Thursday,

Sept. 25
Childrens Museum of South Dakota, Brookings
Level 1
Childrens Museum of South Dakota, Brookings
Level 2
Cafe Coteau Party on One Art Studio Prairie Play Community Room Art Studio (Creative
Kidoodles)
Exhibit Space
(Here Today,
Gone Tomorrow)
Classroom 201 Classroom 202
(Science)
10 10:50
am
The Monster That
Ate the State (Chris
Browne)
Storytelling (Joseph
Bruchac)
Readings and Draw-
ing Demonstrations
(Ashley Wolff)
"Mistakes Are Good"
Drawing Demonstration
(Harry Bliss)
Workshop: The Hoop of
Life (Kevin Locke)
"I Am a Man":
Standing Bear of
the Ponca (Vir-
ginia Driving Hawk
Sneve)
Are Zombies
Real? (Rebecca L.
Johnson)
11 11:50
am
Umpire in a Skirt
(Marilyn Kratz)
The Little Lost Sock
and Other Stories (Tom
Roberts)
Tasunka (Donald Mon-
tileaux)
Turning Real Life
into Fiction (Sonia
Manzano)
Illustrating with Authen-
ticity: Views of Native
American Art (S.D.
Nelson)
Mysteries in the
Outdoors (David
Volk)
Could You Carve
the Mountain?
(Jean Patrick)
12:30 1:20
pm
The Monster That
Ate the State (Chris
Browne)
Storytelling (Joseph
Bruchac)
Readings and Draw-
ing Demonstrations
(Ashley Wolff)
"Mistakes Are Good"
Drawing Demonstration
(Harry Bliss)
From Reading to Writing
(Avi)
"I Am a Man":
Standing Bear of
the Ponca (Vir-
ginia Driving Hawk
Sneve)
What Lives Deep in
the Sea? (Rebecca
L. Johnson)
1:30 2:20
pm
Umpire in a Skirt
(Marilyn Kratz)
The Little Lost Sock
and Other Stories (Tom
Roberts)
Tasunka (Donald
Montileaux)
Painted Horses and
Symbols of the Lakota
(S.D. Nelson)
Workshop: The Hoop of
Life (Kevin Locke)
My Grandpa's War
(David Volk)
Great Places,
Great (Animal)
Faces (Jean
Patrick)
2:30 3:30
pm
Storytelling (Joseph
Bruchac & Virginia
Driving Hawk Sneve)

Times and presenters are subject to change. Check the Festival Survivors Guide (available at the Exhibitors Hall information booth or online
at www.sdbookfestival.com) for updates. To purchase tickets for meals and workshops, please visit www.sdbookfestival.com.
Thursday, Sept. 25, Childrens Museum of South Dakota, Brookings; Friday-Saturday,
Sept. 26-27, Washington Pavilion and Siouxland Public Libraries, Sioux Falls
Headlined by Kate DiCamillo, National Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature and author of the
2014 Young Readers One Book South Dakota, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
SPECIAL EVENTS
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Childrens Museum of South Dakota in
Brookings, Young Readers Keynote
Celebration Stories Connect Us Kate
DiCamillo and Kevin Locke demonstrate
the power of stories through words, music
and dance. A book signing with all Young
Readers Festival authors follows.
7:30 - 9:30 pm
Center for Western Studies Fantle Building,
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, Author
Reception Meet and mingle with your
favorite authors while enjoying the exhibit
South Dakota 2014: Artists Respond to
the States 125th Anniversary during our
Festival fundraiser, hosted by South Dakota
Humanities Council current and past board
members. TICKET REQUIRED ($50)
FEATURED PERFORMER
Kevin Locke
FEATURED AUTHORS
Avi
Harry Bliss*
Chris Browne
Joseph Bruchac*
Kate DiCamillo*
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Rebecca L. Johnson
Marilyn Kratz
Sonia Manzano
Donald Montileaux
S.D. Nelson
Jean Patrick
Tom Roberts
David Volk
Ashley Wolff*
*These Young Readers Festival
authors are featured on the Cel-
ebrating Childrens Books Traveling
Quilt Exhibit, on display through
October 1 at the Siouxland Libraries
Main Branch.
To schedule a class visit to the Young Readers Festival in Brookings, call Kati Hanson,
Director of Guest Services for the Childrens Museum of South Dakota, (605) 692-6700.
For general inquiries about the Young Readers Festival in Brookings and Sioux Falls,
call Jennifer Widman, Director of the South Dakota Center for the Book, (605) 688-5715.
