tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18886621271714192682024-03-21T11:48:57.580-07:00Chestertown Book FestivalCelebrating Literary Life on the Eastern Shore of MarylandGerard Cataldohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126206957586974268noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-43344411982803989342011-04-20T10:49:00.001-07:002011-04-20T11:10:42.776-07:002011 3rd Annual Chestertown Book Festival Planned<span style="font-size: x-large;">The 3rd Annual Chestertown Book Festival will take place Friday, September 9, and Saturday September 10.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Authors John Barth and Robert Day will open the Festival, Friday night at 7pm on the Washington College campus with a surprise tandem reading of each other's work—with much inspiring banter in between! The venue will be announced soon. Saturday's Festival will take place at the newly restored Prince Theatre, in downtown Chestertown. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Application materials and detailed information will be available at our web site at: <span style="color: #ffd966;">http//www.chestertownbookfestival.org</span></span><br />
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</span>James Dissettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07494066289030501256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-88628589016363819572010-10-23T06:01:00.000-07:002010-10-28T08:58:56.845-07:00Another year, another festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09iuBWZq5zZ1ivZwydgQtYBOI5Fr7OW6RX9S19F3s_icHhW7CU6qmHeRz86P_dUznrYtA52VkPLJhJXyojoCLxj6Obrhv-zzIhNr5GO8S7SsmzINOwCiUdISK8HqDirkxQD5Svec1jDI/s1600/Andrea's+pics2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09iuBWZq5zZ1ivZwydgQtYBOI5Fr7OW6RX9S19F3s_icHhW7CU6qmHeRz86P_dUznrYtA52VkPLJhJXyojoCLxj6Obrhv-zzIhNr5GO8S7SsmzINOwCiUdISK8HqDirkxQD5Svec1jDI/s200/Andrea's+pics2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531231664986696114" border="0" /></a>So we did it again. This year's festival has been deemed a success! We had slightly smaller crowd than last year (an estimated 643 non-unique visitors to all events), but we did have slightly fewer events. The variety of genres and interests embraced this year shows an enlarging of the idea behind the festival, though (and Kate B. definitely embraced a bit more with R. Crumb). Thanks again, everyone, for another great weekend of book-loving fun!<br /><br /><br /><br />Here are a few other fun moments from the 2010 Chestertown Book Festival:<br /><br />Pulitzer-prize-winning book critic Michael Dirda with Chestertown's favorite <a href="http://www.idiotsbooks.com/">Idiots</a>, Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr (photo courtesy of Andrea B. Neiman):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7EXuf7JbKGbjr5ca-4IlxC8_YNEq9LA5DdjNmfZwevNjF8o9zIusjO85Zj-gtq4FN7iLyClOIHEdoNacrlBa6UiJOjUyvhL6A1YLSYeaAlC9ZCpUWamq0ebkJoqkGHIo6OsACMYCJzk/s1600/Andrea's+pics1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7EXuf7JbKGbjr5ca-4IlxC8_YNEq9LA5DdjNmfZwevNjF8o9zIusjO85Zj-gtq4FN7iLyClOIHEdoNacrlBa6UiJOjUyvhL6A1YLSYeaAlC9ZCpUWamq0ebkJoqkGHIo6OsACMYCJzk/s200/Andrea's+pics1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531232811042392018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />R. Crumb and R. Behr (photo courtesy of Peter Heck):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1YcG_AdY77mCSnU_dLITxHLrGPMxncTTzUSSBY-yARQJCdlT1sIarl2KzvBiiaHp4aJZ8HBLhNIVBvZi5WbC20WzRyBf3GIIMNh0oUKjGzCHd9wU8DwCGA4qqlDaUD8o1aKHiEIU4bo/s1600/PHeck's+pics1.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1YcG_AdY77mCSnU_dLITxHLrGPMxncTTzUSSBY-yARQJCdlT1sIarl2KzvBiiaHp4aJZ8HBLhNIVBvZi5WbC20WzRyBf3GIIMNh0oUKjGzCHd9wU8DwCGA4qqlDaUD8o1aKHiEIU4bo/s200/PHeck's+pics1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531233772536328594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.voicesofthechesapeakebay.org/background.htm">WRNR's Michael Buckley</a> interviewing Fran Severn about the Arts on Delmarva for "Voices of the Chesapeake: Book Fest Radio:"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYwd6LxX8XvsiZsvfytnoAYwz9BSIfLKYcf4GaiTsh5hkRd1CBQIpeydVnWtaTH2xYPQyWDRnhZDbY_xUVbV6KO7bV4ACxCK3G2_uDu6fra4RlEhtuoRfBVdT9elEqdMzuSxaHy5aJCo/s1600/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+046.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYwd6LxX8XvsiZsvfytnoAYwz9BSIfLKYcf4GaiTsh5hkRd1CBQIpeydVnWtaTH2xYPQyWDRnhZDbY_xUVbV6KO7bV4ACxCK3G2_uDu6fra4RlEhtuoRfBVdT9elEqdMzuSxaHy5aJCo/s200/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531234647954858146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Student bookbinder Katrina Skefos shows off her portfolio of bookbinding experiments with the help of Master Printer (and storyteller) Mike Kaylor:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOL_CgjKQSkqT_A_utEhhlKeB-v0Aui3JFvSewIEYot_nHOdKXEqhbl4IqrPu6t9erIp1ufmJ7jHEtfsZ5qA4b2s1-G3r1zWrNXeejRnsbyFcrhbfWeJgnyo_rWMukqUIham7bR9CM38/s1600/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+081.