Kentucky Book Fair
Join our Creative Writing Faculty for a week of Kentucky Book Fair events:
Literary Luncheon
Tuesday, November 12 • Noon
ArtsPlace • Lexington
Enjoy a tasty Kentucky-themed lunch with Bobbie Ann Mason, Ed McClanahan, Gurney Norman, and Mary Ann Taylor-Hall.
This ticketed luncheon will entail much laughter and fun conversation from these literary giants. They’ll read from their works, share
about recent projects, and take questions from the audience. Poet and novelist Crystal Wilkinson, Associate Professor of English at the
University of Kentucky, will act as moderator. Tickets are $40 and available at kyhumanities.org
Saturday, November 16, Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park • Lexington
10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
New Appalachian Woman, featuring author Rebecca Gayle
Howell in conversation with Jayne Moore Waldrop,
Jessica Wilkerson, Savannah Sipple, and Crystal Wilkinson.
2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Adrian Matejka, author of Map to the Stars in conversation with
Frank X Walker, author of Last Will, Last Testament.
You can find the entire Kentucky Book Fair schedule here: https://www.kyhumanities.org/assets/files/Page-Editor-Files/2019BookFestivalcatalog_smaller.pdf
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The UK College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that former English Ph.D. student, Deirdre Mikolajcik, has won the 2019 Trollope Prize graduate essay competition hosted by the University of Kansas.
