Wednesday, May 14th, 8pm til 10 pm
at Crescent Moon Coffee, 816 P St, Lincoln
12-string Guitar instrumental composer
TONY CHURCH ..http://www.crescentmooncoffee.com/
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Wednesday, May 14th, 8pm-12am,
Acoustic Open Mic for musicians and poets
at Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso
(1624 South St, Lincoln).
Hosted by Jake http://www.myspace.com/meadowlarkcafe
For more information call 402-477-2007.
JOEL SARTORE PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS/BOOK SIGNING
Wednesday, May 21st, 8pm til 10 pm
at Crescent Moon Coffee, 816 P St, Lincoln
12-string Guitar instrumental composer
TONY CHURCH ..http://www.crescentmooncoffee.com/
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ELIZABETH BERG LUNCH & BOOK SIGNING
Wednesday, May 21st, 8pm-12am,
Acoustic Open Mic for musicians and poets
at Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso
(1624 South St, Lincoln).
Hosted by Jake http://www.myspace.com/meadowlarkcafe
For more information call 402-477-2007.
Friday, May 23, 2008 7:30 p.m.
CRAIG JOHNSON READING/SIGNING
Wednesday, May 28th, 8pm til 10 pm
at Crescent Moon Coffee, 816 P St, Lincoln
12-string Guitar instrumental composer
TONY CHURCH ..http://www.crescentmooncoffee.com/
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Wednesday, May 28th, 8pm-12am,
Acoustic Open Mic for musicians and poets
at Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso
(1624 South St, Lincoln).
Hosted by Jake http://www.myspace.com/meadowlarkcafe
For more information call 402-477-2007.
Sunday, June 8, 2008 2:00 p.m.
BRENDA BENCE READING/SIGNING
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:30 p.m.
TED SORENSEN READING/SIGNING
PAUL JOHNSGARD READING/SIGNING
Listing of Writers for the Conference:
Fiction
Kurt Andersen
Kelly Braffet
Brock Clarke
Owen King
Harley Jane Kozak
Curtis Sittenfeld
Poetry
Kim Addonizio
Anthony Hawley
Jesse Lee Kercheval
Hilda Raz
NonFiction
Meghan Daum
Aaron Raz Link
Michael Rips
Sean Wilsey
PublishingProfessionals
Lauren Cerand
Jessical Regel
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COMING EVENTS....
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October 9, 10, 11: the 13th Annual Plum Creek Children's Literacy Festival
Adult Conference at Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Concordia University
Registration opens at 7:30
Sectionals begin at 9:00
Author luncheon featuring Mo Willems begins at 12:45
Pre-registration required
Register at www. cune.edu/plumcreek
Online payment available
Autographing of books by the authors and illustrators
prior to the sectionals and after the luncheon
Featured authors and illustrators
Joan Bauer – author of Hope Was Here and Rules of the Road
“Ordinary Heroes: Lessons from the Front”
Grandmothers, short order cooks, shoe salesmen, waitresses, too tall boys, pumpkin obsessed teenagers, hardened journalists: Joan Bauer discusses how she creates the quirky, funny heroes and role models in her novels, and why we need everyday heroes more than ever.
Cynthia DeFelice – author of Nowhere to Call Home and Weasel
“Meet Cynthia DeFelice”
Author of 16 novels and 11 picture books for children will talk about her work.
Gail Gibbons – author and illustrator of information books such as The Vegetables We Eat and Dinosaurs
“Information Please!”
Mo Willems – author and illustrator of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Knuffle Bunny
“Fun with Mo”
Early Literature Education today faces a myriad of challenges and difficulties, problems that can only be solved by wise, understanding minds of those who have devoted their careers to teaching Children. Mo Willems does not have one of those minds, so instead he’s going to crack a few jokes, read a few books, and teach you how to draw.
Hans Wilhelm – author and illustrator of Bunny Trouble and Hello Sun!
“Get to know Hans Wilhelm”
Readers all over the world have cheered for little Boland in Tyrone the Horrible, rooted for Bunny Trouble and cried over I’ll Always Love You. Now meet the popular author who evoked such emotions and connected so beautifully with children. Discover the unique perspective on childhood that Hans brings to all his works. Get to know the renowned author/illustrator in this special session and hear how he approaches the creative process for his magical stories. He will add a dash of his own life-philosophy, a great deal of insight and timeliness, and he shares slides of his most recent published work. At the end Hans often draws some of his famous characters on stage to the delight of the audience.
Mike Graf – author of National Parks adventure series
“Weather in the Classroom”
Weather 101 including basic weather elements, hands on activities, and experiments related to teaching weather and year long weather activities for the classroom.