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOL_CgjKQSkqT_A_utEhhlKeB-v0Aui3JFvSewIEYot_nHOdKXEqhbl4IqrPu6t9erIp1ufmJ7jHEtfsZ5qA4b2s1-G3r1zWrNXeejRnsbyFcrhbfWeJgnyo_rWMukqUIham7bR9CM38/s200/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531236536168475234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And our Faith & Inspiration panel discussion led by <a href="http://terwanabrown.com/">Terwana Brown</a>. The panelists shown are (from left to right): Cathy Jones, Ciera McQueen, Alishia Louis, Betty Chambers, and LaDonna M. Smith:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilge9QEKK-lOi70uOfUbw2gj5Mp1OZL6lu09LC9jWfHUX-TdcvFEg2d5ProjXNI5DIesDmQ0y-buHjIS2dgpQ7fM4FFJkTakSOw5jOcB9uM0E80oETSNDOO4eQn90E9L_v6POGKgh08Jc/s1600/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+101.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilge9QEKK-lOi70uOfUbw2gj5Mp1OZL6lu09LC9jWfHUX-TdcvFEg2d5ProjXNI5DIesDmQ0y-buHjIS2dgpQ7fM4FFJkTakSOw5jOcB9uM0E80oETSNDOO4eQn90E9L_v6POGKgh08Jc/s200/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531239503517550370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In other news, this will probably be my last post on this blog because I am stepping down from my position as Committee Secretary. The amazing Kate Bursick is also stepping down from her office of Committee President. I think I can speak for both of us when I say that we are proud of all the work we have done with the rest of the Committee and the authors and the volunteers. But it's time for a new set of minds to take the reins of the Chestertown Book Festival (and they will certainly need some reins--this thing has taken on a life of its own, I think!). We welcome the new Committee President, Jim Dissette (who will probably be taking over the duty of blog-posting) and the new Vice President/Secretaries, Lucy Maddox and Carol Schroeder. Our steadfast Treasurer, Karin Cowperthwait, will be maintaining her position. I know that the festival is in creative and capable hands. I look forward to seeing how it will continue to grow and evolve.<br /><br />Signing out,<br />Lindsay L.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXMKTkXFfXMztJ-2TcsV6UI10-QTmzRWQsqqUOZyBtZHSL1_8ZXUJAXIjue4qNJvDSyxesZu8NswzdoU4E-nXQpfoz6dQEZ_LKWEw3fkFpgDmXEoYYOC81rwzTu-xolPjfj43XsLsFyw/s1600/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+113.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXMKTkXFfXMztJ-2TcsV6UI10-QTmzRWQsqqUOZyBtZHSL1_8ZXUJAXIjue4qNJvDSyxesZu8NswzdoU4E-nXQpfoz6dQEZ_LKWEw3fkFpgDmXEoYYOC81rwzTu-xolPjfj43XsLsFyw/s200/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+113.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531239949395646994" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-57564802986761515432010-10-07T07:32:00.000-07:002010-10-07T08:01:55.260-07:00The Second Annual Chestertown Book Festival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP3F0HIB_Ru9eNTLt0Oid-KVqghgcyPJLx6aMRgRDTOA1ppjT6zOyzaD3mSXALpt6yqc7TVftGx6I42w_3Cg_mHITjxF7lpkclc3vYk7h7ViP-Y7IV5CghBTbWNdVm1nAYJcCgsp0WoQ/s1600/chestertown+book+festival.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP3F0HIB_Ru9eNTLt0Oid-KVqghgcyPJLx6aMRgRDTOA1ppjT6zOyzaD3mSXALpt6yqc7TVftGx6I42w_3Cg_mHITjxF7lpkclc3vYk7h7ViP-Y7IV5CghBTbWNdVm1nAYJcCgsp0WoQ/s200/chestertown+book+festival.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525318864221192674" border="0" /></a>It's finally here! The second annual Chestertown Book Festival begins tomorrow: Friday, October 8. We will begin with a classic: the <a href="http://www.chestertownspy.com/books-galore-at-the-kent-county-library-used-book-sale/">Friends of the Kent County Public Library Used Book Sale</a> will run from 10:00AM - 5:00PM at the <a href="http://www.kentcountylibrary.org/index.php">Kent County Public Library</a>. Then join us for the Festival Kick-Off event: An Evening with Michael Dirda from 7:00 - 9:00PM at <a href="http://bookplate.biz/">Bookplate</a>. And you'll want to get to sleep early Friday night so you can rest up for the full day of events we have scheduled for Saturday, October 9! We will have something for just about everyone: kids, animal-lovers, mystery-readers, devoted church-goers, history-buffs, radio-fans, the undiscovered-writer, even the comic-geek (that's a term of endearment, I assure you!). Please take a look at our full schedule of events for more details. You can have a look <a href="http://www.chestertownspy.com/chestertown-book-festival-schedule-of-events/">online</a> or <a href="http://chestertownbookfestival.org/2010Schedule-Print.pdf">print it out</a>. Either way, don't miss out on this weekend of book fun!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-10680874665769744792010-09-20T07:39:00.000-07:002010-09-20T09:52:09.179-07:00Good to the Last Crumb<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5Do3cVa2KtqMcryotbHk8nXdoRTW797vAmbPmfMnBzxKYdrTCV9IXkbA-QNUix7EKWP9PIWOrOC1O9TJL-BDcgKiskhunIW0idH9_jR3Aluij6rWIWLwfkWJRXYVNRwe6tREbc1A9ww/s1600/goodtothelastcrumb_web.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5Do3cVa2KtqMcryotbHk8nXdoRTW797vAmbPmfMnBzxKYdrTCV9IXkbA-QNUix7EKWP9PIWOrOC1O9TJL-BDcgKiskhunIW0idH9_jR3Aluij6rWIWLwfkWJRXYVNRwe6tREbc1A9ww/s320/goodtothelastcrumb_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519008645272394962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We here at the Chestertown Book Festival are equal-opportunity book lovers, but we'd be remiss if we didn't let you know about one event that we're particularly excited about.