2009 Twin Cities Book Festival
Exhibit Information
Visit the following publishers, authors, book dealers, organizations and more to see what's happening in the local book world! Many exhibitors also host author signings and offer special deals on their wares during the Festival—check out the list below!
Please note: registration is closed and all exhibition space is full.
General Exhibitors
Exhibiting Authors
These authors all have recently published books, including riveting memoirs, intriguing mysteries, poetry, children's books, and more. Check them out!
Cheri AndrewsCarlotta ArradondoWendy Brown-BaezMatthew CroweFlorence Chard DaceyMichele DeVillePaul DixonDavid FingermanMary FirestoneSara J. FordJean M. HebertCaroline HepflerEmma HofstedeShelina IshaniEvelyn D. KleinSid KorpiBrian LandonAnn LeNobleGreg Madsen
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Nora MurphyScott MuskinKathryn NelsonColette NicolettaFira NovoselerkayaPatty OversonSherie PalmAnn PritchardJim ProebjtleGregg ProteauxLisa M. Bolt SimonsCharles SotoDaNeana UlmerChristopher ValenPhilip VoerdingMichael WayneBen WeaverMargaret Olson WebsterRebecca Zimmerman |
EXHIBITOR SPECIALS AND PROMOTIONS
GENERAL EXHIBITOR SPECIALS
Twin Cities Book Festival Information Booth
Free bookmarks! Plus enter our huge prize raffle, and pick up this year’s Book Festival Poster with art by Gabrielle Bell (while supplies last).
Action Books
Author Signing:
11:30 am: Joyelle McSweeney, author of Flet, The Commandrine, and other works.
Animal Rights Coalition
Presenting deep discounts on books and cookbooks—plus the first 10 customers get a free gift!
Common Good Books
Get our first publication, 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor, at a special price!
Free Spirit Publishing
Meet children’s book illustrator Marieka Heinlen, who will lead craft activities for kids! Plus get a 20% discount on all of our products throughout the event.
FTL Publications
All books on sale at discounted prices!
Graywolf Press
Enter a drawing to win an autographed copy of President Obama’s inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander’s “Praise Song for the Day.” Plus, free magnets and deep discounts on all books!
Author Signings:
11:30 am: Close Calls with Nonsense author Stephen Burt
2:30 pm: New York Times notable poet Matthea Harvey
Holy Cow! Press
All books at a 20% discount!
La Mano 21
Meet acclaimed local comics artist Zak Sally!
The Loft Literary Center
Enter our raffle for Loft T-shirts and memberships!
Magers & Quinn Booksellers
Free items and gift bag drawings with the purchase of select Festival Guest Author books!
MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency)
View a demonstration of Novelist Plus, a cool new resource available in all metro public libraries —plus, get handouts on how to download audio books for free!
Milkweed Editions
Enter our raffle for 10 free books—plus, deep discounts on select titles!
Minneapolis Observer Quarterly
Free copies of our annual Useful Calendar, plus subscription specials and free sample back issues!
Minnetonka Review
Free mood magnets while supplies last, plus discounts on our current issue and all back issues!
New Rivers Press
Author Signing:
11:30 am: Ed Bok Lee signing Real Karaoke People
Nodin Press
Free blank book with each purchase!
Author Signings:
1:00 pm: Judy Borger, author of Where's Billie
1:30 pm: Morgan Grayce Willow, author of Between
2:00 pm: Gary Bush, editor of Once Upon A Crime Anthology
2:30 pm: Carl Brookins, author of The Case of the Greedy Lawyer
3:00 pm: Jill Breckenridge, author of Gravity of Flesh
North Star Press
Enter our raffle for a "Dark and Stormy Night" gift basket–plus ghost books at 3 for $20, and deep discounts on everything else!
