March 06, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners and Dollar General are proud to present the Fifth Annual Kentucky Writers Conference.
The 2008 conference features many Kentucky writers and their work and a wide variety of writing genres. All sessions are open to the public, including Western Kentucky University and high school students.
New to the conference this year will be a “Special Night for Writers at the Bowling Green Public Library.” Two simultaneous sessions will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, and will feature Terry Kay, author of “To Dance with the White Dog,” and renowned Kentucky writer George Ella Lyon. There is a $15 fee per person. Due to limited seating, pre-registration is required.
On Friday, April 18, the Kentucky Writers Conference returns to WKU’s Bowling Green Community College with sessions taking place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Admission and parking are free for Friday’s sessions.
The morning presentations will feature journalist Penny Loeb, poets John Guzlowski and Lynnell Major Edwards, fiction writers Beverle Graves Myers and Deborah LeBlanc, and editor Morris A. Grubbs. The afternoon presentations begin at noon and feature American Girl author Kathleen Ernst, children’s writer Candie Moonshower, inspirational writer Charlene Baumbich, songwriters Beau Haddock and Karren Pell, and former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor.
A poetry reading will take place between the morning and afternoon sessions. Charlie Hughes of Wind Publications will moderate and join other poets in reading.
“The conference offers a diverse selection of workshops for writers, including beginners,” says Diana McQuady, WKU Libraries’ Writer-in-Residence. “We’ve added the Thursday night session this year to allow writers more time to study with seasoned, published authors.”
The Southern Kentucky Book Fest is a partnership project of WKU Libraries, the Bowling Green Public Library and Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
For information about attending the event, call (270) 745-6977 or e-mail diana.mcquady@wku.edu, or visit www.sokybookfest.org.
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For information, contact Diana McQuady at (270) 745-6977 or Tracy Harkins at (270) 745- 5016.
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