Come to Downtown Lincoln for the 2007 Nebraska Book Festival, October 26-27

The 2007 Nebraska Book Festival, rescheduled for October 26-27, is moving to downtown Lincoln where events will be staged at locations along Centennial Mall near 15th and P Streets, including the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, Lincoln Children’s Museum, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) College of Journalism and Mass Communications in Andersen Hall. Other downtown locations include the Nebraska State Capitol at 15th and K Streets and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center at 13th and Q Streets. The locations for the Festival are surrounded by coffeehouses, restaurants, bookstores, theaters, shops, and night spots. The Warner Chamber in the Nebraska State Capitol will serve as the site for the keynote address on Friday, October 26, at 5:30 P.M. Native American scholar and author Joseph Marshall III will open the Festival with an address focusing on the great Sioux warrior and tactician, Crazy Horse (the subject of Nebraska author Mari Sandoz’ biography, Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Ogalala, the 2007 One Book One Nebraska selection). On Saturday, October 27, the Nebraska Center for the Book will announce the winners of the annual Nebraska Book Awards in a ceremony in the Nebraska State Capitol Rotunda, at 11:00 A.M., to be followed by the annual Book Festival luncheon in the Chez Hay banquet hall in the Noodles and Co. building at 14th and P Streets. Luncheon guests will hear readings by Nebraska Book Award winners. At 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 26, Coup de Torchon, a mystery film, will screen at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Outside the Lines: Creative Storytelling Activities for Children is scheduled for Saturday, October 27 at the Lincoln Children’s Museum. Admission is free. The schedule of activities for children is available www.unl.edu/NCB/CreativeStorytelling.html. Nebraska Book Festival Director Michael Cartwright comments, “The 2007 Nebraska Book Festival is shaping up to be a memorable event.” The Nebraska Book Festival is sponsored by the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society, Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Library Commission, Nebraska Secretary of State, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University Press. For more information see www.unl.edu/NCB/current_festival.html or contact Michael Cartwright, Nebraska Book Festival Director, 402-471-4006, 800-307-2665, e-mail: Michael Cartwright. Please comment below on the plans for Nebraska’s Book Festival. Thanks, Mary Jo Ryan