September 17-19
Camp Glen Brook, 35 Glen Brook Road, Marlborough, NH
Glen Brook’s second annual Monadnock Literary & Arts Festival invites writers, artists, actors, musicians – and participants – to celebrate the effects of place on our daily lives. Whether we live in city neighborhoods, the suburbs,exurbs, or rural landscape, our environment affects who we are: our choice of music and entertainment, our outdoor adventures and our culinary tastes, even the friends we choose. Artists and writers and visitors are invited to Glen Brook’s Marlborough, NH, campus to celebrate three days of the arts – writer discussions and readings, artist presentations, and musical performances.
Follow this link for more information: http://www.glenbrook.org/events/ML_and_A.aspx
Glen Brook’s 250-acre campus, set on a Colonial-era farm in view of Mount Monadnock in southern New Hampshire, is
the ideal setting for a three-day celebration on the significance of place. The campus includes an active biodynamic
farm, hundreds of acres of pristine forests with a dozen trails, a swimming pond, and some 30 acres of open hayfields,
offering views of the mountain that are among the most striking in the region.
Literature: Visiting writers present their recent work – fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition to interactive story
workshops, writers will offer reflections on how their work is influenced by their sense of place.
2010 writers (so far):
Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times writer and author of The Rural Life
Alexandra Zissu, New York Times ‘Style’ writer and author of The Conscious Kitchen
Walter Butts, New Hampshire Poet Laureate
Ved Mehta, Fellow, Royal Society of Literature, former staff writer of The New Yorker and author of The Red Letters
Sy Montgomery, author of Birdology and The Good Good Pig
Howard Mansfield, author of Turn and Jump
Margaret Hathaway, author of The Year of the Goat
Clare Walker Leslie, author of My Eco‐Log and Nature Journal
Judson Hale, editor‐in‐chief of Yankee Magazine, and author of Inside New England
Edie Clark, contributing editor, Yankee Magazine, and author of The Place He Made and The View from Mary’s Farm
Tom Wessels, author of Myth of Progress
Chris Leahy, author of Birdwatcher’s Companion to North American Bird Life
Michael Steinberg, author of Stalking the Ghost Bird
Robert Begiebing, Rebecca Wentworth’s Distraction
Kim Ponders, The Last Blue Mile
Diane Les Becquets, The Stones of Mourning Creek
Richard Adams Carey, The Philosopher Fish
Katherine Towler, Snow Island
Music: The Literary & Arts Festival offers several live musical performances, a single‐set concert Friday night, short
performances between literary and art presentations, and the main event – a multi‐set concert on Saturday night.
Musicians are selected for the overall creativity of their work and for its reflection on its place of origin.
2010 Musicians (so far):
Erica Wheeler
Bernie Watson & Louise Curran
Lunatic Fringe
Dan Strauss
Fox That Sound
Art: Five artists will be invited to showcase their work in Glen Brook’s large wooden Barn. The space will feature both
natural and incandescent lighting on the displays.
2010 Artists (so far):
Frankie Brackley Tolman
Clare Walker Leslie
Janet Gordon
Art Retrospective by Edie Clark, contributing editor, Yankee Magazine: Onni Saari
Food: Glen Brook’s culinary director, Chef Ash Sheehan, prepares a three‐day feast – most of which is harvested from
Glen Brook’s biodynamic farm. The remainder of ingredients comes from local sources. Culinary offerings are all inspired
by Glen Brook’s unique Eco‐gastronomy program, a year‐round effort to include groups of children and adults in Glen
Brook’s biodynamic farm and that merges adventurous flavors with the resulting ingredients.
Vendors: Vendors are invited to sell certain kinds of merchandise appropriate to the Festival’s mission, such as books,
arts and crafts, furniture, food and produce, musical and video productions, and other items by special arrangement.
Food should be locally grown or locally produced. Other items should be made or produced by the vendor or the
vendor’s company.
Sponsors: The Monadnock Literary & Arts Festival is produced by Glen Brook in association with several supporting
organizations, including the Environmental Studies Department of Antioch University and The Keene Sentinel. Additional
sponsorships are pending.
Cost:
Friday: FREE and open to the public (buffet supper: $10)
Three‐day ticket for all events: $35
One‐day ticket for all events: $20
Three‐day meal ticket: $75 (includes all meals and snacks)
One‐day meal ticket: $35 (includes all meals and snacks)
Three‐day ticket: $200 (includes all meals, lodging, and all events)
Lodging (limited availability): $45 per night in bunk room; $70 per night in private room
Camping: $15 per night
Student and teacher discount: 20%
More information on the Glen Brook Literary & Art Festival is available online at www.glenbrook.org. Or contact Twain Braden, Glen Brook Director: twain@glenbrook.org or 603‐876‐3342.
