Red Dirt Book Festival !

Be one of the first to register, can’t wait, wouldn’t miss it!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Pioneer Library System

225 N. Webster

Norman, Ok 73069

Phone: 405-701-2673

Fax: 405 -701-2649

www.justsoyouknow.us

 

 

Contact:          Galyn Cresap Hembree

                        Public Relations Specialist

                        Phone: 405-701-2674

                        email: gcresap@pls.lib.ok.us

 

Registration Opens for Regional Red Dirt Book Festival

 

The fourth biennial Red Dirt Book Festival will be held in Shawnee November 6 -7, 2009, at the Expo Center and on the campuses of Oklahoma Baptist University and St. Gregory’s University. The Festival’s web site, www.reddirtbookfestival.com/  is now accepting registrations to attend the free festival and a number of ticketed events included in the activities.

 

“Registering to attend the festival is easy and free; you can go online and take care of everything including reserving tickets for meals and paying for them through PayPal,” said Julia Harmon, festival director. “Or, anyone not comfortable using the internet, can go to their hometown library and ask their librarian to help them register. There is a form available on the website to download and use to register by mail.”

 

Shawnee has been home to Pioneer Library System’s Red Dirt Book Festival since 2003.  Imagine Oklahoma – Join the Conversation is the theme for this year’s free, public book festival, which continues to have tremendous community support. 

 

The Red Dirt Book Festival has been a creative home in Oklahoma for nearly 1,500 readers, writers, illustrators, publishers, storytellers, scholars and performers since 2003.
Special events planned for the festival include a keynote address by author Billie Letts, best known for her New York Times bestseller, “Where the Heart Is,” a writing workshop for area high school students, appearances by Oklahoma personalities Galen Culver, Ron Stahl, and Susan Miller, and a tea and scone reception followed by a guided tour of OBU’s Raley Chapel stained glass windows.

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