River City Reading Festival
September 27, 2008

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Sponsors

Volunteer

Underwriting Sponsor

Altrusa International Inc. of Lawrence. Altrusa, a service organization that promotes literacy, has joined with several community organizations to plan and present the River City Reading Festival.

Reader's Circle Sponsors

Capitol Federal Savings Bank

All sponsors

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The mission of the River City Reading Festival is to celebrate reading through an annual free festival for children, teens, and adults.

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Welcome

Join us in 2008 for the Second Annual River City Reading Festival!
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
September 27, 2008
Lawrence Public Library
707 Vermont

News

Altrusa International of Lawrence, Kansas, recenty won the prestigious Letha H. Brown Literacy Award for its role in establishing the River City Reading Festival, and RCRF author Bobbie Hinman is a finalist for two book awards. Read the latest festival news here.

See our Authors page for a list of authors expected to attend the 2008 festival.

Audio slideshow: Hear what reading festival participants had to say and see some of the sights from the day.

See more images from the 2007 festival in our gallery.

Thank you to all who helped make the first-ever River City Reading Festival a resounding success! The daylong event drew 900 people to downtown Lawrence, where dozens of authors and performers joined the celebration of reading.