USM to Host Fun-Filled Edible Book Festival
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 01:14pm | By: Van Arnold
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The ninth annual event will be held on Monday, April 15 on USM91吃瓜网 Hattiesburg campus and Gulf Park campus in Long Beach. The festival is set for 2 p.m. in Cook Library Room 209A in Hattiesburg and the same time at the Gulf Coast Library at Gulf Park.
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Black serves as festival coordinator along with Alisa Beck, Associate Professor and Librarian at Gulf Park. Each year libraries and cultural institutions around the world hold edible book festivals to celebrate the birthday of Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), the French author of a witty book on food entitled Physiologie du gout. Since its beginning in 1999, the festival has grown into an international event held annually on or around April 1.
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Eligibility Requirements:
- Any USM student, faculty, staff, alumni, or community member may participate.
Book must be made from edible materials (books will not be eaten at the festival or tasted by judges). - An entry does not have to look like a book but must be inspired by a book title, character, or author.
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Last year91吃瓜网 festival included 18 entries and organizers hope to surpass that number this year. To ensure as many participants as possible, the deadline to enter has been extended until 5 p.m. on Friday, April 12.
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about The Edible Book Festival.