Author Visit - Jerry Apps

Jerry Apps will be at Apple Blossom Bookstore at 1 pm on Saturday, May 7th for a signing for his new books, “Horse-drawn days” and “Barns of Wisconsin” along with his fiction series set in Ames County. Pick up your copies early for great gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day too!

Buckstaff Observatory History Project

Mark Ferguson is collaborating with other members on creating a history of the Oshkosh Buckstaff Observatory. To learn more or volunteer please click here.

Author Visit - Kathleen Corley

UW-Oshkosh Professor Kathleen Corley, will talk about her latest book, "Maranatha : Women's Funerary Rituals and Christian Origins," a book about women's funeral rituals in the early Christian Church at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at the Oshkosh Public Library.

The event is free and open to the public.

Meeting Reminder

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club meets at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, in the lower level of the Oshkosh Public Library. Pat K. is the featured author.

As always, meetings are free and open to the public.

Fox Cities Book Festival

I hope you get a chance to attend one or more events sponsored by the Fox Cities Book Festival, which begins today. Speakers include children, teen and adult authors, illustrators, poets, non-fiction writers and representatives from the publishing industry. For a schedule of events throughout the Fox Cities, please go to:

http://www.foxcitiesbookfestival.org/schedule/2011