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SUPPORTING SPONSORS All Seasons Real Estate, Glenn Crenshaw Arvest Bank Woody and Lynne Barlow Brashears Furniture Bill and Jeanette Brown Dr. David Carlisle and Wendy Taylor Carlisle Christopher’s Community First Bank Johnice Dominick Economy Drug Paul and Carol Engskov Eureka Market Natural Foods Staci Evans Charles and Martha Fargo Cindy George Richard and Mari Gillham Tom Gorsuch and Ann Hopkins Greg and Julie Hall Butch and Beverly Hanby Hanby Lumber Company Lee and Debbie Holt Fred and Susan Hopkins William Horrell and Kate Nessler Bill and Jennifer Hudspeth Hunnicutt Animal Health Huntsville Kiwanis Club Huntsville Masonic Lodge It’s A Mystery Bookstore – Melinda Large Scott and Missy Jackson McNeal Chiropractic Center Mud Street Cafe Nelson’s Michael S. Nelson, DDS Quicksilver Gallery Marty and Robin Riley Kevin and Janell Robertson Byron and Lise Russ Scheel Law Office Maria Smith Sharon Spurlin Thompson Ready Mix, Inc. Today’s Bank University of Arkansas Press June Waddill Lin Wellford Wild Blue Yonder Rusty Windle The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow Zarks Fine Design Gallery
Authors speak out In the Conservatory Four acclaimed authors share their views on life and literature.
Problems writers must deal with are increasing every month. Here are a few that may surprise you.
included a variety of jobs, writing was always his passion. A frequent speaker at writers’ conferences, he generously shares what he has learned about becoming a successful author regardless of genre you choose. As he points out, there is no difference in writing any kind of fiction; “You simply change the sets, costumes and dialect.”
12:30 PM – 12:55 PM
2:30 PM – 2:55 PM
RADINE TREES NEHRING
LEO MAZOW
THOMAS HART BENTON: PAINTING THE SOUND
Leo Mazow’s presentation explores songs as subject matter in the art of the American Regionalist painter, muralist, printmaker, and educator Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975). Many of the artist’s most important paintings depict musical performance and passages from folk songs like “John Henry,” “Wreck of the Old ’97,” and “Frankie and Johnnie.” With them, he found a means to preserve a quickly vanishing past. In Benton’s pictorial universe, it is through songs—and paintings of songs—that stories are told and history is recorded. Benton also actively collected, performed, recorded, and distributed popular music. At the close of this illustrated lecture, Mazow and his vocal accompanist Brittany Stephenson—who together form the musical group The Coverlets—will perform several of the songs that provided themes for several of Benton’s best-known paintings.
1:30 PM – 2:25 PM
AMY STEWART
FORGOTTEN HISTORY & UNLIKELY HEROINES
Amy Stewart’s new novel, Girl Waits with Gun, is based on the true story of three extraordinary women: Constance, Norma, and Fleurette Kopp. In 2012, Stewart stumbled across a 1914 newspaper article about them and went on to uncover their amazing history through genealogical archives, court records, old newspapers, and interviews with family members. Girl Waits with Gun is the first in a series about the Kopp women and their adventures in crime-fighting. Stewart will share photographs and stories about these extraordinary women and the fascinating historical background that shaped their world a hundred years ago.
2:30 PM – 3:25 PM
A LIFE OF CRIME: REFLECTIONS ON FOUR DECADES WRITING MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS
Author Thomas Perry talks about the life of a professional writer. He will pass on some of the things he learned, thought, wrote, said, and wished he’d said during a lengthy career writing novels, short fiction, and television.
3:30 PM – 4:25 PM
LAURA LIPPMAN BELIEF
In the Writers Tent
Hear celebrated authors read from their work and speak about various aspects of their writing careers and the creative process.
12:00 PM – 12:25 PM
12:30 PM – 1:25 PM
THOMAS PERRY
Author appearances and speaking times are subject to change at any time. Please check www.BooksinBloom.org for the most current information.
