Literary Corner
Lakeville Art Festival recognizes authors as literary artists. 2010 will include our second annual "Literary Artist Corner" on Saturday, September 18. Published authors will read from their books, answer questions, and sell signed copies of their work.
11:00 a.m. |
Shelly Holl & B.J. Carpenter
"The Minnesota Table: Recipes for Savoring Local Food Throughout the Year"
Author Shelley Holl and Chef B.J. Carpenter have teamed up to create The Minnesota Table, a year-round cookbook for those who want to explore Minnesota-grown foods. The book is a beautiful culinary travelogue filled with watercolors to bring you along on the journey.
www.minnesotatable.com |
12:00 p.m. |
Chuck Logan
Phil Broker mystery series
Chuck Logan's Phil Broker Mystery Series has earned him a following of avid thriller/mystery readers. In addition to the Logan series, Chuck has written an independent mystery, South of Shiloh, and collaborated with John Sanford on Heat Lightning.
www.chucklogan.org |
1:00 p.m. |
Terry Hokenson
"The Winter Road"
Teen author Terry Hokenson's book is a tale of winter survival in the snowy wilderness.
www.thewinterroad.com |
2:00 p.m. |
Dara Dokas Sanders
"Muriel's Red Sweater"
Dokas is a great children's author who in this book writes about a silly, distracted duck named Muriel Magee. As Muriel delivers her birthday invitations, something strange happens to her sweater and reader's must help to unravel the mystery.
www.daradokas.com |
3:00 p.m. |
Catherine Friend
"Hit By a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn"
Catherine Friend describes herself as "an author, speaker, and sometimes shepherd." The Star Tribune calls this book "a joy to read, from start to finish.""The Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald's Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat"
Winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Award.
www.catherinefriend.com |
4:00 p.m. |
Chris Niskanen
"Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks"
Niskanen collaborates with photographer Doug Ohman to provide alluring photographs and captivating stories of waterfalls and underground caverns, lady's slippers and dwarf trout lilies, cross-county skiing and fishing adventures, as well as other delights of Minnesota's popular state parks.
www.shop.mnhs.org |
In our first year,We had an excellent line-up ranging from children’s authors/illustrators to crime fiction to travels to hobbies to sports.
If you are a published author and are interested in a future opportunity in this medium, please contact Lakeville Art Festival Committee members in charge of the literary art: Luanne Phillipich via email or phone: 952-891-0370 OR Loretta Ellsworth via email or phone 952-891-1233