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Literary Feast 2010

Presented by Nova Southeastern University

March 19-March 20, 2010

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Literary Feast 2010 authors participate in four unique events during the weekend:

1. Novel Day for Students on Friday, March 19 – The authors visit Broward County high schools to discuss their books and the craft of writing. They will also announce the winners of the annual Literary Feast Short Story Contest at each school. Sponsors are Bank of America and the Josephine S. Leiser Foundation.

2. “Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire” Luncheon on Friday, March 19 (11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) – A new course has been added to the Literary Feast menu – a luncheon with Mireille Guiliano, author of Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire and French Women Don’t Get Fat. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six’s revolving Pier Top in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are $65. Sponsors are Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust and AutoNation.

3. Lit LIVE! on Saturday, March 20 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) – Authors participate in a FREE series of author talks, panel discussions and book signings with the public at Nova Southeastern University’s Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center in Davie.

4. A Night of Literary Feasts on Saturday, March 20 (6 p.m. – 11 p.m.) – The namesake fundraising event begins with cocktails, a silent auction and book signings at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six. Guests are then treated to intimate dinner parties with the authors in private homes and upscale South Florida restaurants. Ticket packages start at $150 per person.

“Literary Feast 2010 offers something for everyone – mysteries and thrillers, scholarly observations, musings on food and design, sports and social media, as well as investigative journalism, analyses and even the Bernie Madoff scandal,” said Literary Feast Co-Chair Diane Brewer, Vice President/Private Banker at Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust.

“These events are for all ages in the community to appreciate the literary arts,” added co-chair Joe Piccirilli, a co-founder of Sound Advice and local entrepreneur. “At the same time we’re raising money for critical library programs, such as computer instruction classes, that would otherwise be eliminated in this tough economic climate.”

Guest authors for Literary Feast 2010 include:

• Steve Alten, MEG: Hell’s Aquarium
• Russell Banks, The Reserve
• R.B. Bernstein, The Founding Fathers Reconsidered
• Deborah Crombie, Necessary As Blood
• Joy Fielding, The Wild Zone
• Mireille Guiliano, Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire
• Anne C. Heller, Ayn Rand and the World She Made
• David Kirby, Little Richard: The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
• Jean Hanff Korelitz, Admission
• Elizabeth Kostova, The Swan Thieves
• Emily Liebert, Facebook Fairytales: Modern Day Miracles to Inspire the Human Spirit
• Ellen Lupton, Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things
• Peter Maass, Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
• Bob Morris, Baja Florida
• Achy Obejas, Ruins
• Alexandra Penney, The Bag Lady Papers
• Patricia Powell, The Fullness of Everything
• Lisa See, Shanghai Girls
• Poppy Tooker, Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook
• Jerald Walker, Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption
• L. Jon Wertheim, Strokes of Genius