Book Fair on the Square Opening Minds Changing Hearts

Schedule of Events!

Meet childrens authors, and enjoy music, art and drama from local artists at the first Book Fair on the Square! Children’s events will include a Parade of Characters, children’s authors, storytelling, face painting and other fun activities.

All events subject to change.

Friday October 3

6 PM	Registration/Meet the Authors
7 PM	Dinner and Keynote Author - Roy Richard Grinker Enjoy dinner at Turner Chapel AME Church and receive a signed copy of the keynote author’s book. Dinner - $100 per person. Call (770) 429-5036 or click here for the form to purchase tickets.

Saturday October 4 - Venue Map

Time: 10 am to 5 pm	Glover Park Main, Gazebo & Choo - Choo Stages	Theatre in the Square	Marietta's City Council Chambers Local Authors
10 :00	Somer Willard* 10:15 Anna Harwood* (main stage) *Members of Georgia Country & Gospel Music Association	Art Show Lobby of Theatre in the Square All Day Event

10:30	Welcome (main stage) Children’s Parade of Characters

11:00	Atlanta Bluegrass All Stars (Main Stage) Bio	Rachel Simon Author of Riding the Bus with My Sister 11:45 Student Essay Reading by Marietta 6th Grade Academy	Bar-b-que Tips and Tales Dave Gelin
	11:20 Reading & Special Crafts (Choo-Ch00 Stage)

12 PM	Family Picnic with a Storyteller Tracy Walker		Writing from the landscape - three authors from crime to comedy, who find their inspiration close to home - William Rawlings, Sande Cropsey, Man Martin

1:00	Pebblebrook High School's Jazz Ambassadors (Main stage)	Laura Flynn Author of Swallow the Ocean 1:40 Daniel Kumi Daniel's Tales A.L. Burruss second grader pens first book	Writers of the New South - what threads, if any, bind contemporary Southern writers together - Chris Bundy, John Holman, Sheri Joseph, Josh Russell
	1:15 Storyteller Jo Sanders (Choo-Choo Stage)
	1:30 Creative Writing with Rachel Simon, Location - First Presbyterian Church 189 Church St Ne Marietta, GA Family/Caretakers Focus One hour, $25, includes a copy of Simon’s book. Call (770) 429-5036 or click here for information on ordering tickets.
2:00	Exit 39A - 2:45 Krysta Nick (Main Stage)	Katherine Noel Author of Halfway House 2:45 Student Essay Reading by Marietta 6th Grade Academy	Reflections - Two memoirists speak on the process of living... and writing - Jackie Cooper, Charles Banov
	Kids on the Block Puppet Show (Gazebo)

3:00	"Mr. OOBA's Team" Presented by The Children’s Bilingual Theater 3:30 Nightwind (Main Stage)	Doug Crandell Author of Hairdos of the Mildly Depressed	God Particles and a Spot in the Dark - poets share their words and visions-Tom Lux, Beth Gylys
	3:45 Special Crafts (Choo-Choo Stage)
	3:00 Creative Writing with Rachel Simon Location - First Presbyterian Church 189 Church St Ne Marietta, GA One hour, $25, includes a copy of Simon’s book. Call (770) 429-5036 or click here for information on ordering tickets.

4:00	Rachel Farley* Cory Sims* Katelyn Pope* (Main Stage) *Members of Georgia Country & Gospel Music Association		Turmoil and Triumph - the South's turbulent Civil Rights era presented in history and fiction - Tony Grooms, Rebecca Burns
	Special Crafts (Choo-Choo Stage)

4:45	Closing Remarks

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