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Festival of Books preparing for September
The annual Florence
Festival of Books, a book fair
for authors and publishers,
will take place Saturday,
Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., with preliminary events
on Friday to compliment the
book festival. The event is
hosted by the Friends of the
FEC and the FFOB planning
committee.
Though the festival is
more than two months away,
the planning committee
is already hard at work.
Committee members include
chairman
and
Siuslaw
Public Library director Meg
Spencer, along with FFOB
founders Connie Bradley and
Judy Fleagle.
Now in its sixth year,
the book fair continues to
be a popular gathering for
authors,
publishers
and
potential future authors. The public is invited to this free
event to meet the authors and have their books signed.
The book fair continues to adapt and grow each year to
enhance the literacy event.
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The book fair will feature at least six publishers. In
addition, writers are invited to bring their manuscripts for
a chance to meet with publishers representing many genres:
fi ction, non-fi ction, memoir, children’s literature, fantasy, as a criminal defense attorney who has handled 30 murder
mystery, young adult, poetry and more. Nearly 20 of the cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award,
authors in attendance will be local residents.
Margolin lives in Portland, Ore.
Kevin Rhodes, events center director, said the annual
Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door for the
event has grown every year. “It’s not only a good opportunity conversation with Phillip Margolin.
for increased exposure for the authors and publishers, but it
Registration for authors and publishers for the Florence
serves as a great networking tool as well.”
Festival of Books is now open through the Festival website
On Friday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m., a panel of authors will at www.fl orencefestivalofbooks.org.
speak on the topic “My fi rst book: the process of idea to
For more information, contact Jennifer Connor at the
print.” Different authors will discuss their unique journey of FEC at 541-997-1994 or email Meg Spencer at meg@
the fi rst book and how it made its way to a printed publication. siuslawlibrary.org.
The event will
take place in the FEC
theater and is free to
attend.
At 7 p.m. that
evening,
suspense
thriller author Phillip
Margolin will be
the featured keynote
speaker
for
the
festival.
Margolin
has
written
19
novels, many of them
New York Times
bestsellers, including
the recent “Woman
with a Gun,” “Worthy
Brown’s Daughter,”
“Sleight of Hand”
and the “Washington
Trilogy.”
Each displays a
unique, compelling
insider’s view of
Photo cutline: Florence Festival of Books planning committee members (from left, sitting): Karen
criminal behavior,
which comes from Nichols, Judy Fleagle, Connie Bradley and Kevin Mittge; (Standing, from left): Bonnie MacDuffee,
his long background Jennifer Connor and chairman Meg Spencer. (Not pictured is Ellen Traylor)
The Florence Events Center website: www.eventcenter.org