New Event! River Arts and Sundog Poetry present: The Craft of Small Publishing in Vermont
River Arts and Sundog Poetry Center are pleased to announce Vermonts newest literary event, The Craft of Small Publishing in Vermont: a celebration of Vermont book publishers. To kick off the summer reading season, The Craft of Small Publishing in Vermont is offering activities for all ages including: a Vermont publisher panel, presentations by Vermont book artists, a curator-led introduction to treasures from the University of Vermonts special collections, a hands-on bookmaking workshop, storytimes for children and a day-long book fair teeming with titles by Vermont publishers including Barnes MacQueen/Champlain Books, Chickadee Chaps & Broads, Fomite Press, Green Writers Press, Honeybee Press, Sundog Poetry Center, Plowboy Press, as well as some of Vermonts independent publishers. See below for more details about the participating publishers!
Vermont poet and writer Julia Shipley hatched the idea for a unique event that would call attention to the rich tapestry of book publishers, authors, book artists and illustrators in Vermont. She pitched the concept to River Arts and Sundog Poetry Center, both of whom have missions that support the arts and poetry in Lamoille County and beyond, and the event took off from there. The Craft of Small Publishing in Vermont promises to be an extraordinary opportunity for the community to experience the wealth of literary sources in our small state, and the organizers hope to build it into an annual event.
GOOD FOOD!
Northern Fire & Slice will be on hand with delicious pizza and Kingdom Creamery Vermont ice cream will be selling scoops!
Schedule of events
10am Open
10am Story hour for children
A selection of stories from our childrens book publishers!
11am Press Here Panel of Publishers
1pm Collaboration Panel
A conversation with artists and writers who have worked together in order to publish exquisite books
2pm Chapbook making workshop with Julia Shipley
3pm UVM Special Collections with Connell Gallagher
A curator-led introduction to treasures from the UVM Special Collection of Artist Books!
For more information, or to find out about participating, call River Arts at 802-888-1261 or visit RiverArtsVT.org!
Sundog Poetry Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote poetry as necessary to the enrichment of our cultural lives, support poets in their work and create audiences for their poetry, and to share poetry throughout the Vermont community. To learn more about Sundog Poetry Center, call 802-598-0340 or visit their website at www.sundogpoetry.org.