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London's Boats, Books & Brushes with Taste Festival
Brings Tom Brokaw, AVI, and More Together For Discussions, Book
Signings, and Other Literary Activities on the Waterfront
Law & Justice In Everyday Life At Three Venues
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Whether its remembering the words to silly songs about
the bathtub with Alan Katz or reflecting on the values of the American
heartland with Tom Brokaw, children and adults alike will find a number of
literary activities awaiting them at the 2003 Boats Books & Brushes
with Taste Festival (BBB), September 5-7, 2003. This three-year-old
festival brings the literary and arts worlds to life on the New London
Waterfront, with U.S. Coast Guard Barque EAGLE and other Tall ShipsŪ
providing a magnificent backdrop.
BBB is proud to present more than 80 authors hosting book discussions,
signings, and other literary activities on Saturday and Sunday. Featured
authors include:
Tom Brokaw: Award-winning television anchor and author of The Greatest
Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks, and his new memoir on growing
up in the American Heartland, A Long Way From Home. Brokaw will speak at
the Garde Arts Center on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available for
$15 at the Garde Arts Center Box Office.
Rick Bragg, Pultizer Prize winning journalist and author of All Over But
The Shoutin and Avas Man.
Peter Benchley: Author of the bestseller Jaws and his newest book, Shark
Trouble. Get ready for this exciting event by joining the crew of USCG
Barque EAGLE on Friday evening for a twilight film showing of Jaws at Fear
on the Pier!
Andy Thibault: Author of Law & Justice In Everyday Life.
A columnist for Law Tribune newspapers and an assignment editor for Fox 61
TV News, Thibault manages the IMPAC/Connecticut State University Young
Writers program and teaches journalism at the University of Hartford. Law
& Justice In Everyday Life will be available from Curbstone Press, the
Connecticut Poetry Festival Bookstore and at the Connecticut Authors and
Publishers
Association tent.
Avi: Author of more than 50 books for young people and recipient of
several major writing awards, including two Newbery Honors and the 2003
Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen: Author and illustrator, respectively, of the
wildly successful Magic School BusŪ series featuring the effervescent Ms.
Frizzle.
BBB will also welcome Scholastics The Traveling Magic School BusŪ the
entire festival weekend, where children can meet Ms. Frizzle in person and
explore the scientific world with hands-on games, workshops and exhibits.
Maritime enthusiasts can participate in several nautical activities,
including a lighted boat parade on Friday and the 4th Annual New London
Schooner Challenge. Tall ShipsŪ and schooner captains will be on hand to
educate visitors during free public tours. Maritime exhibitors and
educators will provide visitors with a glimpse of maritime heritage on
Amistad Pier.
Along with authors, artists, and sailors, BBBs Taste segment offers
sample-size portions of signature dishes from many of Connecticuts finest
restaurants, while celebrity chefs and cookbook authors will demonstrate
their talents on the Dacor cooking stage. Beer gardens, wine tastings, and
multi-stage entertainment will make this one of the most enjoyable
weekends of the year.
BBB is presented through the generosity of its sponsors: Coca-Cola of
Southeastern New England, Connecticut Humanities Council, Cross Sound
Ferry Services, Inc., Michelob Ultra, General Dynamic Electric Boat,
Mohegan Sun, Fleet Bank, Mystic Seaport, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Machine
Works at Essex, Dominion Millstone Station, Pfizer Inc., Northeast
Utilities, Citizens Bank, and Waterford Hotel Group and media sponsors
WTNH News Channel 8, The Day, The Resident, and Kool 101, WCTY, and
Eastern Connecticut Cable Television.
Further information is available online at www.bbbfest.org
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