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50+ AUTHORS • BOOK SIGNINGS
WRITING WORKSHOPS • FAMILY ACTIVITIES
EXHIBITS • PERFORMANCES
FESTIVAL EVENTS OCT. 10-12, 2014
DELMAR LOOP, UNIVERSITY CITY
presented by:
SAINT LOUIS LITERARY CONSORTIUM
UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS & LETTERS COMMISSION
ST. LOUIS INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE ALLIANCE
UNIVERSITY CITY LIBRARY
Promoting the Literary Arts in the Greater Saint Louis Area
www.stllit.blogspot.com
FEATURED AUTHORS
For Adults - Main Tent A
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM - Cooking Missouri
Nina Furstenau, Savor Missouri and Liz Fathman & Maddie Earnest, Missouri Harvest
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM - Anne Leckie, Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, British Science Fiction, Locus and Arthur C. Clarke Awards
Once the soldier known as Breq was the Justice of Toren - a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence
linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of
treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning
desire for vengeance.
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM - Missouri Poets Laureate & Poetry Center Contest Winners
First Missouri Poet Laureate Walter Bargen will read along with winners of the Wednesday Club Poetry
Contest, St. Louis Writers Guild’s Deane Wagner Poetry Contest, Warrior Poet Award, and the St. Louis
Poetry Center’s James Nash Member Contest. Readers include Katy Gordon, Vincent Casaregola, David Bond,
Justin Philip Reed, Jane Ellen Ibur, Jennifer Goldring, and gaye gambell-peterson.
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM - Elaine Viets, Catnapped & the Dead End Job Series
Winner of an Anthony Award and an Agatha Award
Elaine Viets has actually worked many of those dead-end jobs in her mystery novels, just like her character
Helen Hawthorne. She is also the author of the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series and numerous short stories.
2:00 PM - 2:55 PM - Emerging Voices on the National Literary Landscape
John Dalton (Heaven Lake), Laura McHugh (The Weight of Blood), and Fred Venturini (The Heart Does Not Grow
Back). Meet three talented local authors who hail from the St. Louis area, but who are getting rave reviews
across the country.
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM - Our Pens are Mighty
Celebrating 50 Writers and Authors with STL250 and the Office of St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green.
4:00 PM - 4:55 PM - St. Louis Stories: How Place Informs Creativity
Charlie Brennan (Amazing St. Louis), Joe Edwards (Walk of Fame), Kevin Killeen (Never Hug a Nun and Try to
Kiss a Girl) and William Stage (Have a Weird Day)
SATURDAY
For Kids - Main Tent B
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM - Storytelling
Cat in the Hat with special guest, courtesy of Barnes & Noble
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM - Patricia McKissack, Mirandy and Brother Wind
PEN/Steven Kroll Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Newbery Medal runner-up
Author of children’s books including: A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Color Me Dark: The
Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North, and Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French
Slave Girl, and Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba.
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM - Write & Illustrate Your Own Book
Authors, poets, and illustrators Joe Mohr (Robot + Bike + Kitten) and Dan Killeen (Tilllie & Clementine) lead a
workshop for children aspiring to tell their own stories.
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM - Ridley Pearson, Peter & the Starcatchers, Kingdom Keepers
International and New York Times #1 bestselling author of forty-eight novels for both adults and children,
Ridley Pearson has had his work translated into two dozen languages and adapted for both network television
and the broadway stage.
2:00 PM - 2:55 PM - Poet-Power Workshop for Youth
Poet educator Jane Ellen Ibur will thrill and entertain with poetry tools and techniques for children.
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM - Storytelling with Bobby Norfolk
Three-time Emmy winner, Bobby has been a professional entertainer since 1971. His natural talent combined
with a background in theatre and comedy has made him one of the top storytellers in the country today and he
brings energy, humor and spirit to all of his performances.
4:00 PM - 4:55 PM - Goodnight St. Louis with June Herman & Julie Dubray
For St. Louisans of all ages, a homegrown phenomenon and a delightful read for children of all ages.
WRITING WORKSHOPS
STL Writers Guild Tents 1 & 2
Tent 1
Tent 2
Nonfiction Writers: The Real History Detectives
Memoir
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM
Harper Barnes (Never Been a Time),
Joan Barthel (An American Saint, Girl Singer)
Catherine Rankovic (moderator)
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM
Literary Fiction: What is it? What sets it apart?
