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Media Release
Thursday, September 10, 2015
For Immediate Release
Communications
Contact: Margaret Kurtz
Telephone: 702-229-6993
14th Annual Festival Is Nevada’s Largest Literary Event
The 14th annual Vegas Valley Book Festival, to be held Oct. 15-17 in downtown Las Vegas and the Clark County Library at 1401 E. Flamingo Road, will bring together a wide variety of literary genres and cultural programs, with most events taking place at the Historic Fifth Street School at 401 S. Fourth St. The festival is expected to feature more than 120 authors and 50 events, including panel discussions, keynote speakers, readings, book signings, workshops, vendor exhibits, art exhibitions, spoken word performances and other special programs for a diversity of genres, ages and cultural backgrounds. Events are free and open to the public. On Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Historic Fifth Street School, the book festival will offer special entertainment, authors and activities for children, and a plethora of authors popular with adults and young adults. The festival site will host five stages with readings, entertainment and poetry; a food court with a variety of local food trucks; art and vendor exhibits; interactive writing projects; and many other special programs.
An Evening with Brad Meltzer
Thursday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m.
Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road
New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer opens the Vegas Valley Book Festival with his keynote presentation. Known for his No. 1 best-sellers “The Inner Circle, “The Book of Fate” and seven other best-selling thrillers, Meltzer is one of the only authors to ever have books on the best-seller list for nonfiction, advice, children’s books and comic books. An attorney, he is also one of the co-creators of the TV show “Jack & Bobby,” as well as the host of “Brad Meltzer’s Lost History.” Books will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow the talk. Wristbands will be given out starting at 6 p.m. in the theater courtyard. Limit one per person. For more information, visit http://bradmeltzer.com/, http://www.lvccld.org or call 702-507-3459.
The Three Wise Guys: Dayvid Figler, Gregory Crosby and Geoff Carter present Spoken Word and Poetry (all ages)
Friday, Oct. 16, noon to 1 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse, Jury Assembly Room, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-229-3515.
Geoff Carter, Gregory Crosby and Dayvid Figler will read prose and take names to put into the prose.
The Las Vegas Writes Project Volume Seven: “The Anarchy of Memories”
Friday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., Suite 100, 702-550-6399.
A collection of short fiction featuring Las Vegas icons, this year’s project is published by Vegas Lit. The new collection includes original stories by local authors Scott Dickensheets, Sonya Padgett, Douglas Elfman, Jessica Humphries, Drew Cohen, C.J. Mosher, Erica Vital-Lazare and Helen H. Moore. The public is invited to hear the authors participate in a panel together with moderator/editor Geoff Schumacher. The authors will read from their stories, discuss the project, answer questions, meet the public and sign the books. The new book will be available for purchase at The Writer’s Block event and at the Vegas Valley Book Festival Oct. 17 at the Historic Fifth Street School, 410 S. Fourth St. A project of the Vegas Valley Book Festival, the anthology is published in collaboration with Huntington Press, Nevada Humanities, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Especially for Children!
Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Story Time Tent, Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St.
The children’s literature program will include costumed characters; Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends™; storytelling by authors Ken Lamug, Lora Koehler, Daniel Kirk, Ken Nesbitt, Mac Barnett, Jon Scieszka, Jory John, Cassie Beasley, Kelly Jones, Kathryn Gibbs Davis and Ammi-Joan Paquette; entertainment by bi-lingual author and musician Jose-Luis Orozco, The Not-Its, Ralph’s World; interactive children’s activities.
Young-Adult Authors!
Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Two tents at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., 702-229-3515.
Since its inception, the young-adult (YA) portion of the festival has been very popular. For 2015, more than 40 authors on eight YA panels will discuss their writings. The 2015 YA authors include those whose best-selling works are aimed at “tweens” and younger teens, as well as new Latino authors and those who write for older teens.
Find Romance
Saturday, Oct. 17, 1:45 to 5:15 p.m.
Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., 702-229-3515.
Focus on romance in Readers’ Tent 2 all afternoon, with three panels of best-selling authors, including Nancy Allen, Vicki-Ann Bush, Tracy Clark, Julianne Donaldson, Sarah M. Eden, Angela Forister, Christene Houston, Melanie Jacobson, Jennifer Moore, Allison Packard, Michelle Reilly, Jodi Thomas, Angela Thornton and Kasie West.
Adult Offerings
Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., 702-229-3515.
Adult readers will find an array of offerings, including new and exciting genre panels on literary nonfiction, writing about food, true crime, poetry, politics, diversity, American westerns, mystery and comic books. Don’t miss the interview of award-winning author Claire Vaye Watkins at 3 p.m. in the auditorium. Book sales and signings and a special film showing will round out the festival.
Closing Keynote Presentation Colum McCann
Thursday, Oct. 15, 4:15-5:30 p.m.
Historic Fifth Street School Auditorium, 401 S. Fourth St., 702-229-3515.
Irish best-selling author, screenwriter and college professor Colum McCann is the author of six novels and three story collections and has been the recipient of many literary and cultural honors, including the 2009 National Book Award for “Let the Great World Spin,” election to the Irish arts academy and the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China. McCann has work published in more than 35 languages. His 2013 novel “TransAtlantic,” is an international bestseller. “Thirteen Ways of Looking,” his new collection forthcoming from Random House in October 2015, has already received a Pushcart Prize and a selection in the “Best American Short Stories of 2015.” For more information, visit http://colummccann.com/.
Special projects will offer local authors and readers additional opportunities to participate:
The SPARK! Poetry Writing and Recitation Competition for local high school youth will take place in the Historic Fifth Street School courtyard 1 to 2:30 p.m. Deadline to submit entries is Sept. 30; go to http://vegasvalleybookfestival.org/spark-poetry-writing-recitation-competition/ for information and entry forms.
The Illustrated Word art exhibitions, coordinated with three local galleries.
Now in its 14th year, the Vegas Valley Book Festival is free and open to the public, thanks to support from the following producing partners: the city of Las Vegas; Las Vegas-Clark County Library District; the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute at UNLV; the local chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design; Las Vegas Review-Journal; Nevada Humanities; Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Foundation, Inc.; Vegas PBS and COX. For more information, visit VegasValleyBookFestival.org/ or call 702-229-3515.
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