Cirrus@Austlit

'For some, literary festivals might appear as strip malls swarming with hordes of bookloving windowshoppers eager to snatch the latest title, but Millicent Weber’s Literary Festivals and Contemporary Book Culture begs to differ. Weber presents a comprehensive framework that configures literary festivals as a unique space for synthesizing limited theoretical approaches with individual and communal experiences of festivalgoers. She proffers a back-to-basics understanding of literary festivals that reconnects the enduring love triangle of author, reader, and book while appealing to the likes of academics, policymakers, and festival organizers.' (Introduction)