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Plot Twist: Hybrid Programming is Here to Stay
Saturday, March 26, 2022
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Love it or hate it, hybrid programming is the future of literary events, offering unbeatable accessibility and dynamic opportunities for programming not possible with limited budgets or in-person events. Panelists from a library and suburban and urban book festivals, who have all capitalized on the power of technology, will talk strategies for leveraging online spaces in tandem with in-person events to build your buzz and brand in a way that will inspire even the most Zoom-fatigued of us.
Participants
Kara Oakleaf directs the Fall for the Book festival and teaches English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Her work has appeared in Best Small Fictions 2020, Wigleaf, Matchbook, SmokeLong Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, Nimrod, and the Bloomsbury anthology Short-Form Creative Writing.
Suzanne Rigdon manages the annual Fall for the Book festival in Fairfax, Virginia, where she teaches digital creative writing. She is the cohost of the Fall for the Book podcast.
Matthew Patin is the literary director at Texas Book Festival, and he coprograms Lit Crawl Austin. He is a board member at Austin Bat Cave, a creative community and writing center, and is also a book editor. He has contributed to Kirkus Reviews and the Austin Chronicle.
Conor Moran is the director of the Wisconsin Book Festival. He started in this role in 2013 after working in the events department and on the sales floor at an independent bookstore.
