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Sponsorship

Sponsor a writer or poet. Your support helps keep the Nebraska Book Festival a free event for everyone to enjoy. Funding supports authors/presenters, activities/materials, supplies and promotion. If you would like more specific information about becoming a sponsor, please contact Mary Jo Ryan at 402.471.3434 or toll free at 800-307-2665, and to email, click here. View this year's sponsors.


Volunteer

Volunteer to work on November 14 and/or to help with advance planning and promotion. If you are interested in volunteering to help make this year's festival a success, contact Kathryn Brockmeier at 402.471.4002 or toll free at 800-307-2665, to email click here.

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Vendors & Exhibitors

Exhibit on November 14 and share your message with Nebraska book lovers. Publishers and author organizations, along with book and reading-related vendors, are invited to exhibit and/or sell publications/products during the festival. Commercial and non-profit exhibits will be set up in the first floor of the Nebraska History Museum in the spacious, brightly-lit foyer. Each vendor will receive one 4-foot table and one folding chair. A few 6-foot tables will be made available for vendors with extremely large inventory. View pricing and details (PDF). View and print registration form (PDF). View this year's vendors and exhibitors.

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Donate

Please make a tax deductible donation to the festival. Your support helps keep the Nebraska Book Festival a free event for everyone to enjoy. Funding supports authors/presenters, activities/materials, supplies and promotion. If you would like more specific information about donating to the Nebraska Book Festival contact Mary Jo Ryan at 402.471.3434 or toll free at 800-307-2665, to email click here.

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Read the Books

Read these books and then come hear the authors read and talk about their current work:

 

A Claim of Her Own (Bethany House), by Stephanie Grace Whitson Stephanie Grace Whitson's A Claim of Her Own
A Date You Can't Refuse (Broadway), by Harley Jane Kozak
Harley Jane Kozak's A Date You Can't Refuse
2009 One Book One Nebraska Book Discussion:
A Lantern in Her Hand (New York, D. Appleton & Co), by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Bess Streeter Aldrich's A Lantern in Her Hand
A Sandhills Ballad (University of New Mexico Press), by Ladette Randolph Ladette Randolph's A Sandhills Ballad
City at War (The Backwaters Press), by J.V. Brummels City at War cover
Effigies: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing (Salt Publishing), by Allison Hedge Coke Allison Hedge Coke's Effigies
Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild (University of Chicago Press), by Michael Forsberg Michael Forsberg's Great Plains
Lights on a Ground of Darkness (University of Nebraska Press), by Ted Kooser Ted Kooser's Lights on a Ground of Darkness
The Loren Eiseley Reader The Loren Eiseley Reader
Safer (Delacorte Press), by Sean Doolittle Sean Doolittle's Safer
Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World (Riverhead), by Mary Pipher Mary Pipher's Seeking Peace
What Happens (University of Nebraska Press), by Hilda Raz Hilda Raz's What Happens
   
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2010 Nebraska Book Festival

Save the date. Next year’s festival has been set for November 6, 2010. For the 2010 Nebraska Book Festival, Nebraska writers and publishers with ©2010 releases (books by Nebraska authors), are invited to contact Mary Jo Ryan at 402.471.3434 or toll free at 800-307-2665, to email click here.


Join Nebraska Center for the Book

The Nebraska Center for the Book brings together the state’s readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and scholars to build the community of the book. We are people who know and love books, and who value the richness they bring to our lives.

Our Nebraska Center supports programs to celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written word. Help make a difference -- become a part of the coalition. As a bonus, you'll get the NCB newsletter free. Just click this link and follow instructions to become a member. Join Nebraska Center for the Book.