Schedule for Words of the People 12 Hour Read-a-Thon

Here's the schedule so far …

All of these events are open to anyone except the special event readings: Lloyd Salomone's script reading and the Qwerty readings. If you want to register for a reading (which means you get to read first) send an email to wordsofthepeople@gmail.com specifying which venue(s) in which you want to read.

Steps of Science East (9 am) Readings from letters, diaries and postcards (bring out the family lore and your own personal experiences) (this will be an outdoor Freeze & Read)

Officer's Square (10 am) This will be an outdoor Freeze & Read where anything goes … poetry, singing, prose, if you can read it or sing it, then bring it.

Trinitea's Cup (11 am) Readings on the topic of tea (poems, stories, tea lore) including a reading from "The Book of Tea."

Doodles (1 pm) Children's readings featuring artist and children's author Kim Vose Jones (open mic readings from children and adults)

Fredericton Public Library (2 pm) Children's readings (from children and adults)

Fredericton Public Library (1:30 pm ) Filmmaker Lloyd Salomone reads the script to his upcoming documentary followed with Q&A

Read's Coffee Shop and Bookstore (1 pm) Blogs, Facebook, anything Internet

Crumbs (2 pm) Coffee shop lit (stories and poems set in coffee shops, cafes, coffee houses)

Savages Bike Shop (1 pm) Sports lit (skateboarding stories, biking, hockey, sports biographies, all things sports)

Art + Concepts (3 pm) featuring author, artist and educator WhiteFeather. Various artist on what inspires their art

Molly's Coffee Shop (2 pm) River and nature lit featuring Nanook of the Nashwaak and Dino Kubik

Green Turtle Clothing (2 pm) Readings from the Changing Room (read anything you want, but you'll be in a changing room while you read)

Gallery Connexion (2 pm) The six word short story ("Found him. Married him. Oh shit!" from Margaret Atwood) and revenge romance (someone breaks your heart? Send a postcard telling about your new love … from the Bahamas ending with "glad you're not here" or just a story about your ex boiling in oil)

Westminster Books (2 pm) Readings from the Qwerty folks

Owl's Nest Book Store (2 pm) Grab & Read (just take a book off on of the many shelves, take it to the reading area, and read)

Alden Nowlan House (aka Windsor Castle) 676 Windsor Street (9 pm) BlackTop MotorCycle Gang reading raid and poetry slam, with special guest Beth Powning (http://www.powning.com/beth/index.php) (the BTMG will be accepting new members with the main qualifier that you must be weird) (the poetry slam will be open to the public)