Poetry

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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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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Poetry Crowns the Book Festival

September 6, 2009

November 4–8, 2009 As a celebration of the spoken word, this year’s book festival will offer an expansive program of poetry, from the sparse verse of America’s Poet Laureate and opening keynote speaker, Kay Ryan, to the impromptu haiku poems of Mayor Oscar Goodman and Dayvid Figler, who open First Friday, November 6, on the book […]

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