THURSDAY, Sept. 25
Young Readers South Dakota Festival of Books
Pages 24-29 of the 32 page festival guide. For more information please see full guide.
Holiday Inn
Sioux Falls
Siouxland Public Library
Sioux Falls
Starlite Room Skyline Room Palisades I Palisades II Palisades III Cascade Meeting Room A Meeting Room B
9 - 10
am
Meeting of SD
Humanities Dis-
cipline Council
10 -
11 am
Writing for the Screen
Workshop (Diane
Johnson & Matthew
Specktor) TICKET
REQUIRED ($20)
Building a
Writing Group:
A Model
Workshop (Mary
Woster Haug,
Christine
Stewart &
Amber Jensen)
TICKET
REQUIRED
($20)
The Craft of Writing
for Children Work-
shop (Jean Patrick)
TICKET REQUIRED
($20)
A Memory that Sticks:
A Recipe for Memoir
Workshop (Rachael
Hanel)
TICKET REQUIRED
($20)
Ten Days to Organized
Writing Workshop (Judy
Cook, South Dakota
Authors' Association)
TICKET REQUIRED ($15)
Dakota Writing
Marathon Explore
downtown Sioux
Falls with fellow
writers, enjoy lunch
together and prac-
tice your craft in a
yearly event hosted
by the Dakota Writ-
ing Project.
TICKET REQUIRED
($15)
11 am
- 12
pm
Discussion: The
State of the
Humanities in
Higher Education
(SD Humani-
ties Discipline
Council)
12 - 1
pm

Literary Lunch: Hol-
lywood and the Novel
(Pete Dexter, Diane
Johnson and Matthew
Specktor discuss the
unique process of
adapting novels for the
screen and the widely
varied results) TICKET
REQUIRED ($20)
1 - 2
pm
Veterans Writing Group/
Book Discussion U.S.
Marine Corps veteran
Phil Klay discusses his
war experiences, his
writing process and his
book, Redeployment,
with veterans as part of
the Standing Together
program offered through
the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
2 - 3
pm
EXHIBITORS' HALL
OPEN FROM 2 5
PM (FALLS ROOM)
Pitchapalooza
with The Book
Doctors (Arielle
Eckstut & David
Henry Sterry)
see description
below

3 - 4
pm
Reveille for Sioux
Falls: A WWII Army
Air Forces Techni-
cal School Changes
a South Dakota City
(Lynwood E. Oyos)
Feed Sack
Dresses:
Remembering
a Simpler Life
(Marilyn Kratz)
If I'm Right, Then
You're Evil (Joseph
Bottum)
Animated Poetry
(Lawrence Diggs, South
Dakota State Poetry
Society)

FRIDAY, Sept. 26
KEY: CHILDRENS/Y.A. | FICTION | HISTORY/TRIBAL
WRITING | NON-FICTION | POETRY | WRITERS SUPPORT
SPECIAL EVENTS
12 - 1 pm
Holiday Inn, Lobby Area, SDPB Live Broadcast Dakota Mid-
day Book Club Host Karl Gehrke interviews Festival authors on
the air.
2 - 3:30 pm
Holiday Inn, Skyline, Pitchapalooza The Book Doctors, Arielle
Eckstut and David Henry Sterry, select up to 20 writers from the
audience to present a one-minute pitch for their books. They
critique each pitch and select a winner, who receives an introduc-
tion to an appropriate agent or publisher. ADMISSION REQUIRED
TO PITCH Purchase The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book
Published ($16.99) and receive a 20-minute personal consultation
with The Book Doctors. Observers attend free!
4 - 5 pm
Holiday Inn, Atrium, Early Bird Mass Book Signings
7:30 - 9 pm
Holiday Inn, Cascade Room, Open Mic South Dakota State
Poetry Society
7 - 8:30 pm
Washington Pavilion, Mary W. Sommervold Hall, Young Readers
Keynote Celebration Stories Connect Us Kate DiCamillo
and Kevin Locke demonstrate the power of stories through words,
music and dance. A book signing with all Young Readers Festival
authors follows.
Times and presenters are subject to change. Check the Fes-
tival Survivors Guide (available at the Exhibitors Hall informa-
tion booth or online at www.sdbookfestival.com) for updates.
To purchase tickets for meals and workshops, please
visit www.sdbookfestival.com.