John Dalton (Inverted Forest)
Mary Troy (Beauties)
Marshall Klimasewiski (The Cottagers)
Edmund de Chasca
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM
Write Out in the Open: LGBT Lit
Marge O’Gorman (Living True)
Jeffrey Ricker (Detours)
Gary Meier (Hidden Voices: Reflections of a Gay,
Catholic Priest)
Kathleen Finneran (The Tenderland)
Jean Ellen Whatley (Off The Leash)
Terry Mulligan (Sugar Hill)
Mary Ellen Havard (moderator)
Creative Nonfiction: Blurring the Lines
Andrew Atherton (DRAFTED: The Mostly True Tales
of a Rear Echelon Mother F**ker)
Jeffrey Copeland (Inman’s War, Aint No Harm to Kill
the Devil)
Luke Adler (Chasing Bandits: Ten Stories of Bad Guys
and the Good Guys Who Catch Them)
Getting the Most from Your Writing Community
Whether You Write Fiction or Nonfiction
Peter Green (Crime of Design, Ben’s War with the US
Marines)
T.W. Fendley (Zero Time)
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM
Creating Your Sci Fi/Fantasy World
Ann Leckie (Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword)
Angie Fox (Accidental Demon Slayer)
Literary Journals: Why They Matter & How to
Submit
Jessica Rogen, Boulevard
Richard Newman, River Styx
Gianna Jacobson, December
Jennifer Goldring, Natural Bridge
Jeff Hamilton, (moderator)
SATURDAY
University City Library
Room 1
Room 2
Critiquing Poetry with the St. Louis Poetry Center
Workshops
Paths to Publishing
Crafting the Perfect Crime Novel
Sisters in Crime
Illustrating Children’s Books
Jonathan Smith, Richard Newman, Pam Garvey,
Eamonn Wall, Sally Van Doren (moderator)
St. Louis Publisher’s Association
St. Louis Literary Consortium
Treehouse Author Services
Elaine Viets (Catnapped, and many others)
Fedora Amis (Jack the Ripper in St. Louis)
Claire Applewhite (Wrong Side of Memphis, St. Louis
Hustle, and more)
Pam DeVoe (moderator)
Richard Bernal (Jag, Splash in the Ocean, and more)
John Hendrix (Shooting at the Stars, Sarah Edmonds,
John Brown, and more)
Jennifer Stolzer (Caribou)
Place & Character in Historical Fiction
CONCURRENT ACTIVITY
Steve Wiegenstein (Slant of Light, This Old World)
Nicole Evalina (The Guinevere Trilogy)
Leland Shanle (Project 7 Alpha, Vengeance, Endgame)
Marie Savage (Oracles of Delphi)
Forest Park Forever lecture featuring Linda Ballard,
author of Forest Park Statues and Monuments. Noon
until 2:00 PM
School & Street: Poetry as a Healing Force
Young Adult: Why it’s So Hot
A panel discussion with poet educators followed by
Q & A with: MK Stallings, Jane Ellen Ibur, Susan
Grigsby, Brit Blasingame, Matthew Freeman, Meru
Mauad-dib-Bey, Glendal Wallace, Jason Vasser with
Nancy Hughes as moderator
Cole Gibsen (Shinobi)
Heather Brewer (The Slayer Chronicles)
Kristy Makansi (The Seeds Trilogy)
Jennifer Anderson (Honey Creek Royalty series)
>> AT FRO-YO - 6329 Delmar Blvd <<
>> Componere Gallery, 6509 Delmar Blvd. <<
<< CONCURRENT ACTIVITIES >>
Crafts for kids, robots in literature & the Robo Lions at the University City Library
WRITING WORKSHOPS
STL Writers Guild Tents 1 & 2
Tent 1
Tent 2
Building Suspense for Mystery and Crime Novels
Them’s Fightn’ Words: Writing the Fight Scene
2:00 PM - 2:55 PM
Jed Ayres (Peckerwood)
Scott L. Miller (Counterfeit and Interrogation)
John Ryan (Allegiance)
Kristina Makansi (Oracles of Delphi & editor, Blank
Slate Press)
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM
Making Your Story Sizzle: Writing Sex Scenes
That Don’t Fizzle
Jeannie Lin (The Jade Temptress)
Jade Lee (The Groom’s Gamble, and more)
Angie Fox (Accidental Demon Slayer)
<< SNEAK PREVIEW - SPOKEN WORD >>
Brad Cook (Iron Horsemen) Began fencing at 13,
trained with Olympic fencers, and has been a fencing
instructor
David Lucas - Fourth Degree Black Belt in Chinese
Kenpo
What Makes a Good Short Story Great?
Murray Farish (Inappropriate Behavior)
Jeffrey Ricker (Detours, The Unwanted)
Edmund de Chasca (Sr. Editor, Boulevard)
Jennifer Dunn Stewart (flash fiction)
Jason Makansi (moderator)
3:00 - Vintage Vinyl - 6610 Delmar Blvd.
