The Sheehan Family foundation and mark and pat suen. Many thanks to jack and mary romanos, our sponsors for this gloriouss venue, the Trinity United Methodist church. Wed like to extend special thanks to our literary members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. 90 of our venue of our revenue comes from donors just like you. Thank you. We are very excited to have a savannah book festival app for your phonene available this yea. Its very easy to get it from the app store, and there are directions in your programs. Please try to download it. Itll help you today. Before we get started, i have a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, brian curtis will be signing festivalpurchased copies of his books in Telfair Square right across the way. If you are planning to stay for the next author presentation, pleasese move forward to seats n the front so that we can accurately count how many i spas are availa
Good afternoon. And welcome to the historic Trinity United Methodist church. We feel so fortunate to be in this beautiful space which has been made possible by the generosity of jack and mary romanos. Im honored to serve as a volunteer for the 11th annual savannah festival,o and im so glad you also are participating in this years festival presented by georgia power, by david and nancy citron, the Sheehan Family foundation and mark y and pat suen. Wed also like to thank our wonderful literati members as well as individual sponsors and donors who have made f and continue to make saturday at the book festival a free event. 90 of the revenue for the savannah book festival, in fact, comes from donors like you, so thank you very much. Were excited to have a savannah bookik festival app available year, so please look in your program if you would like information on downloading that app to your telephone. Before we get started, a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediatelys following this presen