A writer I know recently posted about a contest he participated in where he spent three days in a Chapters bookstore trying to write a novel.
The contest was put on by Book Television, a Canadian specialty channel that closed last year.
When I worked in the cultural non-profit sector, I remember writing a letter of support for their application for licensing on behalf of the organization I worked with at the time.
Later, at a conference in Toronto after they were approved and in operation, I got to attend a party they put on during BookExpo Canada and hob-nob with some big names in Canadian Literature (you don’t make much working in non-profits but the perks were really cool sometimes!) ?
Another thought – there have been various “library takeover” programs over the years. This might be a good idea for a similar-style program, especially for any system that has a writer-in-residence program…
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