The ninth edition of Columbia College’s annual literary festival, hosted by the school’s fiction writing department, presents readings, signings, and panels with authors and Columbia faculty, this year under the theme “The Politics of Story.” Events run Monday, March 21, through Saturday, March 26, at various venues as shown below. All are free. (A Story Week “epilogue” program, Ray Bradbury Day, will be held April 18.) For more info call 312-344-8559 or 312-344-7611 or see storyweek.colum.edu.
“Stories at Work” Readings by fiction writing department grad students. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan. 11 AM
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“Getting It Out There” Panel with editors Alan Davis (New Rivers Press) and Ian Jack (Granta), Booklist associate editor Donna Seaman, agent Caren Johnson, ETA Creative Arts Foundation artistic director Runako Jahi, and self-published novelist Shelli Johnson; moderated by fiction writing department publishing lab director Jotham Burrello. Columbia College, residence hall, 731 S. Plymouth Court. 1 PM
“Shorty” Reading Open mike featuring fiction writing department full-time faculty; hosted by professor emerita Betty Shiflett. Columbia College, Ferguson Theater, 600 S. Michigan. 1 PM
Fiction Writing Department Part-Time Faculty Open Mike Readings hosted by part-timer Marcia Brenner. Columbia College, library, third floor, 624 S. Michigan. 1 PM
