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.
Tags: This presentation will take place in The Clubhouse at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel.
Wisconsin native Cliff Christl has had a long and distinguished career as a sportswriter, working for newspapers in Manitowoc, Green Bay, and Milwaukee. He has covered professional sports and teams, in particular the Green Bay Packers, and also had a special interest in writing about high school football.
From print and television sports reporters to a woman who was a pre-teen when Vince Lombardi came to Green Bay, this panel brings insight into the history, inspiration and passion of the Packers organization and the people who created legends. The panel includes
each bringing a different perspective on the Green and Gold.
This presentation will take place in The Clubhouse, inside the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel.
NOTE: Due to last minute work conflicts, Mr. Carlson will not be able to join us for the Festival this year.
Wisconsin native Royce Boyles has a history of professional involvement with the Green Bay Packers. He has worked as a Green Bay TV sports anchor, co-hosted the Packers coach's show in the 1970s, and written two books with former Packers linebacker Dave Robinson.
Linda Lange grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the era when Vince Lombardi coached the Packers. She has worked in broadcasting and as a copywriter in ad sales promotion for U.S. News & World Report magazine. Incomplete Passes is her first book.
John Coy is the author of the picture books Night Driving, Strong to the Hoop, Vroomaloom Zoom, Two Old Potatoes and Me, and Around the World. John is a member of the NBA Reading All-Star Team as part of the Read to Achieve program. Crackback, his first young adult novel,is about high school football and his second, Box Out, is about high school basketball.
Newspaper reporter and editor Chuck Carlson has written extensively about the Green Bay Packers, and his latest book on the subject, Tales from the Green Bay Packers Sideline: a Collection of the Greatest Packers Stories Ever Told (2011), contains stories about the team history and the legendary men, both on and off the field, who have made the Packers great.
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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.