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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Lions in Winter features poet W. Todd Kaneko Thursday evening

Lions in Winter features poet W. Todd Kaneko Thursday evening

Maddi Walton, Campus Reporter February 17, 2022

Eastern’s English Department continues with the Lion’s and Winter lineup with poet W. Todd Kaneko virtually on Crowdcast on Thursday.  Kaneko’s published works such as “The Dead Wrestler Elegies,”...

Event flyer provided by the English department.

Author to speak at Eastern’s Lions in Winter Literacy Festival

Madelyn Kidd, News Editor January 26, 2022

The author of “Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession” is the speaker for the English department’s Lions in Winter Literacy Festival on Wednesday at 5 p.m. virtually through...

Lions in Winter coming to Doudna Saturday

Ryan Meyer, Staff Reporter January 24, 2020

Lions in Winter, a literary festival, is taking place in Doudna Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Three nationally known featured writers of varying genres will be performing readings and giving craft talks...

Registration open for Lions in Winter creative writing festival

Logan Raschke, News Editor January 9, 2019

Registration is now open for The Lions in Winter creative writing festival, which will take place on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The annual creative writing...

Fiction writer Vu Tran talks during a Q &A session at Lions in Winter.

Writers talk shop at Lions in Winter

Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor January 28, 2018

Students heard from experienced writers and shared their own work at the Lions in Winter literary festival Saturday.  Poet CM Burroughs, non-fiction writer Rachael Hanel and fiction writer Vu Tran...

Registration for ‘Lions in Winter’ Festival now open

Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter December 7, 2016

  Registration for admission to Eastern’s literary festival “Lions in Winter” is currently open to both students and the community. The festival will be hosted from Jan. 27 through Jan....

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