Festival of the Chapbook

Please join us for this year’s Annual Chapbook Festival, free and open to the public. Visit the bookfair and the marathon readings! Registration for free workshops is now open – see below for instructions. Full schedule also at www.chapbookfestival.org.
The Festival celebrates the chapbook as a work of art and as a medium for alternative and emerging writers and publishers. Now in its second year, the festival features a two-day bookfair with chapbook publishers from around the country, workshops, marathon poetry readings, and a closing-night reading of prize-winning Chapbook Fellows.

Bookfair
11:30am to 7pm both days (May 3-4)
in the Proshansky Auditorium Lobby, C Level
Free and open to the public

MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010
Workshops
C Level Breakout Rooms
Free registration required. To attend workshops, please register by e-mailing abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu

10 – 11:30am
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Poets
Brenda Iijima (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs) and Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna*), and Lonely Christopher (The Corresponding Society)

10 – 11:30am
Do-It-Yourself Chapbooks: Make and Distribute Your Own
Mary Gannon and Jean Hartig (Poets & Writers Magazine), Emily Goodale (Brave Men Press), Matvei Yankelevich (Ugly Duckling Presse), and Adam Robinson (Publishing Genius)

11:30am – 1pm
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Publishers
Jan Heller Levi (Hunter College), Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna*), and Marshall Webber (Booklyn)

11:30am – 1pm
Chapbooks as Art Objects
Roni Gross (Roni Gross Design), and Jeremy Thompson (The Autotypograph), with Sarah Nicholls (Center for Book Arts)

Chapbook Poets: A Marathon Reading
2 – 7pm, C Level Breakout Rooms
Poets from participating presses read. Full lineup to be announced at www.chapbookfestival.org soon.
Free and open to the public.

Opening Reception
7 – 8pm, Proshansky Auditorum Lobby

TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010
Workshops
C Level Breakout Rooms
Free registration required. To attend workshops, please register by e-mailing abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu

10 – 11:30am
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Poets
Sommer Browning and Tony Mancus (Flying Guillotine Press), Jill Magi (Sona Books), and Daniel Lin (Love Among the Ruins)

10 – 11:30am
Do-It-Yourself Chapbooks: Make and Distribute Your Own
Mary Gannon and Jean Hartig (Poets & Writers Magazine), Emily Goodale (Brave Men Press), and Anna Moschovakis (Ugly Duckling Presse)

11:30am – 1pm
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Publishers
Jan Heller Levi (Hunter College), Andrew Levy (CRAYON Magazine), Sueyeun Juliette Lee (Corollary Press), and Charmaine Wheatley (Booklyn)

11:30am – 1pm
Chapbooks as Art Objects
Roni Gross (Roni Gross Design) and Jeremy Thompson (The Autotypograph), with Sarah Nicholls (Center for Book Arts)

Chapbook Poets: A Marathon Reading
2 – 7pm, C Level Breakout Rooms
Poets from participating presses read. Full lineup to be announced at www.chapbookfestival.org soon.
Free and open to the public.

PSA Chapbook Fellowship Reading
7pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre
Alice Quinn with judges Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, and Arthur Sze, and winners Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, Haines Eason, Heidi Johannesen Poon, and Stephanie Adams-Santos. Followed by reception.
Free and open to the public.

On Wednesday, May 5, The Center for Book Arts will host printing and bookbinding workshops, from 10-1 and 2-5. To sign up, call 212-481-0295. For more information, visit their website.

Marathon Reading Schedule

MONDAY, MAY 3

2-3 PM
River Poets Journal/Lilly Press: Phoebe Wilcox
Poinciana Paper Press: Angelique V. Nixon
2nd Ave Poetry: Jill Magi
Bateau Press: James Grinwis
Belladonna*: E. Tracy Grinnell

3-4 PM
BOOK Works: Estha Weiner
H_NGM_N: Ben Mirov
Cervena Barva Press: Susan Lewis
CUNY Lost & Found: Josh Schneiderman&Claudia Pisano

4-5 PM
Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs: Brenda Iijima
Creature Press: John Harkey
Cy Gist Press: Veronica Wong
DoubleCross Press: Sarah Green
Dusie Kollektiv: Mark Lamoureux&Amanda Deutch

5-6 PM
Etched Press: Kevin Dublin
Finishing Line Press: Ruth Handel&Melora Walters
Forklift, Ohio: Amy King
Octopus Books: Emily Pettit
Brave Men Press

6-7 PM
Ugly Duckling Presse: Dorothea Lasky
Greying Ghost Press
Kissena Park Press: Lana Hechtman Ayers
Little Scratch Pad: Douglas Manson
Love Among the Ruins: Laura Jaramillo

TUESDAY, MAY 4

2-3 PM
Flying Guillotine Press: Steven Karl&Angela Veronica Wong
Magic Helicopter Books: Carolyn Zaikowski
Noemi Press
Pen Press: Marcos Wasem&Mercedes Roffé
Center for Book Arts: Sharon Dolin

3-4 PM
Plan B Press
Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press: Zeadryn Meade
Rain Taxi
Corollary Press: Jason Schwartz
Big Hands Magazine

4-5 PM
Slapering Hol Press: Susana H. Case
Small Anchor Press: Joseph Mcelroy
Sona Books: Paolo Javier
Spire Press: Shelly Reed&Matthew Hittinger
The Corresponding Society: David Swesen

5-6 PM
Poets Wear Prada: Austin Alexis&Michael Montlack
The Physiocrats: Daniel Nohejl
BookThug: Cara Benson
sunnyoutside: MRB Chelko
Tarpaulin Sky Press

6-7 PM
Booklyn: Charmaine Wheatley
Instance Press: Kim Lyons
Toadlily Press: George Kraus
Upset Press: Denise Galang&Amy Lemmon-Bowen
X-ing Press/Agriculture Reader

Participating publishers
2nd Ave Poetry
Bateau Press
Belladonna*
BOOK Works
Booklyn
BookThug
Cervena Barva Press
Concrete Wolf Chapbook Press
Corollary Press
CRAYON
Creature Press
Cy Gist Press
CUNY Lost & Found
DoubleCross Press
Dusie Kollektiv
Etched Press
Factory Hollow Press
Finishing Line Press
Five Spice Poetry
Flying Guillotine Press
Forklift, Ohio
Greying Ghost Press
H_NGM_N
Instance Press
Kissena Park Press
Little Scratch Pad
Love Among the Ruins
Magic Helicopter Books
Minutes Books
Noemi Press
Open Thread Publications
Pen Press
Plan B Press
Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press
Poets Wear Prada
Poinciana Paper Press
Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs
PresShop
Rain Taxi
River Poets Journal/Lilly Press
Sarabande Books
Seven Kitchens Press
Slapering Hol Press
Small Anchor Press
Sona Books
Spire Press
sunnyoutside
Tarpaulin Sky Press
The Physiocrats
Toadlily Press
Ugly Duckling Presse
Upset Press
X-ing Press/Agriculture Reader
and others!