Join us for the premiere of an original, collaborative work created just for the Word festival. This performance piece will explore its creators’ immigrant roots—Paul Sullivan’s Irish heritage and Blanco’s from Cuba.
Visual artists whose work incorporates the written word, featuring Mark Statman, Katherine Koch, Katy Helman, Kristy Cunnane, and Buzz Masters
The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic will discuss the joys and challenges of writing about TV during its current, much-touted Golden Age.
Two masters of the uncanny—mystery, fantasy, crime, and horror—discuss the art of fiction. Born in Bangor, Joe Hill is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, Full Throttle, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box. Elizabeth Hand is the author of numerous award-winning novels and collections of short fiction, including the series of psychological thrillers featuring Cass Neary, described as “one of noir's great anti-heroes.”
Visual artists whose work incorporates the written word, featuring Mark Statman, Katherine Koch, Katy Helman, Kristy Cunnane, and Buzz Masters
A panel organized by the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Speakers will include Taryn Bowe, Elizabeth Garber, Linda Buckmaster and Jaed Coffin
Using a range of diverse materials and mediums, bookmaking explores the intersection of paperfolding, narrative, and visual design. Artists as young and as old as they come are welcome to participate
Readings will take place sequentially at different venues throughout downtown Blue Hill. Start at the beginning or jump in at any point to hear some of Maine's finest poets read their own work.
Choose a character from an array of photos provided (a teenager? An old curmudgeon? An unhappy fairy?), and spend 45 minutes getting to know him or her through lightning-fast writing prompts. Maybe you’ll go home with a story to write!
Children ages 5-9 are invited to come to a writing/drawing mini-workshop offering 45 minutes of drawing and idea-catching, with a peek into the process behind book making.
Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Sorcerer’s Stone? How to Raise a Reader shows adults how to introduce children to the joy and time-stopping pleasure of reading.
Cullen will discuss his experiences writing and researching Columbine and Parkland with Brook Ewing Minner, the director of the Brooksville Free Public Library
Join us for the kick-off of Word 2019 for the annual Word. Art. exhibit, featuring the work of Kifah Abdullah, John Baird, Kristy Cunnane, Katy Helman, Sonja Johanson, Katherine Koch, Buzz Masters, and Jennifer Lee Morrow.
