October 22& 23, 2005
at the Charleston Civic Center

http://www.wvhumanities.org/bookfest/bookfest2.htm

Mark your calendar! The fifth annual West Virginia Book Festival will be held October 22 & 23, 2005, at the Charleston Civic Center. Each year the festival offers something for book lovers of all ages and interests: authors, publishers, book vendors, the Festival Marketplace, a special section just for children, a used book sale, author events, workshops and panel discussions.

This year, the West Virginia Writing Project sponsors author Sharyn McCrumb, who will be speaking on Saturday, Oct 22 at 1:30 p.m. in WV Room 105, Charleston Civic Center


Sharyn McCrumb's novels celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia.  She is the author of St. Dale (2005), The Songcatcher, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, The Rosewood Casket, She Walks These Hills, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, and many others. McCrumb's books have been named Notable Books for the Year by The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.  "My books are like Appalachian quilts," says McCrumb. "I take brightly colored scraps of legends, ballads, fragments of rural life, and local tragedy, and I piece them together into a complex whole that tells not only a story, but also a deeper truth about the culture of the mountain South."

 

·         The West Virginia Writing Project network is sponsoring a banquet the evening of October 22nd at the Marriott and Sharyn McCrumb will be the guest speaker. 

 

OTHER WRITING PROJECT EVENTS AT THE BOOK FESTIVAL

 

·         Crafting a Memoir.   Saturday, noon, Parlor C

·         Stimulating Senses Produces Prolific  Poetry and Prose.  Saturday, 4:30, Parlor C

·         Write Me Home (Journaling).  Sunday, 4:30 p.m., Parlor B

 

BONUS FOR WVU WRITING PROJECT TEACHERS:

 

If you are a West Virginia University Writing Project Fellow, we can reimburse up to $150 in travel expenses (save your receipts!) for fellows who wish to attend the banquet or the Book Festival.  Contact Laura Brady, Director of the WVU WP by October 10 if you are interested: Laura.Brady@mail.wvu.edu