Laura Lippman talks about how her decision to begin from a place of belief whenever she hears a story about sexual assault changed her life -- and her work as a novelist. Lippman explains, “To be clear, I’m open to discovering I was wrong to believe, but I never regret that initial choice. And I would not hew to this standard as a member of a jury, or as a journalist. But as a person, I have found an important kind of peace by choosing to believe that sexual assault is seldom something people lie about.”
THE WRITER’S WORLD IS FULL OF SHARKS
E.A. ALLEN
BROOKS BLEVINS
“I write mysteries in one of the roughest neighborhoods in fiction -- the Edwardian Era. Its mean streets are patrolled day and night by the guardians of the Sherlock Holmes legacy, and if you venture out at all, you can expect to be mugged with an invidious comparison or two. Still, I write Edwardian Mysteries. I do it as well as I can. I hope some day to do it even better than Sir Arthur. Let me tell you how I do it.”
The trial of five men for the brutal murder of a drifter in the Ozarks in 1929 produced sensationalized press coverage around the nation. And for good reason. The story involved allegations of dismemberment and sexual assault, charges of imposture, and the testimony of a dead man. But the region itself -- and the nation’s preconceived stereotypes of its inhabitants -- became just as integral to the story as the alleged murderers and their supposed victim.
THE MEAN STREETS OF EDWARDIAN MYSTERY
1:00 PM – 1:25 PM
TALYA TATE BOERNER
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WHILE WRITING YOUR FIRST BOOK
In today’s competitive market, a well-written book is not always enough to attract a publisher. Talya will discuss her personal journey to find a publisher as well as the essential tasks you should spend time on while you are writing your first book. From building a platform to attracting sponsors for your book launch, Talya’s ideas are fresh and creative.
1:30 PM – 1:55 PM
SANDERIA FAYE SMITH MOURNER’S BENCH
Sanderia Faye likes to say that every story begins somewhere. Ideally that somewhere imbues the story with meaning, brings characters to life and leaves readers “seeing” the story as if it were presented in vivid color on a big screen. In this talk, Faye will delve into the world of “seeing” as a sensory experience and place as character. Faye will read passages from her debut novel, Mourner’s Bench, to show how she draws readers into her world.
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM
DUSTY RICHARDS WRITE WHAT YOU LOVE
Dusty Richards writes Westerns, at least in part because at age thirteen, his family moved to Arizona and he thought he’d arrived in heaven. Although his career path has
MURDER IN THE OZARKS? CRIME AND STEREOTYPE IN AN AMERICAN REGION
3:00 PM – 3:25 PM
DIANE LES BECQUETS SOME WOMEN ARE BORN WILD, OTHERS ARE MADE
Within every woman lies a wilderness. This presentation will explore the backstory of Breaking Wild, including the author’s personal journey and discoveries, as well as those of her characters.
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM
BRIAN BIGGS IN THE WORKS
It’s been almost a year since I had a new book out, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy. Late 2016 and early 2017 will see six new books that I’ve illustrated. I’m going to give a brief synopsis of my previous work for the uninitiated, and then take a sneak peak at the new book coming soon.
4:00 PM – 4:25 PM
MARY NIDA SMITH
HEROES BENEATH THE WAVES
Men who served in submarines join the service to sail the seas. The unknown world was more like a nightmare to many. Out of every twenty men signing up, maybe only six would quantify. Imagine working and living in a 300-foot long, 30-foot wide, three- story building with no windows and surrounded by technology. Hear about these men and this book.
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Authors and Other Literary Guests E. A. Allen
Brian Biggs
E. A. Allen, a native of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, is a writer, History Professor, and retired CIA Intelligence Officer. He received his Ph.D. in Modern European History at Tulane University. Dr. Allen is the author of more than a score of articles, published in leading historical journals, notably The Journal of British Studies and French Historical Studies. He has lectured widely on both History and International Relations. He is the author of the Montclaire Mysteries series, which now includes two published novels, three novellas, and thirteen short stories in the Montclaire Weekend Mysteries series. Allen now lives near Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he raises cattle and teaches European History and the History of World Civilization.
