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Join us for our first annual Northwestern Wisconsin Writers Festival

Authors may propose an individual or panel presentation, be considered for a featured reader, participate in the author’s reception in the UW-BC library. (books will be purchased by the library and displayed)

Authors may also reserve display tables in the common area to display, sell, and sign publications .

Please pass the message along to any writers you have contact with who may be interested in attending the Northwest Wisconsin Writers’ Festival. If you know an author that you think should attend, please email Joel Friederich, UW-BC Associate Professor of English, with the name of the author you would like to request as well as their email or any other information we could use to contact them.

Writers from throughout NW Wisconsin or nearby areas are invited to participate in any of the following events at the Festival. Please fill out each box in the document below for any of the events that you would like to participate in. Return this form by email to redcedar@uwc.edu

For more information contact Joel Friederich, UW-BC Associate Professor of English by email at joel.friederich@uwc.edu

Dates and Times

How to Participate

Request a Local Author

Saturday, May 10, 2014

1st Annual Writers Festival at UW Barron County

Event Schedule

9 am: Sponsors / advisors meeting in the Commons

9:30 – 4:30: Author tables and refreshments in the Commons

10 – 11: Featured readers in the Commons:

Chris Messelt

Rob Bignell

Thomas Wayne King

KingJudy Barizonzi

11 – 12: Ruth Ozeki, Blue Hills Lecture Hall

12 – 1: Featured readers in the Commons:

Jayson Iwen

Janet Verve

Jan Chronister

James Roberts

1 – 1:45: Breakout sessions:

Poetry & Art in room Ritz 238

Writing & Healing in room Ritz 201

The Business of Writing in room Ritz 202

Novels from Research to Realization in Room Ritz 237

1:45 – 2:45: Featured readers in the Commons:

Jim Brakken

Winifred Herberg

Debbie Trantow

Jeannie E Roberts

Peggy Trojan

2:45 – 3:30: Breakout sessions:

Poetry and Music in room Ritz 238

Writing & Memory in room Ritz 237

The Business of Writing in room Ritz 202

Roundtable on Writing & the 1st Amendment in room Ritz 201

3:30 – 4:30: Featured readers in the Commons:

Katie Mettner

David Tindell

Marla Madison

Kathleen Wiehe

4:30 – 5:30: Kao Kalia Yang keynote in the Commons

5:30 – 6:30: Authors’ Reception with free refreshments & cash bar in the Library