PROGRAM SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Dahlonega Literary Festival Presents
Songwriters' Cafe
Community Room, Dahlonega Funeral Home
Highway 60 and Gibson Road
BOOKS FOR SALE!!!
Want to purchase books by the authors appearing at the 2020 Dahlonega Literary Festival?
Featured Author and Regional Writer books will be for sale in the Fellowship Hall of the Dahlonega Baptist Church.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
Dahlonega Baptist Church, 234 Hawkins Street, unless otherwise noted
9:00-9:50 am
Workshop: Story Time From Space -- Jeffrey Bennett (Mr. Bennett’s discussion will run from 9:00-10:50) Rms 30
Dynamic Characters and Fantastic Worlds: The Craft of Writing The Paranormal -- Erica G. Mason, Mab Morris, Beth Hermes, Mark Geatches ; Moderator: Erica G. Mason Rms. 126-128 (Church Library)
Let's Get Real: Non-Fiction Writing -- Tracey Laird, Beverly Willet, Henry Carrigan ; Moderator: Melissa Lockaby Rm. 27
Keeping the Thrill: Mysteries and Suspense -- Jacob Appel, Brian Panowich, Meagan Lucas, William Gilmore ; Moderator: George Weinstein Rms. 28-29
10:00-10:50 am
Workshop: Promotion: Publishing Your Writing -- Victoria Comella Rms. 126-128 (Church Library)
Special Presentation and Book Launch: Other Veterans of WWII -- Rona Simmons ; Host: Karen Schwettman Church Sanctuary
Lillian Smith: A North Georgia Legacy -- Tanya Long Bennett and Wendy Kurant Rollins Rms. 28-29
Workshop: Story Time From Space (Continued) -- Jeffrey Bennett (Mr. Bennett’s discussion will run from 10:00-10:50) Rms 30
11:00-11:50 am
Workshop: Epic Character Creation -- M. Jayson Graham Rms 126-128 (Church Library)
Blurring the Borders: Real and Fictional Figures in Southern History -- Joe Crespino and Carolyn Curry ; Host: Juanita Tipton Church Sanctuary
UNG Press Special Presentation: Bringing a Children’s Book to Life -- Author Chris Jesperson and Illustrator Josie Toney ; Moderator: B.J.Robinson Rm. 30
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Bill Curry
How Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Mabel Bolton Changed My Life
United Methodist Church, 107 S. Park Street
2:00-2:50 pm
HEADLINER
Cassandra King
Tell Me A Story: My Life With Pat Conroy
Moderator: Candice Dyer
Church Sanctuary
3:00-3:50
Reforming Arts: Arts in Georgia’s Women’s Prisons -- Anna Schachner ; Host: Lynn Widener Rms. 27
Book Clubs and the Literary Landscape of 2020 -- Panelists will include members from area book clubs ; Moderator: Carolyn Curry. Church Sanctuary
Keeping the Wild in Western/Historical Fiction -- Mark Warren, Lev Butts, Dan Madden, Stan Knick; Moderators: Kaitlyn Coviello, Tabbatha Keller-Sanders, Carlie Tanner Rms. 28-29
Capturing Imaginations with Children's Fiction -- Dana Middleton, Latina McIntyre, and G. Andre Sealy ; Moderator: Mike Buchanan Rms. 126-129 (Church Library)
You Don't Have To Be Einstein, But It Helps -- Jacob Appel and Jeffrey Bennett Rm. 30
4:00-4:50 pm
HEADLINER
Karen White
All the Ways We Said Good-bye
Moderator: Candice Dyer
Church Sanctuary
5:00-7:00 pm
JOINT KEYNOTE TALK
Dahlonega Literary Festival and Dahlonega Science Festival Collaboratively Present a Joint Keynote Talk
Jeffrey Bennett
"Global Warming Demystified--How You Can Make Sense of the Media Debate"
27 On Park at Park Place Hotel, 27 S. Park St.
5:00 Light Refreshments ; 6:00 Keynote Talk ; 7:00 Q & A
DAHLONEGA LITERARY FESTIVAL ENDS
Thank you for attending!
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Next DLF will be MARCH 5-6, 2021