<br /><br />Good to the Last Crumb<br />Saturday, October 9<br />1:00-3:00PM<br />Prince Theatre, 210 High Street, Chestertown, Maryland 21620<br /><br />R. Crumb, founder of the underground comix movement, will be in conversation with Idiots'Books illustrator Robbi Behr. Crumb and Behr will discuss his life's work, the importance of the public library in a community, and field audience questions. Book sale and signing to follow.<br /><br />Mr. Crumb has been nice to enough to agree to join us all the way from France for this special Chestertown Book Festival event in support of the Kent County Public Library. What a nice man. Robbi Behr of our local beloved <a href="http://www.idiotsbooks.com">Idiots'Books</a>, has been nice enough to agree to engage Mr. Crumb, in public, with some questions on our behalf. What a nice lady. A spoil of illustrated riches!<br /><br />We hope to see you all there!<br /><br />-The ChesBookFest Committee<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-49129853701672570112010-09-10T09:40:00.000-07:002010-09-10T09:46:10.691-07:00To print! To print!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePsnkzIIazLs7nbsmsRnHc-Hek2FtnbIDYO4bu6gqI4BzqsyBDNkJNiJzTF71rw-D0ksm32Ni3GJsc6n1i5rEnVTK4xgufG6eZTe3puxdpcIZ8QLOM_TAdZUM36kupuP3hSmxzf52_-M/s1600/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+005.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePsnkzIIazLs7nbsmsRnHc-Hek2FtnbIDYO4bu6gqI4BzqsyBDNkJNiJzTF71rw-D0ksm32Ni3GJsc6n1i5rEnVTK4xgufG6eZTe3puxdpcIZ8QLOM_TAdZUM36kupuP3hSmxzf52_-M/s200/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515326971063233026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our schedule of events for the second annual Chestertown Book Festival is completed! We will begin printing them this weekend and both a web-friendly and print-friendly version will be posted to the <a href="http://www.chestertownbookfestival.org">festival website</a> by early next week. Keep your eyes peeled!<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-55326346256149115102010-08-31T11:18:00.000-07:002010-09-04T06:49:30.927-07:00Getting it together<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2jCaNnIoHza2EZwjGh0O5Qh2_YzaLYQvOz1J1xNxxmVUASn61bdZqxOActOFS5z7dSEmpoMX9KvD_O6KBFPDwyE9UpTY005fsemUB5Z141re03gyzwE8daWzbbB3rT7G4MoHtLyEZZw/s1600/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+001.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2jCaNnIoHza2EZwjGh0O5Qh2_YzaLYQvOz1J1xNxxmVUASn61bdZqxOActOFS5z7dSEmpoMX9KvD_O6KBFPDwyE9UpTY005fsemUB5Z141re03gyzwE8daWzbbB3rT7G4MoHtLyEZZw/s200/Chestertown+Book+Festival+2010+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511640619465973218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We are now just 39 days away from the second annual Chestertown Book Festival! By Friday, September 10, we will have a complete schedule of events ready and then we will print them in a tri-fold style brochure and set them loose around the region. In about a week and a half, you will see our colorful posters on bulletin boards and in shop windows, and stacks of festival schedules on the countertops. We have also been working on a billboard to help announce the imminence of this year's festival, as seen in the adjacent photo. But don't worry! We have the logo artist, </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://phostetler.com/">Paul Hostetler</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, coming to paint our illustration onto the board. 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style="">2010 Chestertown Book Festival Kick-Off:<o:p></o:p><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">An Evening with Michael Dirda</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Author, Washington Post Book World Columnist, Pulitzer prize-winner and general bibliophile, <b style="">Michael Dirda</b>, opens the festival with an intimate talk about the finer details of a reading and reviewing life. To be followed by wine and cheese reception.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">Literary Picture Books for Adults (and Maladjusted Children): The Provocative Space Between Language and Image</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Robbi Behr</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Matthew Swanson</span> of Chestertown-based small press Idiots'Books will read from their catalog of illustrated volumes while discussing the pleasures and challenges of combining pictures and words. 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Price</b>, author of <i style="">Poetry to Glorify the Father</i>. <b style="">LaDonna M. Smith</b>, author of <i style="">I Married Satan</i>. <i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">Humane Habits of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Reading</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” –Groucho Marx. </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >The <b>Humane Society of Kent County</b></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" > and author </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><b>Cynthia P. Gallagher</b></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" > present a discussion of dog breeds based on Gallagher’s books. Gallagher will be donating $5 from every book sold at this event to the Humane Society. Come buy a good book and adopt a good dog!