116days until
Our Festival

Major Sponsor

A Festival of Ideas

Thank You Sponsors!

Festival Planners

The Steering Committee

 
Dr. Daniel Barron (director of the AMY Regional Libraries) Grant Writer, Program Committee
 
Britt Kaufmann (poet, playwrightProgram Chair 
 
Amber Westall Briggs (Librarian, Yancey County Public Library) YA Author Liaison, School Liaison, Program Committee  
 
Myrna Stephens (board member of many local organizations) Budget Curmudgeon
 
Lucy Doll (Community Activist, Dog Boarder) Venue Coordinator, Scheduler
 
Worth Weller (Professor, Hiker) Scribe, Publicity
 
Nancy Lindeman (Avid Reader, Tungsten Miner's Daughter, Crazy Person Who Said "yes" to Lucy, Native of Granville County, Pitbull Rescuer/Advocate) Author Liaison
 
Nancy Engelhardt  Signage and Specialties
 
Wendy Reid (owner of the Design Gallery and arts advocate) Community Liaison
 
Katherine McCarty Author Hospitality
 
Olga Ronay Volunteer Wrangler, Evaluations
 
Ruth Price Program Consultant and Festival Co-Founder
 
Anne Sabri Author Accommodations  
 
Cynthia Rawls Blood Banquet
 
Program Committee
 
Britt Kaufmann, Chair, Daniel Barron, Amber Briggs, Jane Greene, Deana Blanchard, Shiela Hollingsworth, and virtual advisors Carol Boggess & Katherine Ledford
 
Kids' Events
 
Stacey Lane Kline 
  
2012 Volunteers:
Amber Westall Briggs, Ann Berdeen, Anne Sabri, Britt Kaufmann, Charles F. Price, Christina Deyton, Corrine Glesne, Cynthia Blood, Cynthia Stewart, Daniel Barron, David Isaacs, Deb Louis, Deana Blanchard, Denise Cook, Donny Laws, Greta James, Jan Barnett, Jessica Newton, Joy Boothe, Juanita Brown, Judy Ann Jackson, Karen Head, Karen Miller, Kathleen Sioui, Kathleen Turczyn, Kathy Weisfeld, Linda Goldberg, Linda McFarling, Lucy Doll, Lynda Gayle Banner, Lynn McClure, Marvin Holland, Melissa Davis, Michele McCluskey, Nancy Lindemann, Nancy Roth, Norb McKinney, Patti Smith, R.L. McIntosh, Ron Powell, Rose Gordon, Ruth E. Price, Sarah Thomas