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The Fox Cities Book Festival, set for April 11 – 18, has finalized its slate of authors – with nearly 50 authors and panelists joining forces for this third annual community event.

Festival organizers have also announced the launch of their new Web site. The Fox Cities Book Festival’s new Web site. www.foxcitiesbookfestival.org provides up-to-date author and event information for easy access to this year’s festivities.

Event-goers can participate in book chats, panel discussions and readings at a variety of venues during the eight-day span of the Festival.

Headliners previously announced for the event include novelists Jane Hamilton, Kim Edwards and David Wroblewski; Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Ted Kooser and Fox Cities Reads author Leslie Kagen.

Also on the schedule (book/writing genre included) are: Shawn Sheehy (Book Art); Gennifer Choldenko and Daniel and Robert San Souci (Children); Gerald Duff, James DeVita, and Robert Goolrick (Fiction); David McGlynn, Rebecca Meacham (Getting Published); Laurie Notaro (Humor); Steve Paulson (Journalism); Frank Anderson, Jerry Apps, Jim Draeger, Kathleen Kline and Peter & Connie Roop (Local History); David Crehore, Eva Augustin Rumpf, Helen Boyd, Henry Golde, Kao Kalia Yang, and Nancy Wall (Memoir); Jerry Peterson, Michael Black and Libby Fischer Hellman (Mystery); Broughton Coburn (Natural History); James Campbell, Mary Karr and Michael Edmonds (Nonfiction); Cathryn Cofell, Karla Huston, Ellen Kort and Jesse Lee Kercheval (Poetry); Bishop Robert Morneau (Spirituality); John Eisenberg (Sports); Marty Essen (Travel); Mike Dauplaise and Lynda Drews (True Crime); Novella Carpenter (Urban Farming); Chris Crutcher (Writing Process); Beth Kephart (Writing Workshop) and Charlotte Bell (Yoga).

Fox Cities Book Festival hosts and boasts events throughout the Fox Cities area. The Festival’s new Web site has now gone live and provides the full author list, complete with biographies. Also available on the up-to-date Web site are reviews and information on featured books as well as an itinerary of the many events offered throughout the eight-day event. The Web site will be updated regularly, providing participants with fresh and current information.