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CARRBORO BOOK FAIR - SATURDAY MAY 7 at THE ARTSCENTER

Internationalist Books is very proud to present the first annual Carrboro 
Book Fair, to be held from 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, May 7 at the 
Artscenter, located at 300 East Main St. in Carrboro, North Carolina. 
Participating book and zine publishers, writers and friends from across the 
country will converge on Carrboro for a day of reading, information exchange, 
community strengthening and of course, the buying, selling and trading of 
books.

Thirty-odd local and national organizations will be tabling with books and 
magazines for sale, including Daylight Magazine, Small Beer Press (MA), 
Garrett County Press (NOLA), Ivory Bell Books, John F. Blair Books, Ms. Film 
Festival, Crimethinc, Parcell Press (VA), Ugly Duckling Presse (NYC), The 
Drama (VA), Two Cranes Press, Winged Willow Press, Longleaf Books, Carolina 
Wren Press, AK Press (CA) and others.

Events during the day will include a screening of "Wizard People, Dear 
Readers" and other films, presentations from Daylight Magazine and 
Crimethinc, a hands-on zine workshop, readings by local authors and poets and 
more!

Films will be at the Cats Cradle; all other readings and presenstations will 
take place at the ArtsCenter, 300 E. Main St, Carrboro.

Readings:
Jon Elliston: 12:30
Douglas Naumoff: 1:30
Michael Schwalbe: 2:30
Brian Howe: 3:40
Daniel Wideman: 4:00
Patrick Herron: 4:20
Shirlette Ammons: 4:40 

Workshops and Presentations:
Catholic Radical: 11 - 1:00
Zine Workshop: 1 - 3:00
Daylight Magazine: 12 - 2:00
Crimethinc: 3 - 5:00 

Films:
12:00 - 12:30 Ivory Bell presents three short films:
- "Seven Tales" - 7 fairy tales retold in Super-8
- "Andy" - A recluse in Berlin is lured from his apartment in this 
conversation piece
- "The Boy" - A day in the head of a poet who can't write; in Super-8
12:30 - 1:00 Ms. Films presents:
- A documentary on the Philadelphia zine scene
1:00 - 3:30 Brad Neely's hilarious tribute to Harry Potter, "Wizard People, 
Dear Readers"