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The
schedules below are from BookFest '08 that took place on June 21,
2008. Please check out some of the wonderful authors and entertainers
that were involved in this year's event.
Check back for the schedule for BookFest '09!
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10:00
a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Patty Kreamer
Organization
Expert
Patty
Kreamer, CPO® is the President of Kreamer Connect, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based
company that works with residential and corporate clients to become
more productive and perform better while at the same time simplifying
their work and lives. Patty's first book, But I Might Need It
Someday, helps individuals understand the habits that keep them
from organizing their work and lives. Her second book, The Power
of Simplicity, will compel you to think before you make choices.
Patty is seen regularly in the media as she shares her fun and energetic
style with the audiences of publications like The Pittsburgh
Post Gazette, Pittsburgh Business Times, and through
television shows like LifeQuest, KDKA's Morning Show,
and One on One with Lee Adams. She was named Women's Business
Network's 2007 Woman of the Year.
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10:30
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Judy Robinson & Michael Wurster
Editors of Along These Rivers
Judith
R. Robinson is an editor, teacher, fiction writer and poet. She
is poetry editor and contributor to Signatures, the Osher Institute
at Carnegie Mellon University and Ring Road Press. She is principal
editor of Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami. Robinson has
taught and conducted workshops for the Pittsburgh Public Schools
and Allegheny Community College. She currently teaches poetry for
Osher at Carnegie Mellon University.
Michael Wurster founded Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange in 1974. He has
taught poetry at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School since 1993,
and holds private classes at his Bedford Square atelier. He also
organizes the Southside Poetry Smorgasbord; the monthly national
poet study group at Borders North Pittsburgh; and his weekly symposium
at City Books Café Descartes every Saturday afternoon.
In 1996, he was the inaugural recipient of the Harry Schwalb Excellence
in the Arts award by Pittsburgh Magazine for his contributions to
poetry and the community. His two poetry collections are Cruelty
of the Desert and The Snake Charmers Daughter.
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11:00
a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Nancy Stampahar
Author of Peace, Love and Lemonade: A Recipe to Make
your Life Sweeter
Nancy Stampahar is the author of peace, love and lemonade: a
recipe to make your life sweeter and the founder of Silver Lining
Solutions® a keynote speaking and an organizational development
training business.
Nancy
will share how she and her inspiring family of three made lemonade
out of their lemons through the power of choice.
Please
visit peaceloveandlemonade.com.
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11:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Jim O'Brien
Author of Steeler Stuff, The Chief and many
others
Jim
O'Brien has been hailed as "Pittsburgh's premier sports historian"
by legendary sportscaster, the late Myron Cope. He has written books
about the Pirates, Steelers and Penguins and some of the area's outstanding
athletes in all sports. O'Brien has written 17 books about Pittsburgh
sports over the past sixteen years, 19 on Pittsburgh sports altogether
and a total of 22 books. His newest book, Steeler Stuff, is
a thrilling account of the Steelers' 2005 Super Bowl team.
Jims
topic will be Keep The Faith and Dare To Dream. In his
presentation, he will share why he writes and talk about the central
theme of all his books.
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12:30
p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Annette Dashofy
Author and Member of Pennwriters
Annette Dashofy has been a member of Pennwriters since 2004. She has
been the Pittsburgh area's representative for nearly two years and
is the 2009 Conference Coordinator. She has had several articles and
short mysteries published including one that was named a finalist
for a 2007 Derringer Award. She currently has two mystery novels under
submission in New York courtesy of the agent she signed with as a
result of a Pennwriters conference and is working on a third. She
is also the vice president of the local chapter of Sisters in Crime.
Annette will speak about her experiences with Pennwriters and will
also offer advice and answer questions regarding submitting to agents
and editors. www.annettedashofy.com |
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12:45
p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Open
Mic
Please see Val Brkich at the main stage to sign up for a time
slot
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1:30
p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Nancy Martin
Author of the Blackbird Sisters Mysteries
As an author of romance novels, Martin has been
published in 19 languages around the world and has appeared on bestsellers
lists in the US and Canada. But after 38 love stories, she has turned
to her real passionmurder mysteries. Her first mystery, HOW
TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE was published in October 2002 and launched
the very successful Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series. Nancy grew up
in Western Pennsylvania and currently lives in Pittsburgh. She graduated
from Westminster College and taught English in Williamsport, Pa.,
before turning to writing just after the birth of her first child.
She conducts writing workshops in the U.S. and Canada. |
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2:30
p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Mark Levine [click for more
info]
Author of The Fine Print of Self-Publishing (now
in its 3rd edition) and Saturn Return
Self-Publishing
Presentation:
- Self-publishing
v. Traditional Publishing
- Why
Self-Publish?
- Difference
between self-publishing on your own and working with a self-publishing
company
- 6
Qualities a Good Self-Publishing Company Must Have
- Why
Authors Must Know What It Really Costs to Print Copies of Their
Books
- How
To Determine If a Self-Publishing Company is Paying Fair Royalties
- How
To Cost-Effectively Market & Sell Your Book Using the Internet
and Traditional Book Marketing Techniques
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3:30
p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Jay Speyerer
Author of Cat Got Your Thumb?, The Stories of Our
Days, and The Story System: The Guide to the Methodical Memoir
Jay Speyerer has been a speaker and an educator for nearly 30 years,
successfully helping people achieve their goals in English, writing,
editing, media communication, and presentation skills. Jay's communication
clients range from Avon representatives to health care workers to
the family historians at the Genealogy & Family Heritage Jamboree,
among a host of others. Having written books, short stories, screenplays,
essays, and articles, he has conducted many writing workshops, has
had screenplays optioned, and has been published in numerous magazines
and anthologies. Jay is the author of Cat Got Your Thumb?,
The Stories of Our Days, and The Story System: The Guide
to the Methodical Memoir. Recently, he succeeded in getting
pi to come out even.
