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2008 events and dates will be announced soon. You won’t want to miss any of this long weekend! Meanwhile, the information below recaps 2007's exciting festival.
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Find locations of workshops, Rising Star awards and Ted Kooser lecture
Wednesday, October 31
Rising Star Creative Writing Competition Awards Ceremony and Reception
Judges: Eleanor Berry, Poetry; Scott Sadil, Fiction; Andy Whipple, Nonfiction
7:00 p.m.
Central Oregon Community College Library
Free to the public
Thursday, November 1
Author Reading and Book Signing: Kathleen Dean Moore, Craig Johnson, Pattiann Rogers, Timothy Egan
Emcee: Dr. Diana Sloane, CEO and Vice-Provost, Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
7:30 p.m.
Tower Theatre
Tickets: $12
At the TIcket Mill only: Free tickets to students with valid ID; $6 tickets to seniors age 65+
Friday, November 2
Author-led Workshops
9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
COCC and OSU/Cascades campuses
Two-hour workshops $45 each and limited to 15 participants
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Special Lecture and Q&A by Ted Kooser
COCC Library Rotunda
$45 per person
VIP Reception
6:00 p.m.
Host: Umpqua Bank, Wall Street, downtown Bend
Free to Pen Faulkner, Pulitzer, Laureate and Presenting Sponsor-level donors.
Author Reading and Book Signing: Debra Magpie Earling, Benjamin Percy, Ted Kooser
Emcee: Heather Vogel Frederick, Author and Oregon Book Award Winner
7:30 p.m.
Tower Theatre
Tickets $12
At the Ticket Mill only: Free tickets to students with valid ID; $6 tickets to seniors age 65+
Saturday, November 3
Author-led Workshops
9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
COCC and OSU/Cascades campuses
Author Dinner and Panel Discussion
Topic: The West...Is the Myth All That's Left?
Emcee: Dr. James Middleton, President, Central Oregon Community College
6:30 p.m.
High Desert Museum
Individual tickets: $100 authors table, $70 friends table
Full Author Tables (8 guests plus author): $850
Full Friends Tables (9): $650
Sunday, November 4
Open Mic featuring Workshop Participants
11:00 a.m.
Deschutes Public Library
Free to the public
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