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Check out our podcast with Festival of Words 2025 sponsor Friends of the Bridgeville Public Library with WHS student Madilyn!
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Our Festival of Words 2025 podcast starts off with a Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy - who has coached hundreds of beginning authors and budding novelists on how to self-publish their stories at a variety of conferences, conventions, and writing guild presentations.
https://chriskennedypublishing.com/
He is the author of the award-winning #1 bestseller, “Self-Publishing for Profit: How to Get Your Book Out of Your Head and Into the Stores.”
Check out that Madison's/author podcast here:
Kelly Lidji, returning to Festival of Words, with new books! - was interviewed in 2023 - check out episodes 1 and 2 below AND the 2025 podcast is HERE:
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Fomer episodes:
Episode 2 from 2023 -
In a time where mental health and diversity needs a space for literacy, we are lucky and excited to have Adriana Camacho-Church, Delaware resident and from Columbia, as our bilingual guest author / story teller at Festival of Words.
https://sites.google.com/view/festivalofwords2025?usp=sharing
We apologize ahead for the rough time/ recording quality we had with the podcast, as this was a day we had a MAJOR run of people in and out of the library and no quiet room space to record and yet, we decided it was worth it to go for it.
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We urge you to not miss Ms. Adriana Camacho-Church at Festival of Words 2025 - you will NOT want to miss this mix of culture, identify, creativity, and beauty woven through her books of Spanish and English a HUGE treasure for our Festival of Words this year!
Ebony, WHS student, went the distance in asking in Spanish and English the wonderful mysteries behind Ms. Camacho-Church's writing.
Part of the ART (WE LOVE that Festival of Words is also referred to as the Festival of ART) of Festival of Words is how versatile our WHS students are willing to be AND are. Our scheduled student podcaster was unable to take the 10:00 AM slot we had with the Bridgeville Kiwanis (A HUGE AND VALUABLE SPONSOR OF FESTIVAL OF WORDS) and Emerson willingly sat in as a interviewer, NOT seeing or knowing anything about the questions to be asked previous. She came in cold and left burning with success during this podcast. She was STELLAR along with Kiwanian Mr. Gibbs.
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She was able to conduct a VERY interesting look into how the Bridgeville Kiwanis, as well as Kiwanis all over the U.S. (and outside of the U.S.) impact our communities.
We loved the fact that we discovered how the Bridgeville Kiwanis impacted not only our local community, but supported Hawaii, as well as received a top award (in the top ten out of over 600 organizations internationally!)
These experiences present another side of what Festival of Words is, a chance to involve community sponsors with students, community members, organizations, authors, educators, and artists of all walks of life.
We love how Emerson was able to glean so much information in such a short amount of time, and KUDOS to Mr. Gibbs from Bridgeville Kiwanis for shedding so much light about how Kiwanis is a MAJOR contributor to the success of our community, and bringing so many motivating individuals to Festival of Words.
Thank you all around!
The Water Door won the Mom's Choice Gold Award in 2024. Teachers, librarians, and parents alike find this helpful and useful for sure!
Check out our podcast with Ms. Aggie L. Jae and WHS student Vania done 2 years ago and the most recent podcast with WHS student Chelsea.
Most Recent podcast with Chelsea: (2025) - https://riverside.fm/shared/exported-clip/83f57bd2c813cc519a8b
Why Independent Books Stores, and what can you do to help and support? Attend Festival of Words April 5th,
https://sites.google.com/view/festivalofwords2025?usp=sharing
amazing events this weekend
https://www.huxleyandhiro.com/events
and much more!
Find out from Huxley & Hiro and see authors this weekend!