Brian Biggs was born in Little Rock in 1968 and began drawing pictures pretty much immediately. He has illustrated more than 50 books since 2002, including the Shredderman series by Wendelin Van Draanen, two Little Golden Books, and more recently the New York Times bestselling series Frank Einstein, written by Jon Scieszka. In addition to all this drawing, he wrote the Everything Goes series published by Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins and a series called Tinyville Town that will be published by Abrams/Appleseed Books beginning this fall. Since leaving Little Rock at age eleven, Brian has lived in Houston, New York City, Paris, San Francisco, and now currently lives in Philadelphia with his lovely wife and two teenagers. He still calls the Hogs when the opportunity arises.
www.montclairemysteries.com
Brooks Blevins Brooks Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University in Springfield. A native of the Arkansas Ozarks, he received his B.A. in history at Lyon College and the M.A. and Ph.D. in American history at Auburn University. Blevins has written five books and edited or co-edited two others, including his most recent release, an edited reprint of Wayman Hogue’s 1932 memoir, Back Yonder: an Ozark Chronicle. His other books include Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South, Arkansas/ Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies & Good Ol’ Boys Defined a State, and Hill Folks: a History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image.
www.mrbiggs.com
Talya Tate Boerner talyatateboerner.com gracegritsgarden.com
Talya Tate Boerner grew up on a cotton farm in Northeast Arkansas. After graduating from high school, she headed west making it as far as the Brazos River. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Baylor University, worked thirty years as a commercial lender in Dallas, and recently returned home to Arkansas to breathe again. Talya now lives in Fayetteville with her husband, John, and two miniature schnauzers, Lucy and Annabelle. She is a regular contributor to Delta Crossroads, Front Porch Magazine, and The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute blog. Her work has been published in Arkansas Review, Deep South Magazine, and The Write Life. Talya’s love of food, farming, and nature is evident on her personal lifestyle blog, Grace Grits and Gardening. She loves to cook and believes most any dish can be improved with a side of collard greens. The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee, released in January 2016 from SYP Publishing, is her debut novel.
Diane Les Becquets lesbecquets.com
Diane Les Becquets is the author of four novels, including Breaking Wild from Penguin Random House, which has received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist, and was selected as an Indie Next Pick for February. Her other books include three YA novels for which she was the recipient of a Pen American fellowship, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Award, the Maine Lupine Award, ALA Best Book of the Year, Foreward Reviews Gold Winner Book of the Year, Volunteer State Book Award Selection, and Garden State Book Award Finalist. Les Becquets is an avid outdoorswoman, enjoying archery, bicycling, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, backpacking, and hiking with her Labrador, Lacey. Before moving to New Hampshire, she lived in a small ranching town in Northwestern Colorado for almost fourteen years raising her three sons. She is a Professor of English and an MFA faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University, and a volunteer at Back in the Saddle Therapeutic Riding Center.
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Authors and Other Literary Guests Laura Lippman
Radine Trees Nehring radinesbooks.com
Leo Mazow
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Since 2010 Dr. Leo Mazow has been an associate professor of art history at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He will join the staff of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as the Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator of American Art in June 2016. His book Thomas Hart Benton and the American Sound was awarded the 2013 Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art, presented by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He received his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996. In 2015 he held a Paul Mellon Senior Visiting Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, where he worked on his book project, Hopper’s Hotels, which will be the subject of his first exhibition project at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Along with singer Brittany Stephenson, he also forms one half of the musical group, The Coverlets. Based in Fayetteville, and grounding their performances within historical themes, The Coverlets specialize in folk, rock, and pre-commercial country music, and have performed regionally and nationally.
