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literary festival

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A Perfect Likeness

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • July 27, 2016
As part of the Hemingway Days festival on Key West each year, the Hemingway Look-Alike Society hosts the Hemingway Look-Alike contest. This year, and for the first time ever, someone with…
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Paying Authors to Appear

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 15, 2015
The British Society of Authors has called on literary festival organizers to pay authors who make appearances at events. The organization is asking that any literary festivals that charge entrance fees…
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Popsickle Literary Arts Festival Returns

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 26, 2014
Popsickle, Brooklyn’s literary arts festival, returns for its fifth iteration this weekend. Organized by Rumpus contributor Niina Pollari and JD Scott, Popsickle brings together many of the borough’s best publications…
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The Economics of Book Festivals

  • Diksha Basu
  • June 6, 2014
These days, you can’t throw a book without hitting a book festival. The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s biggest literature festival, is reported to have had 200,000 attendees this spring.…
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Celebrating DIY Ethos

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 24, 2014
The Brooklyn Zine Fest returns this weekend with a two-day long event and more than 150 writers, artists, and publishers. The festival celebrates self-published chapbooks and includes panel discussions on…
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Awesome Free Lit Fest Alert: Page Turner in Brooklyn

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • September 30, 2013
If you’re going to be in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 5, you won’t want to miss the Page Turner Literary Festival, a celebration of all corners of Asian American culture…
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Kashmir Festival Over Before it Starts

  • Sam Riley
  • August 31, 2011
Kashmir was supposed to hold its very first literary festival at the end of September, but preempting violence from organizers and growing fears have unfortunately postponed the event. Salman Rushdie…
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