The 2008 Nebraska Book Festival, scheduled for October 17-18, will be held in downtown Lincoln. The festival opens at the Nebraska State Capitol on Friday evening, October 17, with an address by Plains author Kent Haruf. Haruf’s presentation will be followed by a reception at the Lincoln Woman’s Club.
The Nebraska Book Festival will continue October 18 with programs for children and adults at the Lincoln Children’s Museum, the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Culture Center, and other locations near Centennial Mall. Programs include readings, discussions, poetry slams, writing workshops, music, film, food, exhibits, and book sales (see schedule on pages 4-5).
The Nebraska Book Festival is presented by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, and Nebraska Library Commission.
5:30-6:30
6:30-7:30
7:30-10:00
9:30
Outside the Lines: Creative Storytelling Activities for Children; Lincoln Children’s Museum
11:00- 12:00
12:00-12:45
1:00-2:00
2:15-3:15
3:30-4:30
8:00-5:00
8:30-9:20
9:00-11:00
9:00-10:15
10:30-11:45
12:00-1:00
1:10-2:00
2:15-3:00
3:00-5:00
3:00-4:15
4:30-5:30
8:00-9:30
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Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Library Commission
Lincoln Children’s Museum, Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, Michael Forsberg Gallery, Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Cultural Endowment, Nebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, Nebraska Writers Collective, Office of the Nebraska Secretary of State, UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications, UNL Culture Center, University of Nebraska Press, “We the People” initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities
This festival is made possible in part by funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, provided through the Nebraska Library Commission, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.
View Festival photos on Flickr.
View/print the Festival program [pdf].