Our day-long celebration of local writers and books will include craft-focused writing workshops and an author fair during which local writers will be able to promote, sign, and sell copies of their works. An author reception featuring Garvin will fo...
Rod Vick
This workshop will help authors learn to create distinctive characters that have minds of their own, that take over the narration of the story, that readers laugh at or with, that they love or hate, and that are memorable, that are quirky...
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Space is limited, so registration is recommended. Register online, at the library, or call 608-758-6600.
Greg Peck, Angela Bier, Jim Landwehr, and Katy Grogan
What is memoir? How do you get started? Where do you mine the crucial details? What are the pitfalls when incorporating friends and relatives? Presenters will discuss these and other as...
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Space is limited, so registration is recommended. Register online, at the library, or call 608-758-6600.
Eileen Troemel
This workshop will focus on the steps needed to take an idea for a book to self-publishing. It will include information on building an audience, tools writers can use, ways to save money, and what they should pay for.
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Space is limited, so registration is recommended. Register online, at the library, or call 608-758-6600.
R.B. Simon and Lisa Marie Brodsky
This workshop will focus on the premise that drawing from your own life makes for potent storytelling. When writing their unflinching truths, poets are often assumed to be "confessional poets”, yet we believe that...
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Space is limited, so registration is recommended. Register online, at the library, or call 608-758-6600.
Kathie Giorgio
At once simple and complicated, choosing or identifying point of view is one of the first responsibilities when writing a short story or a novel. Whose head are we in? Are we in that head all the time, or are there others? How do we...
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Space is limited, so registration is recommended. Register online, at the library, or call 608-758-6600.
Join us for our annual celebration
of local books and authors.
HPL Book Fest is in its third year and previously featured Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Dasha Kelly Hamilton in 2022, and New York Times best-selling Humorist, Michael Perry in 2023.
The day-long celebration of local writers and books will include craft-focused writing workshops and an author fair during which local writers will be able to promote, sign, and sell copies of their works.
This year's special guest is Ann Garvin,USA Today Bestselling authorof five funny and sad novels, including A Dog Year and I Thought You Said This Would Work.
Garvin will participate in the Author Fair, host a Master Class for writers, then welcome members of the Friends of HPL for an author reception. Details are below.
Masterclass with Ann Garvin: Story Building & Plot
Hedberg Public Library is pleased to announce Ann Garvin, Ph.D., USA Today bestselling author, will serve as the keynote author at HPL Book Fest 2024. Garvin is the author of five novels and currently teaches creative writing at Drexel University.
Her workshop will help writers at all levels to build a page-turning story filled with emotion without getting stuck! Explore writing exercises that get you ready to write your book without running into problems like the “mushy middle,” readers asking what’s the point, or not knowing what to do next.
Mingle with authors, including Ann Garvin, while enjoying drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Free for members of the Friends of HPL. Memberships are available with the link below or at the door.