ENID, OK - The Enid Public Library is now accepting applications for the 2025 Enid Author Fest. This annual event is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12 p.m.
The Enid Author Fest is designed to engage attendees of all ages, and provides authors with an opportunity to showcase their work, connect with readers, and network with other writers in the community.
Participating authors will be assigned spaces in the library’s lobby where they will be able to sign and sell books from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. They will have the chance to sign up for informal readings during the event to share excerpts from their work with attendees.
Authors interested in participating must review the letter to authors and complete the online registration form by March 15, 2025. Both documents are available on the library’s website.
For more information or to register, visit enid.okpls.org or contact Program Coordinator Margo Holmes at mholmes@enid.org.
The Enid Public Library is located at 120 W Maine, Enid, OK 73701.
Since it was founded in 1899, the Enid Public Library has strived to provide services and events that expands the knowledge and thinking of its patrons, as well as encouraging lifelong learning. It is on the national list of historic places and continues to be a beacon of knowledge and services for the citizens of Enid and Garfield County.
As an Oklahoma Author of the epic two-volume literary fiction novel, “Tares among the Wheat” I look forward to attending the Author Fest, March 28. Much of my novel is set in the vicinity of NW Oklahoma. Those who live in Enid or anywhere in the area will readily relate to the characters and the events of my novel.
While it is generally classified as Literary Fiction, the novel is akin to Historical Fiction. It includes mystery, romance, adventure, quest, triumph, catastrophe and failure. As backdrops to the story lines, the novel includes the Cherokee Strip Land Run, the Dust Bowl, Great Depression, World Wars, Wheat Farming, Cattle Ranching,Oil Wildcatting, and more.
My novel has appeal to men and women, from late teens to centenarians. As the son of an Alfalfa and Woods County Wheat Farmer, and as the grandson of Cherokee Strip Land Homesteaders, I was uniquely experienced in life, to write this emotionally moving saga.