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Imaginarium 2025 is proud to announce the addition of three new workshops and three new panels to our programming! There will be over 135 panels and workshops hosted in our 12th year, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, presenters, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Workshops Added: Crafting a Career in Non-Fiction: Presenter – Anthony Taylor. Typically non-fiction writers earn more than any other genre of authors. We will discuss what makes a non-fiction book interesting,researching the topic, and how to make it relatable to readers. How toRead More →

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Imaginarium 2025 is proud to announce the addition of two new workshops and three new panels to our programming! There will be over 135 panels and workshops hosted in our 12th year, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, presenters, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Workshops Added Killing Off Your Characters: Presented by Barbara V. Evers. It has to happen. Characters must die. But how do you do this effectively? Let’s explore the hallmarks of a satisfying death scene and what you need in order for your readersRead More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author and publisher Kelly Brakenhoff and podcaster Shelly Grant as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Kelly and Shelly will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author and podcaster P.E. Craven and author B.A. Richards as Official Panelists! As Panelists, P.E. and B.A. will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes award-winning author R.G. Yoho as an Imaginator Guest! A proud member of the Western Writers of America and 2022 Spur Award finalist, he’s author of the five-book Kellen Malone Western series as well as books of historical fiction and nonfiction. R.G. also received the 2024 Branding Iron Award for outstanding service to the WWA as the Spur Awards Chair! Yoho is also America’s foremost authority on the life of Baldwin-Felts Agent and notorious coal mine spy, Charles E. Lively, who he profiled in the biography, “Charles E. Lively. The Deadliest Man in the West Virginia-Colorado Coal Mine Wars.” We are honoredRead More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes nine-time Silver Spur Award-winning author Johnny D. Boggs as a Guest of Honor! Booklist has called Johnny D. Boggs “among the best western writers at work today.” In addition to his nine Silver Spur Awards, Johnny’s novel Spark on the Prairie won the Western Heritage Wrangler Award. In 2020, Boggs received the Owen Wister Award for lifetime contributions and was inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame. A prolific writer of short nonfiction, Boggs has written about all aspects of the American West: travel stories, environmental issues, fashion news, apparel industry trends, history articles, reviews and celebrity Q&As and profiles (includingRead More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author and screenwriter W.W. Mitchell and author, actor, and speaker Kimberly Hoffman as Official Panelists! As Panelists, W.W. and Kimberly will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author, editor, publisher, journalist, and actor Paul J. Hoffman, and author and editor Lori Briley Fairchild, as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Paul and Lori will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author/screenwriter/actor/filmmaker Rose Marie Machario and author/screenwriter/actor Nathan Day as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Rose and Nathan will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author/publisher Sandy Sullivan and author/editor/poet/journalist Jen Selinsky as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Sandy and Jen will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →