Arizona authors can take a day trip to Payson to enjoy the second Payson Book Festival on Saturday, July 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Gila Community College, 201 N. Mud Springs Rd., Payson. A free, family-friendly event, the Payson Book Festival provides an opportunity to meet 70 Arizona authors including Marshall Trimble, Arizona's Official State Historian, and several members of the Arizona Authors' Association.
Visitors can enjoy writer workshops, music, food and door prizes. Kathy Peach also will offer a story time session. Among presenters are Laura Tohe, Navajo Nation Poet Laureate. 2015 - 2016, Roger Naylor, travel and outdoor writer, and historical novelist Marsha Ward.
Sponsored by Arizona Professional Writers and Gila Community College, the event will include writers speaking about their books and the craft of writing, along with several workshops throughout the day. Proceeds will benefit scholarship funds of both organizations. This literacy event is supported by a grant from Arizona Humanities.
For more information, including a list of authors, visit http://ift.tt/1BXwD0v or their Facebook page.
For questions, call 928-468-9269
or email: info@paysonbookfestival.org.
If anyone wants to volunteer for an hour or two during the event, respond at: info@paysonbookfestival.org.
or email: info@paysonbookfestival.org.
If anyone wants to volunteer for an hour or two during the event, respond at: info@paysonbookfestival.org.
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