10:45 am
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
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
Friendship & Narrative
GALLOWAY RECEPTION
presented by Jones Walker LLP;
Jackie Posey Bailey
Friends and fellow creatives discuss
the art of shaping a story in their various genres.
• Betsy Bradley (moderator)
• Noah Saterstrom – What Became of Dr. Smith
• Ann Patchett – Tom Lake + The Verts
• Kate DiCamillo – Ferris
Rivers of Mississippi
STATE CAPITOL 103
presented by Julie & Brad Chism;
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Get an in depth look at the waterways that connect
our towns, provide our sustenance, and thus dictate
our lives in this insightful panel on the many rivers
that traverse our state.
• Patrick Dean (moderator) – Nature’s Messenger:
Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World
• Boyce Upholt – The Great River:
The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
• Ernest Herndon – Paddleways of Mississippi:
Rivers and People of the Magnolia State
• Patrick Parker – Paddleways of Mississippi:
Rivers and People of the Magnolia State
Terri Blackstock
FIRST BAPTIST SANCTUARY
presented by Watkins & Eager, PLLC
Christian author and Mississippi resident
Terri Blackstock explores the mysteries of faith
as well as faith-based mysteries in recounting
her many best-selling books and career as a writer.
• Robert Fortenberry (moderator)
• Terri Blackstock – Aftermath
family-
friendly
In Conversation
with Richard Grant
GALLOWAY SANCTUARY
presented by Crooks Foundation
Richard Grant, reporter and author of
Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi
Delta, speaks about his new memoir
about moving to Arizona with his wife and child
in the midst of a truly wild time for the state.
• Mary Miller (moderator) – Biloxi
• Richard Grant – A Race to the Bottom of Crazy:
Dispatches from Arizona
Live-stream at
msbookfestival.com