Bookstock 2025 features seven workshops on a range of topics led by experienced leaders. Learn to create a folding book, tell your story in a memoir or on social media, learn to write compelling prose about food, or how to use conversation in your poetry.
Bookstock Workshops
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Folding Books
Students will learn several folding structures including the Flutter book and the Turkish Map Fold. No experience is necessary. Participants should bring scissors or X-Acto knife, glue stick, ruler, bone folder or dull knife for scoring. (NOTE: Participants who want more time to work on their book projects are invited to register for both sessions.)
Dragon Books
Students will learn the folding structure of the Dragon book. No experience is necessary. Participants should bring scissors or X-Acto knife, glue stick, ruler, bone folder or dull knife for scoring.
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This is the Time When . . . A Workshop for Everyone with a Story to Tell
How do you turn a memory or life experience into a powerful essay? In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to mine experience for meaningful material, hook your readers, structure your story for maximum effect, and elevate your anecdotes in a way that makes readers care, understand, think, laugh, relate, and be forever changed by your stories. Expect to write from a prompt and leave with plenty of tips and techniques for bringing your life to life on the page. This workshop welcomes beginners and seasoned authors. Bring something to write on/with and leave all self-doubts at the door.
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Effective Storytelling on Social Media: Unlocking the Fundamentals
Senator Rocket, the creative driving force behind “Eat Vermont” and “Senator Rocket in Vermont”, will lead participants through the most-important steps behind effective storytelling through digital media. Rocket will share transformative insights to telling your brand’s story well. Participants will learn skills that can be easily implemented in their day-to-day work. They will additionally have the opportunity to ask questions, receive direct feedback, and will partake in an active exercise to put these insights into practice.
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The Art of Memoir
In The Art of Memoir, we’ll help each other locate our own unique voices. We will explore ways to make our memories resonate with others on the page. We’ll talk about publishing our memoirs and consider thorny questions, such as: When are we telling the truth? What is the truth we are telling? How can we write our way into the subconscious well of experiences that we share with strangers, family, and friends?
Raw Ingredients
Words and meals are the main ingredients of our lives. How can we convey the power and flavor of our food thoughts and memories in writing that crosses dimensions to convey both the tastes and contexts in which these memories live? I have some good recipes – exercises that will bring all senses to the table.
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The Art of Poetic Conversation
A workshop that explores the importance of conversation and the internal monologue in crafting poetics. Conversation is an essential part of writing, shaping the rhythms, textures, and emotional undercurrents of poetry. Fageyinbo walks participants through the process of finding the unique qualities of everyday discourse and the poetic nature of our inner musings. Through guided exercises, participants will engage in generative writing practices that transform spoken and internal language into poetic forms, refining their voice and deepening their approach to storytelling.
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