AK Press
www.akpress.orgAkashic Books
www.akashicbooks.comAlterna Comics
www.alternacomics.comAnvil Press
www.anvilpress.comArchipelago Books
www.archipelagobooks.orgArt Books Press
www.onacurran.comArtist Blueprint
www.artistblueprint.comAsa Allen
Asta Publications
www.astapublications.comAutonomedia
www.autonomedia.orgBlack Ocean
www.blackocean.orgBlack Lawrence Press/Dzanc Books
www.dzancbooks.orgBlacksmiths for Literary Progress
www.kenwohlrob.comBlood Moon Productions
www.bloodmoonproductions.comBookforum
www.bookforum.comThe Book Whisperer Press
Bravin Publishing
Brown Paper Publishing
www.brownpaperpublishing.comB. Rugged
www.brugged.comCenter for Thanatology
www.thanatology.orgCinco Puntos Press
www.cincopuntos.comClay and Gold
www.clayandgold.comCoach House Books
www.chbooks.comCombined Book Exhibit
www.combinedbook.comContinuum
www.continuumbooks.comCONTROL by LaMont Prospect
www.controlbyprospect.comCool Grove Press
www.coolgrove.comCoral Press
www.coralpress.comCrazee Comics
www.crazeecomics.comDBM Press, LC
www.dbmpress.comDefiance in Print
www.carolmayomiller.comdisinformation
www.disinfo.comDream Weaver Press
www.dreamweaverpress.comeat.shop guides
www.eatshopguides.comEllipsis Press
www.ellipsispress.comEtruscan Press
www.etruscanpress.com5 Spice Poetry
www.5spicepoetry.comFor Beginners
www.forbeginnersbooks.comFractious Press
www.fractiouspress.comFrench Publishers’ Agency
www.frenchpubagency.comFWE Publishing
www.percyveerance.comGival Press
www.givalpress.comGlobe Moms
www.globemoms.comGolden Heritage
www.lauriejames.netGrail Foundation Press
www.gfp.comGravity Free Press
www.gravityfreepress.netGNYIPA
Great Little Books
Greenpoint Press
www.greenpointpress.orgGuernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics
www.guernicamag.comHabitus
www.habitusmag.comHaymarket Books
www.haymarketbooks.comHelm Publishing
www.prapublishing.comHost Publications
www.hostpublications.comHotel St. George Press
www.hotelstgeorgepress.comH.O.W. Journal
www.howjournal.comIdiots' Books
www.idiotsbooks.comInstitute of Cultural Inquiry
www.culturalinquiry.orgInternational Publishers Co. Inc.
www.intpubnyc.comItiah Productions
www.yolenelegrand.comj morrison
www.j-morrison.comJane & Street Publishers Ltd.
www.janeandstreet.comJay Muhlin Photography
www.jaymuhlin.comJaylil Publishing
Joan Sikand
Klopotek
www.klopotek.deKREAV Publishing
www.kreavpublishing.comKhunum Productions
Leapfrog Press
www.leapfrogpress.comLIT Magazine
lit-magazine.blogspot..comLumina Magazine
slc.edu/luminaManic D Press
www.manicdpress.comMark Batty Publisher
www.markbattypublisher.comMarsh Hawk Press
www.marshhawkpress.orgMcArthur and Company
www.mcarthur-co.comMcPherson & Company
www.mcphersonco.comMicrocosm Publishing
www.microcosmpublishing.comMilkweed Editions
www.milkweed.orgMnasthai Press
www.mnasthai.comMo Townpoet
Moose Moose Publishing
www.moosemoosepublishing.comMosaic Literary Magazine
www.mosaicmagazine.orgNational Writers Union
www.nwuny.comNew York Review of Books
www.nybooks.comNewmarket Press
www.newmarketpress.comOld Squan Village Publishing Co.
www.theartofshelling.comOlympia Press
www.olympiapress.comOne Peace Books
www.onepeacebooks.comOronzo Editions
www.oronzoeditions.comOverlook Press
www.overlookpress.comPaping
www.schemingbehemoth.com/papingPathfinder Press
www.pathfinderpress.comPaul Dry Books
www.pauldrybooks.comPEN American Center
www.pen.orgPeople's Pages
Persea Books
www.perseabooks.comPlain White Press LLC
www.plainwhitepress.comPoets Wear Prada
poetswearprada.blogspot.comPrinceton Architectural Press
www.papress.comQuote "Editions"
www.quoteeditions.comR. Graham Publishing Co.
www.spotlightonrecovery.comRainbow Star Books
www.rainbowstarbooks.comRed Dust Books
www.reddustbooks.comRichard Winters
The Saint Ann’s Review
www.saintannsreview.comSt. Petersburg Review
www.stpetersburgreview.comSephyrus Press
www.sephyrus.comSerious Ink Press
www.seriousinkpress.comSeven Stories Press
www.sevenstories.comThe Sharing Secret
www.sharingsecret.comSit! Stay! Sign!
