mirabal sisters and renders these\nhist orical figures as never before seen.\n\nJulia Alvarez left the Dominican R epublic for the United States in\n1960 at the age of ten. She is the autho r of six novels\, three\nnonfiction books\, three collections of poetry\, and eleven titles for\nchildren and young adults. She has taught and mento red writers in\nschools and communities across America and\, until her ret irement in\n2016\, was a writer-in- residence at Middlebury College. Her w ork has\ngarnered wide recognition\, including a Latina Leader Award in\nL iterature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute\, the\nHispanic Heritage Award in Literature\, the Woman of the Year\nby _Latina _magaz ine\, and inclusion in the New York Public\nLibrary’s program _“The H and of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by\n100 Masters\, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.”_ _In the Time of\nthe Butterflies_\, with over one mil lion copies in print\, was selected\nby the National Endowment for the Art s for its national Big Read\nprogram\, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National\nMedal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary s torytelling. In\n2024\, she was profiled in the American Masters documenta ry\, _Julia\nAlvarez: A Life Reimagined_\, on PBS.\n\nKrystal Quiles is a n artist and illustrator who splits her creative\ntime between Philadelphi a and New York City. A graduate of Pratt\nInstitute\, Krystal has worked i n the editorial world and has\nillustrated children’s books\, including  _The Coquíes Still\nSing _/ _Los Coquíes Aún Cantan_\, for which sh e received a Pura\nBelpré Illustrator Honor. _In the Time of Butterflies  _is her debut\nadapted graphic novel.\n\nWe invite you to support the au thor by purchasing a copy of their book\nfrom Browseabout Books\n[https:/ /browseaboutbooks.com/book/9781635578386]. Call-in orders are\naccepted at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the store to purchase a\ncopy. For stor e hours\, please visit their website. Each copy purchased\ncomes signed.  \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the \;History Book Festival \;for a special 10th An niversary event featuring author Julia Alvarez and illustrator Krystal Qui les. This online-only event will feature their graphic novel version of Al varez&rsquo\;s classic\, \; In the Time of the Butterflies. This event is presented in pa rtnership with Lewes Public Library and and \;Browseabout Books.

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This very first graphic edition of the internationally bestselling modern-day classic about three brave sisters fighting against dictatorship is illustrated by award-winni ng artist Krystal Quiles. Set during the waning days of Trujillo&rsquo\;s rule in the Dominican Republic\, \;In the Time of the Butterflies& nbsp\;was inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters\, k nown as Las Mariposas\, or the Butterflies\, who were murdered on November 25\, 1960\, for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the govern ment.

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First published in 1994\, the historical novel went on to receive wide acclaim\, being nominated for that year&rsquo\;s National Boo k Critical Circle Award\, adapted into a feature film in 2001 starring Sal ma Hayek\, and selected for the National Endowment for the Arts&rsquo\; re ading program\, The Big Read. Today\, \;In the Time of the Butterf lies \;has sold over a million copies in all formats and is known as a modern classic. This magnificently illustrated edition of the novel reintroduces readers to the Mirabal sisters and renders these historical f igures as never before seen.

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Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Re public for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels\, three nonfiction books\, three collections of poetry\, and eleven titles for children and young adults. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and\, until her retireme nt in 2016\, was a writer-in- residence at Middlebury College. Her work ha s garnered wide recognition\, including a Latina Leader Award in Literatur e from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute\, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature\, the Woman of the Year by \;Latina \;magazine\, and inclusion in the New York Public Library&rsquo\;s program  \;&ldquo\;The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Maste rs\, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.&rdquo\; \;In the Time of the Butterflies\, with over one million copies in print\, was sele cted by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read prog ram\, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Ar ts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. In 2024\, she was pro filed in the American Masters documentary\, \;Julia Alvarez: A Lif e Reimagined\, on PBS.

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Krystal Quiles is an artist and illu strator who splits her creative time between Philadelphia and New York Cit y. A graduate of Pratt Institute\, Krystal has worked in the editorial wor ld and has illustrated children&rsquo\;s books\, including \;The C oquí\;es Still Sing \;/ \;Los Coquí\;es A&uac ute\;n Cantan\, for which she received a Pura Belpré\; Illustra tor Honor. \;In the Time of Butterflies \;is her debut ad apted graphic novel.

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We invite you to support the author by purc hasing a copy of their book from \;Browseabout Books. Call-in orders are accepte d at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the store to purchase a copy. For s tore hours\, please visit their website. Each copy purchased comes signed.  \;

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