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SD Center for the Book


SD Humanities Council


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National Endowment for the Humanities


 

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South Dakota Festival of Books

 

Each year thousands of people converge on the annual South Dakota Festival of Books, a weekend-long event that features more than 40 well-known authors participating in book signings, presentations, panel discussions and readings.

Over the course of eight festivals, many distinguished authors and cultural figures have attended, such as Marilynne Robinson, Ted Kooser, Sonia Monzano, Ian Frazier, Annie Proulx, Quincy Troupe, Dan O'Brien, Susan Power, Louise Erdrich, Dave Eggers, Pete Dexter, and Ivan Doig.

The 10th Annual South Dakota Festival of Books (September 28-30, 2012) will continue the tradition of hosting exciting, high caliber authors at our state’s premier literary event this year.
Author Craig Johnson interacts with fans at the 2011 Festival of Books in Deadwood.

 

 

The 2011 Festival: a recap

 

Read all about last year's festival on page 3 of our 2011 Fall/Winter newsletter, which can be found here.

Festival Podcasts:

 

Click here to listen to 2011's Literary Feast Literary Feast: An Evening of Crime and Mystery

Author talk with Joseph Marshall III

Author talk with Marilyn Johnson

 

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Featured Author: Sam Kean

 

South Dakota native Sam Kean

 

Sam Kean spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a kid, and now he’s a writer in Washington, D.C. His stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mental Floss, Slate, Smithsonian Air & Space, and The New Scientist, among other places. He currently works as a correspondent for Science magazine. He has worked on fellowships in the United States and Europe, and was the national runner-up in the National Association of Science Writer’s award for best young science writer. Sam Kean appeared at the 2011 Festival of Books in promotion of his first book, The Disappearing Spoon.  He'll return in 2012 for his soon-to-be-released book, The Violinist's Thumb.

http://www.samkean.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science writer Sam Kean presents at the 2011 Festival of Books in Deadwood.

 

 

 

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