Celebrating Authors & Books - 9th Edition

Family Fun!

Meet the Authors

Free book for 1st 100 guests

100's of Books of all genres

Book Signings

Writing Workshop

Past DVBF Keynote Authors Panel

Drawings

Children's Activities

Young Writer & Artist Competition Awards

Livestreaming interviews on Facebook

9th Edition Festival Schedule:

10:00 am - Author tables open

11:00 am - Young Writer & Artist Competition Awards
Award presentation in the Reading Room by Rachael Hanel and Joy Riggs, DVBF

12:30 pm - Getting Started: Identifying Your Writing Instincts to Write Your Novel, Memoir, or Poetry Collection-in-Progress
Presented by Adelia Gregory in the Reading Room

Teaching artist Adelia Gregory will lead a forty-five-minute writing workshop entitled “Getting Started: Identifying Your Writing Instincts to Write Your Novel, Memoir, or Poetry Collection-in-Progress,” aimed at engaging beginning and intermediate writers alike. The workshop will start with a succinct overview of writer’s block and some of the key reasons why it happens. Participants will receive a handout with three prompts adapted from a workshop with award-winning creative nonfiction writer Melissa Febos, a list of narrative techniques for the three genres discussed, and a few one-to-two-page follow-up readings. Adelia will guide participants through the three prompts and provide opportunities to share. Writers will walk away with an idea of their first and second instincts and may find it helpful to adapt exercises into longer scenes for their books.

1:30 pm - The Tips of the Trade - Author Panel
Presented in the Reading Room

The Deep Valley Book Festival welcomes back four past keynote authors for a special author panel. Here's your chance to have your literary questions answered by these bestselling Minnesota authors. This discussion will uncover each author's personal route to publication as well as tips of the trades in various areas of literary perspectives ranging from humor and suspense to children's literature. Come curious because questions for the panel participants will also be taken from the audience.

3 pm - Author tables close

3 pm - Apple Recipe Contest Awards and DVBF Drawings in the Reading Room

Take your seats in the Reading Room for Keynote Author Beth Dooley's program.
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3:30 pm - A Writer in the Kitchen: The Art and Craft of Cookbooks
Presented by Keynote Author Beth Dooley in the Reading Room

Join Beth Dooley, James Beard Awarding winning food writer and author/co-author of over a dozen books for a presentation and discussion of food lit. She’ll share stories of covering today’s food scene, working with chefs, researchers, agronomists, ethnobotanists, food justice advocates. We’ll consider the art and craft of creating a  good cookbook and food memoir, one to cook with and to read.

All Day at the Festival!
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Author tables open from 10 am - 3 pm

Meet a favorite author or discover new ones! Authors of all genres will be selling and signing their books. Their tables will close at 3 pm to allow for keynote speaker Beth Dooley at 3:30 pm in the Reading Room.

Drawings & Apple Recipe Contest Awards - 3:00 pm

Join us in the Reading Room at 3:00 pm for the live drawings followed by the presentation of the Apple Recipe Contest awards. Stay for Beth Dooley's keynote presentation at 3:30 pm.

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Date: October 5, 2024

Time: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Location:

Country Inn & Suites Conference Center
1900 Premier Drive
Mankato, MN, 56001, US

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