Roseburg Library to host local author

ROSEBURG, Ore. – Roseburg Public Library invites the public to local author Katherine Visher Newman’s book reading and signing at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 1.

Newman will share and sell copies of her recently published book, “Ripples of Grace: The Journal of Grace Visscher,” a novel based on the only record of the founding of Holland, Michigan, from a woman’s perspective. Visscher, Newman’s great-great-great grandmother, was born in 1820 in the Netherlands, then immigrated to the United States with her church. Together, they built a city of religious tolerance, higher learning and prosperity.

Newman is an elementary school teacher, genealogist and writer who lives in Roseburg.

The program, which will be held at the library located at 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Roseburg Public Library staff at 541-492-7050 or library@cityofroseburg.org.