Chat with Authors at Oswego Lit Fest

Book readers and not-yet-published writers are invited to attend the fifth annual Oswego Literary Festival on Saturday, October 1, from 9:00am until 1:00pm at the Oswego Public Library. This free event includes panel discussions on “Down and Dirty Tips on Publishing” and “The Many Ways to Romance" as well as book signings by over 35 local authors. A book sale by the Friends of the Library and musical performance by students of the Fox River Academy of Music and Art will also be featured.

Among the participants at the Oswego Literary Festival will be:

Windy City RWA - Fiction/Romance
Pen Works Press - Non-Fiction/Fiction/Art & Culture/ Auto-Bio/Bio
Tri-County Writer's Guild - Fiction/Young Adult/Biography
Light on the Hill Publishing - Fiction, Young Adult, Religious

Also these local authors will be on hand to sign, sell and talk about their books:

J. Leigh Bailey- Young AdultBarbara Valentin - Fiction
Carole J Madrzak - Fiction/Children/Young Adult
Kristina Springer - Fiction, NonFiction
Jerry Callison - Fiction/Young Adult
James M. O'Brien - Non-Fiction/Historical Lit/Sports
Amy Chally - Children, Young Adult, Memoir
Elizabeth Wheeler - Fiction/Young Adult
W.Nikola-Lisa - Non-Fiction/Children/Autiobio/Bio
Donna M. Zadunajsky - Fiction/Young Adult
Mary Hutchings Reed - Fiction
Greg Stolze - Fiction
Georgiann Baldino - Fiction/Non-Fiction/Auto-Bio/Bio
Vanessa M. Knight - Fiction
Debra R. Borys - Fiction
Wayne Turmel - Fiction
Norm Cowie - Young Adult, Non-Fiction
Bernard Turner/Michelle Duster - Historical Literature, Fiction
Patricia Rockwell - Fiction
Joan Aubele - Non-Fiction, Memoir
Rosemary Kuhn - Fiction/Children/Poetry
Kathy Elstad - Children
Jerilyn Willin - Fiction/Non-Fiction
Marjorie Bomben - Non-Fiction/Memoir
Nicole Leirin - Fiction
Ann Powers - Food
Christian Larsen - Fiction
Allie Pleiter - Fiction/Nonfiction
Deb Larson - Fiction
Judith Nickels - Auto-Bio/Bio
Traci Harris - Fiction
Luisa Buehler - Fiction/Mystery
John M. O'Donnell - Non-Fiction/Historical Lit/Sports/Autobio/Bio/Art & Culture
Kate Gingold - Children/Historical Lit
Joanne Zienty - Fiction
Marilyn Huntman Giese - Fiction/Historical Literature
Rania Zeithar - Non-Fiction
John Everson - Fiction
Louise Brass - Memoir/biography
Kay A. Clark - Non-Fiction, Children, Young Adult
Margaret Watson - Fiction
Maria Malayter - Non-Fiction/Biography

The Oswego Public Library is at 32 W Jefferson Street in downtown Oswego.