And we have served and the lead partner for Octavofest: a Month Long Celebration of Book and Paper Arts which local institutions. We have a great group of book artists we work with if you want a book artist involved.

http://www.octavofest.org/

Very exciting.

Amy

Amy E. Dawson
Manager, Literature Department &
Ohio Center for the Book
Cleveland Public Library
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From: Sharon Shaloo, MCB <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:38 AM
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Subject: Re: #AWP16 Proposals, May 1 Deadline

AWP doesn't seem to me to be a good bet for promoting LAL. I think
that program would be much better pitched at NCTE. That happens each
Nov, and while it's too late to send in a proposal for a panel this
year, I was going to bring up at our meetings a suggestion that we look
into taking a table in the exhibits hall to promote it.

AWP is really about writers ... mostly new and/or more literary writers
.. lots of MFA programs and small presses, etc. There is a strong
book arts component, esp in producing broadsides of poetry ... this is
a conference/organization in which poetry is alive and thriving, along
with short fiction, etc.

That's why I think Josephine's idea about discoverability of
new/emerging authors and how CfBs do that would be attractive.

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On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:21:34 +0000, Amy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Would this be Letters About Literature promotion?
>
> We have been sending letters to our authors (if they are living) and
> our students have received kind and encouraging letters back from
> them.
>
> I would like to talk about this further but am unable to attend the
> Idea Exchange this year.
>
> Can you keep us all in the loop. I think this is a great idea.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amy
>
> Amy E. Dawson
> Manager, Literature Department &
> Ohio Center for the Book
> Cleveland Public Library
> 325 Superior Ave.
> Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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> Each of these is fantastic...
>
> I think I particularly like the second because we are all trying to do
> discovery initiatives...
>
> Can we pull together a proposal by Fri,?
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:54:04 -0600, Josephine Jones
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> I'm in to help in any way. What would we offer the mostly authors,
> students and profs who attend these huge gatherings that would draw
> significant attention? Having the right famous author or two on the
> panel would be great. Something like "Connecting Local Writers and
> Readers" or "Celebrating the Young Writer"?
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> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Sharon Shaloo, MCB
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> > Late in the game, I know, but I wonder if we should get up a
> > panel on statecenters for the book as reading promotion partners ?
> >
> > Anyone able to travel to CA in spring 2016? Three people and a
> > moderatorideal ... if we get three state CfBs to say yes, maybe we
> > can get a high profileauthor who has worked with a state cfb to
> > moderate ...
> >
> > I can't take the lead on writing/submitting a proposal but I would be
> > able toparticipate ... and would be glad to scout up an author from
> > Mass who goes toAWP if we don't find a West coast voice ...
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> > ~Sharon
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> > Hello, Sharon. The 2016 ConferenceProposal System is now open. View
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