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Each week, we will share some of the fantastic authors, performers, and literary exhibitors scheduled to appear at this year's fest!
Highlights for Adults
Solomon Jones | Payback
Sunday, April 19, Skyline Salon
Solomon Jones is the Essence bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels C.R.E.A.M., Ride Or Die, The Bridge, and Pipe Dream. A columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, he is also the author of Keeping Up With the Jones: Marriage, Family and Life... Unplugged. A former adjunct professor at Temple University's College of Liberal Arts, Jones also serves on the board of the Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness. His new novel, Payback, is a sequel to C.R.E.A.M.
Fun for the Family
Follow the Drinking Gourd: "On the Freedom Trail"
Sunday, April 19, Target Children's Stage
Celebrating the vitality of the African-American musical experience, Follow the Drinking Gourd is a musical trio named for a song used to guide slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Combining powerful narrative with compelling music, singers Shannon Hunt and Ivan Woods and pianist Diane Goldsmith perform their way through African-American history in "On the Freedom Trail," using musical styles such as spiritual and ragtime, as well as excerpts from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Follow the Drinking Gourd has appeared to rave reviews at venues, including Princeton's Paul Robeson Center for the Arts and the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
Exhibitor Spotlight
The Free Library Festival's Street Fair & Literary Marketplace is the place for readers to discover new writers and explore what's new in the literary world!
Exhibitors! The deadline to register is Friday, March 6, 2009. For more information and the application, click here.
The Gettysburg Review
Recognized as one of the country's premier journals, The Gettysburg Review publishes short stories, poems, and essays in quarterly issues that celebrate the collected American experience. Many pieces first published in the journal have found their way into prize anthologies such as Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, Best American Poetry, and Best American Essays. The journal has won numerous awards, including the Best New Journal and four Best Journal Design Awards, as well as a PEN/Nora Magid Award for Excellence in editing.
Temple University Press
Publisher of regional, general interest, and academic books
From scholarly books for the global university community to locally-focused titles about Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, Temple University Press publishes books that encourage readers to gain new perspectives on the world and a greater understanding of the social, cultural, and political forces that unite and divide us. Featured titles at the Free Library Festival will include Restructuring the Philadelphia Region by Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh and Ira Goldstein; Pictures from a Drawer by Bruce Jackson, and Animals at Play by Marc Bekoff.
Curtis Adams | The Durer Hypothesis, Volume 1
The Durer Hypothesis, Volume 1 documents independent art historian Curtis Adams's investigation of a plate he found at a Pennsylvania flea market that may be an original artifact from the 16th century featuring artist Albrecht Durer's metal engraving The Night, Death and the Devil. Adams underwent more than five years of research, interviews, and appraisals with historians and scientists in an effort to prove the plate's authenticity, unlocking a world of explanations.
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On Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, 2009, the Free Library hosted its third annual Free Library Festival. Drawing our largest crowd to date--estimated at 35,000!--the Festival presented more than 50 authors, performers, and programs, and 80 exhibitors at the Street Fair and Literary Marketplace. Thanks to our Festival Sponsors, the City of Philadelphia, and the Fairmount Park Commission, to the Free Library staff, and to our more than 200 dedicated Festival Volunteers for another fantastic fest! );)
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