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NYS Albany Book Festival
September 23 @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
WHEN: Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 10:30 AM to 5 PM
WHERE: NYS Writers Institute, based at the University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York (see schedule below for specific locations of events)
COST: FREE, registration may be required for some events or workshops. See below for more information!
BUS: #12, 11, 10, 114
Check out the website HERE for more information!
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Book signings
FEATURED AUTHORS INCLUDE (AMONG OTHERS)
Campus Center West Auditorium
Book Signings in Great Hall
10:30AM-11:30AM – Conversation with STATE AUTHOR / STATE POET. Moderated by Paul Grondahl
11:45AM-12:30PM – Roosevelt Panel with Jeff Shaara and Nell Irvin Painter. Moderated by Paul Grondahl
12:45PM-1:30PM – HOOP MUSES with Kate Fagan and Seimone Augustus . Moderated by Colleen Mullen
1:45PM-2:45PM – ANNIE PROULX on Fen, Bog, and Swamp. Moderated by Judith Enck
3:15PM-4:30PM – RUSSELL BANKS TRIBUTE featuring Andre Dubus III, Jennifer Haigh, William Kennedy, Nell Irvin Painter, and Annie Proulx
Campus Center West Boardroom
Book Signings in Great Hall
10:30AM-11:30AM – Conversation with Memoirists Ava Chin & Carmen Rita Wong. Moderated by Heather Murphy
11:30AM-12:15PM – Conversation with Piasecki Award Winner. Moderated by Courtney Ryan
12:30PM-1:15PM – Mystery Panel with Kellye Garrett & Valerie Wilson Wesley. Moderated by Frankie Bailey
1:30PM-2:15PM – Novelists Angie Cruz and Jimin Han
2:30PM-3:15PM – Serhii Plokhy on The Russo-Ukrainian War. Moderated by Nadieszda Kizenko
3:30PM-4:15PM – Howard Fishman in conversation with Michael Eck on Music Writing
Campus Center Assembly Hall
Book Signings in Fireside Lounge
10:30AM-11:30AM – Belief in the 21st Century with Kate Cohen and Elizabeth Passarella. Moderated by Mark Koplik
11:45AM-12:45PM – Working Class Fiction with Andre Dubus III, Sidik Fofana, & Jennifer Haigh, mod. Ed Schwarzschild
1:00PM-1:45PM – Fathers Panel with Susan Faludi and Mary Gordon. Moderated by Elisa Albert
2:00PM-3:00PM – Holocaust Panel with Jai Chakrabarti, Karen Baum Gordon, and Kim van Alkemade. Moderated by Mark Koplik
3:15PM-4:15PM – American Rascals Panel with Greg Steinmetz and Gary Weiss. Moderated by David Pietrusza
Campus Center West
Multi-Purpose Room
Children’s Events
10:30AM-11:30AM – Children’s activities available from Skribblers Magazine and Albany Public Library
12:00PM-1:00PM – Skribblers and Capital District Writing Project
-Open Mic Reading
SPECIAL DEMO/PRESENTATION
2:30PM-3:30PM – Demo/Presentation on How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies with Amy Wallen
The Orb Stage
Open Mic
1:00PM-2:00PM – Shaker Pointe Creative Elders Open Mic Reading
2:00PM-3:00PM – Young Writers Open Mic Reading
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