BOOKMARKS 2009 Festival of Books is an annual free-to-the-public event held in Winston-Salem, NC that focuses on both youth and adult literacy. Novice writers and readers of all ages are inspired by and learn from authors, illustrators, storytellers and chefs through readings, workshops, panel discussions, cooking demonstrations, and creative and interactive activities for children and teens.
In partnership with community organizations, BOOKMARKS Festival of Books features live entertainment, a variety of food vendors and reading-related exhibitors.
| SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 The Festival of Books is FREE for everyone!Be sure to check out our "Meet the Authors" Party the day before the festival! | |||
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BOOKMARKS 2009 Honorary Chair
“I can think of few better ways to spend a Saturday than with authors and fellow readers gathered together to celebrate books. BOOKMARKS demonstrates Winston-Salem’s commitment to literacy and the arts, and I am honored to be the honorary chair for the festival’s fifth year.”
— David Payne, BOOKMARKS 2009 Honorary Chair
2009 FESTIVAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
BOOKMARKS 2009 Festival of Books features John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Justin Fox, The Myth of the Rational Market, and Carol Boston Weatherford, Becoming Billie Holiday, and more than 40 other local, regional and nationally renowned authors representing a wide range of literary genres. Among the venues you can select are:
Food for Thought – Culinary Venue
Watch chefs demonstrate recipes from their cookbooks and enjoy the samples! Meet chefs Frank Stitt, whose recipes will transport you to Italy; Christiane Jory, whose recipes will help you cook on a budget; Janis Owens, whose recipes are a celebration of Down-Home Family Stories and Cuisine and Chris Smith, who will teach you easy recipes for healthy eating.
Food for Thought's Cooks and Kitchen will be on the Millenium Center Dock.
Young Readers Central
Meet and interact with authors whose works are written especially for children and teens, including Sonia Manzano, “aka Maria of Sesame Street”, Carole Boston Weatherford and local writer Kim Underwood. Participate in age-appropriate workshops and gather around community leaders who read from a favorite children’s book.
Young Readers Central Workshops will be in the DADA Community Center for the Arts.
Workshop: The New Frontier: Graphic Novels, Webcomics and Manga
Comics, narrative combinations of words and pictures, have existed for well over a century, but only recently have they become a formidable presence in mainstream book publishing. Graphic novels (long-form comics narratives) are now reviewed alongside prose works in periodicals like the New York Times Book Review, have been chosen as a TIME Magazine's best book of the year, and have even garnered The Guardian's First Book Award. While traditional print newspapers struggle to remain afloat, webcomics--online comic strips and longer serialized online comics stories--are growing ever more popular, with 15,000 titles on the web and counting. Beginning in the mid '90s, Manga (Japanese comics) has become a major force in youth culture in the U.S., and with its success has come an increasing diversity of titles and genres of Manga translated and sold in the domestic market. Join a panel of cartoonists, scholars and retailers for a discussion of the emerging presence of these three types of comics in today's publishing environment.
Panelists include: Ben Towle, Ursula Vernon, Mark West, Adam Casey, and moderator Craig Fischer.
Adam Casey is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Arts School of Filmmaking. When not trying his hand at making his own comics, he is the manager of Ssalefish Comics in Winston-Salem.
Craig Fischer, panel moderator, is an associate professor in the English Department at Appalachian State University. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, the editorial board of Cinema Journal, and the Executive Committee of the International Comic Arts Forum at the Library of Congress. His current research projects include co-writing a book on the English/Australian cartoonist Eddie Campbell.
Ben Towle is an Eisner-nominated cartoonist known primarily for his work with SLG Publishing, including the recent historical fiction graphic novel Midnight Sun as well as his earlier volume of comics folk tales, Farewell, Georgia. He's recently illustrated Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, a graphic novel for young adults forthcoming from Hyperion Books and he's currently hard at work on a creator-owned fantasy story about turn of the century Chesapeake Bay oystermen.
Ursula Vernon is a freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She is best known for the webcomic Digger and the children's book Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew. She was nominated for the 2006 Eisner Awards in the category Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition. Her most recent book, Dragonbreath, was released this June.
Mark I. West is a Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches courses in children's and young adult literature. He has published numerous books and articles, most of which relate to children’s literature and culture. His books include The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki; Psychoanalytic Responses to Children's Literature; Wellsprings of Imagination: Voices Against Censorship in Children's Literature; and Before Oz: Juvenile Fantasy Stories from Nineteenth-Century America. Before becoming a professor, West performed as a professional puppeteer.
Workshop: Finding the Creative Spark
Kim Underwood writes columns and feature stories for the Winston-Salem Journal. Garnet Goldman is an artist and teacher. They met when Kim asked Garnet to illustrate his first book His Dogness Finds a Blue Heart. They are now married and live with Sparkle Girl and Doobins in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Their newest collaboration, The Wonderful World of Sparkle Girl & Doobins, is a beautiful children’s book that tells the story of a loving family’s magical world.
Kim will deliver an author session for kids, featuring his new release, in BOOKMARKS’ Young Readers Central.
Kim and Garnet will jointly conduct a workshop “Finding the Creative Spark _ the Author/Illustrator Connection” in the workshops venue.
Enjoy the day from cover to cover!