Radine Trees Nehring began writing a series of articles, essays, and stories about the Arkansas Ozarks shortly after she and her husband bought their Ozarks property, and these found interested readers around the globe. Many were collected in her first book, Dear Earth: A Love Letter from Spring Hollow, initially published in 1995. When asked which of her books is her favorite, Dear Earth is the one Nehring names. It is still available in print, has been published in Chinese, and also sells well as an ebook. Nehring says all of her writing expresses her love for the Ozarks and when she began writing her “To Die For” traditional mystery series in 2000, Ozarks tourist destinations were natural settings for her. She has received many regional and national awards, including a National Silver Falchion for mystery writing and the Governor’s Award for the best writing about Arkansas. Nehring was the 2011 inductee into the Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame.
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Thomas Perry
www.ThomasPerryAuthor.com
New York Times bestseller Thomas Perry is the author of twentythree novels. He won an Edgar for The Butcher’s Boy, the Gumshoe Award for Pursuit, and the Barry Award for The Informant. His Metzger’s Dog, Strip, and The Informant were all chosen New York Times Notable Crime Books. He is also the author of the eight-volume ongoing Jane Whitefield series. His latest book is called Forty Thieves.
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Laura Lippman is the author of six New York Times bestselling novels in an oeuvre that includes the award-winning Tess Monaghan series, a collection of critically acclaimed standalone novels, and an anthology of award-winning short stories. Laura began her career as a journalist; she was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve at The Baltimore Sun. She began writing novels while working full-time, publishing seven Tess Monaghan books before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Her Tess books, eleven in all, have won virtually every major mystery prize including the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Nero Wolfe, Shamus, Gumshoe, Barry, Quill, and Macavity awards. Laura has also received wide critical acclaim for her stand-alone novels, three of which were New York Times bestsellers—What the Dead Know, Life Sentences, and I’d Know You Anywhere. Her novel Every Secret Thing, optioned for film by Academy Awardwinning actress Frances McDormand, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2014, starring Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, and Dakota Fanning.
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www.lauralippman.com
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Authors and Other Literary Guests Dusty Richards dustyrichardslegacy.com/
Dusty Richards grew up riding horses and watching his western heroes on the big screen. He even wrote book reports for his classmates, making up westerns since English teachers didn’t read that kind of book. But his mother didn’t want him to be a cowboy, so he went to college, then worked for Tyson Foods and auctioned cattle when he wasn’t an anchor on television. But his lifelong dream was to write the novels he loved. He sat on the stoop of Zane Grey’s cabin and promised that he’d get published. In 1992, his first book, Noble’s Way, hit the shelves. Since then, he’s had 149 more published. Dusty’s most recent novel, The Mustanger and the Lady, was recently purchased for adaptation to a screenplay, so soon he’ll be able to see his own western heroes on the silver screen, as well. If he can steal some time, he also likes to fish for trout on the Buffalo River.
Sanderia Faye Smith www.Sanderiafaye.com
Sanderia Faye was born and raised in Gould, Arkansas. She is the author of Mourner’s Bench (University of Arkansas Press, September 2015). Her work has appeared in various literary journals and in Arsnick: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas, edited by historians Dr. Jennifer Wallach and Dr. John Kirk. Faye is co-founder and fellow at Kimbilio Center for Fiction. She moderated a 2015 AWP panel and the grassroots panel for the Arkansas Civil Rights Symposium during the Freedom Riders 50th Anniversary. She is a recipient of awards, residencies, and fellowships from Hurston/Wright Writers Conference, Eckerd College’s Writers in Paradise Conference, Callaloo Writers Workshop, Vermont, Writers Studio, The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, and Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency. Faye is also a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University, and a BS in Accounting from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She was an instructor for The United States Navy-Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE).
