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CAPITOL BUILDING WORKSHOPS

FAMILY-FRIENDLY OFFICIAL PANELS

Mothers Writing:

Meander Maps

with Catherine

Simone Gray

STATE CAPITOL 202

Creative Writing

Workshop with USM

STATE CAPITOL 202

PRESENTED BY University of Southern

Mississippi Center for Writers

Building Characters

& Building Worlds

with Liz Egan

STATE CAPITOL 202

PRESENTED BY Te McMullan / O’Connor

Fund; Millsaps College

In this workshop for mothers and caregivers,

we will seek inspiration from the Mississippi River,

full of ever-changing twists and loops.

What can the River’s pathways across time teach us

about our own mothering journeys and who we are

in this season? Let’s get curious together on the page.

• Catherine Simone Gray – Proud Flesh: A Memoir of Motherhood,

Intimate Violence, and Reclaiming Pleasure (2025)

Transforming Lives:

The Impact of Prison

Book Clubs on

Incarcerated Individuals

STATE CAPITOL 202

PRESENTED BY Mississippi Humanities Council

Mississippi Humanities Council Prison Book Clubs

have been called a transformative experience, ofering

incarcerated men and women a chance to move beyond

merely existing to truly engaging with life, despite the

limitations of their environment. Tese clubs create

a safe space for sharing ideas, broadening perspectives

and building positive connections. Join us to hear

frsthand from book club members and facilitators

about how participating in a book club can profoundly

impact life behind bars.

Take the road less traveled in this writing workshop

led by graduate students from the University of Southern

Mississippi’s Center for Writers.

Nature versus nurture isn’t just a question for scientists

in this workshop. Explore the ways character and setting

are interconnected and how to use those connections as

tools to build characters that leap of the page and defne

settings to showcase them. Appropriate for all ages.

• Liz Egan

9:30 am

12:00 pm

10:45 am

1:30 pm

4:00 pm

1000 Words Workshop

with Jami Attenberg

STATE CAPITOL 202

What does it take to lead a creative life every day?

Tis workshop will share ideas and perspectives

for putting your own creativity frst and include a talk,

writing prompts with a group write-along, and a Q&A.

• Jami Attenberg – 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying

Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

A Letter to a Child

The World Is

Ours to Cherish

By Mary Annaïse Heglar Illustrated by Vivian Mineker

9:30 am

10:45 am

12:00 pm

1:30 pm

2:45 pm

KidNote:

Master Storyteller

Kate DiCamillo

GALLOWAY SANCTUARY

PRESENTED BY Te Eudora Welty

Foundation

Ezra Jack Keats

Award-Winners

& Honorees

GALLOWAY FELLOWSHIP

CENTER

PRESENTED BY Fay B. Kaigler

Children’s Book Festival;

University of Southern

Mississippi de Grummond

Children’s Literature Collection

Middle Grade

Dreams

STATE CAPITOL 103

PRESENTED BY Terry Hunt

& Dick Molpus;

Beard + Riser Architects

Picture This!

GALLOWAY FELLOWSHIP

CENTER

PRESENTED BY Sara & Bill Ray;

Te Ragland Company

Mississippi Youth

Poetry Project

STATE CAPITOL 201 A

PRESENTED BY Mississippi

Humanities Council;

Mississippi State University

Department of English

Children’s literature expert Ellen Hunter

Rufn speaks with two-time Newbery

Medalist Kate DiCamillo about the

author’s latest story of a plucky young girl,

her quirky family, and a not-so-scary ghost

that longs for adventure.

• Ellen Hunter Ruffin (moderator)

• Kate DiCamillo – Ferris

Picture book authors and illustrators honor

and delight in family, food, and nature in

this panel of 2024 Ezra Jack Keats Award-

winners and honorees.

• Ellen Hunter Ruffin (moderator)

• Anne Wynter – Nell Plants a Tree

• Sarah Gonzales – The Only Way to Make Bread

• Kim Rogers – Just Like Grandma

• Helena Ku Rhee – Sora’s Seashells

Four middle grade authors celebrate

determined young characters who defy

odds, hunt for treasure, and fnd magic.

• Sami Thomason-Fyke (moderator)

• Taryn Souders – The Mystery of the

Radcliffe Riddle

• Angie Thomas – Nic Blake and the

Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy

• Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn –

Exclusion and the Chinese American Story

• Julian Randall – The Chainbreakers

Families are invited to join the authors

and illustrators of picture books for an

incredible learning experience about

animals, music, and nature.

• Sarah Frances Hardy (moderator) –

One Mississippi

• Mary Annaïse Heglar – The World is Ours

to Cherish: A Letter to a Child

• Heather C. Morris – Trunk Goes Thunk!:

A Woodland Tale of Opposites

• Allen R. Wells – Danté Plays His Blues

• Marshall Ramsey – Saving Sam!:

A Banjo the Dog Story

K-12 student poets from across the state

share their award-winning poems in this

celebratory panel hosted by Mississippi

Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce.

• Catherine Pierce (moderator) –

Danger Days: Poems

• Various winners from around the state

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