“Adventures Of A Rideshare Driver” by Charles Campise is displayed at the 2024 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference
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More than 13,500 attendees gathered in San Diego, CA, for the largest library event in the world. The ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition took place at the San Diego Convention Center from June 28 to July 2. Total attendance was 13,532, with 8,439 of them being attendees and 5,093 being exhibitors, authors, illustrators, press, and staff.
Against a backdrop of increasing censorship and book challenges, library workers learned from each other and supported each other through the 175 educational programs throughout the conference.
The conference opened with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning host Trevor Noah and ALA Past President Lessa Kanani’opua Peyalo-Lozada in conversation discussing Noah’s upcoming book, “Into the Uncut Grass.”
ALA and Unite Against Book Bans hosted a second Rally for the Right to Read, which spotlighted the courage and resilience of library workers who are protecting the freedom to read.
ALA is now preparing for LibLearnX 2025, which will be held Jan. 24-27 in Phoenix. Next year’s ALA Annual will take place in Philadelphia.
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Author Reputation Press’ published book, written by Charles Campise, was displayed at the 2024 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference from June 28 to July 2. The publisher and author of the book are honored and proud to be part of this annual conference.
“Adventures Of A Rideshare Driver” by Charles Campise was displayed at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (LATFOB) Book Gallery. LATFOB is considered to be one of the world’s most significant literary gatherings. It has been held every year since 1996 with the goal of bringing together the people who create books and the people who love to read them. It is attended by more than 550 authors, celebrities, storytellers, and hundreds of exhibitors.
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Author Charles Campise was born in Houston, Texas. He is the grandson of immigrants from Poggio Reale, Sicily, who came to an Italian settlement near Bryan, Texas, in the late 1880s. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a double master’s covering educational psychology and social work. He has become fluent in Spanish through his own personal efforts at studying.
He retired from service in the foster care system in Texas in June 2014 after forty-four years. Then he began looking for something fun to do. He found an offer from a ride-sharing company on the fourth day of retirement, signed up, and was driving one week later.
He has had a memorable and sometimes bumpy ride in his chosen career, and he never failed to put this into his journal. In the long run, this journal transformed into what would become Charles’ timely and relevant book, “Adventures Of A Rideshare Driver.” Recalling his everyday routine in order to complete his book, the author has shared his creative process.
For many authors, the creative writing process is about just sitting in one corner and writing. Not thinking, just writing. When you are not aware of yourself, you begin drifting into thoughts you’ve never had before and start writing things you have never written before. For Charles, the same thing is true. He would do so upon arriving home. Then he would go to the computer, recall a funny moment while he was driving from his recent shift, and give the event a title on the computer. Early in the morning, he would rise and type out the full story over his first cup of coffee.
“Adventures Of A Rideshare Driver” by Charles Campise was reviewed and praised by Barbara Bamberger Scott of the US Review of Books, highlighting that “the episodes presented are brief, focused on generally short encounters with clients, many of whom left him positive reviews. He offers practical tips for anyone wanting to take up this form of employment: carry paper bags, a first aid kit, hand wipes, and some assorted candies to give to customers.”
This book is a collection of the author’s favorite experiences of driving passengers who use the ride-sharing mode of transportation. Stories are limited to his experiences in the region in and around Austin, Texas, and other communities in the central part of the state for more than three years, beginning in June 2014.
The book often mentions the stories he told his passengers about the history of the region. He shares some of his own life experiences and his personal connections with cities in America and elsewhere. He was sure to tell the funniest stories of the trips he has made to this date. He has some episodes about his most interesting passengers and his most famous ones.
The author has been a ride-sharing driver on more than seven thousand trips and has served more than twenty thousand passengers. He has driven for three different companies.
