Sep 062008
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Salem MA, inspiration for writers and setting for classic and contemporary literature, celebrates its passion for all things literary in the 2008 Salem Literary Festival. On Friday, September 12th and Saturday, September 13th, authors, readers, writers of prose and poetry, and word devotees of all stripes will gather for a celebration which will include Author Readings, Writers Workshops, an Open Mic, word games, and more!
Here is a brief schedule of events. For more details, please visit the Festival’s website.
Friday, September 12
- 5pm Kick-Off Celebration at Old Town Hall
- 7pm Writers’ Open Mic at Old Town Hall
- 7pm Scandanavian Literature with Chris Fauske and Bill Coyle at Cornerstone Books
Saturday, September 13
- 10am The Parlor presents "Speed Date with an Editor" at Old Town Hall, 2nd Floor
- 10:30am Story Time with Mayor Kim Driscoll at Cornerstone Books
- 11am SCRABBLE® Tournament at The Salem Athenaeum
- 12pm – 6pm Author’s Book Fair at Old Town Hall, 1st Floor
- 12pm Hillary Rettig and "Overcoming Writer’s Block" at Old Town Hall, 2nd Floor
- 1pm Author John Hardy Wright with Hawthorne’s Haunts at Cornerstone Books
- 1pm Talent Quest Performances and Dramatic Readings at Artist’s Row
- 2pm Sisters in Crime, featuring Hank Phillippi Ryan, Dana Cameron and Toni L.P. Kelner, at Old Town Hall
- 3pm Author Megan Kelley Hall at Cornerstone Books
- 5pm Grub Street North presents Amy MacKinnon and Lynne Griffin with "Positioning Yourself for Publication" at Cornerstone Books
- 5pm Todd Felton and A Journey Into the Transcendentalists’ New England at Old Town Hall, 2nd Floor
- 7pm Author Michael White and Soul Catcher at Cornerstone Books
- 7pm Salem Arts Association LitBop at the Salem Arts Association Gallery in Artist’s Row
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