Schedule:
Tuesday,February 20
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Katie Baldwin
Free and open to the public.

Born in the Pacific Northwest, Katie Baldwin earned an MFA from University of the Arts (2004) and a BA from Evergreen State College (1994). As a Fulbright Scholar (2021) she developed her project Modified Landscape at the International Print Center in Taipei, Taiwan. She has traveled extensively as an artist-in-residence, most notably to Japan, where she learned woodblock printing from master carvers and printers. Her books and prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the ASP Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, Kentler International Drawing Center in Red Hook, NY and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Alabama. Her work can be found in numerous collections, such as the Library of Congress in Washington DC, Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, KS and Yale University Library Special Collections in New Haven, CT. She has received grant funding through several organizations, most recently from South Arts to support a fellowship awarded by Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland.

She served as the Victor Hammer Fellow (2011 - 2013) at Wells College, Aurora, NY. Dedicated to collaborative work, she co-founded the wood+paper+box collaborative (2012), the Shift-lab collective (2013), and the international print collective Mokuhanga Sisters (2020). She was awarded the Distinguished Research and Creative Activities Award (2022) from University of Alabama Huntsville, where she is an Associate Professor of book arts and printmaking.

Friday, February 23
7 pm - An Evening with Elizabeth George
Tickets $40

Elizabeth George is The New York Times and internationally best-selling author of 20 British crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his unconventional partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Her crime novels have been translated into 30 languages and featured on television by the BBC. She is also the author of a young adult series set on Whidbey Island in the state of Washington.  Author of the best-selling creative writing book Write Away, Elizabeth is a longtime instructor of creative writing and has taught at colleges, universities, writers' retreats and conferences internationally.

She is the recipient of the Anthony Award, the Agatha Award, France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and Germany's MIMI, and has twice been nominated for an Edgar Award. Elizabeth is the recipient of an honorary doctorate of humane letters from California State University Fullerton and an honorary MFA from Northwest Institute of Language Arts (Whidbey Island MFA Program).  She serves as the executive chair of the Elizabeth George Foundation, which makes grants to poets, emerging playwrights and unpublished novelists.  She currently lives on Whidbey Island.

Saturday, February 24
9:00am - 4:00pm - Author Conference
Tickets $45

Kate Quinn - The Diamond Eye
Yasmin Angoe - They Come at Knight
John Archibald - Shaking the Gates of Hell
Kim Cross - In Light of All Darkness
Kristin Harmel - The Paris Daughter
Daniel Nayeri - The Many Assassinations of Samir, The Seller of Dreams
Kenan Orhan - I Am My Country

Date: February 20-24,2024

Location: The Hoover Public Library, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, AL 35216

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