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2010 Crystal Bookmark Award Call for Nominations Open

August 30, 2010

Organizers of the Vegas Valley Book Festival are seeking nominations for the festival’s “Crystal Bookmark” award, which is presented annually to an individual or organization working to advance the cause of literature in the Las Vegas Valley. The award recognizes those who have made a major contribution to the encouragement of reading in the community through service or through a body of work that enriches, clarifies, or encourages reading and writing in and about the Vegas Valley.

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2010 Featured Authors and Panels

June 22, 2010

The central feature of the book festival is the gathering of 100 writers, primarily Nevada authors, participating in a comprehensive range of panel discussions, book signings, workshops, poetry and spoken word performances, exhibitions, children’s literature events, comic book programs and other special events. Authors represent many genres in contemporary fiction and non fiction. Panel discussions […]

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2010 Book Festival Keynote Authors Announced

June 22, 2010

Two acclaimed authors bookend the 2010 festival: T. C. Boyle, opening keynote speaker on Wednesday, November 3, 7:00 pm at the UNLV Student Union Theater, is an award winning author of 20 novels and over 100 short stories. His work embodies a mixture of humor, satire and social exploration and includes World’s End (winner of […]

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Vegas Valley Book Festival Set for Nov. 3–7

June 22, 2010

City-sponsored Event Hosts Wide Range Of Cultural Programs For Community The ninth annual Vegas Valley Book Festival will take place Nov. 3–7, 2010, with most programs scheduled at the downtown Historic Fifth Street School. The largest literary event in Las Vegas, the book festival will bring together more than 100 authors for panel discussions, readings, […]

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Festival Updates

March 1, 2010

Stay tuned for more book festival news including: A complete list of pre-festival events, June to October The Comic Book Festival The Children’s’ Literature Festival “Feasting on Words – a celebration of food and literature” A roster of featured authors appearing at the book festival Themes and panel sessions The local Book Club Initiative Book […]

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Locations

March 1, 2010

In recent years, the festival found its permanent home at the historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, a 1930’s Mission-style building that has become a cultural hub in the heart of downtown. Most author sessions take place in the auditorium of the school with some events in the fountain courtyard while the Children’s […]

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Serving the Reading and Writing Communities

March 1, 2010

The festival is planned and coordinated by a 12 member committee representing key producing organizations and representatives of the writing and reading community. With a mission to foster literary and cultural growth in the valley, festival organizers offer “a one stop shopping for literature” through a range of literary programs built around sharing resources, developing […]

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Festival Producers

March 1, 2010

The five-day festival is presented by the City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Nevada Humanities, a festival founder. In addition, the festival is supported by a wide range of community partners and sponsors.

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2010 Festival Planning Now Underway

March 1, 2010

Planning is now underway for the Vegas Valley Book Festival, the largest literature event in Las Vegas, to be held November 3–7, 2010. Most events will take place at the historic Fifth Street School downtown. Now in its ninth year, this annual community festival was founded on the simple premise of “bringing together those who […]

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Vegas Valley Book Festival in Top 25 Book Fairs and Festivals

January 7, 2010

Vegas Valley Book Festival Ranks 10th among 25 Top Book Fairs and Festivals

The Vegas Valley Book Festival was ranked 10th in a list of 25 book fairs and festivals deemed to be the best for readers, fans, publishers and authors to attend according to book publicist and president of Westwind Communications, Scott Lorenz. In his post on sellingbooks.com, Lorenz evinces the reasons why fairs and festivals are […]

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