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Check Out Word on the Street Vancouver
by monique t
Events + News / September 15, 2006
Vancouver's 12th Annual THE WORD ON THE STREET FESTIVAL is coming up Sunday, September 24.
You should come.
Reasons:
1) It's Canada's favourite annual book and magazine extravaganza.
2) There's something for everyone: books, mags, hockey, wine tours, hip hop, comics, authors ... really there's a lot.
3) It's free.
4) I'll be a there. At 12:15 I'm part of a panel discussion on Writing and the Web, presented by The Tyee.
12:15 Writing and the Web
How will the Internet affect the book? Will Amazon kill the local bookstore? Will book-scanning projects such as Project Gutenberg and Google Books change our definition of the library? Will the language of Internet communication and cross-platform novels change the nature of writing? Is our commons for civic dialogue being undermined by media fragmentation, or will the specialized interests served by both the Internet and books profit from a grand new synergy that benefits us all? The one thing we know for certain is that the enormous push and pull of the Internet creates an opportunity for lively, contentious discussion.Tyee Books website editor Charles Campbell will moderate a panel featuring Steve Zio, author of Hot Springs: A iNovel (see p. 29); SFU Master of Publishing Progam's technology specialist John Maxwell; Raincoast Books' Internet marketing manager Monique Trottier; and Crawford Kilian, Capilano College teacher, blogger and author of Writing for the Web. Presented by TheTyeeBooks.ca.
What else do you need to know?
1) There are events for kids, teens, and adults.
2) There are events in French.
3) There are author readings, demonstrations, panels about writing and publishing, musical entertainment, and contests.
4) The WOTS marketplace has more than 150 exhibitors.
5) Free festival guides are available at any Vancouver Starbucks, Lower Mainland public library and at participating bookstores. Or see the event schedule online.
6) The festival is located downtown at the Vancouver Public Library on Sunday, September 24.