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Saturday, April 10th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 10:00 am. Opening remarks and welcome by Judy Rule, Director, Cabell County Library. Refreshments will be available during this period. 10:00 am-3:00 pm. Various children’s story book characters will make appearances on the 4th floor. 10:00 am-6:00 pm. The following authors will be available on the 3rd floor to sign books and provide insight and advice for all aspiring authors: Rick Baumgartner, Rebecca Brock, Mary Calhoun Brown, D.C. Childs, Debra Gaskill, Regina Jeffers, Debra Johonayak, Marlene Mitchell, Sissy Marlyn, Karen Newman, Eliot Parker, Danny Pettry, Louis Rini, Cora Seaman, Sydney Burns Turnbull, Patricia West, and Charles Dahnmon Whitt. Please see the Signing Author page for details concerning the authors and their books. 10:30 am-12:30 pm. Panel Discussion: Memoir Writing. Jim Gifford, Bob Barnett, Patrick Grace, and Carter Seaton discuss a variety of ways to improve your memoir writing skills. Publishers and authors combine to contemplate both the creative and editorial aspects of biography. 1:00-2:30 pm. Cemetery Readings with Gaylord Cooper. A frequent and popular visitor to the Cabell County Library, Gaylord Cooper will present one of his fascinating insights into conducting genealogy. 2:30-5:00 pm. E-Bay and the Used Book Seller. A presentation by David Owens covering the nuts and bolts of opening and using an E-Bay account to sell used books. 6:30-8:00 pm. Keynote Speaker. Jeanette Walls, who’s highly praised biography The Glass Castle remains one of the most widely circulated works in the entire library system, will talk about her New York Times bestselling fiction work, Half Broke Horses. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.)
Sunday, April 11th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 2:00-3:30 pm. Poems at an Exhibition. Matt Wolfe presents his poetry. 2:00-3:00 pm. Gallery Walk with Beau Smith. Join Beau Smith in the Bridge Gallery at the Huntington Museum of Art. Mr. Smith, based in Ceredo, has been writing comic books for more than two decades. As well as producing his own work, Beau Smith has acquired a collection of original art works from many of the illustrators with whom he has worked. This small exhibition features 30 works. 6:00-8:00 pm. This is Home Now: Kentucky Holocaust Survivors. The B’nai Shalom Synagogue will host an evening with Arwen Donahue, who has made an important contribution to Holocaust survivor literature.
Monday, April 12th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 9:00-11:00 am. Jennifer Bradbury, who has written a wonderful young adult novel, Shift, will appear at Fairfield High School, Ohio, where she will, doubtless, inspire the fledgling author. From 1:00-2:30 pm Ms. Bradbury will bring the same inspiration to Huntington High School. These sessions are not open to the public. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.) 12:00-1:15 pm. Arwen Donahue will visit Ashland Community & Technical College to address an audience in the Mansbach Memorial Library on the work she wrote to accompany the photographs of Rebecca Gail Howell, This is Home Now: Kentucky Holocaust Survivors 6:00 pm. Lisa Cook a native of South Point, Ohio has recently released a second historical romance, A Midwife Crisis. She will have a program and book signing at Briggs Lawrence PL, Southern Branch, 317 Solida Road, South Point, Ohio 6:00-7:00 pm. Shaker Romance: Not an Oxymoron. Ann Gabhart. Author of nineteen books, both children’s and adult’s, Ann Gabhart has written a second book, The Believer, set against the backdrop of the historical Shaker community in central Kentucky where she lives. 7:30-8:30 pm. Witness at Hawk’s Nest. Milton native Dwight Harshbarger will provide an illustrated account of the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel industrial disaster, perhaps the most under-reported industrial accident in American history, which is the theme of his latest novel.
Tuesday, April 13th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 10:30-11:30. Poetry Alive will bring their dynamic and energetic approach to encourage people to participate in poetry to Hamlin Elementary School. Then, they will do it all again at Southside Elementary School from 1:00-2:00 pm. These sessions are not open to the public, but have been coordinated to bring extra-curricular activity to local schools as part of the Ohio River Festival of Books. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.) 11:00 am-2:00 pm. Ashland Community & Technical College will host a Sidewalk Poetry Contest on the sidewalks of its College Drive and Technology Drive campuses. 2:00-4:00 pm. Poetry Writing Demystified. Educators and poets, Mark Defoe and Laura Bentley, lead a panel discussion on the approaches that shape their poetry and how you can unleash your own muse. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.) 3:15-4:15 pm. Continuing with the Tuesday theme of poetry, Jeff Worley, editor of What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets will make an appearance at the Ashland Community & Technical College to discuss his involvement in this volume which celebrates contemporary Kentucky poetry. This will take place in the Mansbach Memorial Library at the College Drive Campus. 6:00 pm. Lisa Cook a native of South Point, Ohio has recently released a second historical romance, A Midwife Crisis. She will have a program and book signing at Briggs Lawrence PL, Southern Branch, 317 Solida Road, South Point, Ohio 6:30-7:30 pm. Popular local journalist and author Dave Lavender will be at the Guyandotte Branch Library.