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p></p><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><o:p></o:p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-15240920933967265322010-08-15T09:56:00.000-07:002010-08-16T08:33:10.160-07:00Reviews and Previews<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-xETaSalCpyqi8yjDZnO5Wr0djvX3kySY7paRpEZr1THBd86T0XSROkdayk_XXrtHHpRlcmfnJHFec6UCOYtRbeWq3cRug2sLr3bcKOxbv4Mgtiw-zkDBvuVTppMEbh8TDEFaymSlx4/s1600/MichaelDirda544%5Bphoto+credit+to+Locus+Publications+--+Amelia+Beamer%5D2009.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-xETaSalCpyqi8yjDZnO5Wr0djvX3kySY7paRpEZr1THBd86T0XSROkdayk_XXrtHHpRlcmfnJHFec6UCOYtRbeWq3cRug2sLr3bcKOxbv4Mgtiw-zkDBvuVTppMEbh8TDEFaymSlx4/s200/MichaelDirda544%5Bphoto+credit+to+Locus+Publications+--+Amelia+Beamer%5D2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505685687688342466" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >It's now official: author, The Washington Post Book World columnist, Pulitzer-prize winner and general bibliophile <span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael Dirda</span> will be opening our second annual Chestertown Book Festival. His most recent title is <span style="font-style: italic;">Classics for Pleasure</span>, but he has also written a memoir: <span style="font-style: italic;">An Open Book: Chapters from a Reader's Life</span> and four other books of literary criticism and recommendation: <span style="font-style: italic;">Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >;</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life</span><span style="font-size:100%;">; </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments</span><span style="font-size:100%;">; and </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Caring for Your Books</span><span style="font-size:100%;">. A Ph.D. graduate of Cornell University in comparative literature, he has been on the Advisory Council for <a href="http://www.neabigread.org/">"The Big Read,"</a> a program from the National Endowment for the Arts addressing America's need to read: "inspiring people across the country to pick up a good book," since 2006; and a National Council Member for <a href="http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/">The Atlantic Center for the Arts</a> since 1999. You could call him a professional reader, with more experience, honors, awards and publications than I can possibly list here.<br /><br />Michael Dirda will join us for an evening all about books: he will have a conversation with us about his work as a reviewer and the world of literary journalism. In many ways, he does what we attempt to do with this festival: celebrate books and writers (not indiscriminately, of course) by drawing the attention of an entire community and telling them why such works deserve our attention and appreciation (although, I must admit, our community is just a bit smaller than his). His medium is mostly newspaper and books themselves. Ours is more along the lines of getting authors and readers in the same physical space to share words, wine and cheese: more of a social medium. To connect with each other about one of our most solitary activities. But on Friday evening (October 8), Dirda will be engaging in a little of both.<br /><br />Among Dirda's many qualifications, he also has a soft spot for our lovely little town. We plan to return the sentiment.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Photo credit: Amelia Beamer, Locus Publications 2009</span><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-50516407651896263922010-07-17T05:47:00.000-07:002010-07-17T05:57:28.231-07:00Change of PlansSo, a lot of the things I talked out in the last few blog posts are just not going to work out for us this year. Bombadil, unfortunately, is still on a touring hiatus (we'll miss you guys!). The Book Arts theme previously discussed seems to be losing its momentum (we'll just save that one for another year, I guess). So the small press exhibit is now out of the picture. <br /><br />But on the brighter side of things, we are starting to get a bit more organized. We now have a working list of about 24 possible events with about 20 different local and regional authors and artists. This is shaping up to match the general goal we set out for ourselves earlier in the year: fewer events and literary guests than last year, but still an impressive number for one and a half days in a small, historic town. I will not reveal any of the authors' names until we have officially confirmed with each one, but I hope to have that information for you very soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-80544996551695263742010-05-19T07:58:00.000-07:002010-05-19T09:08:56.781-07:00A Literary Finale of Musical ProportionsLast year, we finished off the festival with a fun and energetic concert for all ages by folk musician and children's book author <a href="http://barrylouispolisar.com/">Barry Louis Polisar</a> (he recently gained more mainstream recognition with his contribution to the soundtrack for the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Juno</span>). After a few discussions, I think our planning for this year is leaning toward a similar sort of finale performance, but one of a more collaborative nature.