Denver author Hillary Leftwich organized the event to showcase the city's strong literary scene.
and designed to be as open and inclusive as possible. “People keep contacting me and asking how they get an invitation,” Leftwich says, and laughs. “There is no invitation. Or this is the invitation: Join us, please. Just show up. There’s no hierarchy here.”
There will be a seller’s area where authors and presses can set up a table to sell their works, as well as readings, panels and even a dance party to end the night. “This is not a new idea,” admits Leftwich. “I’m just gathering all the experience I’ve had being born and raised here in Denver, with its vibrant literary and arts scene. I just wanted to bring together all those amazing pockets of people out there working: the academics, the agented and the un-agented, small presses, aspiring writers who are just starting to figure things out. I wanted to bring as many of them as I could together under the banner of one event.
Leftwich chose Counterpath as the location for the event in part because At the Inkwell, the reading series she’s run for years, has happened there since. “But it’s also because they’re so good at supporting writers and small presses,” she says. “Counterpath is doing the work. Mutiny is doing the work. There are so many bookstores in Denver that are just awesome, strengths from which writers can draw some energy.
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