7th Annual Kerrytown BookFest - Sunday, September 13, 2009

Celebrating its seventh year, the Kerrytown BookFest features a number of on-going events and activities held simultaneously in the Kerrytown Farmers’ Market, Kerrytown Concert House, and at Hollander’s School of Book & Paper Arts. Booths in the outdoor market area will include local booksellers, book artists, bookbinders, letterpress printers, libraries, and many on-going demonstrations by Hollander’s instructors and graduates. There will also be free book appraisals and answers for your bookbinding and book repair questions.

For children, there will be a large tent with activities including paper art projects, book making, papermaking, paper marbling, and storytelling.

Hollander’s Free Workshops (Held in the Farmers’ Market)
11:00 —12:30 Accordion Style Recipe Book — Barbara Brown. Make a unique
accordion book with the bottom edge folded up to make pockets. You will also cover thin board and make hard covers. Recipes will be printed out to place in the pockets.
1:00 — 2:30 Food Collage — Donna Engstrom. Bring a food magazine and your imagination to this creative collage class! Learn elements of design, composition, and a little about painting technique. You will end up with a small collage piece suitable for framing.
3:00 — 4:30 Coupon “Blizzard” Book — Eric Alstrom. Learn a really cool, non
adhesive folded structure that has traditionally been called a blizzard book. Great for holding your coupons.

The Edible Book Contest (Held in Hollander’s School)
All Day — Ben Reyneart and Cindy Hollander will coordinate an edible book contest at the 2009 Kerrytown BookFest. A presentation before the awards ceremony will include a brief history of the event including its founding by the International Edible Book Society. Edible books must have something to do with books — book titles, characters, functioning books, book art. All of the entries must be at least partially edible! Awards will be given to ‘Best in Show’, ‘People’s Choice’, and ‘Most Book-Like’.  Contact Ben or Cindy for more information.

Cooking Demonstration (Held in Hollander’s Kitchen Store)
2:00 — Max & Eli Sussman, authors of Freshmen in the Kitchen, will conduct a cooking demo in Hollander’s kitchen, located upstairs in Kerrytown. Max and Eli are the sons of Lynn Avadenka, one our instructors and designer of the 2008 BookFest poster.

Other BookFest Highlights:
Community Book Award Presentation to Jan Longone; Book Jacket Cover Contest; Husband & Wife Writing Teams; True Crime Panel; The Future of Print Journalism; A Conversation with Mary Ellen Geist; Counterculture & Music of the 60's; Local Foods in the World & Global Foods in Michigan; Michivore: Cherries, Fish & Jiffy Mix; Mysteries to Cook By; Eating Online: Local Food Bloggers; A Conversation with Jeffrey Deaver; Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Roadfood Books; and much more.

For the full schedule of events and participants or for more information, visit the
Kerrytown BookFest website at www.kerrytownbookfest.org.