(see LIT AFTER DARK for more)
4:00 PM - 4:55 PM
Urban Fiction
Brenda Hampton (The Reunion Show, A Plus Size
Diva, Jaylin’s World)
Keisha Ervin (Recklas, Girls from da Hood)
The Craft and Business of Romance
Jeannie Lin (The Jade Temptress)
Jade Lee (The Groom’s Gamble, and more)
Angie Fox (Accidental Demon Slayer)
MOWRA (moderator)
LIT AFTER DARK
Spoken Word, Open Mic, Words & Music - FREE
3:00 PM at Vintage Vinyl (6610 Delmar Blvd.), 7:30 PM at the Duck Room, Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar
Blvd.) - Jason Vassar, Spoken Word coordinator, Michael Castro, Words & Music, coordinator
SATURDAY
University City Library
Room 1
Room 2
Poetry Curators: What’s Involved:
Graphic Novels: Pictures Worth 1,000 Words
St. Louis Poetry Center presents a panel of poetry
series curators including: Dwight Bitikofer, Kim
Lozano, Chris Parr, Stephanie Schlaifer, Steve
Schroeder, MK Stallings, Jason Vasser, and Drucilla
Wall, and Jeff Hamilton (moderator)
Warrior’s Writing Project
Featuring poets & veterans Tim Leach, John S.
Tieman, Marcel Toussaint and author/poet Jay Harden and participants in the current VA workshops with
poet educator Jane Ellen Ibur and Warriors Arts
Alliance director Deborah Marshall. Readers are
followed by a panel discussion
One World, Many Voices: Multiculturalism in the
Literary World
Winnie Sullivan (moderator)
John Han, Marcel Toussaint, Alice Azure,
Jason Makansi, Terry Mulligan
SUNDAY - UNIVERSITY CITY LIBRARY
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM
Cross Genre Lit
Eric Lundgren (The Facades)
Kevin Huizenga (Curses), Tim Lane (Abandoned
Cars), Jennifer Stolzer (Caribou), Dan Zettwoch
(Roadside America), Heather Brewer (8th Grade Bites)
>> at Star Clipper, 6392 Delmar Blvd .<<
Writing Children’s Books
Ridley Pearson (Peter & the Starcatchers, The Kingdom
Keepers series)
John Hendrix (Hook’s Revenge)
Susan Grigsby (First Peas to the Table)
UCity Librarian (moderator)
<< Craft Alliance Gallery, 6640 Delmar Blvd. >>
ACROSS THE GRAIN
A reading of ekphrastic (responsive) poetry in the
Craft Alliance Gallery with the exhibition Precision
Cut. Poets include: Eugene Redmond, Shirley LeFlore, Susan Lively, Pamela Garvey, Jason Vasser, and
more. A responsive open mic to follow readers.
2:00 PM - 2:55 PM
Poetry: Workshop Critique - Richard Newman, of River
Styx magazine, conducts a Poetry Center Workshop. Submissions are closed, but all are welcome. Ends at 3:45 PM.
Featured Children’s Author- Jessica Day George,
(Thursdays with the Crown, and more)
ACTIVITIES FOR WRITERS AND READERS OF ALL AGES
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 7:30 pm • University City, City Hall, 5th Floor
LIT IN THE LOU LAUNCH PARTY
Tradition of Literary Excellence Award: William H. Gass • Recognition for Missouri Center for the Book / Library
of Congress Letters About Literature Winners • Poets Laureate Readings
Saturday, October 11, 2014 • 10:00 am - 10:00 pm • FREE EVENTS
Ackert Park and Walkway at Delmar @ Melville (by the Chuck Berry statue)
University City Library and Delmar Loop Merchants (see schedule)
Sunday, October 12, 2014 • 1:00 am - 4:00 pm • FREE EVENTS
University City Library
SPONSORS
DONORS &
EXHIBITORS
University City Public Library
St. Louis Publishers Association
Racanelli’s
Blueberry Hill
Fro-Yo
Vintage Vinyl
The Melting Pot
Star Clipper
Craft Alliance
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
Barnes & Noble
Sisters in Crime
Warriors’ Arts Alliance
Amphora Publishing Group
December Journal
Boulevard Journal
Robert Lucas
St. Louis Public Library
Library Consortium
Show Me Cannabis
Living Like a Lady
Jewish Book Festival
MoRWA
Ken and Nancy Kranzberg
Kiki Jordan
Loop Special Business District
Anonymous Gifts
PARKING
The Loop is conveniently
located just blocks from the
MetroLink Delmar Station.
A pedestrian pathway leading to The Loop starts directly
across Rosedale Avenue from
the station parking lot.
Municipal parking lots on both
sides of Delmar and metered
parking are also available.
All LIT IN THE LOU events
are handicap accessible.