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| Summer reading may be coming to a close, but how about fall? A perfect time to prime your pump for early October's second Island Literary Festival. |
Recently I finished reading the two books shown above. Both were apart from my typical reading stack of non-fiction books, but I admit to having enjoyed both very much.
My real impetus for the recent fiction binge was to better inform myself on a couple of Wisconsin's leading writers who will help lead the Washington Island's 2014 Literary Festival, Thursday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 5.
Although the Trueblood Performing Arts Center (TPAC) will be the main venue for presentations and panel discussions, workshops and events will also be held at other island locations. Examples: a hospitality event coupled with registration will be held Friday evening, Oct, 3 at the Farm Museum barn. Dinner and a presentation by current Wisconsin Poet Laureate Max Garland will be held Saturday evening at the Island Dairy. Sunday afternoon a story telling event will be held at the Red Barn near Gislason Beach. Workshops will be held at the Washington Hotel classroom building and backstage at the TPAC on Friday.
There ought to be plenty of variety for everyone's tastes, ranging from fiction to non-fiction, and poetry, with many leading Midwest authors, centering around the theme, "Rooted in the Heartland: Themes of Family." I have to say that the two books shown above closely fit this theme.
Registration is open now, and you can do this by going to the TPAC website at www.truebloodpac.com. You can also send a check (write "Lit Fest" on the Memo line) to the TPAC at: TPAC - PO Box 36, Washington Island, WI 54246
If you're on the island, you can stop in and see Kathleen Dixon at Island Time Books. She'll be happy to take your check and registration, and she carries many of the books by this year's featured writers.
Cost is $75 per person for the Festival registration, but that price goes to $90 after Sept. 15. There are workshops, too, starting Friday morning, a Poetry Workshop with Max Garland; another on Writing with Susanna Daniel and Michelle Wildgen, 11am to 1pm at the Washington Hotel; and a third, "Strategies for Claiming Your Creative Time," with Susan Gloss, 2-4 pm, also at the Washington Hotel. Workshop fees are $40 for each class.
If you're a Facebook user, go to www.facebook.com/washingtonislandliteraryfestival
There'a a long list of authors, and in a future blog I'll go into more detail. For now, I hope to alert you to this event, that it's coming up very soon, just a little over one month away.
- Dick Purinton
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