1. South Dakota Festival of Book 2011

2. The Festival Begins in Deadwood, SD!
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3. The Festival Kicks off with Ignite: South Dakota
The Festival Kicks off with Ignite: South Dakota! Nine Clouds partner John Meyer at the Roundhouse in Lead
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4. Scott Meyer—North Pole Passion in Norway
Scott Meyer—North Pole Passion in Norway! And Nine Clouds partner and John’s brother
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5. Susan Brannan, Festival author, Rapid City
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6. Lead Arts Council Director and organizer of the Great Black Hills Plein Aire paint-out in Deadwood during the festival
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7. Executive Director of the Lead Opera House
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8. Festival author and dancer Larissa Fast Horse, a Pierre native
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9. Thea Miller Ryan, Sioux Falls Outdoor campus director
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10. Steve Binkley, Center for the Book Director & Festival Director
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11. Exhibitor Hall opens at Deadwood Chamber of Commerce Pavilion
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12. Exhibitors’ Hall
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13. Joseph Marshall at the Early Bird Book Signing!
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14. Margaret Coel at the Early Bird Book Signing!
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15. Bruce Junek, Tass Thacker, and Mark St. Pierre
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16. Marilyn Johnson and Craig Johnson (not related)
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17. Janet Shaw, Author of book based on Kaya, a Native American girl
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18. Literary Feast, Martin Mason Hotel
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19. C.J. Box
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20. Steering committee chair and Deadwood Public Library Director Jeanette Chaney-Moodie and her husband enjoy genre fiction writers at the Literary Feast
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21. Craig Johnson
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22. The delights of listening and feasting!
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23. Jim Reese
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24. Rock Garden Tour, LIVE! At the Franklin Emerald Room, Sponsored by SDPB
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25. Festival Getaway Contest Winners with Joseph Marshall III
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26. Keynote, Black Hills Plein Aire Painters Wet Sale, Deadwood Mountain Grand,
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27. Keynote Feed. Pine Ridge High School recipients of One Book SD Tribal HS Giveaway, Sponsored by SDHC, Fishback Financial, and SD Community Foundation
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28. Pine Ridge High School recipients
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29. Keynote Feed
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30. Keynote Lecture, Crazy Horse shirt representation, designed for book cover, The Journey of Crazy Horse
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31. JR LaPlante, Secretary of SD Tribal Relations, introduces Joseph Marshall III
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32. Keynote audience of 500+
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33. Joseph Marshall III
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34. Keynote audience and photos provided by Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission
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35. Joseph Marshall III Signing Books
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36. Saturday sessions all over Deadwood
Saturday sessions all over Deadwood. Harry Bliss, New Yorker cartoonist and children’s book illustrator, Masonic Temple
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37. Don Montileaux, SD children’s book illustrator
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38. Susan Power
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39. Tass Thacker, Saturday Session
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40. American Girl Tea Party
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41. Janet Shaw, American Girl Kaya author
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42. Saturday’s crowd at the Masonic
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43. Ian Frazier, New Yorker columnist & bestselling author
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44. Saturday sessions
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45. Sam Kean, Sioux Falls native, The Disappearing Spoon, based on the periodic table
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46. Danielle Sosin, Writers’ Support author from Duluth
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47. John Dufresne, How to write a novel in 6 months!
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48. Board chair Ann McKay Thompson joins Craig Johnson & Marcus Red Thunder, creative consultants for A&E series based on Johnson’s Walt Longmire novels, to wrap things up on Sunday at The Lodge
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49. Craig Johnson, author of Sherriff Walt Longmire novels
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50. SDHC Distinguished Service in the Humanities Awards at the Book Festival! Bernie Hunhoff, Publisher, SD Magazine, Organization Award with Board chair Ann McKay Thompson
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51. Craig Howe, Individual honoree with ED Sherry DeBoer
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52. Deadwood Mayor Francis Toscana, City of Deadwood organization award
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53. Rhonda Feterl, Chair, Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission, organization award
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54. The festival ended with National Book Award winner Pete Dexter and librarian’s groupie Marilyn Johnson exploring the future of books.
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