“Writing Tips”
The basic ingredients for writing adventure realistic fiction for teachers to instruct their students on what Mike uses to develop his stories to be more compelling, well-edited, catchy, realistic, and organized.
Featured ELL experts
David & Yvonne Freeman – ESL experts
“Closing the Achievement Gap for English Language Learners”
The presenters first describe three types of English learners. Then they explain four research-based keys that lead to academic success for limited formal schooling and long-term English learners. For each key, they share strategies, culturally relevant materials, and teacher stories.
Featured sectional leaders
Anita Silvey – Children’s Literature expert
“Best Books for 12-14 year olds”
Books for the 12-14 year age group have become the focus of publishers in the last five years. In a dynamic lecture, Anita Silvey looks at the trends in publishing that have been influencing books for tweens and talks about some of the most exciting new titles in different genres – mystery, information, fantasy, graphic novels, historical fiction, and science fiction. The lecture will also discuss some of the best genres, and books, to engage boys.
“100 Best Books for Children”
When it comes to children’s book, not all are created equal. We have a body of books that have stood the test of time and engaged children year after year in the classroom. But even though adults think they know these books well, they may not have heard their “back stories,” the stories about how they got created. In an entertaining and inspiring lecture, Anita Silvey will present 40 of our classic books and also discuss the role of professionals and parents in keeping American literary culture alive.
Laura DeSena - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Humanities at New York University
“Preventing Plagiarism”
This workshop explores writing as practice in the art of self-discovery and self-expression, even as the writer engages in a dialogue with external knowledge through the research process. In this session, we will work on practical strategies for eliciting original ideas and encouraging fluency. Laura will discuss approaches to the generation of an original thesis as she has presented them in her book, Preventing Plagiarism: Tips and Techniques, emphasizing student response to primary sources through freewriting and the movement toward the synthesis of a central idea, to creative outlining and formal composition. The goal is to have students turn inward to the self and enter a dialogue that generates original voice and vision in their writings.
Dr. Robert Brooke – UNL professor and Director of the Nebraska Writing Project
“Writing Workshop for Teachers”
Participants in this workshop will have the chance to write themselves, to share their emerging writing with other teacher-writers, and to plan for ways to complete their writing – both to share with their students and for their own purposes. The workshop will follow the Nebraska Writing Project model. The workshop will be set up so that participants can choose to stay for a single session, or can continue writing and sharing for both sessions.
Carol Rempp – Indian Education specialist
“Using Native American Literature to teach about Culture”
The goal of this session is to provide educators with ideas on how to use literature to teach about culture and diversity. The presenter will provide a wide variety of Native American and ethnically diverse literature and teaching resources and activities that can be used by teachers of all levels to teach students about sulture. Participants will leave with lists of quality literature, information on detecting bias and stereotypes in literature, and resources they can immediately use when they return to their classrooms.
Laurie Zum Hofe and Sara Guethling – Reading and Composition specialists
“Possibility Through Writing”
Writing teachers today are inundated with “programs” that promise quick-fixes for writing instruction. However, a writing workshop classroom environment offers students and teachers possibility through issues of choice, ownership and accountability. This presentation will discuss transforming “programmatic” writing classrooms into effective, learning-centered, student-driven ones.
Janice Mickle – Omaha Public Schools ELL Coordinator
“ELL 101”
Vikki Gremel, Festival Coordinator
Plum Creek Children's Literacy Festival
800 N. Columbia
Seward, NE 68434
(402)643-7483
FAX (402)643-3328
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OCTOBER 17 - 18, 2008
THE NEBRASKA BOOK FESTIVAL
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Saturday, November 1st-- 9am-3:30pm, Women at the Spring, a New Women's 2008 Workshop Series to be offered at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center (20 minutes southwest of Lincoln (follow SW 98th Street south out of Denton for three miles)).
Writers Marjorie Saiser, Lucy Adkins, and Amy Plettner will facilitate the morning session, “The Bowl of the Prairie: Writing from the Land.”
Humorist T. Marni Vos will lead the afternoon session, “Creativity and Living Well: Expanding Our Horizons.”
Fee for each workshop is $40 per person, which includes all materials and lunch. Each workshop is limited to 25 participants. Participants in all sessions should dress for outdoor activities. Interested individuals should call (402) 797-2301 or download a copy of the registration form from our website at www.springcreekprairie.org.
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once again, thanks to Matt Mason for info on his fine site concerning Nebraska readings, at www.poetrymenu.com
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