The Joplin Writers’ Faire returns to the library this weekend

The Joplin Writers’ Faire returns to the library this weekend!

This year’s event features 45 local and regional authors, with fiction, nonfiction, graphic novel, investigative
reporting, fantasy, local history, children’s literature, and others among the forms and genres represented.

This FREE, all-ages public event is on Saturday, October 12th from 10am-1pm at Joplin Public Library. During the event attendees will have the opportunity to visit with authors at their booths, purchase their publications, have their books signed, as well as a chance to win door prizes or peruse the used book sale offerings at the Friends of the Joplin Public Library booth.

Established in 2017, the Joplin Writers’ Faire aims to connect all sorts of writers to their existing and potentially new audiences while encouraging community support of local and regional writers, as well as to help aspiring authors learn how to get started. Joplin Writers’ Faire is a collaboration between Joplin Public Library and Post Art Library.

The 2024 premier event sponsor is Friends of the Joplin Public Library.

2024 Joplin Writers’ Faire Participants: Aileen Gronewold, Amanda M. Goodwin, Amanda Stacey, Becca Turner, Betty Rose Dixon, Billie Holladay Skelley, C. Britt, Calvin Cassady, Chase Dearinger, Chris M. Davey, D.A. Power, D.L. Golden, David Loomis, Debbie Compton, Dr. David & Lisa Frisbie, Elton Gahr, F.C. Shultz, Gary
Nodler, Gene Hogg, Gene Koester, Gil Miller, Jeanne Brummet, Jenny Caldwell Westbrook, Jon Schott Lee, L. Ballew, Larry Wood, Laura Lee Washburn, Lea Carter, M.K. Franklin, Michael Lloyd Gregory, Murray Bishoff, Ozark Hollow Press, Pub Hound Press, Randy Turner, Renee Hayes, Ravin DeMarco, Robert John Dopp, S.V.
Farnsworth, Sandra Parrill, Sandra Ruddick-Darr, Seth Wolfshorndl, Shelby McDowell, Sienna Sanders, T. Michael Burt, Your Metal Author

For more information about the Faire, please contact Sarah Turner-Hill or Jill Halbach at 417-623-7953.