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F LORENCE F ESTIVAL
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Welcome to the sixth Annual
F LORENCE F ESTIVAL
elcome to the sixth annual Florence
Festival of Books, a book fair for
authors, publishers and readers. Here
books are celebrated; real books with pages that
you turn. This year brings 85 authors whose
writing covers a variety of genres, along with 10
publishers ready to talk about their writers’
books. This is also an opportunity to discuss
publishing your own manuscript.
There will even be a display of books written
by Siuslaw Elementary School students — our
future authors.
This free event is your opportunity to meet
and speak with the authors of great books: non-
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fiction, poetry, mystery, memoirs, fantasy, envi-
ronmental, along with fiction for children,
young adults and adults. Each book you pur-
chase can be personalized just for you, or as a
gift for someone you treasure. For those who to
prefer to shop with a credit card, that’s no prob-
lem; we’re set up to handle them. When you
arrive, be sure to pick up a free tote bag to trans-
port all your book purchases.
Many of your favorite authors are returning
with their newest books, and 33 authors are new
to the Florence Festival of Books this year.
When you are ready for a break, the Florence
Events Center caterer, Pavilion, is providing
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snacks, drinks and a lunch menu.
For those reading this prior to Sept. 24, our
Friday events include a panel of five Oregon
authors discussing “The Path: Idea to Print”.
The panel discussion is from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and
is free to the public. This may be just the inspi-
ration you need to write the book you have
been thinking about.
At 7 p.m., best-selling thriller and historical
fiction author Phillip Margolin will be the
keynote speaker.
Sometimes called Oregon’s own John
Grisham, Margolin spent years as a criminal
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