DPL’s Readers & Writers Jubilee will take place on:
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Local Author Meet & Greet: 11am – 2:45pm
Moderated Author Panels: 11am – 2:30pm
11:00am - 12:00pm: The Challenges of Writing For Children
with Hallie Christensen, Dorenda Doyle, Heather L. Montgomery, Tamara Moody, Heather C. Morris, and Nakeyia Jones
DPL’s Training Center
12:15pm - 1:15pm: From Yesterday to Today in Fiction
with Emma C. Fox, Beth Anne Hill, Bonita Y. McCoy, Teresa Smyser, and Jannette Spann
DPL’s Training Center
1:30pm - 2:30pm: All the Feels and Thrills
with Daco Auffenorde, Betty Bolté, Bonnie Gardner, Dawn Hogan, Bambi Lynn, and Candi Scott
DPL’s Training Center
Featured speaker Lesa Carnes Shaul: 3pm
Authors & Presenters for the
Readers & Writers Jubilee:
Click on the author’s name below for more information about them.
Kay Cagle
Learn more about her at her Amazon page.
Hallie Christensen
Visit her website to learn more about Hallie’s future works and sign up for her e-newsletter.
Dawn Hogan
Kaira Loi
Learn more about her at her website and Bluesky Social.
Heather L. Montgomery
Learn more about her 18 books at her website.
Tamara Moody
Connect with her on Instagram.
Books will be available to purchase from
on-site bookseller Brown Books & More. Cash & cards accepted.
If you have questions about DPL’s Readers & Writers Jubilee, contact:
Rhonda Bolan
Marketing & Outreach Office
256-340-5780
stephrhonda@myDPL.org.
The 2026
Readers & Writers Jubilee:
Saturday, June 13, 2026
If you are a published author interested in participating in next year’s event,
please fill out this form.
Dean (Miranda) James, author of
the Cat in the Stacks
mystery series, was our
featured speaker at the 2024 Jubilee.
The Inimitables, from left to right: Linda Winstead Jones, Beverly Jenkins, & Linda Howard.
Linda Winstead Jones and Linda Howard were the featured speakers at our first Readers & Writers Jubilee (2019), and Beverly Jenkins was the featured speaker at the 2023 event.