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2024 Swift Literary Festival Author Spotlights

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Follow us on social media to meet our authors who participated in our 3rd Annual Swift Literary Festival held at the annual Octagon Art Festival on September 22nd. Our weekly Author Spotlight will feature author tid-bits, their book titles, and direct you to their websites to learn more about them.

3rd Annual Swift Literary Festival
Authors, Poets & Indie press

Marilyn Baszczynski – poet
William Bortz – poet
Stephen L. Brayton – mystery & horror
Paul Brooke – poet
Shannon K. Evans – spiritual nonfiction
Deb Kline – memoir
Charles R. Kniker – nonfiction
Jennifer L. Knox – poet
Kim Mosiman – nonfiction – poet
Eva Newcastle – magical realism
Charlie R. North – poet
Steve Semken & Ice Cube Press – indie press
Dawn Terpstra
– poet
Pat Underwood – poet

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Swift Literary Festival | Sunday, Sept 22nd | 10 to 4

Join the us this Sunday, September 22nd from 10 to 4 at the Octagon Art Festival for our 3rd Annual Swift Literary Festival in Ames, Iowa. Meet our authors, and learn about Ames Writers Collective exciting upcoming news. Look for our tent on the corner of Douglas Avenue and Main Street in front of AVEC Design+Build.
Featured Authors & Poets
10 to 11:30
Marilyn J Baszczynski—Poetry
Paul Brooke—Poetry
Charlie R. North—Poetry
Dawn Terpstra—Poetry
Pat Underwood—Poetry
11:30 to 1
Paul Brooke—Poetry
Charlie R. North—Poetry
Dawn Terpstra—Poetry
Pat Underwood—Poetry
Deb Kline—Memoir
1 to 2:30
Stephen L. Brayton—Mystery & horror
Shannon K. Evans—Spiritual nonfiction
Kim Mosiman—Christian nonfiction
Ice Cube Press
2:30 to 4
William Bortz—Poetry
Charles R. Kniker—Nonfiction
Jennifer L. Knox—Poetry
Eva Newcastle—Magical realism
Ice Cube Press
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3rd Annual Swift Literary Festival

On Sunday, September 22nd, the Ames Writers Collective will host the 3rd Annual Swift Literary Festival—a pop-up event held annually at the Octagon Art Festival.

During the festival, festival-goers can visit with and purchase books from local Iowa authors and poets.

 

Current List of 2024 Swift Literary Festival Authors

Marilyn J Baszczynski | Stephen L. Brayton | Paul Brooke
William Bortz | Shannon K. Evans | Deb Kline
Charles R. Kniker | Jennifer L. Knox
Kim Mosiman | Eva Newcastle
Charlie R. North | Dawn Terpstra | Pat Underwood
Ice Cube Press

Thank You
Octagon Art Festival for hosting us at your annual event
Authors and poets, who joined us
Ames Community and visitors to Ames, who purchased books and dropped by to say hello

 

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Eva Newcastle

What’s your genre?
Magical Realism

Are you published?
Self published

What inspired you to become a writer?
My late father was an English teacher. I suppose I take after him.

What author do you admire and how have they inspired your writing?
I admire any successful author who can develop a marketable template and craft a bestseller year after year.

Name three of your favorite books and their authors.
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

What’s one thing readers should know about you?
I am a stickler for dialogue.

What one piece of advice would you give to a budding writer?
Don’t take my advice.

Author Bio
I am a classically trained musician with a background in design and film. A Chicago native, I relocated to Ames with a curious assortment of guitar picks and pens. Have typewriter, will travel. Click here to visit Eva.