Announcing the Inaugural Lyons Lit Fest!
Saturday June 8th, 2024
Opening Keynote:
Discover adventure where everything’s free,
A book is your garden; your card is the key.
In this exciting kick-off to the Lyons Book Fest, meet award-winning author-illustrators Heather Brockman Lee and Kaz Windness as they take you on a book-lovers adventure. You’ll receive a behind-the-scenes peek at how a picture book is created, a live puppet performance of their picture book When You Love a Book, plus games, activities, and so much more for the whole family.
Wherever you read to, wherever you roam,
Come check out adventure and carry some home.
10-10:30am in the Community Room follwed by a book signing in the Children’s section.
Afternoon Keynote: Publishing 101
Sara Megibow has worked as a literary agent in Colorado for almost twenty years. She has a short presentation on how traditional publishing works, how to evaluate its pros and cons for your personal author career and how to access it. She will also talk briefly about literary agents and how to find one and then will open the floor to Q&A. Join us! This will be a truly behind-the-scenes look into publishing!
2-3pm in the Community Room
Coffee Chats
We are excited to welcome local authors Junior Burke and Laura Pritchett to host Coffee Chats during the Lit Fest! Sip on some coffee while enjoying an open dialogue with these wonderful writers. Registration is required for these events. Registration is required, click on the link in the description below to reserve your spot.
The Coffee Chat with Junior Burke will take place from 11-11:45am in the Quiet Reading Room. Click here to reserve your spot!
Laura Pritchett will host our second Coffee Chat from 12-12:45pm, also in the Quiet Reading Room. Click here to reserve your spot!
Teen Workshops
Graphic Novel Illustration Workshop
We welcome Stan Yan, an award-winning illustrator, caricature artist and instructor to teach tweens and teens about graphic novel illustration. Be sure to also stop by the Author Fair from 12-2pm to have your caricature drawn by Stan. To reserve your spot in the illustration workshop, click here.
Writing Workshop: Reimagining Fairy Tales
In this teen workshop, we will remix fairytale and classics to create imaginative new stories. We’ll talk about changing up plot, POV, characters, genre, mash-ups and more, as well as how to create something that feels fresh while keeping the heart of what makes these stories so compelling. We’ll finish with a mini breakout session so everyone can try out their own remixed fairytale, with plenty of opportunity to share their work! To reserve your spot in the writing workshop, click here.
These events are for tweens and teens grades 6-12.