More than 50 distinguished local and national authors whose works are featured in libraries and classrooms across the country will speak at the third annual UCF Book Festival on Saturday, March 31.<\/p>\n
The festival is open to the public and will be held at the UCF Arena from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission and parking will be free.<\/p>\n
The festival is hosted by UCF\u2019s College of Education, in association with UCF\u2019s Morgridge International Reading Center.\u00a0 Visitors are invited to meet with the authors to learn more about their creative process and how they bring their characters to life.<\/p>\n
James McBride, author of The<\/em> New York Times<\/em> bestseller \u201cThe Color of Water,\u201d will be the event\u2019s keynote author. Other authors scheduled to appear include former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham and former state prosecutor Jeff Ashton.<\/p>\n Throughout the day guests can attend author forums, listen to readings, attend book signings and receive book appraisals. There are activities planned for all ages, with special events for teens and children.<\/p>\n Local authors scheduled to participate include former Orlando Sentinel <\/em>columnist Bob Morris and Loreen Leedy, a children\u2019s author who has written and illustrated more than 40 books.<\/p>\n UCF faculty participating in the festival include Sheryl Needle Cohn of the College of Education, James C. Clark of the History Department, and Russ Kesler and Darlin\u2019 Neal of the English Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 50 distinguished local and national authors whose works are featured in libraries and classrooms across the country will speak at the third annual UCF Book Festival on Saturday, March 31. The festival is open to the public and will be held at the UCF Arena from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission and parking will be free. The…","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":33474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3223],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-33473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-morgridge-international-reading-center"],"yoast_head":"\n