Andrew Fairchild

North Texas Book Festival Announces Schedule
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 10, 2015

North Texas Book Festival released its schedule of events. The festival is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St., in Denton. The event is open to the public. There's no charge for admission. 9:00 a.m. North Texas Book Festival opens 9:30-11:30 a.m. Balloon artistry by Al Curlett of Totally Twisted Balloons, the exhibit hall General Interest Presentations in Craft Room (east wing): 9:15-10:00 a.m. Children's Story Time, featuring children's book authors Andrew Fairchild ('Bali and Blu: Friends of a Different Color') and Danielle A. Vann ('Gracie Lou and the Bad Dream Eater') 10:00-10:45 a.m. Featured Author Shelly Tucker: 'Ghosts of Denton' 10:45-11:30 a.m. Stories and Songs by Caryl McAdoo, contemporary Western romance author 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Performing Poetry with cowboy poetry recital by Elaine Fields Smith 12:15-1:00 p.m. 'Boy! That Air Feels Good: The Untold History of Car Air' by Rod Barclay Writers' Block presentations on writing and publishing (east wing): 1:00-1:45 p.m. Kathleen M. Rodgers and Jeanie Loiacono on working with an agent 1:45-2:15 p.m. Gale Cochran Smith and Treva Tindol Dawson on writing with a partner 2:15-3:00 p.m. Miracle Austin, Dancing with Rejection: How early publisher rejection strengthens one as an author 4:00 p.m. North Texas Book Festival closes