2018 One Book South Dakota author Thomas Patterson will return to South Dakota this month to discuss his book "Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism."

According to legendary playwright/poet Oscar Wilde, memory is “the diary that we all carry about with us."

It is hard to imagine losing the editorial checks and balances that protect our First Amendment rights, our freedom of information. 

More than 60 high-caliber authors presented at more than 100 sessions at the 2018 South Dakota Festival of Books Sept. 20-23.