100 Years of Writing

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 518 West Randolph, Enid, OK 73701

October 15, 2022

Sponsored by Enid Writers Club, Enid Arts Council, and St. Matthews Episcopal Church

Free to the public—but preregistration is required

Limit 90 people

9:00 – Registration, Free Coffee, Tea, and Doughnuts

10:00 – Stephen Jones – taking the McVeigh / OK Bombing case to book, from agents, publishers, etc. (Book: Others Unknown: The Oklahoma City Bombing Case and Conspiracy, with Peter Israel, 2001)

11:15 – John Biggs – Magic Realism, the role of magical thinking in the human condition and naturally in the literature. (Books: Shiners, which won the OWFI award for best published book in 2017, Clementine–a song to end the world, and Sacred Alarm Clock)

12:15 –Boxed lunch offered for $11 (must order and pay in advance, turkey, ham, or vegetarian). Mail check to the address below.

1:45 – Keynote Speaker – Rilla Askew – Facts, Freedom, and Fancy: Research & Imagination in Historical Fiction (Books: Fire in Beulah, Harpsong, Kind of Kin, and Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place. Her most recent novel, Prize for the Fire, is about the Early Modern Reformist and writer Anne Askew, who was burned as a heretic at Smithfield in 1546.)

All speakers will have their books available for sale and signing

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For registration contact Peggy Chambers peggy.chambers@hotmail.com.