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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Memoir Writing
Memoir Writing: We all have a story to tell. Vermont author Erika Nichols-Frazer will share her story and her process of writing her memoir, Feed Me: A Story of Food, Love and Mental Illness. Her workshop is designed to help writers of all ages and stages unlock their stories and tell them well in their own memoirs.
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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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