BOOKMARKS Presents...
Garrison Keillor

With Support from Wake Forest University/Hosted by NC Bookwatch's Own D.G. Martin

Monday, September 29, 2008,
Doors open: 9:00 am
Musical Prelude: Polecat Creek, 9:45 am
Event Begins: 10:00 am
Event Concludes: 11:15 am
Brendle Recital Hall, Wake Forest University

The bestselling author will share his insights in one of only two North Carolina appearances on his national tour for Viking’s release of LIBERTY: A Novel of Lake Wobegon.

The event will be held in Brendle Recital Hall and emceed by D. G Martin, host of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch. In LIBERTY: A Novel of Lake Wobegon renowned storyteller Garrison Keillor spins yet another tale that is fresh and funny and will further cement his reputation as a writer that makes “the ordinary extraordinary” (Chicago Tribune). LIBERTY is, in the author’s words, “Lake Wobegon as you imagined it – good loving people who drive each other crazy.” With his trained comic eye for the absurd and ear for small town dialogue, Keillor has once again brought Lake Wobegon to life. All the memorable characters that keep us returning to the beloved fictional Minnesota town are here: Pastor Ingqvist, the Sons of Knute, Sister Arvonne of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility and her ocarina band, the Norwegian bachelor farmers, Dorothy and the Chatterbox Café, Wally in the Sidetrack tap.

Keillor is the host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion, and the author of seventeen books, including the New York Times bestselling Lake Wobegon novels, Homegrown Democrat and Daddy’s Girl. He is the editor of two anthologies of poetry, Good Poems and Good Poems for Hard Times. He wrote and was part of an all-star ensemble cast for the feature film, A Prairie Home Companion, directed by Robert Altman. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and New York City.

Prior to Mr. Keillor’s reading and talk, Polecat Creek principals Laurelyn Dossett and Kari Sickenberger share selections of their music at 9:45 a.m. Polecat Creek started small, much like the piedmont North Carolina stream that bears its name. In the mid 1990’s Kari Sickenberger and Laurelyn Dossett, both natives of the south, were living in the Greensboro area. Through some mutual friends they ended up in a book club together. A guitar standing in the corner of Kari’s apartment led to an evening of harmony singing – Carter Family songs and some early Gillian Welch. They haven’t stopped singing since.A booksigning will follow the program for all ticketholders. Books will be on sale at the event.

For Tickets:

To reserve and/or charge (VISA, MASTER CARD) tickets, call the Wake Forest University College Book Store at 336-758-5145. Voice mail is available twenty-four hours a day.

$95 – Premier Breakfast with Garrison Keillor This private reception with Mr. ( $55 is tax deductible). 
 


$25 – General Admission

$15 – Student and Senior (65 and up) with ID, General Admission.

All proceeds benefit BOOKMARKS Festival of Books, in presenting our annual book festival. Please note, tickets are non-refundable.