TOPEKA (KSNT) - Award-winning authors will be visiting the Capital City this weekend for the 13th annual Kansas Book Festival at Washburn University. Book enthusiasts are encouraged to swing by the university on Saturday, Sept. 28 to take part in the festival which is being hosted by the Washburn Library. Multiple authors, including New York Times Bestsellers and winners of national book awards, will be in attendance for the festival. Kansas lottery player hits big $3.7M jackpot prize Participants can also expect other fun activities and events for the day such as outdoor performances, a book-art exhibit, food trucks and exhibitor tents. Visiting authors will also give several presentations on fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's fiction throughout the day. A full schedule of events and presentations can be found below: Words Is a Powerful Thing. University Library 119. 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27. Presented by Brian Daldorph. Black Sheep, Prodigals, Family Troubles. University Library main classroom. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Catherine Browder, Robert Rebein and Al Ortolani. How the 80's Rocked Us. University Library 119. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Matt Mason and Paul Crenshaw and moderated by Dennis Etzel Jr. There Are No Noncombatants. University Library 118. 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Theodore Wheeler and moderated by Sonja Czarnecki. 109 Years of Wisdom. University Library 120. 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by David Von Drehle and moderated by Scott Teeter. Picture Books and the Emerging Self. Alumni Center board room. 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Giselle Anatol and Jo Renfro and moderated by Alice Reinert. Mysteries: Cozy or Cold-Blooded? University Library Room 119. 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by M.A. Monnin and Rebecca McKanna and moderated by Cathleen Bascom. Building Worlds of Words. University Library main classroom. 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Trish Reeves and Robert Stewart and moderated by H.C. Palmer. Hidden Histories of the Blues. Alumni Center ballroom. 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Elijah Wald and Patrick Joseph O'Connor and moderated by Eric McHenry. Breaking the Fictional World. University Library 120. 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Andy Farkas, Kij Johnson and Izzy Wasserstein. Facing Fear in Middle-Grade Years. Alumni Center Board Room. 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Angela Cervantes and moderated by Cheryl Rios. V.I. Warshawski Comes to Kansas. Alumni Center ballroom. Noon to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented Sara Paretsky and Kaye McIntyre. First Readers and Feelings. Alumni Center board room. 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Jody Jensen Shaffer and Bridget Heos and moderated by Laura Burton. Poetry in Midlife. University library 119. 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Lisa Hase-Jackson, Jericho M. Hockett and Melissa Fite Johnson. Love and Grief. University library 118. 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Amy Stuber and Mary Pinard and moderated by Joy Bishop. Kansas City's Kingdom Quarterback. Alumni Center ballroom. 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd and moderated by Paul Carr. Pictures + Story = Delight! University library 120. 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Christopher Denise and Brad Sneed and moderated by Heather Caswell. Relational Shifts and Shifting Realms. University library 119. 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Chloe Chun Seim and Natalie Parker and moderated by Margo Moore. Indigenous Wisdom University library main classroom. 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Dan Wildcat and moderated by Melinda Adams. Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and Us. Alumni Center board room. 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Alison Young and moderated by Patricia Gaston. A Western Doubletake. Alumni Center ballroom. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Alex Grecian, John Mort and Max McCoy. And You Thought You Knew KU. University library 118. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Rebecca Schulte and Curtis Marsh and moderated by Jennifer Jackson Sanner. Collaborative Writing, From Voice to Page. University library 120. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Presented by Walt Menninger, Todd Fertig and Thea Rademacher. Comet on 81,000-year trip becomes a new light in the night sky For more local news, click here. 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