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwAjPE1YW_vz6IpMQx_R6I1AU-dLWVp1h10lPlOkJd4jUUfLXwVmNDpNtCPCiP9bmkuAeZbmR-sAzJyBUunUzCiKuQKx0xLe2QoeTF8WjoLLNvBK1nGICl5O-KevEzKuJ8ALuDLtPG74/s1600/tarpitscover.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwAjPE1YW_vz6IpMQx_R6I1AU-dLWVp1h10lPlOkJd4jUUfLXwVmNDpNtCPCiP9bmkuAeZbmR-sAzJyBUunUzCiKuQKx0xLe2QoeTF8WjoLLNvBK1nGICl5O-KevEzKuJ8ALuDLtPG74/s320/tarpitscover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473012993588323378" border="0" /></a>In 2009, our favorite quirky author/artist/bookmaker duo <a href="http://idiotsbooks.com/">Idiots'Books</a> teamed up with fun, whimsical, experimental, independent-label band <a href="http://www.bombadilmusic.com/">Bombadil</a> for a different sort of book project. For Bombadil's newest album <span style="font-style: italic;">Tarpits and Canyonlands</span>, Robbi Behr and Matthew Swanson (of Idiots'Books) created the album art and a strange but fitting sort of story that is soundtracked by Bombadil's music. Yes, this album art/story is a real book--another example of the vast and under-appreciated realm of book arts. This album was also released as Volume 22 from Idiots'Books subscription service.<br /><br />Again I will indulge our hopes for the ideal finale performance for this year: a collaborative musical multimedia performance with Bombadil and Idiots'Books. We would arm storytellers Matthew and Robbi with a projector (possibly their own) and projector screen, and Bombadil could play a soundtrack to the Idiots' interpretation of <span style="font-style: italic;">Tarpits and Canyonlands</span>. I would like to add as a disclaimer, that (again) none of these plans have been confirmed with any of the artists. This is just what we would really, really, really like to happen. We were, in fact, saddened to learn of an illness in the band that has caused them to take a bit of a hiatus from touring to regain their strength. We hope that you will get better soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-70508514250500689562010-04-21T08:03:00.000-07:002010-04-21T12:27:20.152-07:00Beginning with a Bang<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bookplate.biz/bookfest.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtvCe4vvlQnEFfrC6ta1SjJdKCM-4xHXPvPZnhd1sbvCIk2t-j0IGyqJ0Gdhm3ARz6jBGbMotCHJdyEkGimJenpq00G1_ySrn3g4adcniQjdCuaf8jOBjJOd8jcDheSmfl86Zts3SkEY/s320/Collier-bookfest09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462625070283500594" border="0" /></a>During last night's monthly meeting of the Chestertown Book Festival Committee, much discussion was devoted to the planning of the 2010 festival's kick-off event. Last year, Friday night's kick-off was a reading given by poet Michael Collier, former Maryland Poet Laureate, at the <a href="http://bookplate.biz/">Bookplate</a> with a delicious wine-and-cheese reception. We would like to have a similar start to the festival weekend this year, as well. And this is the list of potential Friday-night names <span style="font-style: italic;">(Disclaimer: none of these people have actually agreed or been contacted about this event yet!)</span>:<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Michael Dirda</span>: Pulitzer prize-winning book critic and author of many books about books, including <span style="font-style: italic;">An Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries</span> and, most recently, <span style="font-style: italic;">Classics for Pleasure</span> (2008).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Richard Ben Cramer</span>: Local author of multiple New York Times Bestselling nonfiction sports titles, including <span style="font-style: italic;">Joe DiMaggio: A Hero's Life</span> and an upcoming book about baseball player Alex Rodriguez (known as A-Rod).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. John Barth</span>: Local experimental fiction writer and winner of the National Book Award. Author of many novels and short-story collections, including <span style="font-style: italic;">Lost in the Funhouse</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Book of Ten Nights and a Day</span> and, most recently, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Development</span> (2008).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Christopher Tilghman</span>: Celebrated writer of novels and short-story collections set in the Eastern Shore and Chesapeake Bay region, including <span style="font-style: italic;">In a Father's Place</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Roads of the Heart</span> and, most recently, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mason's Retreat</span> (2006).