With an editors’ panel, book fair, refreshments and rap music, Eastern Illinois Univeristy’s annual “Lions in Winter” literary festival is gearing up for its two-day event set for Jan. 27-28, open to students and the public.
Highlighting Eastern Illinois University’s roster are readings designed for all ages — from a 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 keynote reading with Laura van den Berg and a 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 reading with writers Jerald Walker, James Davis May and Erica Wright; to a free Saturday morning children’s story hour with Janice Harrington.
With the exception of the children’s story hour, slated for EIU’s Booth Library, all festival events are scheduled for the on-campus Doudna Fine Arts Center, with varying prices. General admission before the festival costs $40 and includes continental breakfast and lunch; talks throughout the day, and an editors’ panel in the afternoon. Coles County Art Council members can obtain a discount price of $30 by contacting the Doudna Fine Arts Center Box Office.
While general admission on the day of the event is $50, high school and college student participation and EIU faculty attendance is free, with an optional $10 to include lunch.
Certain presentations require advance registration; participants can also join activities on-site at the fair itself. For full details on signup, visit www.lionsinwinter.org/registration/ where information on local area hotels is also posted. Questions can be directed to Daiva Markelis at dmmarkelis@eiu.edu or EIU’s English department at 217-581-2428.
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