Small Beer Press
www.lcrw.netSONY
www.sonystyle.comSound of Your Soul
www.soundofyoursoul.comSouthwest Review
www.smu.edu/southwestreviewThe Spirit that Moves Us Press
Visit Web siteState University of New York Press
www.sunypress.eduStrauss Consultants
www.straussconsultants.comThe Stone Street Press
www.stonestreetpress.comStudio on the Square
www.studioonthesq.comSwan Isle Press
www.swanislepress.comTalisman House Publishers
Tantalizing Productions, Inc.
www.monicamartinez.orgThelema Publications
Three Rooms Press
www.threeroomspress.blogspot.comTide-mark Press
www.tallshipsinternational.netTimothy Merritt
Thelema Publications
Toasted Coconut Media
www.toastedcoconutmedia.comTupelo Press
www.tupelopress.orgTurtle Point Press
www.turtlepointpress.com2wice Arts Foundation
www.2wice.orgTwo Dollar Radio
www.twodollarradio.comUgly Duckling Presse
www.uglyducklingpresse.orgUniverse, Disturbed
www.janicebrabaw.comUnoppressive Non-imperialist Bargain Books
www.carminestreet.comUpper West Side Philosophers
www.westside-philosophers.comVagabond Press
www.vagabondpress.comVanilla Heart Publishing
www.vanillaheartbooksandauthors.comVedantic Shores Press
www.vedanticshorespress.comVinson Publishing
www.vinsonpublishing.comVirginia Berten
ViziPress
Whirlwind Publishing
www.inthewhirlwind.comWindspur press
www.windspur.comThe Winstead Press
www.winssteadpress.netWorld View Forum
www.lowwagecapitalism.comZeruah Productions, Inc.
Celebrate publishing's independent spirit with over 100 indie publishers from around the world, all under one roof, selling books you can't get at your big box bookstore. The Indie and Small Press Book is one of New York City's favorite annual literary events. It's free, open to all, and packed with an exciting line-up of public events. Donations encouraged.
All events take place at NYCIP, The General Society, 20 West 44th Street, NY. (Click here for directions)
All events take place at NYCIP, The General Society, 20 West 44th Street, NY. (Click here for directions)
Saturday, December 6
10 AM
Fair Opens
10:30-11:45 AM
Indie Press Read-a-thon
A marathon-style open mic with indie press authors: Stuart Ross (Anvil Press); Marion Margolis (Sit! Stay! Sign!); Kathi Georges & Peter Carlaftes (Three Rooms Press); Norman Beim (GNYIPA); Martin Koppel (Pathfinder Press); Lucas Hunt (Vagabond Press); Joyce Burnett (DBM); Marty Beckerman (disinformation); Amy Koppelman (Two Dollar Radio).10 Readers (10:30-11:45)
- 10:30 – Anvil Press – Stuart Ross
- 10:35 – Sit, Stay, Sign – Marion Margolis
- 10:40 – Three Rooms Press – Kathi Georges & Peter Carlaftes
- 10:45 – Toasted Coconut – Anna Smudge
- 10:50 – Pathfinder Press –Martin Koppel
- 10:55 – Vagabond Press – Lucas Hunt
- 11:00 – DBM – Joyce Burnett
- 11:05 – People’s Press -Lawrence E. Soehnel
- 11:10 – disinformation – Marty Beckerman
12:00 PM
How to Catch a Literary Agent's Eye: Katharine Sands
New York literary agent Katharine Sands takes participants step-by-step through the success checklist for the getting-published process. From content-creation to contract; first writes to last rights, focusing on both craft and career, Sands explains how to: identify your selling points and sales engines, whet an agent's appetite, get editors to say "yes," make the perfect pitch, build a media platform, and create a writing career. Sands is the author of Making the Perfect Pitch.1:00 PM
The Next Digital Age
Mike Shatzkin, the founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company, discusses the future of the book industry and reflects on how print publishing can address the many changes taking effect in the digital age. Shatzkin is joined by Dan Simon, founder of Seven Stories Press, and Peter B. Kaufman, president of Intelligent Television.2:00 PM
Masterpiece Comics: A Slide Show with R. Sikoryak
Comic book artist and Parsons instructor R. Sikoryak presents literature as seen through the cartoon medium. His slideshow explores the intersection of "high art" literature and "low art" comic strips as seen in the works by cartoonists who have adapted classic novels and plays. Sikoryak (whose own work includes adaptations of Dostoyevsky and Emily Bronte) discusses the history of these reinterpretations with images from over ninety years of comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels.3:00 PM
How to Publish Your Own Book with ReadyMade Magazine’s Ellen Lupton
Learn about the art and craft of book design from a seasoned author and graphic designer. Whether you prefer to do-it-yourself or work with a professional designer, every author and indie publisher needs to understand basic design principles and processes. Ellen Lupton talks about how to create book formats, page layouts, and cover designs for a variety of genres, as well as how to develop a distinctive visual brand based on your book.4:00 PM
The Art of Storytelling with The Moth Winners
Everyone has a story, but it’s all in the telling. According to the New York Times, “the phenomenon of storytelling is gaining momentum nationwide.” Moth GrandSLAM winner Jim O'Grady, Elna Baker, and Terence Mickey perform their winning stories and discuss the difference between telling a story for the page and telling a story out loud.5:00 PM
