Slideshow: Inaugural book festival gets off the ground
![Peggy Shumaker, Ann Chandonnet and Derick Burleson participate in a panel discussion at the Wood Center.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2613.jpg)
![Sherry Simpson reads from her work in a book festival session at a local coffeehouse.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2833.jpg)
![Cookbook author Ann Chandonnet demonstrates a recipe from her book, Gold Rush Grub From Turpentine Stew to Hoochinoo, in the teaching kitchens at the Hutchison Institute of Technology.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2863.jpg)
![Dave Monson reads from Granite, a book he co-wrote with his late wife, Susan Butcher.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2883.jpg)
![Terrence Cole discusses his book with participants at a book-signing event at the Wood Center.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2975.jpg)
![A number of Alaska book publishers participated in the festival, including Robert Mandel of the UA Press.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_3047.jpg)
![Dermot Cole chats with Debbie Miller at a reception in the Rasmuson Library. Each of these authors participated in multiple sessions at the book festival.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_3097.jpg)
![From left to right John Taliaferro, Seth Kantner, Natalie Forshaw and Sherry Simpson engage in a discussion during a reception at the Rasmuson Library.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_3170.jpg)
![Peggy Shumaker, Ann Chandonnet and Derick Burleson participate in a panel discussion at the Wood Center.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2613.jpg)
Peggy Shumaker, Ann Chandonnet and Derick Burleson participate in a panel discussion at the Wood Center.
![Sherry Simpson reads from her work in a book festival session at a local coffeehouse.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2833.jpg)
Sherry Simpson reads from her work in a book festival session at a local coffeehouse.
![Cookbook author Ann Chandonnet demonstrates a recipe from her book, Gold Rush Grub From Turpentine Stew to Hoochinoo, in the teaching kitchens at the Hutchison Institute of Technology.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2863.jpg)
Cookbook author Ann Chandonnet demonstrates a recipe from her book "Gold Rush Grub' From Turpentine Stew to Hoochinoo" in the teaching kitchens at the Hutchison Institute of Technology.
![Dave Monson reads from Granite, a book he co-wrote with his late wife, Susan Butcher.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2883.jpg)
Dave Monson reads from "Granite," a book he co-wrote with his late wife, Susan Butcher.
![Terrence Cole discusses his book with participants at a book-signing event at the Wood Center.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_2975.jpg)
Terrence Cole discusses his book with participants at a book-signing event at the Wood Center.
![A number of Alaska book publishers participated in the festival, including Robert Mandel of the UA Press.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_3047.jpg)
A number of Alaska book publishers participated in the festival, including Robert Mandel of the UA Press.
![Dermot Cole chats with Debbie Miller at a reception in the Rasmuson Library. Each of these authors participated in multiple sessions at the book festival.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_3097.jpg)
Dermot Cole chats with Debbie Miller at a reception in the Rasmuson Library. Each of these authors participated in multiple sessions at the book festival.
![From left to right John Taliaferro, Seth Kantner, Natalie Forshaw and Sherry Simpson engage in a discussion during a reception at the Rasmuson Library.](/news/archives/news-archives-2002-2010/featured/07/bookfest/slideshow/600_450/_mg_3170.jpg)
From left to right John Taliaferro, Seth Kantner, Natalie Forshaw and Sherry Simpson engage in a discussion during a reception at the Rasmuson Library.