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Pages & Places, Scranton’s inaugural book festival, will bring to the city’s downtown 30 writers, scholars, and editors, nearly all of them bearing significant national reputations. Some have won MacArthur “Genius” Fellowships, NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, and major literary awards. On Saturday, October 3rd they will convene nine panels and workshops on subjects ranging from green living to the state of our national poetry to Scranton’s role in the 2008 Presidential election.

• Added on: Aug 26th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Matt Artz
• Listed in: Writing Independent Publishing
• Tags: book festival literary festival scranton festival pages and places scranton book festival scranton event

Recent Posts

• James McCabe: What Women Want…according to Major Hollywood Studios

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 13:59 in pages and places

  If you are an average moviegoer, heading to your local Cineplex to see the best-marketed thing to come out of Hollywood this week may not always include consideration of women’s portrayal.  It certainly seems that way.  The cash machines that dou...

• Last Call for Contributions

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 13:20 in pages and places

  It's not to late to make a donation -- of any size: $25, $20, $15 . . . Just click here!...

• Pages & Places on ArtScene

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 23:47 in pages and places

  Here's the podcast of our conversation with Erika Funke. It's not bad, actually. Take a listen! ...

• Readings, Readings, Readings . . .

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 21:22 in scranton, wilkes university, university of scranton, pages and places, pages & places book festival, jean mcgarry, kaylie jones, prologue party tickets

  Here we are mere days from Scranton's inaugural book festival. But the celebration of books and the city begin this Thursday, when Literary Fiction Panelist Jean McGarry comes up from Johns Hopkins University to visit creative writing students at th...

• Anna Kilcullen: Three Stories with Real Girl Power!

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 12:51 in pages and places

  The authors that will be present at the Young Adult Panel at the Places and Pages Bookfest next week have all written about very strong young women. These young women don’t have any superpowers or vampire love interests yet they all have a salient...

• Literary Stars — They’ll Be Everywhere

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 00:27 in pages and places

  It's not just about the all-star writers sitting on the panels. The Lackawanna County Library System is hosting open readings on Courthouse Square -- a chance for anyone and everyone to participate in Scranton's inaugural book festival. Expect writ...

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