Bring the entire family for an exciting and fun-filled day at the first Wyoming Book Festival September 14-15, 2007 in historic downtown Cheyenne!
All festival events are FREE to the public. Whatever your interests, there are book events to entice, intrigue and entertain you - talks and readings on everything from mystery to poetry to the great outdoors. Plus book-related movies, activities for the kids, entertainment, book giveaways and more!
More than 70 prominent Wyoming poets and writers will be on hand - nearly every one either lives in or writes about the Cowboy State. It's a unique opportunity to meet your favorite authors, get to know some new ones and pick up signed copies to read and treasure.
Saturday is the main day of inspiring book-related events, chock-full of readings, talks, exhibits and films, starting at 9 a.m. Visit the big tents on the State Capitol Grounds for nature and outdoors, history, fiction, non-fiction, home and garden, true crime, mystery, road trips and Wyoming and the West.
Enjoy great children's authors at the Laramie County Library and poetry on the lawn at the Wyoming Arts Council. Stop by the entertainment stage for cowboy poetry, music, dance and more. Visit the festival bookstore to pick up some new finds for your bookshelf, and stop by when your favorite authors are in the book signing tent.
Pick up your free copy of My Antonia at the Wyoming Big Read tent to take part in this great community-wide reading and discussion. And delve more in-depth by joining the conversation at the Plains Hotel for the "Wyoming Talks - About Books" series of panel discussions.
For more information, please contact Tina Lackey at 307.777.6338 or bookfest@state.wy.us
Last Updated 8/28/07
