Alabama's Public Liberal Arts University

Join Us for the 5th Annual
Montevallo Literary Festival

April 13-14, 2007

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2007 Montevallo Literary Festival Schedule


Schedule of Events

Friday, April 13    
11:00am-5pm Check-In

 

Comer 2nd Floor
12:00-12:20 pm Opening General Session--UM President Dr. Philip C. Williams,
Jim Murphy
 
Palmer Commons
12:30-1:15 pm Dr. Philip C. Williams & Sandra Williams: Children's Book Writing
 
 Comer 208
 
1:30-4:20 pm John Dufresne: Fiction Workshop  Comer 308
 
1:30-2:15 pm Rich Lyons: Poetry Reading  Palmer Commons
 
2:30-3:15 pm John O’Keefe: Theater/Dramatic Writing Presentation

 

 Palmer Commons
 
3:30-4:15 pm Peter Donahue: Fiction Reading  Palmer Commons
 
4:30-5:15 pm Wendy Bruce and Jennifer Horne: Southern Women’s Spirituality Anthology--Book Talk & Reading

 

 Comer 208
 
6:30-8 pm Friends of MLF Dinner  Hill House

 

8-8:45 pm John Dufresne: Fiction Reading  Hill House
 

 

Saturday, April 14

   
11:00am-5pm Check-In

 

Comer 2nd Floor
9-11 am Breakfast Table, Hosted by Provost/VPAA

 

Comer 2nd Floor
9-9:45 am John Dufresne, Brad Vice, and Jim Gilbert: The Strange Journey of
The Bear Bryant Funeral Train

 

Comer 208
10 am-12:50 pm John O’Keefe: Theater/Dramatic Writing Workshop

 

Comer 308
10-10:45 am Jennifer Horne: Poetry Reading

 

Palmer Commons
11-11:45 am Michele Reese: Poetry Reading

 

Palmer Commons
Noon–1:00 pm Lunch on your own

 

 
1:00-3:50 pm Catherine Bowman: Poetry Workshop

 

Comer 208
1:00-1:45 pm Tower Release: Reception/Reading

 

2nd Floor Comer/
Palmer Commons
2-2:45 pm Kirk Curnutt: Fiction Reading

 

Palmer Commons
3-3:45 pm Off-Mic Moments: APTV’s “Bookmark”:  Wendy Bruce and Don Noble Comer 208
 
4-4:45 pm Catherine Bowman: Poetry Reading

 

Palmer Commons
6-6:50 pm Southern Progress Keynote Reading: Ellen Gilchrist

 

Carmichael Library
7-10:00 pm Booksigning Party & Low Country Boil Dinner, Music by Ethan Gardner Hill House

 

This project is co-sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this web site do not necessarily represent the NEH or the AHF.

We are grateful for generous support from the Southern Progress Corp. and the Friends of the Montevallo Lit Fest.