Indiana Writers' Consortium: 2015 Steel Pen Bookfair Bonanza

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

2015 Steel Pen Bookfair Bonanza

Kevin Shelton

Wouldn’t it be awesome if there was a bookfair with critically acclaimed author Wang Ping, Indiana native fiction writer, Bryan Furuness, and small presses? Good thing October is coming up then as Indiana Writers’ Consortium’s 2015 Steel Pen Conference will be having a bookfair as part of the conference. If you want a book signed by Wang Ping—or by one of the other talented authors attending the bookfair—here is your chance.

The book fair will be located at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza and will start at 9 AM and last until 6 PM, Saturday, October 10. There will be around 30 small presses, individual authors, and literary arts organizations selling a variety of books, journals, and other materials, so take your time and explore what everyone has out on the tables.

Sometimes you just need a glass of wine or some gourmet chocolate as you read or write. As a fun twist to the book fair, Indiana Writers’ Consortium will be having a drawing for a complimentary LuxWine Tasting for Four at Cooper’s Hawk, donated by the winery. This tour includes a tasting of their different wines and a gourmet chocolate truffle. To enter the drawing, you sign up at the bookfair.

Included in the bookfair, there will be author signings at the Barnes & Noble table. Below is the schedule:

10:30 AM – P. Ivan Young

P. Ivan Young is a recipient of the 2011 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and the 2013 winner of the Norton Girault Literary Prize.

11:45 AM – Laura Madeline Wiseman

Laura Madeline Wiseman has published several books that include Drink, Wake, and multiple chapbooks.

1:00 PM – Sara Henning

Sara Henning is the author of A Sweeter Water, Garden Effigies, and To Speak to Dahlias.

2:00 PM – Ching-In Chen

Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart’s Traffic and is a genderqueer and multi-genre writer. She has been featured around the country.

2:30 PM - Michael Poore

Michael Poore has written Up Jumps the Devil and is currently working on a new novel.

3:00 PM - Wang Ping

Wang Ping has won multiple awards, which include the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council for the Arts for poetry, the Eugene Kayden Award for the Best Book in Humanities, and more.

3:30 PM – Kate Collins

Kate Collins is the New York Times bestselling author of the Flower Shop Mystery series and is an Indiana native.

5:00 PM – Bryan Furuness

Bryan Furuness is the author of The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson and won the Midwest Short Fiction Contest, The Laurel Review, for “The Lost Episodes”

5:30 PM – James Dworkin

James Dworkin is the chancellor of Purdue North Central and is the author of The Dog and the Dolphin.

As an off-site event on Sunday, October 11th, there will be an author fair at Barnes & Noble in Valparaiso. Below is the schedule for the author fair:

10 AM – 12 PM

Wang Ping

Ching-IN Chen

Bryan Furuness

Laura Madeline Wiseman

Sara Henning

Evan Guilford-Blake

Britny Cordera Doane

12:30 PM – 2 PM

Michael Poore

Kate Collins

Carla Susan

James Dworkin

Kathryn Page Camp

Joyce Hicks

Paula Evans

Catherine Lanigan

For more information about the 2015 Steel Pen conference and book fair, please visit http://indianawritersconsortium.org/IWC-creative-writing-conference.asp.

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