Family fun awaits at the Life Through Literature Festival May 22, 2010

The sixth annual Life Through Literature festival will be held in Poplar Lawn Park in Petersburg, VA on May 22 from 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm. The purpose of the festival is to promote reading and interest in the literacy arts as well as to provide fun activities and entertainment for all ages. Activities include book giveaways, music, an author’s pavilion, kid’s entertainment and much more! The first 200 attendees can register to win a flat screen TV.

Literary events include presentations by a very impressive cast of local authors and book signings by fabulous regional authors in a wide variety of genres from ranging from nonfiction, young adult fiction, mystery, and inspirational book titles. Check out the following lists of authors and musicians who will be on hand during the day.

Author Presentations:

• 12:45 – Lawrence Bolar, author of inspirational, Nothing Substitutes Time and Summers With Lauren
• 1:00 – Jennifer (J.B.) Stanley, author of the Supper Club Mysteries, including Stirring Up Strife
• 2:00 – William Ashanti Hobbs, author of urban romance novel, Worthy
• 2:15 – Nan Bodine (Nancy Clarke), author of Stormy Hill
• 3:00 – Kathleen Reid, author of the scrapbooking novel, A Page Out of Life
• 3:15 – Herbert V. Coulton, author of biography In the Shadows of Giants
• 4:20 – Rev. Antonio Arnold, author of nonfiction, Hurricane Katrina and I, Breaking Away the Chains of Bondage, and We are Living in the Finished Work of Christ
• 4:35 – Rod J. Mustanski, author of Adam's Way thriller novels, and nonfiction, Enough is Enough

Book Signings:

• Mary Lou Gediman, author of the novel, Journeywoman
• Pamela K. Kinney, author of nonfiction, Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths, and True Tales
• Elli Morris, author of nonfiction, Cooling the South: The Block Ice Era, 1875-1975
• Frank Skinner, author of military fiction, Cook, Baker, Candlestick Maker
• Linda Dini Jenkins, author of travel memoir, Up at the Villa: Travels with My Husband
• Mary Moss, author of poetry and devotion, Woman At The Well
• Tennicia White, author of inspirational poetry, A Poet's Way For Justice
• Kristin M. Swenson, author of Bible Babel: Making Sense of the Most Talked About Book of All Time
• JJ McMoon, author of young adult fiction Lives

Vendors will be offering popular carnival food such as funnel cakes, hot dogs, fish, chicken and more.

Entertainers include:

• Soul Unlimited (soul & R&B)
• The Rotations (oldies, soul)
• Covenant Praise Band (religious)
• A Touch of Charm (oldies, R&B)

This year's Life Through Literature Festival is sponsored by the Petersburg Public Library, Verizon and Columbia Gas. For additional information, visit the Petersburg Public Library website at www.ppls.org or call 804-733-2387.
 

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