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Wednesday, August 28, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 21 Sisters celebrates literary culture with festival Sisters9 strong lineup of festivals is one stronger 4 with the addition of the Sisters Festival of Books set for this October. Sisters Festival of Books is a three-day celebra- tion of the literary culture of Central Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. The fes- tival features more than 40 local, regional, and national authors and takes place across multiple venues in Sisters. Books featured at the festi- val will cover a wide range of subjects, including poli- tics, Western historical fic- tion, Vikings, motherhood, romance, Arctic exploration, Central Oregon recreational activities, and more. The idea for the festival was sparked by local resi- dent Mac Hay, who travels annually to the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Scotland. Hay9s reports on the festival have been fea- tured in The Nugget. While the Edinburgh festival is huge in scope, Hay was convinced that Sisters could adapt the model and provide a perfect venue for a festival of its own. <This started with Mac coming to me and talk- ing about his love for the Edinburgh Book Festival and his feeling that Sisters needs one,= said Lane Jacobson, owner of Paulina Springs Books in Sisters. <It just seemed like a no-brainer. It made a lot of sense.= Jacobson, assisted by Ann Richardson, began shaping an inaugural festival that fits Sisters. He told The Nugget that the festival offers <a high concentration of authors in a short period of time at a rea- sonable cost 4 and also (the opportunity) to mingle with like-minded book lovers, which is also a big part of it.= The Festival begins Friday, October 18, at FivePine Lodge and Conference Center with a catered reception featuring some favorite Central Oregon authors including Paul Alan Bennett, Jill Stanford, Craig Rullman, Jim Barnett, Joshua Savage, Jim Cornelius and more. The Festival continues on Saturday with a full lineup of author events, a pop-up book- store at the festival venue, and author dinners. Some of Saturday9s featured authors include the renowned North Carolina author David Joy, whose novels <Where All Light Tends To Go,= <The Weight Of This World,= and <The Line That Held Us= have won critical acclaim and a fiercely loyal read- ership. Joy is a native of the North Carolina moun- tains, as familiar with the fly rod as he is with his pen. He is also the author of the memoir <Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman9s Journey,= was a finalist for the Reed Environmental Writing Award and the Ragan Old North State Award. Other featured authors include Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford, former con- gressman Les AuCoin, NYT Bestselling Author Jane Kirkpatrick (<One More River to Cross=), Bill Sullivan (author of the <100 Hikes= series of guidebooks, <Listening for Coyote,= and <The Ship in the Hill=), Debra Gwartney (<I Am a Stranger Here Myself=), Molly Gloss (<Unforeseen: Stories, The Hearts of Horses, Falling from Horses=), and Meaghan O9Connell (<And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready=). Sunday will feature pri- marily kid- and family- focused events in-store at Paulina Springs Books. Programming includes story times, sing-alongs, coloring and more. Proceeds from the festi- val will be used to establish a scholarship fund for Sisters High School students through the Sisters Graduate Resource Organization (Sisters GRO). Like other festivals in Sisters, the Sisters Festival of Books aims to support the local economy. <From a business per- spective, the timing is great because it helps extend the shoulder sea- son just a little bit longer,= Jacobson said. There will be a couple of workshops associated with this inaugural event, an aspect of the festival Jacobson expects to see expand in sub- sequent years. Eventually, Jacobson sees the Sisters Festival of Books following in the footsteps of other suc- cessful Sisters events. <In the future we want it to be inspired by the Sisters Folk Festival where the whole town is a venue,= Jacobson said. For information and tickets visit www.brownpapertickets. com/event/4276088. DINING & TAKE-OUT until midnight every night Menu at SistersSaloon.net 541-549-RIBS 190 E. Cascade Ave.
