JC: For those of you looking for a way to spend a morning or afternoon in Manhattan this weekend, here’s a tip: visit the Indie and Small Press Book Fair, sponsored by The New York Center for Independent Publishing. The event will be held 3/6 and 3/7 from 10am to 5pm at the General Society Library, 20 W 44th St. Admission is free.
According to Interim Director, Leah Schnelbach, about 50 small presses will be attending, including Pointed Leaf, International Publishers, Intima Press, Anvil Press, Olympia Press, the Center for Fiction, Mark Batty Publishers, South End Press, Strangers Gate, French International Publishers, Greenpoint Press, Black Lawrence, Red Dust, Fractious Press, and Seven Stories Press.
Also featured will be talks including “Making the Perfect Pitch,” by literary agent Katharine Sands, “Be the Media,” by author David Mathison, and “The Secret to Raising a Passionate Reader,” by Nancy Newman. Author Colin Broderick will read from his book Orangutan, and William Powers will talk about his environmental work and research that led to the books Whispering in the Giant’s Ear, an account of his life and activism in Bolivia, and Twelve by Twelve: A One Room Cabin Off the Grid & Beyond the American Dream, about an American physician’s efforts at creating a sustainable life.
Stop in if you can and support the indies!
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