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DSM Book Festival
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Des Moines Book Festival @ Capital Square
Saturday, March 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Des Moines Book Festival connects people who love books with the people who create them, and features nationally acclaimed authors, hands-on workshops, and children’s activities. Beaverdale Books will once again be the festival’s official bookseller offering attendees the chance to purchase books and get them signed by the authors.
Be sure to check out these workshops sponsored by Beaverdale Books.
11:00 AM: Future of Journalism
The development of digital media has delivered innovations and prompted many changes in all aspects of journalism practice, the journalism industry and scholarly research in the field of journalism studies. Join journalism professionals as they share insights into how to evolve in this new digital space.
Laura Belin, Editor & Publisher, Bleeding Heartland
Doug Burns, Co-owner/Columnist at Carroll Times Herald/Herald Publishing, Founding Member of Iowa Western Journalism Foundation
Craig Crile, Chief Strategist, GroupC Digital
Lily De Taeye, Author, Little Village Magazine
Carol Hunter, Executive Director, Des Moines Register
Susan Patterson Plank, Executive Director, Iowa Newspaper Association
Kathie Obradovich, States Newsroom, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Moderator: Julie Gammack, Producer, Okoboji Writers’ Retreat
2:30 PM: Published Authors Perspective
Now you’re published – what happens next? This workshop offers a unique opportunity to learn the perks and perils of four talented authors as they share their unique perspectives.
Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Weight of Silence and The Overnight Guest
Denise Williams, author of How to Fail at Flirting and The Fastest Way to Fall
Julie Stone, author of He’s with the Band
X. H. Collins, author of Flowing Water, Falling Flowers
Moderator: Kay Fenton Smith, author of Zakery’s Bridge
