2004 Nebraska Book Festival
September 17-18, 13th Annual
University of Nebraska at Kearney
“Voices of a Different Plain”
Schedule
Friday, September 17
Student Day featuring Ron Block
9:00-3:15
- Interpreting Movies (Honeyman/S.Umland)
- Writing Poetry (Fort)
- Writing Family Stories (Lorentzen)
- Writing Fantasy/Science Fiction (Emrys/R. Umland)
- Closing Session (Garrison)
6:00-7:00
- Museum of Nebraska Art: Reception hosted by the University of
Nebraska Press
- Art Book Display provided by the Kearney Area Arts Council
7:30-9:30
- Movie: Tully, Introduction by Sam Umland and Tom McNeal
- Book and DVD Signing, Author Tom McNeal
Saturday, September 18
8:30-4:30
- Registration
- Booksignings
- Vendor Displays
10:00-11:30 and 1:00-3:00
- Book Appraiser Carl Ashford, Jackson Street Books, Omaha
9:00-10:00
- A Different Plain Readings/Discussion, Lisa Sandlin, Terese
Svoboda, Dan Chaon
- Bess Streeter Aldrich and Wright Morris: Visual
Images, Martha McGahan, Teresa Lorensen, Teliza Rodriguez
- An
Informal Gathering of Book and Writing Groups, Mel Krutz
- Tully,
From Book to Movie to Classroom, Tom McNeal, Sam Umland, Brent
Spencer, Martha Kruse
- Fort Kearny Alumni Reading
10:30-11:30
- A Different Plain Readings/Discussion, John McNally, Mary
Helen Stefaniak, Timothy Schaffert
- My Two Friends: John Neihardt and Mari Sandoz, Ron Hull
- Steven Lawhead and Fantasy/Science Fiction, Rebecca Umland,
Julie Flood, Justin Sevenker
- Book Collecting: Medieval to Modern, Joan and Rodger Bassett
- Writing for Kids and Young Adults, Jean and Ronald Lukesh, Laura
McNeal
12:00-1:30
- Awards Luncheon
- Keynote: Ron Block
1:45-2:45
- Editing Regional Anthologies, Ladette Randolph, Margie Rine,
Suzanne Wise, Marge Saiser
- Willa Cather, Loren Eiseley, and the Environment, Steven Trout,
Darrel Lloyd, James M. Cook, Deborah B. Derrick
- Nebraska Writers’ Guild: How to Get Published, Hugh Reilly, Jean
Lukesh
- Creating and Reviving Book Clubs, Carol Connor, Myrna Tewes,
Laureen Riedesel Children’s Stories as Art, Susan Reiber
3:00-4:00
- A Different Plain Readings/Discussion, Trudy Lewis, Jonis
Agee, Karen Gettert Shoemaker
- Self-Publish or Perish, Steve Buttress
- Romance: The Billion Dollar Love Story, Cynthia Rutledge, Julie
Miller
- Create Your Own Book, Art Pierce, Shaun Padgett
- Readings/Open Mic
4:30-6:00
- Dinner and libations on your own or join a table at the
Thunderhead Brewery
6:00-9:30
- Poetry/Prose readings at the Black Sheep Coffee House
6:00-8:00
8:00-9:30
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