Down the Rabbit-hole, or, Jenny’s Adventures in the Mormon Book Scene, by Jennifer Quist
Novelist Jennifer Quist meets the Mormon book scene in Salt Lake City.
In advance of this weekend's Forum on Creative Writing in Quebec, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec CALQ has made some documents on writers and writing available on its Website.
These include:
The Opening panel discussion (May 6, 5.30 p.m.) and the Plenary Session (May 8, 10.30 a.m) will be webcast live.
The six workshop themes will also be the subject of Facebook discussions this weekend, and highlights tweeted #FCLQ.
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Novelist Jennifer Quist meets the Mormon book scene in Salt Lake City.
Questions about the future of bookstores and libraries soon resulted in bold statements to the effect that “Bookstores will die. It’s a pity, but that’s the reality.” Booksellers fared better in this imagined future, but not by much. To the suggestion that booksellers can continue to play a role in providing advice on books, one participant cracked, “you might have difficulty living on that.” Publishers came in for some dismissive comments, as well, and radio and television got it in the neck.
The site has been down, owing to server overload. Some of that is the traffic generated since the four pieces I posted yesterday, but most of it has nothing to do with this site but with another dealing with UFOs and nuclear weapons.
My webmaster suggests posting on UFOs and nuclear weapons as a way of increasing traffic. I guess it would be.
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