# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Why Kansas Matters – Kansas Authors Panel Discussion
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a lively panel discussion from the contributors of Kansas Matters: Twenty-First-Century Writers on the Sunflower State who will consider the state's history and future.

Kansas Matters: Twenty-First-Century Writers on the Sunflower State is an anthology of poetry and prose from thirty-five of today’s leading literary voices from the Sunflower State, brought together to explore how Kansas makes us feel and why we’re proud to call it home.

These contemporary voices show us Kansas as we know it to be and Kansas as we want it to be—a complex, emotional, and inspiring assertion of why Kansas matters.

Anthology editors Thomas Fox Averill and Leslie VonHolten will be joined by several of the collection's contributors in a lively discussion on why Kansas matters. Books will be available for purchase onsite.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/topeka/why-kansas-matters-kansas-authors-panel-discussion/200029450024740
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, business
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Topeka
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
- **lat**: 39.050657497918
- **long**: -95.69644972215
- **full address**: Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka, KS 66604, United States

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- **organizer**: Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/topeka-and-shawnee-county-public-library/25992148)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka, KS 66604, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, business
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Why Kansas Matters – Kansas Authors Panel Discussion ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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