The festival takes place in downtown Burlington. Three days of literary celebration kick off with our headliner event.

Schedule Of Events:

Friday September 29, 2023

Contois Auditorium

6:30pm-8pm: An Evening With Alison Bechdel

Also Featuring Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman And Vermont Writer And Artist Frances Cannon

Saturday September 30, 2023

Children's Parade

Time: 11am - Noon

Location: Church Street,Burlington

Fletcher Free Library Panels / Readings

Pickering Room

10am-11:15am

Romance: A Panel
Moderator: Rachel Carter
Catherine Drake Laquette Anne Stuart

11:30am-12:30pm

Reading

Catherine Drake Laquette Anne Stuart

12:30pm-1pm

Book Browsing, Main Reading Room With Music By Partridge Boswell

1pm-2:30pm

Book Banning, Censorship And Rewriting Classics To Sanitize For Cultural Shifts
Alison Bechdel Kekla Magoon Kate Messner

FFL Children's Space

Moderator: Mary Danko Director, Fletcher Free Library
Stephen P. Kiernan

2:45pm-3:45pm

Reading-Poetry
Sarah Audsley
Partridge Boswell
Mike Fleming
Holly Painter

4pm-5pm

Reading-Banned Books
Kids' Content
Kekla Magoon
Kate Messner

Fletcher Room

10am-11:15am

Theamerican Dream Today: A Panel
Moderator: Shelagh Connor Shapiro

Nikhil Goyal Felicia Kornbluh Brad Kessler
Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale

11:30am -12:30pm

Reading

Nikhil Goyal Felicia Kornbluh

12:30-1pm
Book Browsing, Main Reading Room With Music By Partridge Boswell

1pm-2:30pm
Book Banning, Censorship And Rewriting Classics To Sanitize For Cultural Shifts
Alison Bechdel Kekla Magoon Kate Messner

FFL Children's Space

Moderator: Mary Danko Director, Fletcher Free Library
Stephen P. Kiernan

2:45pm-3:45pm

Reading-Fiction
Brad Kessler
Stephen P. Kiernan

4pm-5pm

Reading-Nonfiction
Sheila Liming
Alexis Paige

Readings And Performances

Time: 4-8pm

Burlington Writers Workshop: Joy Cohen, Joseph Dumoulin, Millicent Eidson, Nancy Kilgore, Tricia Knoll, Rebecca Wallick, Roger Watters

Addison County Writers Company: Beth Christian, A. Jay Dubberly, Steve Holmes, Serena Kim, Phineas Knowles, Laura Vantine, Penelope K. Wade

Flynndog: Mike Breiner, David Cavanagh, Roger Coleman,  Anne Damrosch, Janet Schneider, Sharon Webster, Mickey Western

Open Mic (Sign Up At The Door)
Sundog: Karin Gottshall, Daniel Lusk

Sunday October 1, 2023

Kids' Content - Fletcher Free Library Children's Space

10:30am: Book Browsing, Main Reading Rm

10:45-11am: Welcome, Land Acknowledgment

Joe Bruchac

11-11:45am: Picture Book Magic: A Read-/Aloud Book Tasting for Hungry Readers

Jason Chin
Loree Griffin Burns
Hena Khan
Kyle Lukoff
Kate Messner
Zoe Til ley Poster

12-12:45pm: The Search for Self: Creating MG Characters That Readers Love

Joseph Bruchac
Lisa Stringfellow
Hena Khan
Susan Tan
Kyle Lukoff
Chris Tebbetts

1-1:45pm: Scribbling Ideas: What's in Your Writer's Notebook? (Bring a Pencil!)

Jo Knowles
Chris Tebbetts
Susan Tan
Linda Urban

2-2:45pm: Hidden History and Secret Science: Nonf iction Research

Jason Chin
Joseph Bruchac
Kekla Magoon
Loree Griffin Burns
Kate Messner

3-3:45pm: Writing for Teens (and In-Betweens!)

Laurie Forest
Jo Knowles
Kekla Magoon
Linda Urban

Book Making Workshops: free classes - one for Adults, one for Children

Both are perfect for beginners. Adults who sign up will learn about Japanese Bookbinding techniques, while the kids' class will teach students how to make a Pop-up Accordion, requiring no sewing. Tools and materials provided. Limited availability. Use links above to register. We'll see you there!

Date: Septembr 29-October 1, 2023

Locations:

Contois Auditorium, City, 149 Church St Hall, 2nd Floor, Burlington, VT 05401

Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401

Church Street,Burlington, VT 05401

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