Indie Literature Festival on Kickstarter

Galleycat points us to a Kickstarter campaign for an Indie Literature Festival in Seattle. The project (called Authors, Publishers, and Readers of Independent Literature - or APRIL) is described thusly:

We’re planning several readings, social events, a chapbook making workshop, a competitive story-telling event (with drag queens!), an all-indie press book fair and much more. It’ll be more than a week (March 22 – 31; and yes, a festival named APRIL is taking place in March) of fantastic writing throughout Seattle — the literary festival our city has been waiting for for years.

Money raised for the project will cover venue costs, flying readers into the city, and publicity, the fundraisers say. “If you pledge $35 or more, we’ll send your name to one of our favorite small press authors, who will write a short original composition with your name as its inspiration,” they promise.

And apparently Galleycat will post weekly about book-related Kickstarter projects, as a way to explore how authors and publishers are using the site. So stay tuned for more.