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Oklahoma Book Festival

Meet us at the Oklahoma River for a fun-filled day celebrating the written word.

9:00am CDT

Book Sales Begin Book Sellers TentBest of Books

10:00am CDT

Mystery Series -- Forty Dead Men and Undercurrents Angie Debo TentDonis Casey • Mary Anna Evans Killers of the Flower Moon Ida Sutton Williams Headliner TentDavid Grann Ned Christie and John Joseph Mathews Ralph Ellison TentDevon Mihesuah • Michael Snyder Patriot Priests and Destination Casablanca CHK BoathouseMeredith Hindley • Anita Rasi May Magic and Balloon Art with John Pansze Ida Sutton Williams Entertainment PavilionJohn Pansze Ocean Slime Children’s Craft Tent Abraham and The Survivor Tree Children and YA TentFrank Keating • Gaye Sanders Cute Character Masks Children’s Craft Tent

11:00am CDT

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen CHK BoathouseSarah Bird Into the Black Nowhere Ida Sutton Williams Headliner TentMeg Gardiner Mead and The Broken Spoke Angie Debo TentDonna Marie Miller • Fred Minnick Extreme Animals Ida Sutton Williams Entertainment PavilionExtreme Animals Tile Art with Sharpies Children’s Craft Tent Friends Stick Together, Wordy Birdy and Disney Friends Children and YA TentHannah Harrison • Cynthea Liu • Tammi Sauer Poetry: Renegade and Colin Is Changing His Name Ralph Ellison TentJohn Andrews • Ron Wallace Book Signings for the 10:00 am Authors Book Signing- Devon Boathouse Cute Character Masks Children’s Craft Tent

12:00pm CDT

November Road Ida Sutton Williams Headliner TentLou Berney Love Can Be and Finding Pax CHK BoathouseKaci Cronkhite • Louisa McCune • Teresa Miller The Man Who Walked Backward and Five Hundred Poor Angie Debo TentNoah Milligan • Ben Montgomery Wonderful Wind Chimes Children’s Craft Tent Jerry Bennett, Artist and Illustrator Ida Sutton Williams Entertainment PavilionJerry Bennett, Artist Poetry: An Extry Mule, Father's House, Resistance and Digression Ralph Ellison TentDorothy Alexander • Ken Hada Trees, Thieves, Legends and Mysteries Children and YA TentRoy Deering • Brad McLelland • Alexandra Ott • Kim Ventrella Book Signings for the 11:00 am Authors Book Signing- Devon Boathouse Cute Character Masks Children’s Craft Tent

1:00pm CDT

The Bridge Troll Murders and Justice Returns Angie Debo TentWilliam Bernhardt • Sheldon Russell Bloodlines Ida Sutton Williams Headliner TentMelissa del Bosque Oklahoma City’s African American Education and Oklahoma’s Brown Decision Test Case Ralph Ellison TentAnita Arnold • Betty Falato Spineless CHK BoathouseJuli Berwald Carried Away with Kites Children’s Craft Tent Edgar Cruz, Musician Ida Sutton Williams Entertainment PavilionEdgar Cruz 99 Lies, Eden Conquered, and The Bird and The Blade Children and YA TentMegan Bannen • Joelle Charbonneau • Rachel Vincent Book Signings for the 12:00 pm Authors Book Signing- Devon Boathouse Cute Character Masks Children’s Craft Tent

2:00pm CDT

A Gathering of Secrets Ida Sutton Williams Headliner TentLinda Castillo Where the Dead Sit Talking and Live From Medicine Park Angie Debo TentBrandon Hobson • Constance Squires Sail Away with Sail Boats Children’s Craft Tent Pioneers in their fields: Angie Debo and Vivien Thomas Children and YA TentGwendolyn Hooks • Patricia Loughlin Jerry Bennett, Artist and Illustrator CHK BoathouseJerry Bennett Sugar Free Allstars Ida Sutton Williams Entertainment PavilionSugar Free Allstars Poetry: Constant Fires, Not a Prodigal & Taxonomy of the Missing Ralph Ellison TentLisa Lewis • Sharon Edge Martin • Rebecca Hatcher Travis Book Signings for the 1:00 pm Authors Book Signing- Devon Boathouse Cute Character Masks Children’s Craft Tent

3:00pm CDT

Grayghost and Do You Love Me? Ralph Ellison TentSharon Ervin • Tamara Grantham Boom Town, Land Run and The Next American City Ida Sutton Williams Headliner TentSam Anderson • Mick Cornett • Michael J. Hightower From Alfalfa Bill to Prairie Power Angie Debo TentRobert L. Dorman • Sarah Eppler Janda Visions of Tallgrass CHK BoathouseHarvey Payne • James P. Ronda Creepy, Kooky Pumpkin Decorating Children’s Craft Tent Rocky Mountain Puppets Ida Sutton Williams Entertainment PavilionRocky Mountain Puppets The Boy Who Carried Bricks, Aging Out and Dreamed Big Children and YA TentAlton Carter Book Signings for the 2:00 pm Authors and Presenters Book Signing- Devon Boathouse Cute Character Masks Children’s Craft Tent

4:00pm CDT

Eyeball Slime Children’s Craft Tent Magic and Balloon Art with John Pansze Ida Sutton Williams Entertainment PavilionJohn Pansze Book Signings for the 3:00 pm Authors and Presenters Book Signing- Devon Boathouse Cute Character Masks Children’s Craft Tent