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. John S.D. Eisenhower</span>:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Celebrated Eastern Shore writer of nonfiction history titles, including <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bitter Woods</span> (a definitive study of the Battle of the Bulge) and, most recently, a biography of American president Zachary Taylor (2008). <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />6. William Blatty</span>: Maryland author of the original story of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Exorcist</span> (upon which the famous horror movie was based). Blatty is also due to have a new book out this year.<br /><br />So, this is our wishlist. We are hoping that we'll be able to snag one of these amazing authors to kick-off our festival with a reading followed by a cozy wine-and-cheese reception where everyone can mingle and plan their itinerary for the next day. Although it may be a pretty long shot, we also thought it would be absolutely wonderful if we could manage to get the new U.S. Poet Laureate <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kay Ryan</span> to grace us with a reading. We're certainly not counting on it, but wouldn't that be something?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-12404394194957544312010-03-11T11:53:00.000-08:002010-03-11T11:57:16.535-08:00Official Call for Authors<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ATTENTION LOCAL AUTHORS!<br /><br /><br />The Chestertown Book Festival Committee is planning the 2010 festival for the evening of Friday, October 8 and all day Saturday, October 9. Participating authors will be hosted at various venues in the downtown Chestertown area for readings, book discussions and signings. We welcome local Eastern Shore authors who were unable to participate in the 2009 festival and those authors that did participate but have published a new book this year. Official author selections will be juried by the Chestertown Book Festival Committee. Interested authors should contact Committee Secretary, Lindsay Lusby at 410-778-3636 or chesbookfest@gmail.com.<br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-32073068514447446932010-02-24T08:32:00.001-08:002010-02-24T08:34:20.311-08:00Celebrating Book Arts<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">At last night's meeting, we had two new members join our ranks. The wonderful Carol Schroeder and Lucy Maddox will be helping us plan our 2010 festival. We have quite a few new ideas (and a bit more time to plan and organize it). We are thinking of having a theme beyond books in the general sense--this year we would like to celebrate book arts. <br /><br />Now if you are unfamiliar with the term "book arts," let me explain. What we mean by <span class="il">book</span> <span class="il">arts</span> is the making and printing of books, not just writing and reading them, books as physical objects. We would have a special focus on antique letterpress printing, bookbinding, illuminated manuscripts, and other specialty areas like that. Books as art, not simply a means to an end. <br /><br />This theme comes in direct contrast with the current wave of technology in digitizing books. Digital books and e-readers are admirable in their efficiency, of getting words and information to the reader as quickly as the digital package can be downloaded. We hope to touch upon this area during the festival as well, maybe with a sort of demonstration of this new technology. But it will be a small part of the festival and will serve mostly as a point of contrast with our main theme. <br /><br />So, in our highlighting of book arts, we are now hashing out an idea for setting up a sort of publishers fair in which regional small press, limited edition publishers can bring their wares and expertise for sharing (and selling, as well). It is an idea we have borrowed from such events as <a href="http://www.spxpo.com/" target="_blank">Small Press Expo</a> in Bethesda, Maryland and <a href="http://www.oakknoll.com/fest/" target="_blank">Oak Knoll Festival</a> in New Castle, Delaware. Although we hope this will be a major feature of the 2010 Chestertown Book Festival, we still plan to have a variety of readings and talks in multiple downtown venues, like last year. Our next monthly meeting will be March 16 and I will have more updates then. </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any ideas for us? Let us know at chesbookfest@gmail.com. </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie"><img src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=cf740ff3-1eaf-8b9e-bd97-2b31a26ec6ee" alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-47287177403817880072010-01-20T07:14:00.000-08:002010-01-20T07:34:49.078-08:00Here we go again<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Chestertown Book Festival Committee is beginning the planning for the second annual festival (coming to you October 8 and 9, 2010). We have been evaluating the good points of last year's craziness (for repetition, of course) and the bad points (to be avoided, if at all possible), and from this we will sketch a sustainable festival format. For an experimental event, the first annual ChesBookFest was extremely successful, so the good points definitely outweigh the bad ones.