Winner of the 2021 Broadcast Excellence Award from the MAB (Michigan Association of Broadcasters) in the Cultural Programming category

Oliver Thornton worked in LA during the summer of 2021 to produce “Open a Book; Open the World: The Library of Congress National Book Festival,” hosted by LeVar Burton.

The festival premiered on Sunday, Sept.12, at 6:00 p.m. on Detroit Public TV (PBS) and featured 20 of the nation’s leading literary voices discussing their newest books and speaking to the festival theme.