Summer weather finally reached Bemidji last week, and it’s just in time because the Bemidji Library Book Festival starts a week from today. Free and open to the public, the festival runs Monday, June 13th through Saturday, June 18th with readings scheduled at 10:30 am, 2 pm, and 7 pm daily. The lineup of fifteen authors looks pretty interesting. I’m particularly eager to hear a couple of authors I’m familiar with, the award-winning poets Heid Erdrich, whose National Monuments won the 2009 Minnesota Book Award, and Todd Boss, author of Yellowrocket and the forthcoming Pitch. And I’m excited to hear the work of authors new to me such as Julie Schumacher, Colin Wesaw, and Cynthia Kraack. this year’s keynote speaker is the Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, author of Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran. She’ll give a reading and talk on Friday at 7 pm in the Bemidji High School Auditorium. From 5pm to 7 pm, before the reading, you can buy festival authors’ books at the author fair in the BHS atrium. I and other area writers such as Kevin McColley will also be selling books at the fair. Stop by and chat with us.
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