Events
Thursday Sept. 23 | Friday, Sept. 24 | Saturday, Sept. 25 | Sunday, Sept. 26
SATURDAY | September 25th
All Day Events (10:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
EXHIBITORS’ HALL – Holiday Inn, International Room – Exhibitors’ Hall open
9:00 – 9:45 AM
FICTION – Holiday Inn, Starlite Room – “Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show,” Frank Delaney
FICTION – Holiday Inn, Embassy III – “Only Connect: Love and Longing in Rural Namibia: The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo,” Peter Orner
NON-FICTION – Orpheum, Anne Zabel Studio Theater – “Somewhere Else This Time Tomorrow,” Debra Marquart
POETRY – Holiday Inn, Burgundy’s Room – “A Reading with South Dakota’s Poet Laureate,” David Allan Evans
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room A – “Creating 2-Dimensional Characters That Draw Children Into Reading,” Gary Harbo. Recommended for all ages
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room B – “Citizens Detained! And Other Stories From the Dark Side of Immigration,” Ann Bausum. Recommended for middle school and older
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Orpheum, Main Theater – “Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin,” Hampton Sides
WRITER’S SUPPORT – Holiday Inn, Embassy I – “Conveying the Sacred: Writing About Spirituality,” Gary Westgard
10:00 – 10:45 AM
FICTION – Holiday Inn, Embassy I – “Starting From Scratch,” Susan Gilbert-Collins
NON-FICTION – Orpheum, Main Theater – “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch,” Alison Arngrim
NON-FICTION – Orpheum, Anne Zabel Studio Theater – “My Life as a Foreign Correspondent,” Deborah Amos
POETRY – Holiday Inn, Embassy III – “A Reading with Leo Dangel,” Leo Dangel
POETRY – Holiday Inn, Embassy II – “The Examined Life: Looking at Poetry and Finding Yourself,” Daniel Burow
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room B – “Rainforests & Maya Ruins," Presented by Images of the World: Bruce B. Junek and Tass Thacker. Recommended for all ages
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Orpheum, Classroom – “The Wolf at Twilight: A White Writer, Native Truths, and Bringing Darkness to Light,” Kent Nerburn
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Holiday Inn, Burgundy’s Room – “30 Years at The Washington Post Book World,” Michael Dirda
WRITER’S SUPPORT – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room A – “Writing the Last Page First,” Alison McGhee
11:00 – 11:45 AM
FICTION – Holiday Inn, Embassy I – “A Reading of Noir Fiction,” Anthony Neil Smith
NON-FICTION – Orpheum, Anne Zabel Studio Theater – “Together and Apart: Photographs from Around the World,” Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb
NON-FICTION – Orpheum, Classroom – “Inklings,” Jeffrey Koterba
WRITER’S SUPPORT – Holiday Inn, Burgundy’s Room – “Writing About Small Towns,” Marshall Damgaard, Molly Rozum, and Susan Gilbert-Collins
IMMIGRATION – Holiday Inn, Embassy III – “Shared Homeland: American Parallels to Israel and Palestine,” Susan Abulhawa
SPECIAL EVENT – Holiday Inn, Ambassador Room – “Borrowing Books from Siouxland Libraries Using E-Readers,” Presenters TBA
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
SPECIAL EVENT – Holiday Inn, Starlite Room – “Rebecca Rubin and America’s Immigrant Story" American Girl series author of the Rebecca books Jacqueline Dembar Greene will present at a tea party for kids and adults. Recommended for ages 8 and over. TICKET REQUIRED. Co-sponsored by Siouxland Libraries
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
SPECIAL EVENT – Orpheum, Main Theater – “A Harvest of Words: Contemporary Plains Poetry,” Patrick Hicks, A. A. Hedge Coke, Christine Stewart-Nuñes, David A. Evans, and guests
12:00 – 1:00 PM
SPECIAL EVENT – Zandbroz Variety – “Damn Good Food,” Join Mitch Omer, founder of Hell’s Kitchen restaurant in Minneapolis and co-author of the cookbook that features his bold and flavorful recipes. Free samples will be served
12:30 – 2:00 PM
MASS BOOK SIGNING – Holiday Inn, International Room – “Saturday Afternoon Book Signings”
1:30 – 2:45 PM
SPECIAL EVENT – Orpheum, Main Theater – “Are Books Obsolete?: Reading in the Digital Age,” Michael Dirda, Michael Hart, and Marilyn Johnson
2:00 – 2:45 PM
FICTION – Holiday Inn, Burgundy’s Room – “The Season of Second Chances,” Diane Meier
POETRY – Holiday Inn, Ambassador – “Ghost on 3rd,” Jim Reese