How
to Build a Story: The B-M-E Method - You can write your true stories
using techniques of fiction writing. That's because, deep down,
you understand story. Many of us know that a story has three parts:
beginning, middle, and end. But we might not know what goes into
each of those three parts. Learn what must happen in each part for
the whole to be complete. Then you can tell a captivating story.
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4:00
p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tom Lipinski
Author of the Carroll Dorsey series
Tom
Lipinski is a mystery writer and the creator of the Carroll Dorsey
series, a hard-hitting, richly textured examination of the religious,
social and political underbelly of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The
series includes The Fall-Down Artist, A Picture of Her Tombstone,
and Steel City Confessions. The third in the series, Steel
City Confessions, is up for a SHAMUS award. Death in the
Steel City is his most recent in the series.
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CHILDREN'S
AREA [back
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Mini-Stage
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9:00
a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Story
Time
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9:30
a.m.- 10:00 a.m.
Gregory E. Woods (Dawn Wolf)
Gregory is an African-Native American keeper of stories who hails
from Maryland. Within the beauty of the circle he will engage our
children with stories from Africa and Turtle Island. |
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10:00
a.m.- 10:30 a.m.
Dave Crawley
Dave will read poems from some of the nine anthologies and two
books ("Dog Poems" and "Cat Poems") in which his
work appears. He will also share the first poem he ever wrote (in
the fifth grade!) and talk about how he writes poems. |
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10:30
a.m. - 11:15 p.m.
Marc Harshman, Story Teller
Marc will delight K - 4th graders with his storytelling with
audience participation tales! He will also share a few of his books
with you! |
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11:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Dr.
Seuss Hour!
Writer
Lynn Radford will read from the many works of this beloved author,
and guide young and old through several Seuss-themed crafts. Join
Lynn and let out your inner "Cat in the Hat!"
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12:30
p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
Kelsey Friday & The Rest of the Week
Kelsey, formerly the lead singer of "Brownie Mary,"
will sing children's songs. |
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1:30
p.m.- 2:00 p.m.
Lynn Radford
Come help Lynn create pictures for her soon to be published picture
book, Dreamland! Listen as she reads the fanciful bedtime story.
Let your imagination run wild as you draw pictures of your favorite
part! Who knows? You may become a published illustrator! |
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2:00
p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Oogles & Googles - International Explorer's Enrichment Program
Come and experience an Oogles n Googles LIVE childrens
show! We will be taking a trip around the world in our International
Explorer program using song, dance and most importantly our imaginations!
This program is fully engaging, high-energy and above allfun!!
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3:00
p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Dave Crawley
Dave will read poems from some of the nine anthologies and two
books ("Dog Poems" and "Cat Poems") in which
his work appears. He will also share the first poem he ever wrote
(in the fifth grade!) and talk about how he writes poems.
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3:30
p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Debbie Mancini-Wilson, Author of 'Color My World'
Join Debbie while she unwraps your child's mind and unleashes
their creativity during her poetry-writing workshop. Debbie will read
poems from her book and share her secrets on finding inspiration in
our 'normal' everyday lives. Then, with her Origami Poetry Writers
she will help kids write poetry using fun, goofy made-up words. If
your kids are creative, they will love this workshop. If not, let
Debbie help discover that corner of their mind! It's in there! |
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4:00
p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Jennifer
Rupredt
Jennifer Ruprecht is the author of The Crayon Kids' Art Adventure,
a creative book encourages children to "think outside the crayon
box." Jennifer will be reading from her book and leading a
fun coloring craft for the kids.
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Activities |
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Princess
Section-
Little girls can get their hair and makeup done, make a wand fit for
a fairy
princess, then read a book
with Snow White! Don't forget your cameras! |
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Pirate
Section- BookFest will have a swash-buckling
Pirate Section where kids can have beards and mustaches painted on
their face, and they'll even get an eye patch! After that, they can
head over to the reading section for an exciting pirate tale and a
fun pirate craft! |
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Dr.
Seuss Section- What literary event
would be complete without tons and tons of Dr. Seuss?! We will have
an entire section dedicated to this literary genius. Come and play
plinko and ring toss, read stories and take home awesome Seuss-inspired
crafts! |
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Crafts
- Reading-related crafts and activities going on all day long! |
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Face
Painting
& Balloon
Animals |
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BRIDGE STREET SHOPS EVENTS [back
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11:30am
- 12:00pm
Free Window Treatment Clinic
Inside the Attic - 99 Bridge Street, Suites 2 & 3
1:30
- 2:00pm
Free Window Treatment Clinic
Inside the Attic - 99 Bridge Street, Suites 2 & 3
3:30
- 4:00pm
Free Window Treatment Clinic
Inside the Attic - 99 Bridge Street, Suites 2 & 3
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