Author Signings:
10:00 am: Paul Zerby, The Grass
10:30 am: Brian Landon, A Grand Ol' Murder
11:00 am: Peter Bundy, The Wild Garden
11:30 am: Larry Christianson, South of Contrary
12:00 pm: Mumbi Mwangi, We Will Have Gained Ourselves
12:30 pm: Kate Vogl, Lost and Found
1:00 pm: Cynthia Kraack, Minnesota Cold
1:30 pm: Steve Thayer, Saint Mudd and The Leper
2:00 pm: Jody Russell, The Secret History of Lake Amikota
2:30 pm: Christopher Valen, The Black Minute
3:00 pm: David Holmes, Secrets
3:30 pm: Dean Urdahl, Retribution
4:00 pm: John and Bob Roscoe, Legacies of Faith
Papyrus Publishing
Author Signing:
1:30 pm: Mahmoud El-Kat, The Hiptionary: A Survey of African American Speech Patterns with A Digest of Key Words and Phrases and Politically Considered : 50th Commemoration of the Supreme Court Decision of 1954
Quool LLC
Stop by for free bookmarks—plus enter to win a book, or the chance of being a character in an upcoming Stark Files mystery!
Rain Taxi Review of Books
Celebrate the launch of the Twin Cities Literary Calendar with our stupendous prize raffle! Also: be the first in the land to sport the brand-new Rain Taxi T-shirt, debuting at the Festival at a special price—plus discounts on Rain Taxi subscriptions, chapbooks, and back issues.
Author Signing:
11:30 am: Elizabeth Robinson, award-winning author of The Orphan & Its Relations, Apprehend, and other books of poetry.
Red Hen Press
All books will be discounted—plus get a free tote with purchase of 3 or more books!
Super Session Press
Debuting our 2010 letterpress/linoleum block Calendar—plus meet John Coy and Richard Stephens, discussing their collaboration The Last Year.
Turtle Quarterly
Enter our prize raffle to win subscriptions!
Twin Cities Literary Scavenger Hunt
Kicking off today! Stop by our table to test your literary prowess, win fun prizes, and pick up your eleven-week passport to literary adventure. Answer the following trivia question correctly, and you’ll be on your way to winning the grand prize: What was the name of the restaurant housed in St. Paul’s storied Hungry Mind bookstore?
2D Cloud
Meet Shaun Feltz, author of our new full color comic, Yearbooks.
University of Minnesota Press
Author Signing:
2:00 pm: Erik Dregni, author of the new book Never Trust a Thin Cook and last year's In Cod We Trust.
Ugly Duckling Presse
All full-length books at $10 and all chapbooks at $5.
Author Signing:
11:30 am: Matvei Yankelevich, author of Boris by the Sea and Today I Wrote Nothing: the selected writings of Daniil Kharms
Uncivilized Books
Meet acclaimed local comics artist Tomasz Kaczynski!
vita.mn
Enter our prize raffle for a Geek Treasure Hoard, celebrating Ethan Gilsdorf’s presentation of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks at 1:30 pm!
EXHIBITING AUTHOR SPECIALS
Carlotta Arradondo
Free bookmarks featuring Writer’s Block: Poetry and Food for Thought.
Wendy Brown-Baez
Free post-cards featuring Ceremonies of the Spirit.
Matthew Crowe
Offering Winners Persevere at 50% off.
Michele DeVille
Prize drawings for The Path To Forgiveness.
Paul Dixon
Prize drawing for a set of "Papa Lemon" books.
David Fingerman
Offering Edging Past Reality at 50% off.
Emma Hofstede
Free book mark with purchase, plus prize drawing for an original print.
Shelina Ishani
Offering crayons, coloring pages, and activity sheets for kids!
Evelyn D. Klein
Free bookmarks featuring Once Upon a Neighborhood.
Sid Korpi
Prize drawing for Good Grief: Finding Peace After Pet Loss.
Nora Murphy
Raffle for Knitting the Threads of Time.
Colette Nicoletta
Raffle for a Frog Webkinz to celebrate There's a Frog on my Forehead—plus jumping frog toys while supplies last!
Patty Overson
Free bookmarks for Exercising Your Brain (Fun Trivia Facts)—all profits go to "Feed The Children."
Sherie Palm
Prize raffle for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: The Silent Epidemic, with discounts for medical professionals.
Ann Pritchard
Discount on “Reading is Intriguing” Tote Bag.
Jim Proebjtle
Special price on In The Absence of Honor.
Christopher Valen
Special pricing on White Tombs and The Black Minute.