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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Center
Festival of Books
I
f you have a favorite Northwest
author, want to find a new one or are
ready to find a publisher for your
own book, the sixth annual Florence
Festival of Books (FFOB) is your chance
to meet and talk with authors and pub-
lishers firsthand.
Eighty authors amd nine publishers
from throughout the Northwest and
parts of California will be on hand for
this year’s festival on Saturday, Sept. 24
at the Florence Events Center, from 10 sonalized — with no admission charge.
This year will see about 30 new
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Come chat with the authors, purchase authors participating, as well as many
books and have them signed and per- returning authors with their latest pub-
I NSIDE
FloTones (page 3)
lished works available.
Because this is a book fair for publish-
ers as well, there will about 10 publish-
ers participating, several of which are
new this year to the fesival.
If you have a book idea or a manu-
script that is either finished or in
progress, this is an opportunity to pitch
it to a potential publisher.
The authors and publishers represent
many genres, including fiction, nonfic-
tion, memoir, children’s books, young
adult, western, mystery, humor, poetry
Book Festival (Page 3)
Calendar of Events
Sept. 8
Dancing with Sea Lions auction
Rules of Order workshop — 9 a.m.
Sept. 10 and 11
FloTones’ “Latin Rhythms” concerts
7 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Sept. 16
Aging in Place — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wallflowers and Wine — 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 18
Celebrate Salmon — 5 p.m.
Oct. 1
Oktoberfest — 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Oct. 5
Cantus concert — 7 p.m.
Oct. 8
DWSL Auction — 6 p.m.
Oct. 21 and 22
Gyspy Camp — 4-8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Oct. 29
Chad and Jeremy concert — 7 p.m.
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