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The 2008 Chippewa Valley Book Festival will be a four-day celebration of local and regional writers and readers. Coordinated by the Literary Arts Committee of the Eau Claire Regional Arts Council in cooperation with the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library and local school districts, the festival provides area book lovers with an opportunity to meet contemporary local and regional writers and talk with them about their work. Over the years the book festival has invited more than 80 writers to present their work, and the 2008 festival will feature 20 writers who will continue that discussion! This year’s line-up includes:

  • Tom Farley, author of The Chris Farley Show
  • Wisconsin mystery authors Marshall Cook and Jon Loomis
  • Lawson Fusao Inada, Oregon’s poet laureate
  • Patrick Rothfuss and his mind-blowing new fantasy The Name of the Wind
  • The heartwarming and nostalgic novels of Sandra Kring
  • Mai Neng Moua’s Bamboo Among the Oaks, a collection of contemporary Hmong writings
  • Webmage, Cybermancy and Codespell - “digital magic” novel-writing by Kelly McCullough
  • Gary Niebuhr, author of Read ‘Em Their Writes: A Handbook for Mystery Book Discussions
  • The poetry of Nadine S. St. Louis and Yvette Viets Flaten 
  • A host of local and regional poets, essayists and novelists

2007 Festival Poster