Derry Author Fest
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm
Derry Public Library

Join us and learn how to create, promote and share your stories!

Derry Author Fest is a day of writing workshops, panels and networking for aspiring authors, dreamers and dabblers alike. We bring in reputable speakers to teach in areas of their expertise. As an attendee, you can stay all day, half day, or just drop in for a session. Book sales and signings are interspersed in between our workshops so you will have time to buy books, support local artists and get some face time with our teachers.

This year’s keynote speaker is Virginia Macgregor: Virginia was brought up in Germany, France, and England by a mother who never stopped telling stories. Her early years were those of a story-scribbling, rain-loving child. Her debut novel What Milo Saw was published to great acclaim and has so far been translated into 12 languages. She is also the author of The Astonishing Return of Norah Wells, Before I Was Yours, Wishbones, You Found Me, As Far As the Stars, and The Children’s Secret.

We are also delighted to share talks by many other talented authors: Julie Bliven, an editor at CharlesBridge, Erin Bowman, critically acclaimed author of numerous teen and children’s books, Emilie Christie Burack, who writes novels and picture books for children, Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, a novelist and prolific poet, and Lita Judge, who has written over 30 nonfiction and fiction books.

See the schedule and register to attend at www.derryauthorfest.wordpress.com