Twin Cities Book Festival 2021

Saturday, October 16, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Minnesota State Fairgrounds

Free admission

Join RCHS authors at the Fairgrounds for the Twin Cities Book Festival! We’ll have a selection of the books publiched by RCHS and some of our authors will be available for signing and discussion. RCHS will also have some great promotions! See below for the schedule of authors, books, and promotions.

Link to more information: Twin Cities Book Festival at Minnesota State Fairgrounds

Schedule of Authors & Books

• 10:00 am: Festival begins
• 11:00 am to noon: Dick Kronick and Jeanne Kosfeld, author and illustrator of  Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park, Saint Paul: a coloring book
• 12:15 pm: Promotional giveaway drawing #1
  Purchase any Ramsey County Historical Society magazine or history book at our booth on October 6 and register for the opportunity to win your choice of a featured RCHS book AND a 1-year RCHS individual membership (includes 4 issues of the quarterly magazine Ramsey County History, free general admission to Gibbs Farm, 10% discounts, and more!)
• 12:30 to 1:30 pm: Jim Stolpestad, author of Great Northern Iron: James J. Hills’s 109-Year Mining Trust and Custom House: Restoring A Saint Paul Landmark in Lowertown will have both books available.
• 2:00 to 3:00 pm: Eileen McCormack, with The Dutiful Son: Louis W. Hill Life in the Shadow of the Empire Builder
• 4:45 – Promotional giveaway drawing #2
  Purchase any Ramsey County Historical Society magazine or history book at our booth on October 6 and register for the opportunity to win your choice of a featured RCHS book AND a 1-year RCHS individual membership (includes 4 issues of the quarterly magazine Ramsey County History, free general admission to Gibbs Farm, 10% discounts, and more!)
• 5:00 pm: Book Festival ends