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The
St. Louis Publishers
Association announces the second annual St. Louis
celebration of books and reading. This 3-day event will
be held at
The Muny
in Forest Park October
21, 22 and 23, 2005. St. Louis broadcaster and author
Charlie Brennan
and award-winning author & reporter
Mary Kimbrough
are honorary festival chairpersons.
Local and national published authors and craft-artists
will display their goods at the festival. The celebration opens Friday evening with a
ticketed author reception, a fundraiser party in support of the
CREATE Foundation. Saturday and Sunday are
open to the public, giving two full days of browsing and
buying time. In addition, the festival will include a
variety of family fun.
Join the fun! Events will be held all weekend.
Friday
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Ticketed
Author Reception, to benefit the CREATE
Foundation.
(Promendade vendors will receive 2 tickets to this opening
celebration. Vendors are encouraged to open
their booths!)
Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Open-to-public Book Festival &
Craft Art Fair.
No charge for general admission.
9:00 a.m Seminar:
Medicare’s New Drug Program and Q&A presented by Medicare. No charge.
10:00 a.m.
Seminar: “Writing Your Family's
History,” presented by the
St. Louis Public Library.
No charge.
10:00 a.m. Featured
author: Carrie Kabak,
author of novel Cover the Butter. No charge.
11:00 a.m.
Featured author:
Richard Burgin,
award winning author of nine books, including The
Identity Club. No charge.
12:00 noon
Featured author:
Mark
Tiedemann, author of ten scientific-fiction novels,
including Remains. No charge.
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Seminar “How to Publish Your
Book,” presented by the
St. Louis Publishers Association.
No charge.
1:00 p.m.
Featured author:
Ruth-Miriam Garnett,
author of the novel Laelia. No charge.
2:00 p.m.
Seminar: “Book Promotion Basics for the Bold and the
Bashful”, presented by
SPAWN
(Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network)
President Patricia Fry.
No Charge.
2:00 p.m.
Featured author:
Susan
McBride, Anthony Award finalist and author of The
Maggie Ryan series of novels. No charge.
3:00 p.m.
Featured author:
Elaine Viets,
Anthony Award winning author. Her most recent novel is
Dying in Style
. No charge.
Sunday
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Open-to-public Book Festival and Arts & Crafts Fair.
No charge for general admission.
10:00 a.m
Seminar: Medicare’s New Drug Program and Q&A presented by Medicare. No
charge.
10:00 a.m.
Featured author:
Patricia Fry, president of SPAWN (Small Publishers,
Artists and Writers Network) and author of 18 books. No charge.
11:00 a.m. Seminar: “How to Search Your Family’s History”, presented by
the
St. Charles
City-County Library District.
No charge.
11:00 a.m.
Featured author:
Mickey Carroll, St Louis' favorite Wizard of Oz
Munchkin. No charge.
12:00 noon
Featured author:
Scottie
Priesmeyer, novelist and non-fiction author.
Most recently, A Quick Guide to Writing a Book: From
Ideas to Publication. No charge.
1:00 p.m.
Seminar: “How to Write a Book,” presented by
author and professor Scottie Priesmeyer. No
charge.
1:00 p.m. Featured author:
Bobbie Smith, the
Queen of Western Romance, with more than five million copies of her novels in
print. No charge.
2:00 p.m.
Featured author:
Laura Bradford, author of the
Jenkins & Burns mystery series. No charge.
3:00 p.m.
Featured author:
Vince Flynn,
espionage/political thriller novelist. His
most recent novel is Consent to Kill. No charge.
3:00 p.m. Contest Winners' Ceremony:
Featuring special guest Michelle Bain, author of Thumbs-up
Johnnie & Banker Bill. No charge.
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