SATURDAY, Sept. 27
KEY: CHILDRENS/Y.A. | FICTION | HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITING | NON-FICTION | POETRY | WRITERS SUPPORT
7:30 8:45 pm Its the End of the World as We
Know It: The Appeal of Apoca-
lyptic Literature (Peter Heller,
Richard Van Camp & ONE More)
Event Center
Sat.,
Sept.
27
Holiday Inn City Centre
Sioux Falls
Orpheum Theater Center
Sioux Falls
Siouxland Public Library
Sioux Falls
Washington Pavilion
Sioux Falls
Starlite Room Skyline Room Palisades I Palisades II Palisades III Cascade Main Theater Anne Zabel
Theater
Classroom Meeting
Room A
Meeting Room B Belbas
Theater
Schulte
Room
Classrooms
312/313
9
9:45
am
EXHIBITORS
HALL OPENS
(FALLS ROOM)
The Life and
Poetry of Ted
Kooser (Mary
K. Stillwell)
Cultivating Creativ-
ity in the Midwest
(John Miller)
The Pros & Perils
of Writing About
the Past (Jennifer
Dumke)
Writing the Land
(Larry Watson &
Dawn Wink)
Calamity
Jane: The Life
& Legends
(Richard
Etulain)
The Stories Behind
the Stories (or,
"Where Do You
Come Up with This
Stuff?") (Sandra
Brannan)
Painted
Horses (Malcolm
Brooks)
Author, Publisher,
Publicist: What
It Takes to Get a
Book Out There
(H. Alan Day, Lynn
Wiese Sneyd and
Tom Swanson, Uni-
versity of Nebraska
Press)
What Lives
Deep in
the Sea?
(Rebecca L.
Johnson)
Writing for Children
About South Dakota
(David Volk)
Writing Books
for Reluctant
Readers (Jo-
seph Bruchac)
The Monster
that Ate the
State (Chris
Browne)
Mistakes Are
Good: A Drawing
Demonstration
(Harry Bliss)
Reading & Writing
the Holocaust: The
Commandant of
Lubizec (Patrick
Hicks)
10
10:45
am
Readings & Mus-
ings from Two
Poets Laureate
(Ted Kooser & Dave
Evans) Sponsored
by the SD State
Poetry Society
From the Front
Lines of War:
Exploring
Themes of Vio-
lence, Survival,
Grief & Fear
(Phil Klay)
Writing History
from a Dakota
Perspective (Gwen
Westerman)
We'll Be the Last
Ones to Let You
Down (Rachael
Hanel)
Reading: Mr. Tall
(Tony Earley)
On the Road
Again: Or,
Discoveries
About Your
Ancestors
Might Surprise
You (Lane
Dolly)
Life and Writing in
the Mountain Time
Zone (C.J. Box)
Reading: The
Sense of Touch
(Ron Parsons)
Creating Unforget-
table Characters
Using the Back-
story Tool (Marcia
Calhoun Forecki)
Great Places,
Great (Animal)
Faces (Jean
Patrick)
Illustrating with
Authenticity: Views
of Native American
Art (S.D. Nelson)
Screening of
The Tale of
Despereaux
(Kate DiCa-
millo)
The Hoop of
Life (Kevin
Locke)
Turning Real Life
into Fiction (Sonia
Manzano)
11
11:45
am
The Painter
(Peter Heller)
The Death of
Protestant America
(Joseph Bottum)
Life After Life: A
Reading (Jill Mc-
Corkle)
The Last American
Highway: A Journey
Through Time
Down U.S. Route
83: The Dakotas
(Stew Magnuson)
Reading:
Poetry About
the Dakotas
(Sharon
Chmielarz)
Crime Fiction and
Human Nature
(Karin Slaughter)
That Guy Wolf
Dancing (Eliza-
beth Cook-Lynn)
Prison Arts Writing
(Jim Reese)
Illustrating for
Children and
Adults (Harry
Bliss)
Creating Tasunka
(Donald Montileaux)
My Name is
Avi (Avi)
"I Am a Man":
Standing Bear
of the Ponca
(Virginia Driving
Hawk Sneve)
12
12:45
pm
Literary Lunch:
Solving the Mystery
of C.J. Box see
description below
Cooking for the
Heartland Table
(Amy Thielen)
Red Cloud & The
Heart of Everything
That Is (Bob Drury
& Tom Clavin)
Daughters of the
Grasslands (Mary
Woster Haug)
South Dakota
Courthouse Wars
(Arthur Rusch)
Four Quarters
to a Section:
Readings from
the SD State
Poetry Society
The Tale of the
Dueling Neuro-
surgeons: What
Injuries Teach Us
About the Brain
(Sam Kean)
Nature Pho-
tography for
All Ages (Dick
Kettlewell)
Making Editing Fun,
or How to Enjoy
Revising Your Book
Successfully (Arielle
Eckstut & David
Henry Sterry)
Drawing a
Story: What
Happens
Next (Ashley
Wolff)
My Grandpa's War
(David Volk)
2
2:45
pm
The Horse
Lover (H. Alan
Day)
Reviving Mid-
western History
(Richard Etulain,
Jon Lauck & John
Miller)
West of New York:
Making a Literary
Life Outside of the
Publishing Power
Center (Matthew
Specktor)
A Tribal Perspective
on 125 Years of
Statehood (Eliza-
beth Cook-Lynn)
Reading: New
and Selected
Poems (Patrick
Hicks & Jim
Reese)
Wild Idea: Buffalo
and Family in a Dif-
cult Land (Dan
O'Brien)
Writers Discuss
Their Process
(Tony Earley &
Jill McCorkle)
Painted Hors-
es & Symbols
of the Lakota
(S.D. Nelson)
Native American
Themes in Books for
Young Readers (Vir-
ginia Driving Hawk
Sneve)
The Hoop of
Life (Kevin
Locke)
Why Frighten
Our Children?
