Festival Schedule

Literary Arts Showcase Opening Reception
Fri, Aug 28
Morehead
Reception Opens at 5:00 pm 5:30-6:00 pm Keynote – Gwen Akers 6:00-7:00 pm Bloodroot Young Writers Collaborative Reading 7:00-8:00 pm Community Open Mic
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Writing Workshops
Sat, Aug 29
Morehead
10:00-11:00 am Poetry - TBA 11:15 am-12:15 pm Creative Non-fiction - Mandi Fugate Sheffel 12:30-1:30pm LUNCH 1:45-2:45 pm Fiction - Gwenda Bond 3:00-4:00 pm Cross-genre – Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. 5:00 - 7:00 pm Walk with Author Ann Colbert at Rodburn Park
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ALAF Author Experience
Sun, Aug 30
Morehead
Book Festival at CoffeeTree Books and Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop 10:00-10:15 am Welcome/Kickoff 10:30-11:15 am Keynote - George Ella Lyon 11:30 am-12:30 pm Author PANEL 12:30-1:30 pm LUNCH 1:30-2:30 pm Publisher PANEL 2:45-4:30 pm Coffee Hour & Mingling 4:30-5:30 pm Keynote - Crystal Wilkinson
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Battson-Oates Music & Readings
Sun, Aug 30
Morehead
Music and Mingling at Sawstone Brewing Co. & Battson-Oates Entertainment Center 6:00-6:45 pm Matthew Sidney Parsons 7:00-7:45 pm Doug Van Gundy 8:00-8:45 pm Roberta Schultz & Raison D’Etre 9:00-10:00 pm Will Oldham
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