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Mary Nida Smith
www.submarinestories.blogspot.com www.marynidasmith.blogspot.com Mary Nida Smith, a freelance writer, author, poet, artist and photographer has written for magazines, newspapers and anthologies. Her first book was Submarine Stories of World War II, and her latest, Heroes Beneath the Waves: Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century, available in paperback, ebook, and audio, was released by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. in fall 2015. Smith’s husband served sixteen years in submarines and five years with HS-7 Helicopters during World War II, Vietnam and Korea. She was a member of Wives of World War II and is a lifetime member of Ladies of U.S. Subvets and former member of Military Writers of America. Smith is the historian for Ozark Regional Arts Council, founder of Twin Lakes Writers, member of Ozarks Writers League, Donald W. Reynolds Friends of the Library, Free Verse Poetry Group, Area Art Club, Bull Shoals Art Club and Palette Art League.
Amy Stewart www.amystewart.com
Amy Stewart is the author of seven books. Her latest, Girl Waits With Gun, is a novel based on a true story. She has also written six nonfiction books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including four New York Times bestsellers: The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential. She lives in Eureka, California, with her husband Scott Brown, who is a rare book dealer. They own a bookstore called Eureka Books. The store is housed in a classic nineteenth-century Victorian building that Amy very much hopes is haunted. Since her first book was published in 2001, Stewart has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition and Fresh Air, she’s been profiled in the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, and she’s been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America, the PBS documentary The Botany of Desire, and–believe it or not– TLC’s Cake Boss. Amy has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and many other newspapers and magazines. She is the co-founder of the popular blog GardenRant. Amy’s books have been translated into fifteen languages, and two of them – Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs – have been adapted into national traveling exhibits that appear at botanical gardens and museums nationwide. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the American Horticulture Society’s Book Award, and an International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award. In 2012, she was invited to be the first Tin House Writer-in-Residence, a partnership with Portland State University, where she taught in the MFA program.
Other Literary Guests The Village Writing School www.VillageWritingSchool.com The Village Writing School offers affordable workshops, weekly classes, small writing circles, coaching, and special programs in Eureka Springs, Maumelle-Little Rock, Fayetteville and Rogers-Bentonville. We offer an in-depth curriculum in the elements of narrative prose and offer special workshops in blogging, poetry, playwriting, the graphic novel, inspirational writing, mindful writing, various genres such as horror and mystery, flash fiction, feature writing, oral storytelling, writing for children and YA, and creative nonfiction, such as memoir. Our workshops are designed for both beginning and established writers in memoir or fiction. All our regular teachers hold MFA’s in Fiction or Creative
Nonfiction or PhD’s in related fields. Our guest instructors are popular or credentialed area writers, such as Kevin Brockmeier. We foster a lively literary community through our weekly Writers’ Night Out, which gives area writers a chance to perform their work and network with one another over dinner every
University of Arkansas Press
Thursday. We hold writers’ retreats and keep everyone in the loop with a weekly newsletter. The Village Writing School maintains the highest standards of writing craft within the framework of a fun and nonthreatening environment. We especially appreciate“Silver Writers” coming to writing for the first time, and we offer our programs free to high school students or anyone under eighteen. We are located at 177 Huntsville Road (Hwy 23) in Eureka Springs and at 1200 West Walnut in Rogers. Learn more about us at VillageWritingSchool.com, follow us on Facebook, or text Village to 66866 to receive our newsletter. What’s Your Story? Learn to tell it at the Village Writing School.
www.uapress.com
The University of Arkansas Press was founded in 1980 as the book publishing division of the University of Arkansas. A member of the Association of American University Presses, it publishes approximately twenty titles a year, about a third of which fall under the general heading of Arkansas and Regional Studies. The Press is charged by the Trustees of the University with the publication of books in service to the academic community and for the enrichment of the broader culture, especially works of value that are likely to be turned aside by commercial houses. This press, like all university presses, has as its central and continuing mission the dissemination of the fruits of research and creative activity.
