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Posted: Monday, 18 May 2009 9:28AM
Come on over to Pilcrow; uh, what's that?
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CHICAGO (WBBM) - This is a big week for Chicago writers and publishers, and those who want to be Chicago writers and publishers.
The Pilcrow Lit Fest runs Sunday through Saturday, May 23rd, at various locations throughout Chicago.
The festival says its goal is to promote writers and encourage reading by bringing authors, writers, poets, librarians, booksellers, and publishers from around the country together in support of small presses and independent media through small workshops, panel discussions, lectures and author readings.
The festival's founder and director is Chicago author Amy Guth.
She tells Newsradio 780 Pilcrow simply wants to "showcase all of the cool literary things that we do in Chicago." Guth says one key of the festival is to make it very inviting and open for aspiring writers, those who aren't published yet, so authors, aspiring writers, and everyone else can meet.
Guth says there's a "changing landscape" in publishing right now but insists "creativity is trumping capital" and believes, more than ever, people are coming up with creative ideas. Guth also says there is talk that Chicago is actually enjoying "a literary renaissance" right now which she is trying to encourage.
And while more and more people are reading on computers nowadays, Guth says there's still nothing like the feel of holding a book and underlining your favorite passage..."nothing can compare to that."
So, why is the festival called Pilcrow? What is a Pilcrow? It's the symbol that looks like a "backwards P" at the start of a paragraph. Guth says she liked the idea of a "new thought, new idea."
More information at pilcrowlitfest.com
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