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />Between now and the next meeting of the ChesBookFest Committee (February 23), we hope to:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">1. Firmly knot-up all financial strings left untied from last year. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />2. Finish sending out official Thank-Yous to all of our wonderful 2009 participants.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />3. Amend our previous "Call for Authors" press release to be ready for advertising. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />4. Invite new members to be a part of the ChesBookFest Committee, either in an "Advisory" or "Planning" capacity. If you are interested, please contact us at chesbookfest@gmail.com. </span><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-33249904301759465992009-11-20T05:53:00.000-08:002009-11-20T06:30:05.144-08:00We couldn't have done it without you<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't say enough about how well everything went this past weekend at the first annual Chestertown Book Festival. I guess we were all planning for the worst-case-scenario, but it felt as though everything just fell into place. Here are a few fun numbers to provide proof of this declaration:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">After totaling the number of people in attendance at each of our 38 events, we had a turnout of just under 1,000 (non-unique visitors, of course--that's web-speak for repeat attendees).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And when I emptied out the two donation boxes that we had carried around with us on Friday evening and all day Saturday, I tell you, it was like Christmas morning. All together, people donated $420 for the funding of next year's Festival!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you'd like more visual gratification, there are pictures from the Festival on </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.chestertownspy.com/2009/11/chestertown-book-festival-in-photos/">The Chestertown Spy</a> and on volunteer photographer <a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/njs177/sets/72157622680749617/">Nick Smerker's Flickr page</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our participants were fabulous, our volunteers were wonderful, our venue hosts were fantastic, and our visitors were, well, the perfect audience. Thank you to everyone who helped us to make this possible! You did such a great job that I think we now have no choice but give a repeat performance next year and the year after and as long as we can, I think.</span><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-63218190970875489192009-11-10T11:02:00.000-08:002009-11-10T11:13:17.189-08:00P.S. we're not done yetHere are two more events that didn't make it to the official Schedule of Events (only because they were added after our ideal cut-off date). Take a look:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSBAd4bO-ZE8nKjI6jfn2GVz_GdJt0tqoBNRfirKdTv2gCRsvhA55f2LYAOIvSUK4wembI4KCVxgTUPncjHWGwve-AToYypWmPYBpv4WnJWl6yzXsdr63O4gzV-lUXZNanMQtA0TvzKs/s1600-h/Terwana+book+cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSBAd4bO-ZE8nKjI6jfn2GVz_GdJt0tqoBNRfirKdTv2gCRsvhA55f2LYAOIvSUK4wembI4KCVxgTUPncjHWGwve-AToYypWmPYBpv4WnJWl6yzXsdr63O4gzV-lUXZNanMQtA0TvzKs/s200/Terwana+book+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402553270662925810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Local author Terwana Brown will give a reading and signing for her upcoming book <span style="font-style: italic;">Living My Life in Reverse</span>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Saturday, November 14th<br />Bookplate, 112 S. Cross St.<br />10:00-11:00 a.m.</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2f26xr20R6opwLd2e5nv_X8s1ERto2X4utVbd3mCTkxw91YvBHwjwhn7MSc8UAyyGvbTG5UgsoYqr09tcfVj3UOWYDerm5OJP3SyeqqRG1IMEyjC9YuSjNFL5hBYIBXtf8xQQLGunPI/s1600-h/bluesblood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2f26xr20R6opwLd2e5nv_X8s1ERto2X4utVbd3mCTkxw91YvBHwjwhn7MSc8UAyyGvbTG5UgsoYqr09tcfVj3UOWYDerm5OJP3SyeqqRG1IMEyjC9YuSjNFL5hBYIBXtf8xQQLGunPI/s200/bluesblood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402553959271655250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Poet Robert Earl Price will give a poetry reading and book signing. He is the author of poetry collections <span style="font-style: italic;">Blues Blood</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Wise Blood</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, November 14th<br />Christ United Methodist Church, 401 High St.<br />2:00-3:00 p.m.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-60376214952328131922009-11-06T07:02:00.000-08:002009-11-06T07:12:42.584-08:00The best umbrellas are non-profit onesIt's official! The Chestertown Book Festival is now a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, thanks to the <a href="http://www.mscf.org">Mid-Shore Community Foundation</a>. Instead of us having to spend the ridiculous amount of money and time and head-pain required to file the paperwork to become a 501(c)(3), Mid-Shore pulls us under the large umbrella of their established 501(c)(3) status and they also help us manage and grow our funds. This is a huge relief for everyone here on the ChesBookFest committee. Thank you Mid-Shore!