Mid-Columbia Literary Festival (LitFest) is sponsored by CBC and its partners. LitFest hosts an impressive list of authors covering a wide range of styles and approaches. They include author presentations, book signings, workshops, readings, and much more.
Past authors include:
- Sherman Alexie
- Stephanie Bodeen
- Augusten Burroughs
- Sandra Cisneros
- David Guterson
- Garth Stein
- Richard Yancey
- Jim Lynch
- Allen Johnson
- Gwen James and Pete Fromm
- Tod Marshall
- Karen Spears Zacharias
- Chris Lee and Colleen O'Brien
2016 Events
KELLI ESTES
March 15, 2016
7:00PM, Mid-Columbia - Kennewick (on Union)
The Kennewick Library will host Kelli Estes, who grew up in Eastern Washington. Her novel, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk, is called brilliant, poignant, and vibrant, by critics. Based on real historical events, the novel revolves around two young women, one a Chinese American girl of the late 1890s and the other a young woman who returns to Orcas Island and finds a piece of silk that leads her to unfold the tragic history of the Chinese in Seattle.
ANDREW CHAPMAN
March 22, 2016
7:00 PM, Richland Public Library
Chapman, a long-time writer for Disney, Fox, Universal, Warner Brothers and Sony, wrote and directed the film, Stand Off. He’s also sold television pilots to ABC, Fox, Amazon, ABC Family, and Sony. Married with two children, Chapman lives in both Los Angeles and Seattle.
YOUNG AUTHOR PANEL
April 19, 2016
7:00 PM, Mid-Columbia Library - Kennewick
Author reading and book signing event
ABOUT THE BOOK
June 7, 2016
6:00 PM, Bookwalter Winery
The book talkers, all local avid readers, are Andy Miller, Kirk Ruehl, Shawn Murrow, Cyndi Kittson, Tom Moak, Greg Martin, and Connie Farr. They each will choose one of their favorite novels or non-fiction works to explore for five minutes or so. Attendees will get to question the reviewers, too.
Ed Frost, emceeing the event, said, “About the Book is a special night to enjoy the camaraderie of fellow book lovers while savoring good food and a glass of wine.”
Thank you to our sponsors...
CBC Arts & Humanities Division, Battelle Foundation, the Richland Public Library, the Richland Public Library Foundation, the Friends of the Richland Public Library, Columbia Basin College, and a wonderful anonymous donor, for which we are eternally grateful.