Following the Mississippi Book Festival’s initial round of author announcements last week, we now know another author who will be attending this year’s literary lawn party. During an interview on The Gallo Show, Mississippi Book Festival executive director Ellen Daniels revealed that J.L. Holloway will be joining a star-studded list.
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This year s Kansas Book Festival will move from its usual venue at the Kansas Statehouse to Mabee Library at Washburn University.
The festival is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 18 and will feature free presentations by 40 authors, outdoor performances, a book-art exhibit, food vendors and exhibitor tents with publishers from around Kansas.
The event will kick off 4 p.m. Sept. 17 with a presentation by Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award winner Rebek Taussig who will speak about her memoir Sitting Pretty: The View from my Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body.
Aimee Nezhukumatahil, author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments, will headline the festival, according to a news release from Kansas Book Festival executive director Tim Bascom.