Ashland Literary Arts Festival: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 6th Annual Ashland Literary Arts Festival! This year’s event focuses on independent story and thought throughout the entire Cascadia region, celebrating not only books, but all forms of expression: literature, poetry, journalism, art, lyrics, comics, film, and documentary. We invite you to come on in, explore the festival schedule, and find the stories that speak to you!

10:00am PDT

Cool Corner Mask Making with Medford Librarian Rebekah DiBianco

Craftmaking with librarian Rebekah Dibianco: make a superhero mask, armbands, and a shield, and then proceed to Cosplay Karaoke to try them out!

Moderators

Rebekah Dibianco

Children's Librarian, Medford Public Library

Rebekah DiBianco is the new Children’s Librarian at the Medford Children’s Library. Originally from Arizona, Rebekah moved to the beautiful state of Oregon four years ago and has loved it ever since. She has a BA in Theatre and Performance Art from Arizona State University and... Read More →

Sponsors

Medford Library

Saturday October 28, 2017 10:00am - 4:00pm PDT
Media Playback Area Hannon Library First Floor

Workshop, Interactive

Tags Children's Interest, Crafts

11:30am PDT

Maryanna Hoggatt reads "Tolly"

Tolly is a battle raccoon who will travel far and wide to protect our dreams. One day, when a Dream is born, Tolly must deliver it to the top of Heart Mountain. He must be the bravest of the brave to defend the Dream from its scariest foes, Fear and Doubt. Along the way, Tolly also discovers he needs more than courage to help the Dream survive ― he needs someone to believe in him.

Speakers

Maryanna Hoggatt

Author, Overcup Press

Maryanna Hoggatt is a Filipino-American artist and author. Her Animal Battle work has shown in galleries in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. Crafted with incredible attention to detail, Animal Battle is a series of paintings and sculptures that appeals to adults and children alike. Tolly is... Read More →

Saturday October 28, 2017 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Media Playback Area Hannon Library First Floor

Reading

Tags Children's Interest

2:00pm PDT

Children's Book Reading with Matt Damon

Speakers

Matt Damon

Author

Matt Damon is an author, storyteller, teacher, librarian, and parent who brings humor and a dynamic presentation style to the telling of tales. Whether he is sharing a traditional folktale from another time and place, or his own award-winning book, The Fall of General Custard, audiences... Read More →

Saturday October 28, 2017 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Media Playback Area Hannon Library First Floor

Reading