The Snow Ball Effect

Some may look at these programs and think "Wow, that could be overwhelming." or wonder how much work goes into keeping the standard once set. The wonderful thing about this is after a very successful kick-off program with Jehanne Dubrow, I have had authors falling in my lap to do a reading! Yes I have put some effort into bringing in some more poets and authors, but the key to this program is poets and writers talk! There is a lot of community in the writing world, take advantage of it. Ask your first poet for recommendations on the next. Ask them to tell their colleagues you are interested in holding events and they should feel free to contact you. The point is once a buzz starts about the literary programs going on at your library, finding new voices to participate will be easy.