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Join us for the Sixth Annual Ashland Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, October 28, from 10 am to 4 pm.

This year’s festival explores independent story and thought throughout the entire  Cascadia region, celebrating not only books, but all forms of expression: literature, poetry, journalism, art, lyrics, comics, film, and documentary.

The event will include a wide range of activities for everyone to enjoy—writing workshops, author readings, film viewings, storytelling and crafts for children, and even a Wonder Woman costume contest!

You can find the complete festival schedule on Sched:

https://ashlandliteraryartsfestival2017.sched.com/

Mobile version:

https://ashlandliteraryartsfestival2017.sched.com/mobile

Festival events are free and open to the public. Free parking will be available (print-friendly parking map). Attendees can also enjoy concessions from Sultan’s Delight food truck and Sweet Cream hand-crafted ice cream.

Regular weekend library services will be available during normal business hours. Students can use LIB 114 for quiet computing space during the event. Study rooms will only be available on a first-come, first-served basis that day (no reservations), and all conference rooms will be in use by festival events.

The Ashland Literary Arts Festival would like thank all its sponsors and supporters, including: ACCESS, Ajna Bound Press, Janet Anderson, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Blackstone Audio, Friends of Hannon Library, enemy combatant publications, Harry & David, Main Street Writers, Medford Public Library, Dr. Dean Raffelock, Stephanie Raffelock, Rights and Opportunities Foundation, Schneider Museum, Willamette Writers

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The 5th annual Ashland Literary Festival is right around the corner! Join Hannon Library in celebrating the literary arts

Saturday, October 8, 2016
10 AM to 4 PM
Hannon Library, SOU Ashland campus
Admission and parking are free

The Ashland Literary Festival explores the many facets of literary arts, from traditional iad-participant-badge_300_253
literature to screenplay adaptations and comic books. This year’s event occurs on the inaugural Indie Author Day, observed nationwide by independent authors and libraries via live-streamed panel discussion. Other festival events include the Banned Books Read-Out, a Harry Potter-themed trivia competition, workshops on writing and publishing how-tos, and a variety of author readings.

See Complete Schedule of Festival Events

Festival participants include authors, publishers, and literary experts from throughout the Pacific Northwest as well as SOU students, faculty authors, and university programs.

Sponsored by the Friends of Hannon Library, Southern Oregon Literary Alliance, Human Bean, and Stars & Dreams Gluten Free Paradise. For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit the festival website at https://litfest.sou.edu.

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The Ashland Literary Festival, formerly the Ashland Book and Author Festival, is an annual event that celebrates the literary arts by bringing together authors, publishers, and community organizations from throughout the region. This event takes place at Hannon Library, at the heart of the Southern Oregon University campus, and draws in hundreds of participants and attendees each year.