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2006 Christian Book Fair Int'l parades Christian authors
The 2006 Christian Book Fair International organized by Family Reading Ministries, Inc. Iowa kicks off Friday August 4 in Dubuque Iowa, with Christian authors, book lovers, others from across the country, overseas in attendance.
/Religion PR News/ - CORALVILLE, IA, July 30, 2006 -- The 2006 Christian Book Fair International themed "Building Bridges of Peace Through Books" kicks off 11am August 4 at John F. Kennedy Mall Dubuque Iowa with Dubuque Mayor Roy Buol welcoming participating Christian authors, publishers, others from across the US and overseas to the beautiful border city.
The three-day event held in the last two years in Iowa City coincides with the 2006 Iowa tax-free weekend when thousands of shoppers come from across Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois to shop at the mall.
Paschal Eze, event founder and president of the Coralville Iowa-based Family Reading Ministries, Inc., explains the decision to move the fair to Dubuque as informed by the city's proximity to book lovers and book industry professionals in the three states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as the professionalism of the staff at Dubuque Visitors Bureau, John F. Kennedy Mall and Julien Inn.
"It is all about connecting book lovers with Christian authors and publishers of secular and spiritual books, and others associated with the book industry," he adds.
Highlights include book signing by authors, opportunity for visitors to explore getting their manuscripts published, and free seminars, notably the 4.30pm August 5 seminar on "If God Speaks in Symbols, Why Can't I Decode Them?" by Illinois author Helena Lehman, and the 11am August 5 seminar on "The message of Jesus in this moment in time" by Greta C. Jonker and Jubi Onyeama of A Course in Miracles International Wisconsin.
Exhibitors include Rhianna, author of the children's book "The Forrest Tales", Elreta Dodds, author of "Is God A Chauvinist?", Dr. Leon Hesser, former director at US State Department and author of Iowa-born Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug's biography, "The Man Who Fed The World", Bankole Thompson, author of "Ignoring The Underprivileged: A Journalist's Indictment of Mainstream Media," and the Trade Commission of Spain which will be promoting Spanish books.
At the 2005 Christian Book Fair held at Johnson County Fairgrounds Iowa City, 48 exhibitors came from US, Canada, United Kingdom, India and Croatia.
For more information on the free admission event, visit http://www.readingspree.com or call Shanita Michelle at 1-3193519695.
About FRM, Inc.
Our mission is to promote reading mainly through our annual events, the August 1-6 International Read For Peace Week (http://www.readingspree.com) and the Christian Book Fair International in the last weekend of August (http://www.christian-book-fair.com). Please, visit our websites or call us at 1-319-3519695 for more information.
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