6:00-8:00 pm. Dwight Harshbarger will entertain his home town crowd at the Milton Branch Library for an encore performance of Witness at Hawk’s Nest
Wednesday, April 14th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 10:00-12:00. Madcap Puppets will be bringing their madcap puppetry skills (what else) to a currently undetermined location for the entertainment and education of the local area schools. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.) 1:00-2:30 pm. Craig Johnson . Mr. Johnson has written some jolly good mystery tales, and has won several awards from various mystery and western writers’ associations. Spend your lunchtime with an award winning author. 2:00-5:00 pm. Miki Crawford, author of Japanese War Brides in America will make an appearance at the Ohio University Southern Campus in Ironton. 6:00-8:00 pm. Another award winning author, Jean Edward Smith, will be on the campus of Marshall University for a talk and book signing. Dr. Smith has won widespread acclaim for his biographical studies of FDR, Ulysses S. Grant, John Marshall, and Henry Lucius Clay. Currently Dr. Smith is working on the completion of his study of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Thursday, April 15th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 10:00-12:00 am. Madcap Puppets will make a second presentation of their skills and craft at the J.B. Sowards Theatre, College Drive Campus, in Ashland. (THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT) 10:00-12:00 am. Mark Crilley, illustrator and comic book creator will be available at the Barboursville Branch Library and then from 1:30-2:30 pm at the Salt Rock Branch Library. A great opportunity for anyone interested in the perennial 12:00 am-1:30 pm. Join the Friends of the Library, and then come to the Friends Luncheon where M. Glenn Taylor will speak about his successful first novel, Trenchmouth Taggart. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.) 3:15-4:30 pm. Chris Holbrook author of Upheaval at the Mansbach Memorial Library of Ashland Community & Technical College, College Drive Campus. Holbrook’s collection of short stories has received very favorable reviews for its honest and eloquent depiction of Appalachia. 5:00-6:30 pm. For those who could not attend Craig Johnson’s appearance downtown, he will be at the Gallaher Village Branch Library. 6:00-8:00 pm. Paul Martin will be at the West Huntington branch Library to sign copies of his novel, underthebridge.com. The novel features the trials and tribulations of a former dot-com business executive who finds himself a homeless fugitive in Sinking Creek, in rural Virginia. Taking refuge with a struggling country family, the novel explores the contact and conflict between protagonists of very different backgrounds. Described as "deftly-handled" and "deeply humane," this is Paul Martin's first novel. A 2001 winner of the Fellowship for Fiction awarded by the west Virginia Department of Culture and History, marin's short fiction has appeared in numerous and diverse publications. 6:00-8:00 pm. The Meaning of Narnia. The timeless classic, The Chronicles of Narnia, has been reprinted countless times, turned into a play, and made into a number of movies. Devin Brown, a Kentucky based scholar of C.S. Lewis, will shed light on the meaning of this much-loved literature. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.)
Friday, April 16th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 12:00 am-1:00 pm. How They See Us-and Why. Sharyn McCrumb has developed a huge following for her work, with the Ballad series established as one of the best pieces of contemporary regional writing. In this informative lecture she examines the perceptions of Appalachia among non-Appalachians, and why those perceptions exist. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.)
6:00-8:00 pm. Met Any Crackpots Lately? Morgantown resident Sara Pritchard won widespread acclaim for her novel Crackpots. Come and find out what you knew already, every family has got one!
Saturday, April 17th (Details of This Day's Events, .pdf format, click here) 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Friends of the Library Booksale. The Friends of the Library will open up the booksale room for all bargain hunters, readers, and collectors. 10:00 am-12:00 pm. The Children’s Department will host a party for children who come dressed as their favorite storybook character. Let’s have a lot of Wild Things! 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Sharyn McCrumb will be at the Flatwoods (Ky.) Branch of the Greenup County (Public) Library to present a program on Writing About Racing. Devotees of Ms. McCrumb’s NASCAR titles will not want to miss this, nor, indeed, anyone who has become enchanted by her diverse and versatile voice. 10:00 am-6:00 pm. The following authors will be available on the 3rd floor to sign books and provide insight and advice for all aspiring authors: Jim Casto, Gina McKnight D’Andrea, Jack & Kay Dickinson, Danny Fulks, John Hanna, Ron Houchin, Brandy McCoy, John & Llewellyn McKernan, Howard Swick, Lynn Tincher, Darryl Markowitz, Regina Dior, Blake Schaefer, Brandee McCoy and Bob Withers. Please see the Signing Author page for details concerning the authors and their books. 1:00-2:30 pm. Preserving & Presenting the Documentation of Our State. Director of the West Virginia State Archives, Joe Geiger, examines the issues and themes in preserving the documentary heritage of the state of West Virginia. 2:30-5:00 pm. Book appraisal. Bring your treasures to Chris Hatten and Gordon Simmons, two of West Virginia’s leading experts on the “gentle madness.” 6:30-8:00 pm. The Celts and the Appalachians. Sharyn McCrumb closes out the 2010 Festival with a talk on the relationship between the Celts of Europe and the Appalachians of the New World. A reception will be held. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.)
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6:00-8:00 pm. Poetry Alive will perform at the Cabell County Library. (Funding for this program has been made possible by the West Virginia Humanities Council.)