Where Readers & Authors Meet
Deep Valley
book festival
Celebrating Authors & Books
UPDATES FOR 2025
new location
AND
date change for october
DVBF 2025
10th Edition
Saturday, October 11, 2025
more details to come
Courtyard by Marriott
Event Center
901 Raintree Road,
Mankato, Minnesota
(click here for map/directions)
Beth Dooley has covered the local food scene in the Northern Heartland for thirty years: she writes for the Taste section of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune and appears regularly on KARE 11 (NBC) television and Minnesota Public Radio. She is author of Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook and The Perennial Kitchen: Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future, among other many other books.
Beth will judge and present the awards for the Apple Recipe Contest at 3:00 pm on Oct. 5, after which she will present A Writer in the Kitchen: The Art and Craft of Cookbooks at 3:30 pm.
DVBF Apple Recipe Contest
Blue Ribbon winning recipe
Country Apple Pie submitted by Ronna Tecken
Contest Finalists:
Wendy Burton, Katie Watts, and Jessica Winkels
Watch for these recipes in the November issue of
L-R: Ronna Tecken and Beth Dooley at the
award presentation (Oct. 5, 2024)
DVBF 2024
9th Edition
Sat., October 5, 2024
Author tables open
10:00 am - 3 pm
Keynote Author @ 3:30 pm
Country Inn & Suites
Conference Center
1900 Premier Drive in Mankato, MN
(click here for directions)
Family Fun!
FREE book for 1st 100 guests
100's of Books of all genres
Book Signings
Past DVBF Keynote Authors Panel
Drawings
Young Writer & Artist Competition Awards
Livestreaming interviews on Facebook
SEATS ARE LIMITED!
CLICK HERE
RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW!
Getting Started - Writing Workshop
Tips of Trade - Author Panel
and/or
Keynote Author Beth Dooley
FREE ADMISSION
FREE PARKING
FREE ADMISSION
FREE PARKING
