Laguna Beach Literary Fest is Saturday April 14 2018.
Laguna Beach Literary Fest is a Free Family Friendly Event!
Laguna Beach Literary Festival is A Day of Readings, Panels, Workshops & Craft Talks with some of California’s finest poets and writers from 11:00am to 4:00pm at Laguna Beach Library.
Join Laguna Beach’s Poet Laureate, Kate Buckley, and friends for Laguna Beach’s first ever official literary festival.
Enjoy readings, book signings, panels, craft talks and workshops from some of California’s finest poets and writers including Francesca Bell, Noah Blaustein, Kate Buckley, Elena Karina Byrne, Grant Hier, Eric Morago, Victoria Patterson, Mary Jane White, and Tom Zoellner, as well as Laguna Poets and Third Street Writers.
Laguna Beach Literary Fest 2018 Schedule
11:00am – 11:30am: Children’s Poetry Circle (ages: 5 – 11) – Facilitator: Kate Buckley (Children’s Library Section)
11:30am – 12:30pm: Craft Talks, Panels, Readings and Workshops
11:30am – 11: 55am: Eric Morago Reading/Q&A & Signing (Main Room)
12:00pm – 12:25pm: Victoria Patterson and Francesca Bell Author Panel (Main Room): “Your Name in Lights: A Novelist and a Poet on How to Get Published—Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls”
11:30am – 11:55pm: Mary Jane White Workshop (Workshop Room): “Translation–How To Begin: Collaboration” (A hands-on workshop on translating poetry for novices)
12:00pm – 12:25pm: Elena Karina Byrne Craft Talk (Workshop Room): “The Gorgeous Gamble: Using Risk and Surprise to Make Your Poetry Payoff in a Big Way”
12:30pm – 1:25pm: Break for lunch. Laguna Beach has a bevy of restaurants suitable for different palates and price points walkable from the Laguna Beach Library.
1:30pm – 2:55pm: Craft Talks, Panels, Readings and Workshops
1:30pm – 2:25pm: Tom Zoellner Workshop (Workshop Room): “Writing the Landscape: Orange County as a ‘Character’ in the Genres of Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction”
1:30pm – 1:55pm: Noah Blaustein Reading/Q&A & Signing (Main Room)
2:00pm – 2:25pm: Grant Hier Reading/Q&A & Signing (Main Room)
2:30pm – 2:55pm: “She Says”: A Reading/Q&A & Signing with Elena Karina Byrne, Kate Buckley and Francesca Bell (Main Room)
2:30pm – 2:55pm: Noah Blaustein and Grant Hier Craft Talk (Workshop Room): “The Hard Work: Facing the Page, Overcoming Doubt and Making it New”
3pm – 4pm: Local Voices (Fiction and Poetry):
Third Street Writers (3:00pm – 3:30pm: Coordinator, Rina Palumbo) (Main Room)
Laguna Poets (3:30 – 4:00pm: Coordinator, Mike Sprake)(Main Room)
Laguna Beach Library is located at 363 Glenneyre Street in Laguna Beach California.