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Orpheum, Anne Zabel Studio Theater – “The Viking in the Wheat Field,” Susan Dworkin
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Holiday Inn, Starlite Room – “The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to World War II,” David Laskin
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room A – “How an Illustrator Translates Words into Images," Don Montileaux. Recommended for all ages
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room B – “You’re One Cool Cat! How to Embrace Your Uniqueness and Live Positively," Kari Kay. Recommended for elementary school ages and younger
3:00 – 3:45 PM
NON-FICTION – Holiday Inn, Embassy I – “Anima Mundi: Getting Back to Speaking Terms with Mother Earth,” Edward Raventon
POETRY – Holiday Inn, Starlite Room – “Selected Works,” Jimmy Santiago Baca
POETRY – Holiday Inn, Embassy III – “This London,” Patrick Hicks
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room A – “Prairie Bud Winner Discusses His Newest Picture Book: Children Make Terrible Pets," Peter Brown. Recommended for middle school ages and younger
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Orpheum, Anne Zabel Studio Theater – “Prairie Republic: The Political Culture of Dakota Territory,” Jon Lauck
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Holiday Inn, Ambassador – “Self-Publishing 101,” Joe Mierau and Gary Westgard
WRITER’S SUPPORT – Orpheum, Main Theater – “Selected Musings” Pete Dexter, Rob Fleder, and Marilyn Johnson
IMMIGRATION – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room B – “The Trickster and the Troll: Combining Norwegian & American Indian Folklore for Young Readers," Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
4:00 – 4:45 PM
FICTION – Orpheum, Main Theater – “Class and Gender Differences in Literature and Life,” Thrity Umrigar
NON-FICTION – Holiday Inn, Burgundy’s Room – “Behold,” Tom Dempster and Kathryn Timpany
POETRY – Orpheum, Anne Zabel Studio Theater – “The Power and Necessity of the Natural World in Our Lives,” Freya Manfred
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Holiday Inn, Ambassador Room – “College Football & World War II,” Kurt Kemper
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Holiday Inn, Embassy III – “The History of the South Dakota State Capitol,” Marshall Damgaard
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULTS’ LITERATURE – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room A – “Journey into the Deep: Meet Weird and Wonderful Creatures from the Deep Sea," Rebecca Johnson. Recommended for all ages
WRITER’S SUPPORT – Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, Meeting Room B – “Writing Suspense Fiction for Kids," Susan Runholt
WRITER’S SUPPORT – Holiday Inn, Starlite Room – “Travel Writing: The Devil is in the Details,” Laural Bidwell, Bruce Junek, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez
IMMIGRATION – Holiday Inn, Embassy I – “I Go To America: Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson,” Joy K. Lintelman
5:00 – 5:45 PM
FICTION – Orpheum, Anne Zabel Studio Theater – “Priming the Engine: The Process of Getting Started,” Pete Dexter
NON-FICTION – Holiday Inn, Starlite Room – “Literacy in the Prison System: A Way Out,” A. A. Hedge Coke, Jim Reese, and Jimmy Santiago Baca
HISTORY/TRIBAL – Holiday Inn, Embassy III – “Sending a Voice from Sitting Bull,” Ernie LaPointe
WRITER’S SUPPORT – Holiday Inn, Ambassador Room – “Publishing Journals: Dancing with Wolves,” Bill Markley
IMMIGRATION – Holiday Inn, Embassy I – “Strong Sisters: African American Women Who Shaped the Heartland,” Betti VanEpps-Taylor
7:00 – 8:30 PM
SPECIAL EVENT – Orpheum, Main Theater – “A Conversation with Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng,” Join the author, Dave Eggers, and protagonist, Valentino Achak Deng, of this year’s One Book SD selection for a conversation about the book that has shaped our understanding of the conflict in Sudan and our understanding of what it is like to find political asylum in America. The discussion will be moderated by NPR’s Deborah Amos. Book signing to follow this event. Doors open at 6:30. This event is FREE. Sponsored by Friends of the South Dakota Festival of Books
9:00 – 10:15 PM
SPECIAL EVENT – Orpheum, Main Theater – “The Prairie Cats: LIVE!,” Author, cartoonist, and singer/songwriter Jeffrey Koterba and his band The Prairie Cats will keep your toes tapping with swing music that has drawn crowds from across the country. TICKET REQUIRED