Thanks go out to our wonderful 2013 sponsors!
FCBF official booksellers:
The 2013 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Last Child in the Woods and the Nature Priniciple by Richard Louv at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 22-24 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
Author Biography
Winner of the 2003 Main Street Rag Chapbook contest, Karla Huston earned an MA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. In addition to winning the Wisconsin Writer's Association Jade Ring for both poetry (twice) and fiction, she has received writing residencies from the Ragdale Foundation in both 1998 and 2002, as well as Bread Loaf, 2006, 2007. She has published poetry, reviews and interviews in many national journals including 5 A.M., Margie, North American Review, One Trick Pony, Pearl, Poet Lore, Rattle and others. Her poem “Theory of Lipstick” was awarded a Pushcart Prize and appears in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (2012).
While the Fox Cities Book Festival has a rich history of celebrating writers and books from around the globe, you don’t need to travel far to find some of the country’s best poets. Join us for a sampling of four of Wisconsin’s finest, each with considerable awards, publishing and book credits to his or her name. Books will be available for sale and signing after the event.
Author introductions will be provided by Cathryn Cofell. Participants include:
Tags: Representatives of five Wisconsin presses will speak about their missions, philosophies and processes of publishing from selection to final draft. You’ll learn how authors are chosen (or turned down). You’ll discover the press’ obligation to author and the author’s obligation to the press from money to marketing to mailing out books.
This session will be facilitated by Karla Huston. Participants include:
- Judy Bridges, Redbird Studios
- Wendy Vardaman, Cowfeather Press and Verse Wisconsin
- Sarah Busse, Cowfeather Press and Verse Wisconsin
- Lester Smith, Popcorn Press
- Laura Damon-Moore, Parallel Press
- Kate Thompson, Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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Big thanks go to Atlas Coffee Mill for hosting monthly meetings for the Fox Cities Book Festival Board! We appreciate your support of the Festival and just can't thank you enough for providing a welcoming meeting space for us to plan and dream.