Author and Indie Publisher Kelly Link interviewed by Lizzie Skurnick
Kelly Link has built a serious cult following with her uncanny and affecting fiction. She flirts with fable, fantasy, and horror and stands among the best of short-story writers. After two collections, Link's new book, Pretty Monsters, is targeted at young adults — though she hasn't turned down her sublime strangeness one bit. Link is also the co-publisher of Small Beer Press. Lizzie Skurnick is a writer, editor, poet, and, according to Forbes.com, "one of the smartest bloggers on the Web.”Sunday, December 7
11 AM
Fair Opens
11:15 AM
Indie Press Read-a-thon
A marathon-style open mic with indie press authors: Patricia Market, Lois Adams & Constance Norgen (5 Spice Poetry); Sheema Kalbasi & Lucinda Clark (PRA Publishing); Anna Smudge (Toasted Coconut Media); Youme Landowne (Cinco Puntos Press); and Karen Hildebrand & Heidi Russell (Three Rooms Press).8 Readers (11:15-11:45)
- 11:15 – 5 Spice Poetry – Patricia Markert, Lois Adams, & Constance Norgren
- 11:20 – PRA Publishing – Lucinda Clark
- 11:25 – GNYIPA – Norman Beim
- 11:30 – Cinco Puntos –Youme Landowne
- 11:35 – Three Rooms Press - Lauren Gonzalez & Karen Hildebrand
12:00 PM
Katherine Anne Porter: A Driving Desire, with Pennlyn White
"I never started out with anything in this world but a kind of passion, a driving desire." Her flawless pen and harsh criticism of not only her times, but of human society, made Katharine Anne Porter a major voice in twentieth century American literature. When Porter left her home state of Texas for New York City, she brought with her the hard edge of a Western pioneer. It was this edge more than anything that made her name as a writer. In a tribute to Porter’s life, work and legacy, actress Pennylyn White brings to life the woman behind the myth in a probing performance using extracts of Porter’s body of work, including her personal letters. Special thanks to the Jane Hope Hastings Philanthropic Trust.1:00 PM
The Art of Memoir: How to Tell and Sell Your Life Story with David Henry Sterry
Find out what it takes to tell and sell your true stories from David Henry Sterry, book doctor, talent scout for Levine Greenberg Agency, and author of the memoirs Master of Ceremonies and Chicken (currently being adapted into a series by Showtime) and the go-to book for novice writers, Putting Your Passion Into Print. All questions will be answered. All audience members who buy a copy of Master of Ceremonies will receive a free consultation with the author.1:00 PM
Rees vs. Taibbi: How Doomed is America?
When the euphoria from Obama’s triumphant win wears off, are we set to wake up with a collective hangover? Comic political artist David Rees (Get Your War On) faces off against Rolling Stone columnist Matt Taibbi (Spanking the Donkey and member of the McCain press corps) in a debate over what we’re in for in the coming months and where America’s future falls on a scale of one to doomed.2:00 PM
The Future of Independent Publishing
As new technologies once again turn the publishing world on its ear, small presses are surviving--and thriving--by embracing alternative publishing models, from limited editions that treat books as collectable objects to innovative multi-media that make digital books more fluid, interactive and open source. In a conversation led by Buzz Poole (Managing Editor, Mark Batty Publisher), Alex Rose (Publisher, Hotel St. George Press), Ben Greenman (Editor, The New Yorker), Matvei Yankelevich (Founding Editor, Ugly Duckling Presse), and Dan Visel (Future of the Book) discuss how to maintain the dynamic relationship between publisher, author and reader in the digital age, and how to create books that reflect and respond to our interactive cultural landscape.3:00 PM
Arthur Nersesian and Kate Christensen in Conversation
New York City-based novelists Arthur Nersesian, author of The F*-up and most recently The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx and The Swing Voter of Staten Island, and Kate Christensen, winner of the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for her fourth novel The Great Man, discuss literature, Obama, and urban decay.4:00 PM
Literary Trivia Smackdown 2.0: PEN American Center vs. Lit Bloggers
Popular literary bloggers challenge the world’s oldest literary organization, PEN, in this ultimate showdown between new media and the old guard. Features emcee Tim W. Brown and adjudicator Dr. Mark J. Noonan. The Lit Bloggers team consists of Ed Champion (Reluctant Habits); Sarah Weinman (Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind); Levi Asher (Literary Kicks); and Eric Rosenfield (Wet Asphalt). PEN American Center is represented by David Haglund (Managing Editor of PEN America), Meghan Kyle-Miller (Development Associate), Larry Siems (Freedom to Write, International Director), and Stacy Leigh (Director, PEN Readers & Writers). (Note: The New York Review of Books had to withdraw from competition at the last minute and will have the opportunity to defend their title next year.)
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