Schedule of Events:

The Fletcher Free Library

Panels:

The Children’s Space

10:00 - 11:00 am: Kenneth Cadow

-Presented by Vermont Humanities

11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Grappling with Vermont’s Complicated Past

-J. Kevin Graffagnino (Moderator)

-Elise A. Guyette

-Mercedes de Guardiola

12:30 - 1:30 pm: Poetry Reading

-Erika Nichols-Frazer (Moderator)

-Stephen Cramer

-Neil Shepard

-Alison Prine

-Toussaint St. Negritude

1:45 - 2:45 pm: Spooky Season: The Ins-and-Outs of Writing Horror

-Daniel Mills (Moderator)

-Margot Harrison

-Brian Staveley

-Kristin Dearborn

3:00 - 4:00 pm: Romantasy: An Emerging Genre

-Amber Roberts (Moderator)

-Katherine Arden

-Laurie Forest

-Madison Rene

4:15 - 5:15 pm: The Craft of Memoir

-Sean Prentiss (Moderator)

-Thomas Christopher Greene

-Rob Mermin

-Adrie Kusserow

Free Workshops:

Note: All workshops are first come, first served. Please use the provided links to register in advance and guarantee your spot.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Tour of BETWEEN THE COVERS: WORKS BY JANE KENT  at Burlington City Arts

Where: BCA Center, 135 Church Street
Led by Heather Ferrell, Curator & Director of Exhibitions

Join us for a special book festival tour of Between the Covers: Works by Jane Kent, on view at BCA Center through January 2025. Over the past 25 years, University of Vermont artist and educator Jane Kent has created a series of six artist’s books in collaboration with nationally recognized authors Richard Ford, Dorothea Grossman, Joyce Carol Oates, Susan Orlean, and Major Jackson. Inspired by passages of text, Kent’s artist’s books evolve from numerous drawings created over months or even years. Heather Ferrell, Curator & Director of Exhibitions, will lead participants through a discussion of Kent’s artist’s books, prints, and working drawings, including her most recent project with Major Jackson, Why I Write Poetry, forthcoming from Grenfell Press in 2025.

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12:30 - 1:30 pm: Book Club Event with Katherine Arden

Where: Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library

From 12:30-1:30pm on November 2nd in the Pickering Room of the Fletcher Free Library, Katherine will answer questions and join in a discussion about her latest novel, The Warm Hands of Ghosts. Courtesy of Phoenix Books, copies of the book will be on hold at local participating libraries in the Burlington area, including the Fletcher Free Library, the South Burlington Public Library, and the Burnham Memorial Library in Essex Junction. This is an in person event, but it will also be streamed Live on our Instagram.

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2:00 - 3:30 pm: Poetry Workshop with James Wyman, sponsored by Burlington Writer’s Workshop

Where: Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library

Join us for a poetry workshop with veteran poet James Wyman. Learn more about the craft of poetry and come prepared to write and share your work. More details coming soon!

3:30 - 4:30 pm: Publishing Panel, sponsored by Rootstock Publishing, Onion River Press, and 1852 Media

Where: Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library

Curious to know about how publishing works? Have a draft of a book and you’re not sure what to do next? Come join publishers Rachel Fisher (Onion River Press), Samantha Kolber (Rootstock Publishing), and book marketer Heather Roberts (1852 Media) to learn more about the publishing process. They’ll be offering up their expertise and answering your burning questions about how to get your work out into the world.

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Lit Night at Muddy Waters

November 2, 2024, 5:30-9:00 pm

You’re invited to our Lit Night Event at Muddy Waters in Burlington (184 Main St.) on Saturday, November 2. Doors open at 5:30 and Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone will kick things off with a reading. Rootstock Publishing will lead a tribute to poet Reuben Jackson, then members of Vermont poetry organizations will read their work from 6:45-8:30 pm.

-Doors open at 5:30

-5:45 Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone introduction & reading

-6:00 Samantha Kolber of Rootstock Publishing will emcee a tribute to Reuben Jackson  featuring readings by his friends

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-6:45-7:15 Burlington Writers Workshop readings

-7:15-7:45 Poetry Society of Vermont member readings

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-8:00-8:30 Sundog readings

-Mingle until 9:00