Tucson Festival of Books – Celine Keating / Author / The books, writings and other musings of Montauk author Celine Keating Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:44:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/celinekeating.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-keating-favicon-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tucson Festival of Books – Celine Keating / Author / 32 32 176802100 2024 Events /2024-events/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2024-events Sat, 05 Oct 2024 20:56:30 +0000 / October 24  – 6 PM Meet the Authors. In conversation with Andrea Exerins. Charter Books, Newport R.I. More information here

October 21 – 7 PM – 8:30 PM Book Inc. Writers’ Institute Workshop: “Dynamic Setting” (via zoom) More info here

October 1 – 6 PM
Meet the Author. In conversation with Biddle Duke. 
Ashwagh Hall, East Hampton, free and open to the public.
More info here

June 13 | Bristol book club

May 26 | Keene Valley book talk (with writers Caperton Tissot and Lorraine Duvall)

May 11 | Linden Place

I was honored to be an artist in residence at this spectacular mansion/museum, which culminated in a fun outdoor reading on the grounds.

April 21 | Montauk library book club

April 20 | Atlantic Bluffs Club book club (Montauk)

March 9-12 | Tucson Festival of Books and Masters Workshop

My table at the festival, and writer friends from the Masters workshop

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October 13, 2021

Reading & Conversation

If interested, a link to this event is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPHVvkgCxDE

March 6-10, 2021

Tucson Festival of Books 

This wonderful festival and conference was virtual this year. https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/

I was honored to win the first place fiction award! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=1486

]]> 13565 Announcement: First Place in Fiction at the 2021 Tucson Festival of Books ! /announcement-first-place-in-fiction-at-the-2021-tucson-festival-of-books/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=announcement-first-place-in-fiction-at-the-2021-tucson-festival-of-books Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:26:57 +0000 / The Tucson Festival of Books is astonishing in scope – the free book fair combines hundreds of author booths on the stunning campus of University of Arizona in Tucson, as well as panels, readings, talks. Founded in 2009, the festival is visited typically by more than130,000 book lovers.

Fiction Award

The festival awards prizes in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. I was thrilled to learn I won the first-place fiction award, based on the first chapter of my current novel, set in Montauk. I’ll be attending the fiction workshop virtually this year. In years past I found the workshop enormously valuable.

A reading in Arizona, when I attended one of the Tucson Book Festival workshops

Focus on Literacy

The event typically includes special programming for children and teens, panels by best-selling and emerging authors, culturally diverse programs, a poetry venue, and exhibitor booths. The Festival’s mission is to improve literacy rates among children and adults in Southern Arizona. Since its creation, the Festival has donated over $1.65 million to agencies that improve literacy in the community.

I was very impressed by the number of young people and the racial diversity in the crowd each time I attended

Tucson is a beautiful and cultural city. I loved walking around and noticing all the styles of housing, and the brilliant, lush foliage.

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