Casper College and ARTCORE Present Equality State Book Festival, 9/14 - 9/15

Casper College and ARTCORE Present the Equality State Book Festival, September 14-15, 2012.

This is a two-day event, when more than 15 authors and illustrators will share their talents, giving readings, leading craft talks, emceeing a poetry slam, visiting local schools, and participating on panels. This year’s group includes poets, novelists, memoirists, essayists, illustrators, and publishers. Among the participants slated are state-wide and regional favorites: Patricia Frolander, current Poet Laureate for Wyoming; Zak Pullen, Cat Urbigkit, Kendra Spanjer and Karla Oceanak who will be making school visits; Alyson Hagy and David Romtvedt, faculty from University of Wyoming’s MFA program, who will give readings and lead craft talks; and essayist and poet Linda Hasselstrom. From further regions, we are also joined by Rebecca O’Connor and Renee d’Aoust. The Wyoming Arts Council presents the Creative Writing Fellowship awards which were judged by Brian Turner and celebrates poetry this year. Our friends at the Natrona County Library are sponsoring a visit from Luis Carlos Montalvan.

Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council, through funding from the Wyoming State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts and with partial funding by the Wyoming Humanities Council.

For more information, visit: http://www.equalitystatebookfest.com/ or http://www.artcorewy.com/index.php.