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The reader as audience : the appeal of the writers' festival to the contemporary audience
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posted on 2012-04-01, 00:00 authored by Katya Johanson, Robin FreemanThe contemporary popularity of the writers' festival might appear something of a contradiction, given that such festivals are based around an art form that has been chiefly a solitary experience for the reader for several centuries. Taking the 2009 Eye of the Storm Writers' Festival in Alice Springs as its case study, this article examines the motivations of the audience for participating in community-based writers' festivals. Interviews with audience members suggest that the writers' festival serves a much larger cultural and social role for the audience participant than simply increasing their enjoyment of literature.
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ContinuumVolume
26Issue
2Season
Special Issue : A Scholarly AffairPagination
303 - 314Publisher
RoutledgeLocation
Melbourne, Vic.Publisher DOI
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1030-4312eISSN
1469-3666Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2012, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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