Join author Katherine Higgs-Coulthard for this fun writing session for the whole family. Families will collaborate to write a story about a specific experience using guided prompts, including making neighborhood...
About the Author Janna Matthies’s early years consisted of inventing stories on her cassette recorder, practicing piano and violin (preferably by moonlight), and searching the garden for additions to her...
Supported by: hello & handshake Conversations, place details, characteristics, moments we can't forget: these real-life happenings are all fodder for fiction. Join us to boldly reimagine the real as its...
During this workshop, children are invited to engage in storytelling and creative expression by reading Listen to Our Future: Toy Drive, discussing key themes and character actions, and creating their...
Need a break from the festival bustle? Or maybe you’ve purchased a book you can’t wait to crack open? Silent Book Club Indy offers introverts and extroverts alike a space...
Artists have always pushed boundaries—only to face backlash, bans, or erasure. From books and films to music and visual art, censorship continues to shape what stories get told and who gets...
Booth Tarkington is one of just four authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice, putting him in a category with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. However,...
Mary Ardery is the author of the poetry collection Level Watch (June Road Press, 2025). Her poems appear in Beloit Poetry Journal, Best New Poets, Poet Lore, Prairie Schooner, RHINO,...
Thích Thiên Ân, American teacher and Zen Buddhist Monk, once told us to “let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in...
About the Author Annie Sullivan is the author of three young adult fantasy novels (A Touch of Gold, A Curse of Gold, and Tiger Queen) published by an imprint of...
How can we build and sustain communities that honor the art of storytelling? Whether through art, activism, mutual aid, or shared space, people find ways to connect, resist isolation, and...
What is the role of an editor during a time of increasing censorship? This panel will focus squarely on the idea of an editor's role/responsibility and how editors are meeting...