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Check out all things OC Comicon-Both at Festival of Words AND in Ocean City, December 2025!
https://oceancitycomiccon.com/
and our podcast with Marleigh and Mark Dufendach
“Adventurer’s Round Table: D&D Tips, Advice, and More"
Nataka "Knack" Whittle
Hail and well met to those who have signed up to this session! Whether this is the first time you've heard of D&D, or if you’re a veteran adventurer from days of old, we’re all here to talk roleplaying games. Though originally a short game was planned, this has changed due to time constraints and the unavailability of the original host. One way or another though, we shall strive on!
In this session, we’ll be re-treading basics as well as going over more advanced tips and tricks regarding TTRPGs, whether you’re running it or playing it. Your Game Master for this time will be Knack Whittle, a cartoonist and player/study-er of D&D for over a decade.
Their session on and representation of graphics will be amazing.
Check out that podcast here:
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Step by Step, Dr. Eugene Hayes offers the keys to success and opportunity through his insightful path for your Child in his book, "Unlocking Your Child's Potential: Planning and Nurturing Well-Rounded Development in our Children Through High School ." "The Doors of Opportunity Are Marked Push and Pull, Choose One."
Check out the podcast preview of this session here:
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We apologize for missing the Spring Book Sale at the Georgetown Public Library in this podcast. but you are in time for the BeachSide Festival mentioned and the Fall Book Sale!
Thank you Friends of the Georgetown Public Library
https://georgetown.lib.de.us/friends/
for being a sponsor of the Festival of Words 2025!
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From the Simpson's, to Universal Studios, to Pee Wee's Playhouse to Peter Gabriel, to the Jim Henson Hour to Disney on Ice, Timothy Young has had a hand in it all. Tim will be here at Festival of Words with two different workshops as well. He will NOT be a speaker to miss based on his experiences in toy-making, multimedia and more.
Have you entered his 10th Anniversary of Contest of I Hate Picture Books Yet?
https://creaturesandcharacters.com/ihpb10-contest/
SO much to take in just from one presenter- we hope to see you April 5th as a result, sign up today to take Festival of Words all in-
Check out our podcast with Timothy Young with WHS students Carly and Madison-
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Ties to Woodbridge are always something we want to know about. We were lucky enough to find these ties with the sponsorship of Festival of Words with the Parker Group.
There is SO much to followup on from Festival of Words 2025. Make sure you hover over the ABOUT section of the FOW website and access the podcasts that occurred from the Parker Group group for our state. We are humbled and grateful for their sponsorship to allow the Festival of Words 2025 to occur:
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With ties to Woodbridge and libraries made clear in this podcast, we are grateful for the Parker Group's sponsorship for Festival of Words and a major player in our community.
The Parker Group, a real estate group founded in 2016 by Dustin and Rachel Parker, was created with one goal in mind- to serve the community we love and to deliver exceptional service to an underserved market. Since that time, we have grown from a small team to a full service real estate brokerage, offering a team approach that has revolutionized the client experience. With locations across Delmarva, The Parker Group is reimagining real estate by bringing a locally-focused, tech-enabled approach to every transaction. With a passion for exceptional service and innovative marketing, we're committed to transforming the real estate landscape and building stronger, more connected communities.
https://www.theparkergroup.com/
We had a chance to sit down with Ms. Rachel Parker with WHS student Daniel - and there is SO MUCH they do to impact the Delaware community. Since 2015 - we enjoyed Check it out here!
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Congrats on the latest award to our Festival of Words presenters!
“From a Blank Page to a Book in Your Hand” using the "The Crow's Tales Series" / Caw! Caw! Writing of The Crow’s Tales. - Authors Victoria E. Pannell & Thorir Sigfusson
DO YOU want to be an Independent Writer/Author? How? The Crow's Tale author session you can attend at Festival of Words - from these two amazing authors- will lead you on this path!
Check out this podcast with WHS Irene now - such a great opportunity for you, and this event is 100% free!
This podcast delves into a peek into the Independent writing path, aspects of Iceland, and so much more- check it out!
https://riverside.fm/shared/exported-clip/a8e820c5ea836fbefe5b
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