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The Savannah Book Festival at SSU is Feb. 16

The Savannah Book Festival at SSU is Feb. 16

Savannah State University will host eight best-selling authors on February 16 as part a book festival hosting event at Savannah State University (SSU). The event provides an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to attend talks on campus and hear from the authors on a variety of topics, including the writing process, subject matter in fiction and non-fiction, and the publishing process.

The event is made possible in partnership with the SFB@Schools program. More information about the visiting authors and their work can be found at Meet The Authors - Savannah Book Festival

The annual Savannah Book Festival runs February 15 – 18. Festival Saturday includes free presentations by more than 30 authors appearing at different venues throughout Savannah.

The collaboration between SSU and the Savannah Book Festival dates back to 2012 and is coordinated by Dr. Lisa Yount, SSU professor of philosophy and vice president of the Savannah Book Festival Board of Directors. Each year the festival donates books to SSU students and the SSU Asa H. Gordon library.

“For the past twelve years, I have been honored to coordinate with the Savannah Book Festival through their SBF@Schools program to provide opportunities for the SSU community to attend exclusive, university-wide talks hosted by award-winning, best-selling authors,” said Yount.

To date, SSU has hosted more than 30 authors through this partnership, including the eight authors who will visit the campus on February 16.

“We appreciate the collaboration with the Savannah Book Festival and the unique learning opportunity it provides for our students, faculty, and staff. We are especially grateful for their generous donation of 160 books this year to support our campus commitment to student engagement,” said Yount.

The campus talks on February 16 include:

Liza Mundy, author of The Secret History of Women at the CIA, 9 a.m. Library Art Gallery 202C

James L. Swanson, author of The Deerfield Massacre, 9 a.m. Social Sciences Building 114

Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, authors of Blood Memory, 10 a.m. Social Sciences Building 118

Lauren Grodstein, author of We Must Not Think of Ourselves, 10 a.m. Library Art Gallery 202C

Steven Rowley, author of The Celebrants, 12 p.m. Library Art Gallery 202C

Peter Cozzens, author of A Brutal Reckoning, 1 p.m. Library Art Gallery 202C

Theodore Wheeler, author of The War Begins in Paris, 2 p.m. Library Art Gallery 202C

Keith F. Miller, Jr., author of Pritty, 3 p.m. Library Art Gallery 202C

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