Friends of Hanley Library present Seasonal Readings

The Friends of Hanley Library will present its 24th annual “Seasonal Readings” on WESB's LiveLine program next week.

The show, which can be heard at 1490 AM, will be broadcast at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 7.

Dr. Don Ulin, associate professor of English, will offer a program on “A Child's Christmas in Wales,” by Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas.

Originally emerging from a piece Thomas wrote for radio in 1952, the story is an anecdotal retelling of a Christmas from the view of a young child, portraying a nostalgic and simpler time. It is one of his most popular works. The show will be available online at www.wesb.com/on-demand that afternoon.

The annual radio readings on WESB began in 1992 with the late Dr. Robert C. Laing Jr., professor emeritus at Pitt-Bradford. Since 2001, Ulin has carried on this treasured Bradford tradition.

The Friends of Hanley Library was founded in 1990 to strengthen relations between the community and Pitt-Bradford's Hanley Library. The Friends also acquaint area residents with what the library has to offer by sponsoring cultural and educational programs, usually related to books and their authors.