
Big River Book Festival
March 1 at 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Join us at the First “Big River” Book Festival at Little Island Creamery on March 1st and 2nd, 2025.
The goal of the “Big River” Book Festival is to showcase and celebrate the authors of the Pacific Coast and to celebrate books and book culture! We want to include a range of northwest authors, as we strive to raise awareness about our local Cathlamet community as well as Little Island Creamery.
Full Schedule:
Saturday, March 1st in the Venue
10:00: Book Fair Opens to public / coffee, pastries and breakfast foods
available
10:30- Noon: Book Reading on the stage
11:30- 1:30pm: Join us for lunch! Food vendors on site
Noon: Keynote address by Emmett Wheatfall
1pm- 2pm: Book Reading on the stage
2pm- 4pm: Youth Open Mic – 18 and under are invited to share writings,
poems and stories- limited to 7mins each
4:00pm: Raffle draw
5:00pm: End of Book Fair
Saturday, March 1st, In the Ethel Mae Kitchen
Columbia River Room
- 10:30- 11:45: Free Workshop: Blank to Draft; Writing a Poem from
Scratch – Armin Tolentino - 1:30-2:45: Free Workshop: Hidden Heroines – Marianne Monson
(Sponsored by the Astoria Writers Guild)
Capt. Birnie Room - 10:30- 11:45: Free Workshop: Why Fantasy? – Dawn Shipman
- 1:30-2:45: Free Workshop: Self Publishing- Tami Whitmore
Saturday, March 1st, Evening Event
7:30pm: An Evening of poetry and conversation with
Kim Stafford in The Venue (Admission $15 per
person)
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Sunday, March 2nd in the Venue
10:00: Book Fair Opens to public / coffee, pastries and breakfast foods
available
10:30- Noon: Book Reading on the stage
11:30- 1:30pm: Join us for lunch! Food vendors on site
Noon: Keynote address by Cliff Taylor
1pm- 2pm: Book Reading on the stage
2pm to 4pm: Open mic – The public is invited to share their writings,
poems and stories- limited to 7mins each
4:00pm: Raffle draw
5:00pm: End of Book Fair
Sunday, March 2nd in the Kitchen
Columbia River Room - 10:30- 11:45: Workshop: Character Development and Scene Setting
for Youth – Tiffany Dickinson - 1:30-2:45: Workshop: “Writing for the Reader” – Sue and Hal Calboum
(Sponsored by the Columbia River Reader)
Capt. Birnie Room - 10:30- 11:45: Workshop: Writing Your Family History – Doug Radke
- 1:30-2:45: Workshop: Creating character sketches – Jan Bono
Volunteer with us!
For more information please email: events@littleislandcreamery.net or call (360) 849-9456 ext.1