2006 NEBRASKA BOOK FESTIVAL
"Beyond Borders: Nebraska and the World"

2006 Book Festival Schedule

Friday, October 6, 2006

School Day—High School and Nebraska Colleges

Friday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

9:00-9:45
Richard Graham on the Graphic Novel and Comic Books
Emerson Recital Hall

10:00-10:45
Richard Graham:Writing Graphic Novels and Comics Workshop
Emerson Recital Hall

10:00-10:45
Illustrating Graphic Novels & Comics Workshop. Moderator: Jeanetta Drueke
Old Main Classroom

11:00-12:00
Combining Writing & Illustrations Workshop
Old Main Classroom

12:00-1:00
Lunch
Emerson Recital Hall

1:00-2:00
Presentation of Student Work; Wrap-up by Richard Graham
Emerson Recital Hall

 

Friday Evening

7:30
Screening of “Whispering Smith,”, a film adapted from Spearman’s novel, “Whispering Smith”
Mary Repma Ross Media Arts Center (13th & R Streets)

7:00-7:45
New Nebraska Poets: Anthony Hawley, Michael Dumanis, Mathias Svaline, Zach Schomburg
Van Brunt Visitors Center (13th & Q Streets)

8:00-8:45
Special Guest: Mary Helen Stefaniak
Van Brunt Visitors Center (13th & Q Streets)

9:00-9:45
Return to Roots Readings: Erin Belieu and Anna Monardo
Van Brunt Visitors Center (13th & Q Streets)

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Saturday, October 7, 2006

readings - children's programs - book signings - book sales - music - food

Luncheon Reservation

Session I
9:00-9:45

Beyond Genre: Graphic Novels
Richard Graham, Scott Stewart
SC Room 220

 

The Art of the Anthology
Denise Banker, Greg Kosmicki, Michael Dumanis, Ladette Randolph, Erin Belieu. Moderator: Scott Stanfield
SC Room 222

 

9:45-10 Break

Session II
10-10:45

Panel: Literary Journals/Small Presses. Moderator: Michael Dumanis
Prairie Schooner, Octopus, Backwaters Press, UN Press.
SC Room 220

 

Beyond the 100 th Meridian: Poets from the High Plains
Garry Alkire, Mary Jackson, R.F. McEwen. Moderator: Michael Cartwright
SC Room 222

 

10:45-11:00 Break

 

11:00-12:00 Welcome: Dr. Joe Gow, President, NWU
Keynote Speaker: Meghan Daum
McDonald Theatre

 

12:15-1:45 NBF Luncheon ($10 per person)

Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Charles Peek
Introduction: William Kloefkorn
Address: Terese Svoboda
Awards
Student Center Cafeteria

 

Session III.
2:00-2:45

Readings by Meghan Daum and Terese Svoboda.
Moderator: Ladette Randolph
Olin Lecture Hall B

 

Session IV
3:00-3:45

Multicultural Literature in Nebraska
Readings by Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes and Charles Fort
Moderator: Gerise Herndon
SC Room 220

 

Literary Societies
Cather, Neihardt, Sandoz, Aldrich
Moderator: Erika Hamilton
SC Room 222

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3:45-4:00 Break

Session V

400-4:45

Writers from the Edge: Fictional Mysteries & Crime Novels
Alex Kava, Sean Doolittle
Moderator: Rick Cypert
Olin Building: Lecture Hall B

 

Session VI
5:00-5:45

Writers from the Edge: The “Real” Nebraska
Eric Konigsberg, Timothy Schaffert, Liza Ward
Moderator: Michael Dumanis
Olin Building: Lecture Hall B

7:30-9:30

Reception: Prairie Schooner 80th Anniversary
Master of Ceremonies: Stephen Hilliard, Professor of English (UN-L)
Special Guests:
Grace Bauer, Assoc. Prof. of English (UN-L)
Kelly Grey Carlisle, Managing Editor, Prairie Schooner
Dorothy Zimmerman, Emeritus Prof. of English (UN-L)
Joy Ritchie, Prof. of English and Chair, Department of English (UN-L)
Hilda Raz, the Glenna Luschei Endowed Editor, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, and Prof. of English & Women's & Gender Studies
Great Plains Art Museum
12th & Q Streets

 

 

readings - children's programs - book signings - book sales - music - food

Food
Old Main Amphitheatre

11:00-2:00 BBQ, etc.
11:00-5:00 Ice Cream, etc.

 

Entertainment
Old Main Amphitheatre

12:00-12:45 Matthew “Sitting Bear” Jones: storyteller

2:30-3:15 John Walker: Bluegrass

3:30-4:15 The Electricians: Classic Rock

 

Exhibitors
Smith-Curtis Great Hall

8:30-5:30
University Bookstore; UNL-Libraries; Downtown Fitness and Nutrition; Nebraska Romance Writers; Nebraska Center for the Book; Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska; Infusionmedia Publishing; Nebraska State Historical Society; Lee’s Booksellers; Plainsongs (Hastings College); Cather; Sandoz; Neihardt; Aldrich; Logan House Press; Lincoln City Libraries/NLHA; Usborne Books; iUniverse

 

Hospitality
Smith-Curtis Great Hall

 

Perpetual Reading Series
Smith Curtis Room 221

9:30 Twyla Hansen
9:45 - Karen Gettert Shoemaker
10:00 - Steve Langan
10:15 - Michael Catherwood
10:30 Kelly Madigan Erlandson
2:00 - Greg Kosmicki
2:15 - Mary K. Stillwell
2:30 - Gene Fendt
2:45 - Denise Banker
3:00 - Matt Mason
3:15 - JV Brummels
3:30 - Lisa Sandlin
3:45 - Barbara Schmitz
4:00 - Gerald Shapiro
4:15 - Judith Slater
4:30 - Kristin Naca
4:45 - Grace Bauer

 

Book signings
Smith Curtis Hall