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With author readings, workshops, vendors and exhibitors, author signings, and a lively activity area for children, this free public event is Alabama’s premier literary event. Thousands of people from around the state and the Southeast gather at the festival each year to meet their favorite authors and scholars. It’s a day of fun for book lovers of all ages! This year the Alabama Book Festival will continue our tradition of promoting reading and literacy to Alabamians of all ages and backgrounds at Old Alabama Town in Montgomery on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
Students, parents and teachers are invited to attend the Letters About Literature Award Ceremony.
To learn more about the event click on this link The Alabama Center for the Book Save the Date 2016-2017
Join the Center for the Book on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. CDT for a one-hour webinar exploring 25 years of best practices of the Letters About Literature program. Certificates for CEUs will be available upon completion of the live program. Register here
The webinar will be recorded and available through the http://read.gov/letters site a few days after the live event.
Students from across the state will attend the Alabama Letters About Literature Awards ceremony. Certificates will be awarded to the 52 semi-finalists; prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners in each of the three levels of competition.
Guest speaker will be Adam Davis from Dothan. Davis is a former police officer with multiple years of experience. In 2015, shortly after releasing his first book, Spirit & Truth: 52 Encouraging Messages for American’s Law Enforcement, Davis shifted his focus from serving in active law enforcement to service in ministry, writing and business.
Mark your calendars for the 18th Library of Congress National Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Washington Convention Center. Follow the excitement via our hashtag, #NatBookFest.
Visit the Alabama Center for the Book, booth 509, at the Parade of States. Children’s author, Charles Ghigna, will be on hand to greet visitors and to share information about his book Alabama, My Home Sweet Home! , celebrating Alabama’s bicentennial.
Letters About Literature entries for Alabama will be accepted until Jan. 11, 2019.