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Missouri's New Poet Laureate, Aliki Barnstone, will read at Unbound!
At our inaugural festival we were thrilled to present all three of Missouri's Poets Laureate, and continuing this tradition, we're excited to announce that the present incumbent, Aliki Barnstone, will...
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Lisa Knopp
We're very pleased to welcome award-winning essayist Lisa Knopp to this year's festival. Lisa's newest book, Bread: A Memoir of Hunger, was published by the University of Missouri Press in the fall of...
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Another wonderful poet! Meet Kathryn Nuernberger.
Kathryn Nuernberger is the author of two poetry collections, The End of Pink, which won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American poets, and Rag & Bone, which won the Antivenom Prize...
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YA Author Brian Katcher Will Be Here in April!
Brian Katcher is the author of the Stone Wall Award winning book ALMOST PERFECT, as well as PLAYING WITH MATCHES, THE IMPROBABLE THEORY OF ANA AND ZAK, EVERYONE DIES IN THE END, and the forthcoming...
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We Need Volunteers!
Festivals do not happen by accident. Unbound depends on the hard work and participation of many, many people in order to succeed. In addition to the authors and organizers, we rely greatly on our...
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Prahlad!
We're so thrilled to welcome writer, teacher, and musician Prahlad to this year's Unbound Book Festival. Columbia residents may well have heard or seen Prahlad performing around town - he was recently...
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Our final guest on the KILLING IT panel is no longer a mystery...
We're very pleased to welcome back to Unbound for a second year Columbia's very own Laura McHugh. Laura will be on our magnificent panel of women crime and mystery writers, which we are calling:...
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Meg Kearney.
We're so excited to welcome the multi-talented author and poet Meg Kearney to this year's festival. Meg will be appearing on our panel, In Dog We Trust, and also reading from her work. We can't wait!...
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David Von Drehle
We're very pleased to welcome acclaimed journalist and author David Von Drehle to this year's Unbound Book Festival. David is an Editor-at-large for Time magazine, where he has written more than 50...
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Cleopatra Mathis!
We're thrilled to welcome multi-award-winning poet Cleopatra Mathis to Columbia next month. Cleopatra will be reading from her work and also appearing on our panel, IN DOG WE TRUST. Cleopatra has...
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And our final author is...
Alex George is the author of the national and international bestseller, A GOOD AMERICAN, and, most recently, of SETTING FREE THE KITES, which has also hit the bestseller lists. Both novels were "Indie...
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Telling the Story... THE GRAPES OF WRATH
One of the new elements to this year's festival that we're most excited about is the appearance of Carol Birch, one of the world's foremost storytellers. Carol will be appearing in the Chapel at...
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Publishing But Were Afraid to Ask
One of the very exciting panels that we have put together for this year is called Inside Publishing, and it features some of the industry's foremost players in a variety of different fields. Moderated...
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War Stories.
You might want to arrive early for this one.Four acclaimed writers – a memoirist, a military historian, a biographer, and a novelist – discuss the art of writing about war from four very different...
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Writing on Disability
One of the most fascinating panels this year will take place in the Recital Hall at 2.30.Notions of ability and disability often rest in the eye (ear, mind, limb) of the individual, and as a culture...
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In Dog We Trust
Oh, this will be fun! In honor of our host Stephens College's enlightened policy on student pets - it's one of the most animal-friendly campuses in the country - we thought it would be a good idea to...
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Exciting News! C-SPAN is coming to Unbound!
Well, maybe we're doing something right.If we may be permitted to blow our own horn for just a moment, we're very pleased to announce that we've just received confirmation that some of the panels on...
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Elephant Poems
Remember this?This is Penelope, who made her first appearance at last year's festival. She is a rare breed of elephant, from the genus Elephas Maximus Poetica, whose principal purpose is to bring joy...
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UNBOUND THANKS!!
What an amazing weekend! The readings, the talks, the panels, the performances... and then there was Salman Rushdie.Thank you to absolutely everyone who came to Chapter Two of the Unbound Book...
View ArticleHere we are again...
Well, hello.Did you miss us?We've been taking a short break from the online world, but that's not to say that we haven't been very busy getting ready for next year's festival. We have already lined up...
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