<br /><br />And now we are only a week away from the festival. The countdown has begun!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-43905052844451317482009-10-20T07:12:00.000-07:002009-10-20T07:21:24.437-07:00In this Spirit of Volunteerism<span style="font-size:100%;">We now have the Schedule of Events finalized! Posters and brochures are out among the waiting public.<br /><br />Next is the task of recruiting free help. I mean, this committee is working for free--or, I guess you could say, for the love of the thing--and we hope that there are others who feel the same inclination. The whole idea behind this festival is for-the-love-of-books, and so we are now calling all book-lovers!<br /><br />We will be having an All-Volunteer Interest Meeting this Thursday, October 22nd at 5:00PM at the Kent County Public Library in Chestertown (in the meeting room). All are welcome!<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-52319326678696125412009-09-23T08:20:00.000-07:002009-09-23T08:55:15.346-07:00Our Fountainhead: The Face of a Festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXKp8KXHzPhF5anaIVC6FqaoGxO0c93beforQJNNCqCNfrchbc0-dnW1F-gzLRPwA0_mBvtdfzqP7T_POgfG_tmxC3b8WDjPa4nW4lXVPn6nS9aO6W-iuHTCwYlT0NYHd3lFAACbrIqA/s1600-h/CBF+logo-final.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384686724948781106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXKp8KXHzPhF5anaIVC6FqaoGxO0c93beforQJNNCqCNfrchbc0-dnW1F-gzLRPwA0_mBvtdfzqP7T_POgfG_tmxC3b8WDjPa4nW4lXVPn6nS9aO6W-iuHTCwYlT0NYHd3lFAACbrIqA/s320/CBF+logo-final.jpg" border="0" /></a>We finally have our official logo! This image was designed and drawn by local artist <a href="http://phostetler.com/">Paul Hostetler</a>. I think it's got both spunk and class--a good representation of who we are and who we aim to be as celebrators of local literary life. A lot of thought went into the creation and selection of this iconic image, on the parts of both the artist and the festival committee. We hope that everyone else likes it, too!<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-87403172912022602912009-08-21T09:01:00.000-07:002009-08-21T12:14:49.255-07:00It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Book FestivalSo we've been working hard the past few weeks and we've made a bit of progress. Check out the new authors list in our left margin! All of these guests are the ones that have confirmed with us that they will, in fact, be coming. We still have a few from which we are waiting to hear back--so the list may even get longer.<br /><br />Right now we are trying to find out which of the Downtown Chestertown vendors (especially restaurants) will be willing to host a festival event. We want all the author-venue pairings to be good matches, atmospherically speaking.<br /><br />In other news, we have a logo design in the works! Local artist <a href="http://phostetler.com/">Paul Hostetler</a> has presented us with some design sketches and we hope to have the final draft ready for exploitation sometime soon. We're thinking posters, T-shirts . . . coffee mugs, maybe? There are loads of possibilities, but it's all down to what we can afford for this first year. We have our ambitions, though.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888662127171419268.post-46986902544465397032009-07-28T07:46:00.001-07:002009-07-28T11:38:07.690-07:00The Inaugural Post for the Inaugural CelebrationThis blog will be dedicated to the first ever book festival in Chestertown, Maryland. Yes, people on the Eastern Shore do read books. Don't act so surprised. As a lifelong Chestertown citizen, I can tell you that this historical town has grown to become a hub of literary activity. From the writers drawn in by the Washington College Sophie Kerr speaker series, to the events sponsored by our numerous local independent bookstores, and especially the local writers that are making their way in the contemporary publishing world (not to mention our wonderful, newly-renovated public library), bibliophiles in the surrounding area know that Chestertown is the place to go to get involved in literary life, even beyond the local. We have watched from afar as Baltimore and Washington put on their annual book festivals and many of us have even trekked across the Bay to attend them. And with the same competitive spirit that inspired our Tea Party-rivalry with Boston, our local literary leaders decided that the time had come that we had our own yearly celebration of the written word. Excited, yet? We are. Our inaugural festival is to be a one-day event, planned for Saturday, November 14, 2009. We hope that next year it will grow even larger. For more details (as we get them), check in with this blog and the official website for <a href="http://www.chestertownbookfestival.org/">ChesBookFest</a>!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0