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S EPTEMBER 27 & 28, 2019 | F LORENCE F ESTIVAL OF BOOKS | 3 F LORENCE F ESTIVAL OF B OOKS W elcome to the ninth annu a l F l orenc e Festival of Books — a book fair for authors, pub- lishers and readers. Here books are celebrated; real books with pages that you turn. We are proud to be wel- coming a number of authors who have not previously at- tended the festival this year. Altogether, 2019 brings more than 70 authors whose writ- ing covers a variety of genres and several publishers ready to talk about their writers’ books. Th is is also an opportunity to discuss publishing your own manuscript. Th is free event takes place on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is your op- portunity to meet and speak with the authors of great books: non-fi ction, poetry, mystery, memoirs, fantasy and environ- mental writing, along with fi c- tion for children, young adults and adults. Each book you purchase can be personalized just for you or as a gift for your favorite reader. In addition, the Florence Fes- tival of Books begins on Friday, Sept. 27. Friday events include a panel of representatives from four Oregon publishers dis- cussing “Th e Ins and Outs of Publishing.” Answer all your questions about the process of moving from manuscript to book. Th e panel discussion is from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is free to the public. At 7 p.m. on Friday, award- winning Reg- ister-Guard col- umnist and popular Oregon author Bob Welch will give this year’s keynote address. He will also be featured at a book signing aft er the event. Welch is a speaker and writ- ing teacher who has served as an adjunct professor of journal- ism at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He is the author of more than 20 books, his latest being “Th e Wizard of Foz: Dick Fosbury’s One-Man High-Jump Revolution.” Tickets for this event are just $8 in advance or $10 at the door. All Florence Festival of Books events take place at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. Food is available for pur- chase during the event. A special thank you to our sponsors for making this year’s event better than ever before. We hope you will come and en- joy. — Co-Chairs Judy Fleagle & Meg Spencer Florence Festival of Books is presented by the Friends of the Florence Events Center and the Florence Festival of Books Planning Committee. 2019 SPONSORS — TITLE — – Banner Bank – BPOE Elks Lodge #1858 – Maire Testa — CHAPTER — – Ladies of Elks – Oregon Pacific Bank – Rotary Club of Florence – Siuslaw Public Library – Harriet & Dick Smith — VERSE — – Bodega Wines/ Marianne Brisbane – Chad Clement DDS – Jim & Sally Rash — BETWEEN THE LINES — – R.W. Hogeland & N.R. Archer — LINE — – Central Coast Disposal – Florence Regional Arts Alliance – The Jolly Egret – Bonnie and Bob MacDuffee – Kevin Mittge – Karen D. Nichols – Pacific Publishing/ Jon Thompson – Port Hole Publishing – Lynn & Shelley Taylor — IN-KIND — – Coast Radio – River House Inn – Siuslaw News Festival of Books 2019 Siuslaw News, September 21, 2019 4 | F LORENCE F ESTIVAL OF BOOKS | S EPTEMBER 27 & 28, 2019 Keynote Speaker and Best Seller A UTHOR B OB W ELCH T he Florence Festival of Books is excited to present best- selling author Bob Welch as the Friday night keynote speaker. Welch is the author of over 20 books, as well as an inspirational speaker, award-winning columnist and writing teacher. He served as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Oregon. Welch will speak at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. Tick- ets for this event are $8 in advance, available at eventcenter.org or 541-997-1994, or $10 at the door. His latest book is “Th e Wizard of Foz: Dick Fosbury’s One-Man High-Jump Revolution,” which was named the Track and Field Writ- ers 2018 Book of the Year. Fosbury was known worldwide as the inventor of the Fosbury Flop high-jump style, with which he won the Olym- pic medal in 1968. San Diego author Mike Yorkey calls Welch “the most eclectic writer in America” because the Oregon author has written World War II and children’s books, hiking books and collec- tions of columns, books inspired by his favorite movies and plays and books about fathers and sons, sports and military nurses. His book about a heroic World War II nurse, “American Nightingale” (2004), was featured on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and was a fi - nalist for the Oregon Book Award. A follow-up book, “Pebble in the Water” (2008), amplifi es the author’s “American Nightingale” experience from an idea written on a Wendy’s napkin to the four years it took before the book was pub- lished. In 2012, his book “Cascade Summer” chroni- cled his 452-mile hike on the Oregon portion of the Pacifi c Crest Trail. Articles of Welch’s have been published in more than a dozen books, including seven in the popular “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series. In addition, he has had articles published in such magazines as Los Angeles Times, Reader’s Digest, Sports Illustrated and Runner’s World. Welch and his wife, Sally, live in Eugene. Th ey are the parents of two adult sons and grandpar- ents of fi ve. Welch enjoys sailing, backpacking (he’s walked 1,244 miles of the 2,650-mile Pa- cifi c Crest Trail), used-bookstore browsing and University of Oregon sports spectating. For more information, visit bobwelch.net. — Kevin Mittge, FFOB Committee Member Meet author Bob Welch at the Florence Festival of Books this week- end at the Florence Events Center. Welch often attends this festival since he lives just one hour away in Eugene.