Upper Valley Literary Festival 2009

Upper Valley Literary Festival, October 16 & 17, 2009

Celebrate the literary arts of the Upper Valley! New Hampshire Writers' Project is expanding and spilling over the border! This fall, join us in White River Junction, Vermont. Let the click-clack of the train lull you and the fall foliage fly by as some of the presenters of the Upper Valley Literary Festival read from their work, hear poetry performed like never before, peer through the looking glass of the past, take a writing workshop, unleash your creativity, discover more about comics, hone your Hamlet with Peter Saccio, throw your hat in the ring for Literary Idol, and more.

All events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, unless otherwise noted.

For a full descriptions of all events, visit: http://www.nhwritersproject.org/newfiles/WritersTrail2009.html

• TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 7:30pm Poetry and Prose Reading Left Bank Books, 9 South Main Street, Hanover, NH

• FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2-5pm Writing Murderous Tales: A Killer Writing Workshop The Writer's Center, 58 North Main St., White River Junction, Vermont

• FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 6-7:30pm Will the Real Slam Poets Please Stand Up: Jack McCarthy & the NH Slam Team Revolution, 26 North Main Street, White River Junction, Vermont

• FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 8-10pm NHWP Literary Idol The Coolidge Hotel Ballroom, 39 S. Main Street, White River Junction,Vermont Donations gladly accepted at the door.

• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 9-11am Block? What Block? How to Make the Most of Your Creative Process The Writer's Center, Room 208, 72 S. Main St., White River Junction, Vermont

• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 10-11:15am The Language of Comics The Center for Cartoon Studies, 94 S. Main St., White River Junction, Vermont

• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 11:30am Train of Thought: A Scenic Literary Train Ride and Lunch $45 (includes boxed lunch and train ride)

• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2:30-4pm (Real) Life Stories: Writing Through the Looking Glass of the Past Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge Street, White River Junction, Vermont

• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 5:30pm To Be Or Not to Be: Peter Saccio on Hamlet Briggs Opera House, 58 N Main St., White River Junction, Vermont. Talk led by Peter Saccio is free and open to the public. To purchase tickets for Hamlet, call 802-296-7000 or order tickets online!

• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 6-8pm Poetry Reading: Jack Wiler and Teresa Carlson Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge Street, White River Junction, Vermont

• SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 10am-noon Bind It Yourself! Bookbinding Workshop AVA Gallery and Arts Center, 11 Bank Street, Lebanon, New Hampshire $50 for AVA/NHWP members; $70 nonmembers