With the University of Mississippi's spring semester right around the corner, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture has plans in motion for the 18th Oxford Conference for the Book. The conference will be presented by the CSSC March 24-26, 2011.
Each day the conference will take place somewhere different. The events will kick off on Thursday with a luncheon at the John Davis Williams Library, and program sessions will follow that afternoon at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. Friday’s session will be at the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The conference will conclude its sessions on Saturday at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics.
The Oxford Conference for the Book is free, and is open for the community and students who have a passion for reading, writing, and literature; authors, editors, publishers, and people from all aspects of the industry will be at the conference to read and talk about their work or other individuals’ work.
Among the notable list of guests attending the event are Pamela and Jon Voelkel, Ally Condle, Jack Pendarvis, Megan Abbott, Michael Kupperman and many others.
Fifth and Ninth grade students from the Oxford area are invited each year to come and listen to an author speaking at the conference. Ann Abadie, the Associate Director of CSSC, shared that, “Students are given their personal copy of the author’s book, so that the child can read the novel beforehand. Children will then get to hear the author speak about the work they read and meet the author. This year, fifth grade students received a copy of “Middleworld,” and will have the opportunity to hear authors Pamel and Jon Voelkel discuss this work.
Ann Abadie discusses the Oxford Conference for the Book here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFEFoJ6XdJA.
It takes a lot of work and preparation for such a large event. Ann Abadie says that students from all departments across campus volunteer to help with this event.The Director of CSSC, Ted Ownsby, shared, “Students are encouraged to volunteer and to attend this event.” With a chuckle he added, “They are usually happy to volunteer unless it’s close to the end of the semester with theses due.”
Students who are interested in volunteering for the Oxford Conference for the Book can check the Center for the Study of Southern Culture’s website at http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/index.html. Students can also call the CSSC at 662-915-5993 for more information.
Ted Ownby, Director
Barnard Observatory 209
hsownby@olemiss.edu
Ann J. Abadie, Associate Director
Barnard Observatory 210
aabadie@olemiss.edu
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