CLINTON?On Saturday August 29, 2015, Clinton Public Library will host the first-ever Clinton Book Festival at the CPL-Lyons grounds and Foursquare Park in Clinton's historic Lyons District. This day-long festival will feature programs from Iowa Public Television's Dan Wardell and Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander, in addition to a wide range of book-related sessions with award-winning writers and artists from around the region.
The festival is organized into three concurrent sessions and the following writers and artists will be on hand for discussions and presentations covering a range of literary topics: Donald Harstad, Ann Morris, Kim Sigafus, Ryan Collins, Andrew Huot, Mickey Zucker-Reichert, C. Deanne Rowe, Maggie Rivers, and Lyle Ernst. Authors reading selections from their work throughout the day include : Jodie Toohey, Bob Dunbar, Cheryl Corbin, Stacy Mercado, Amanda McNeill, Amy Manneman, Aria Michaels, Misty Evans, Dionne Witt, Melinda Putman, and A. R. Miller. The festival will also feature food vendors, exhibits and information tables from authors and area organizations, live music from the Ron Tegeler Jazz Trio over the lunch hour, and the annual Friends of the Clinton Public Library book sale.
Clinton Public Library received a grant award of $3000 from Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, in support of the Clinton Book Festival. Other sponsors include the Friends of the Clinton Public Library, Clinton Convention and Visitors Bureau, Sisters of St. Francis, Gateway State Bank, Citizens First Bank, and Lyons Business and Professional Association.
Visit http://tinyurl.com/clintonbookfest for Clinton Book Festival program details and schedules. Contact Brad Wiles at bwiles@clintonpubliclibrary.us or 563-242-9115 with any questions.
