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With JOHN GRISHAM Photo: Stanley Staniski Celebration of Summer Reading Participants 9:30–10 A.M September 8 KEYNOTE OPENING EVENT with AZAR NAFISI September 9 AUTHORS IN SCHOOLS VISITS & COMMUNITY EVENTS September 10 FREE FESTIVAL at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts and Spruce Street featuring Bestselling and Award-Winning Authors! September 11 KEYNOTE CLOSING EVENT with JOHN GRISHAM photo: Stanley Staniski Celebration of Summer Reading Participants 9:30–10 a.m. | Winston Square Park Summer Reading Program Exhibit A Celebration of Books featuring 10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Womble Carlyle Gallery, Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts International Bestselling Author Azar Nafisi 7 p.m. | Hanesbrands Theatre K-12 students across North Carolina have read and prepared written, visual, and 209 North Spruce Street video responses to the books on Bookmarks’ summer reading list. These responses will be on display to showcase the students’ talent. Azar Nafisi has lectured and written extensively promoting literacy and the importance of reading books. The Republic of Imagination: Summer Reading Book Pick Up & Kids’ Passport Table America in Three Books is a powerful and passionate case for the 10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Spruce Street, Children’s Exhibitors Area vital role of fiction in America today. She is best known for the Summer reading participants may present their book certificate at this table and choose their free book. international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran. Also, children attending the Festival may earn a free book. Passports and information available at this table. Admission by ticket only: $22 General Admission includes a copy of Nafisi’s book followed by a signing. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. $55 for premier reception at 5:30 p.m. includes reserved seating for the 7 p.m. Call Me Ishmael Phone event, free parking, a copy of Nafisi’s book, and a private reception with Nafisi featuring heavy hors d’oeuvres. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Womble Carlyle Gallery, Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts This phone is an interactive and innovative way to discover great reads. When you pick up the Eat & Greet with Terry McMillan photo: Matthew Jordan Smith handset, you’ll be greeted with rich and captivating stories from readers about the books they love. 8:30 a.m. | Sweet Potatoes, 529 Trade Street We encourage you to share your favorites, too. Keep an eye out for this phone at the Festival. Terry McMillan’s novels Waiting to Exhale Photo Op with the Pout-Pout Fish and How Stella Got Her Groove Back spent 10:30–11:30 a.m. | Booksigning Tent | Sponsored by Truliant Federal Credit Union months on The New York Times Bestseller List. Enjoy a Southern breakfast with Terry Spanish & English Storytime as she talks about her new book, I Almost 11:15–11:45 a.m. | Winston Square Park | Presented with support from Qué Pasa Forgot About You. North Carolina Writers’ Network Presents Slush Pile Live! Admission by ticket only: $40 (only available in advance). 10:15–11:15 a.m. & 3:45–4:45 p.m. | City Stage This includes breakfast, her new book, and a signing. This is an interactive event for aspiring writers to get immediate feedback on their work from editors and agents. A Conversation with Karen Robards 1:30 p.m. | Smith Saal, Salemtowne Retirement Community, Here’s how it works: A panel of editors and agents will listen to the submissions being read out loud 190 Moravian Way Drive and raise their hand when they hear something that would make them stop reading. The panel will discuss the sample, offering constructive feedback. All anonymous—all live! Karen Robards is the author of 50 bestselling romance and suspense books and winner of six Silver Pen Awards for favorite Those interested in having their anonymous work read should bring a hard copy of up to 300 words romance novelist. Proclaimed “one of the most popular voices in of prose from a single work. Submissions should be double-spaced. No names should appear on women’s fiction” by Newsweek, her newest novel is Darkness. the submissions. Please bring your submission to the Information Booth between 9:30 and 10 a.m. The 1:30 p.m. program is free and open to the public. for the 10:15 a.m. program or between 3 and 3:30 p.m. for the 3:45 p.m. program. Submissions will be chosen at random. Not all submissions are guaranteed to be read due to time limits. For a special VIP Experience, join us for an Eat & Greet event at 12 p.m., which includes a private lunch with Karen, her new book, reserved seating for the 1:30 event, and photo: Billy Hunt a signing. Tickets are $37 (only available in advance). John Grisham Walking Tour of Winston-Salem Arts District 4 p.m. | RJ Reynolds Auditorium, 301 N. Hawthorne Road 4–6 p.m. | Trade Street, downtown Winston-Salem Currently, there are over 300 million John Grisham Learn about Winston-Salem’s storied past while on a walking tour through its vibrant present arts books in print worldwide, which have been translated scene. Local experts will lead a guided tour with stops at Small Batch Beer Co., Mast General Store, into 40 languages. and 6th & Vine. Meet Festival authors at each stop including Danny Bernstein, Paullina Simons, Admission by ticket only: $22 for general admission in advance. and Ross White and sample local food and drinks. $35 for general admission and a signed copy of your choice of a hardcover copy of Theodore Boone: The Scandal (ages 8–12) or a paperback copy of Admission by ticket only: $25 (only available in advance). This includes samples at each stop. Rogue Lawyer. Doors open at 3 p.m. Free tickets are available through August 31 for students (third grade and up). School media or curriculum Eat & Greet with Kate DiCamillo coordinators can email [email protected]. 8:30–9:30 a.m. | Five Points, 109 South Stratford Road Kate DiCamillo has received the Newbery Medal Location Details Please note that all events are held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina twice and was the National Ambassador for The Bookmarks Office, Coffee Park ARTS, Reynolds Place, Womble Carlyle Gallery, and Mountcastle Forum are inside Young People’s Literature. DiCamillo’s newest the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts at 251 North Spruce St. See map on pages 20-21 for more details. book is Raymie Nightingale. Doors open at 8 a.m. EVENT Tickets Unless otherwise noted, events and programs are free and open to the public. If tickets are required, they Admission by ticket only: $40 (only available in advance). 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