JOE: Good morning Calliope.
CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. Tell me what you have been up t0o lately.JOE: This week I worked on three projects for GO ART!.
CALLIOPE: Tell me more.
JOE: Tom Rivers is coming to speak On Wednesday.
CALLIOPE: Details please.
JOE: Tom is a reporter at the Daily News who wrote a series on farm labor in Genesee and Orleans Counties. Then he compiled his series into a book, Farm Hands, which he is discussing on Wednesday.
CALLIOPE: How were you involved?
JOE: Mostly in the arrangements and publicity. I will also be on hand for the presentation.
CALLIOPE: Sounds interesting. What else is going on.
JOE: I’ll fill you in on the other projects next time we meet.
Photo: Tom Rivers with 'All Ears' at Present Tense Books
Author and journalist Tom Rivers was at Present Tense books and gifts on Washington Avenue, Batavia, today to sign copies of his newest book, "All Ears."
The book is a collection of some of Rivers' best pieces about community life during his 15 years at the Batavia Daily News.
Rivers is now editor of OrleansHub, an online news source serving Orleans County.
"All Ears" is available at Present Tense.
Pictured with Rivers, his 7-year-old daughter, Lucy.