The Role of
Scary Stories
(Joseph
Bruchac)
Could You Carve
the Mountain?
(Jean Patrick)
3
3:45
pm
Reading: from
New Novel
(Pete Dexter)
Screening of W.L.
Dow, Architect
with documentary
lmmakers Jennifer
& Brad Dumke
Writing Narrative
Nonction (Stew
Magnuson)
Dumb Bunnies &
Expecting Cats
(Matthew Moen)
Reading: New
and Selected
Poems (Mary
K. Stillwell &
Gwen Wester-
man)
From Adventure
Journalist to Novel-
ist (Peter Heller)
Recording a
Unique Time:
Writing and
Self-Publishing
Your Memories
(Marilyn Kratz)
Save the Li-
braries! (Karin
Slaughter)
Bring Your Teddy
Bear for Storytime
with the Author of
Baby Bear & Miss
Bindergarten (Ashley
Wolff)
Are Zom-
bies Real?
(Rebecca L.
Johnson)
Creating
Tasunka
(Donald Mon-
tileaux)
The Monster that
Ate the State
(Chris Browne)
4
4:45
pm
EXHIBITORS'
HALL CLOSES
AT 5 PM (FALLS
ROOM)
Meadowlark in
Word & Image
(Dawn Wink)
Hidden American
History: The Cross-
roads of Indian
Removals & Slavery
(Lane Dolly)
Writing the
American
West (Larry
Watson)

Times and presenters are subject to change. Check the Festival Survivors Guide (available at
the Exhibitors Hall information booth or online at www.sdbookfestival.com) for updates. To pur-
chase tickets for meals and workshops, please visit www.sdbookfestival.com.
SPECIAL EVENTS
12 - 1 pm
Holiday Inn, Starlite, Literary Lunch Solving the Mystery of
C.J. Box Rapid City author Sandra Brannan interviews Edgar
Award winner C.J. Box about his New York Times bestselling
mystery novels and more.
TICKET REQUIRED ($20)
1 - 2 pm
Holiday Inn, Atrium, Mass Book Signings
5 - 6 pm
Holiday Inn, Starlite, Happy Hour for Readers & Writers Talk
about your day and share book recommendations with other at-
tendees and authors. See www.sdbookfestival.com for details.
7 - 8:30 pm
Orpheum, Main Theater, Keynote Panel
Perspectives on the Dakotas After 125 Years Kathleen
Norris, Dan OBrien, Diane Johnson and Jon Lauck discuss Da-
kota culture, history, landscape and character. This event will begin
with the presentation of the 2014 Distinguished Achievement in the
Humanities Awards.
10:30 am - 12 pm
Holiday Inn, Starlite, Book-Lovers Brunch Language
and the Human Spirit Kathleen Norris and Ted Kooser
share poetry and other work centered on the human spirit.
Music by Paul Peterson, instrumental acoustic guitar.
TICKET REQUIRED ($20)
VALID ONLY SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 2014
Washington Pavilion Festival Special
$5 per person combo admission to
the Kirby Science Discovery Center,
Visual Arts Center and Wells Fargo
CineDome mission lms.
SATURDAY, Sept. 27
SUNDAY, Sept. 28