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The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow www.writerscolony.org The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow is a unique residency program for writers of all kinds, along with artists, composers, architects, and chefs in the historic arts village of Eureka Springs. Nestled on a beautiful bend in the road known as Dairy Hollow, the Colony hosts more than 50 emerging and established writers and artists a year for residencies that vary in length from one week to three months. WCDH operates two facilities year-round with eight suites complete with private bedroom, bathroom, and a writing/working area. One suite is a dedicated Culinary Suite equipped with a stateof-the-art kitchen. Both facilities have a full kitchen, meeting and conference rooms, communal dining area, Wi-Fi and laundry facilities. Writers don’t need to be published to be accepted for a residency, and WCDH also offers several Fellowships a year. While work time at the Colony is fiercely protected, Monday through Friday evenings resident writers enjoy Kitchen Magician Jana’s wonderful European-style gourmet dinners. When other writers are in residence, they can share ideas, inspiration and support over a home-cooked meal, and take
advantage of a stocked kitchen for other meals. And the rest of the time? As one writer noted, “With every need met, all we do is write. Need a break? It’s gorgeous here − take a hike or walk 5 minutes to town where there’s always something fun going on.” This gift of uninterrupted work time in a supportive environment, combined with Eureka Spring’s breathtaking natural surroundings and vibrant community of writers, musicians, and artists, has beckoned residents from across the country and around the globe since the Colony opened in 1999. Now in our second decade, we look forward to welcoming our alumni home and to introducing new writers to the magic of the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow.
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In-Kind Donors The Art Room Gallery and Workshop Bubba’s Barbecue The Country Rooster DeVito’s of Eureka Springs Holly Ertel
The following individuals and businesses provided goods and/or services that helped make this year’s Books in Bloom a success.
Ermilio’s Italian Home Cooking Joy Flake Photography French Quarters Antiques Hats Hides & Heirlooms Lucky Dragon Restaurant
Maverick Supply Bill McNamara Milancy McNamara Kate Nessler Paradise Pottery The Place on the Square
Sparky’s Roadhouse Cafe Amy Stewart Douglas Stowe Woodworking Tigre Mountain Soaps University of Arkansas Press Julie Kahn Valentine
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About the Festival Books in Bloom Literary Festival: a Garden Party Celebration for Writers and Readers was established by the Carroll and Madison Public Library Foundation to promote the value of books and reading. The Festival provides an opportunity for the public to meet authors and to hear them speak about their work and various aspects of writing and publishing. The Foundation believes that a literate populace is of paramount importance. Books offer inspiration, instruction, and information as well as recreation. Reading helps build strong communication skills and stimulates the imagination which is vital for innovation. Almost every aspect of Books in Bloom is organized by volunteers who generously contribute their time to this annual celebration of reading. Programs range from author readings and presentations to book sales and signings. Past Books in Bloom authors have included: Nevada Barr, Steve Berry, Gail Sheehy, Lawrence Block, JA Jance, C.J. Box, and Craig Johnson. The 11th Annual Books in Bloom Festival is delighted to be included in the Eureka Springs’ Festival of the Arts month-long celebration of the arts which is now in its 29th year.
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Our primary goal is simple: to ensure the long-term financial stability of the Carroll and Madison Library System, its administrative office and the six libraries within its two-county service area. It pursues this goal by encouraging financial support from you, our patrons and our neighbors. Whether you’re an individual, a family, a business, or a corporation, your gift will make a difference. It may help build a networked website for all six libraries so that all our patrons have access to our libraries, or it may help build a bicycle rack for our allimportant after-school and Saturday morning patrons. Either way, large or small, your gift will help any one or all of our libraries, our kids, and our communities.
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Woody Barlow Bill Brown Johnice Dominick Jean Elderwind Jay Ertel Cindy George Kevin Hatfield Debbie Holt
Bill Horrell Jennifer Hudspeth Kathy McCormick Byron Russ Maria Smith Alison Taylor-Brown June Waddill Lin Wellford
